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            <NAME>Department of Homeland Security</NAME>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 107-296</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <LAST_NAME>Sartini</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Acting Deputy Officer</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Office of the Secretary</NAME>
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                <EMAIL>crclcompliance@hq.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Mail Stop 0190, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
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