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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Release of Information from Department of Veterans Affairs Records</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations governing the submission and processing of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act in order to reorganize, streamline, and clarify existing regulations.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>38 CFR 1.519</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.552</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.554</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.556</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.557</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.558</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.559</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.561</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.577</CFR>
            <CFR>38 CFR 1.580</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 552</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 552a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>38 U.S.C. 501(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>NPRM</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/28/2017</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Pub. L. 114-185</DLINE_DESC>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>Pub. L. 114-185, revised the FOIA in some respects and required agencies to amend their regulations accordingly; VA also made other revisions to its regulations.    </LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/05/2018</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>83 FR 14613</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/04/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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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>Catherine</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Nachmann</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>M.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Attorney, Office of General Counsel</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>2900</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of Veterans Affairs</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>VA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 461-7684</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 273-6388</FAX>
                <EMAIL>catherine.nachmann@va.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>810 Vermont Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20420</ZIP>
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