The Department proposes to amend 8 CFR 103.6 to set forth standards and procedures ICE will follow before making a determination to stop accepting immigration bonds posted by a surety company that has been certified to issue bonds by the Department of the Treasury or by an agent acting as a co-obligor with the surety. On March 17, 2011, Treasury published a proposed rule, Surety Companies Doing Business with the United States, that would amend 31 CFR part 223. See 76 FR 14592. This proposed rule would grant agencies the authority to decline bonds from a Treasury-certified surety for cause, such as when the surety owes unpaid, administratively-final bond debts to the Agency. When Treasury's proposed rule is final, the Department intends to publish a proposed rule allowing ICE to decline additional immigration bonds from surety companies and/or their agents when they have failed to pay administratively-final debts or have an unacceptably high breach rate. The rule would include due process protections for the companies such as advance written notice of the Agency's intention to decline future bonds, an explanation of the reasons supporting the proposed non-acceptance of the bonds, an opportunity to respond, and an opportunity to cure the defects.