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            <PUBLICATION_ID>201810</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>
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            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Amendments to Foreign Labor Certification Regulations to Conform to Amendments to Nonprocurement Common Rule</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Department proposes to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend 2 CFR part 2998 to expressly add foreign labor certifications as covered nonprocurement transactions, and to make other conforming amendments, as appropriate. In connection with that rulemaking, the Department also proposes to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the foreign labor certification regulations&nbsp;promulgated under the Immigration and Nationality Act to cross-reference to and implement the applicable provisions of 2 CFR part 2998, and to make other conforming amendments, as appropriate.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Regulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>Not Yet Determined</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, Pub. L. 103-355, sec. 2455, 108 Stat. 3243, 3327 (1994)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. secs. 1103, 1182, 1184 and 1188</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2019</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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            <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>William</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Thompson, II</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>W.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1205</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employment and Training Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ETA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 513-7350</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>200 Constitution Avenue NW., Box # 12-200,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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