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            <PUBLICATION_ID>201210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Employment and Training Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>ETA</ACRONYM>
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            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Attestations by Facilities Using Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered Nurses</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1999 provided for certain nonimmigrant status for H-1A nurses.  Final regulations were published in 1994 (59 FR 897, Jan. 6, 1994, 59 FR 5484, Feb 4, 1994).  The Act was extended but sunset in 2007 and has not been extended since.  The regulatory action will remove the regulations that have no legal authority and are no longer in effect to avoid confusion in the affected public.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Info./Admin./Other</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>20 CFR subparts D and E</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 (NRA), PL 101-238, 103 Stat 2099 (December 18, 1989), as amended</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Interim Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>William</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Carlson</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>L.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <SUFFIX>Ph.D.</SUFFIX>
                <TITLE>Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1205</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employment and Training Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ETA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 693-3010</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>carlson.william@dol.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>FP Building, Room C-4312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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