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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>1125</CODE>
            <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Justice</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Appellate Procedures and Decisional Finality in Immigration Proceedings</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Department is amending its regulations regarding appellate procedures to ensure that immigration proceeding appeals are adjudicated in an efficient manner and to eliminate unnecessary remands by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Department is also amending its regulations to promote the final disposition of cases at both the immigration court and appellate levels.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Other</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>8 CFR 1003.1</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 1003.2</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 1003.3</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 1003.10</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>6 U.S.C. 521</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1154-1155</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1158</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1182</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1226</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1229</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1229a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1229b</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1229c</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1231</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1254a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1255</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1324d</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1330</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1361-1362</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 509-510</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 1746</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 2 Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950,  3 CFR  1949–1953, Comp. p. 1002</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 203 of Pub. L. 105–100, 111 Stat. 2196–200</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>secs. 1506 and 1510 of Pub. L. 106–386, 114 Stat. 1527–29,  1531–32</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 1505 of Pub. L. 106–554,  114 Stat. 2763A–326 to –328.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2019</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>EOIR Docket Number 19-0022</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Raechel</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Horowitz</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Immigration Law Division, Office of Policy</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1125</CODE>
                    <NAME>Executive Office for Immigration Review</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EOIR</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 305-0289</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>pao.eoir@usdoj.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1800,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041</ZIP>
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