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            <PUBLICATION_ID>201510</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Homeland Security</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Implementation of Amendments Affecting Petitions for Employment Creation for Aliens</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rule amends the Department of Homeland Security regulations to implement changes made by the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization of 2001. This legislation made various changes to the EB-5 alien immigrant classification. This rule finalizes requirements and procedures for special determinations on the applications and petitions of qualifying aliens whose employment creation immigrant petitions were approved after January 1, 1995, and before August 31, 1998.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>8 CFR 204</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 216</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 245</CFR>
            <CFR>8 CFR 299</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1103</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1151</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1153 and 1154</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>...</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>03/02/2003</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>  </DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/28/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 59927</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Correction</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/04/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 61288</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/28/2011</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2016</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>CIS No. 2253-03; Regulatory actions announced in 1115-AF27 are merged with this rulemaking.

Transferred from RIN 1115-AG93</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Lori</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>MacKenzie</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>S. </MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Division Chief, Operations Policy &amp; Stakeholder Communications, Immigrant Investor Program</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1615</CODE>
                    <NAME>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USCIS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 357-9214</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>lori.s.mackenzie@uscis.dhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>131 M Street, NE.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20529-2200</ZIP>
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