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DOJ/LA RIN: 1105-AB61 Publication ID: Fall 2020 
Title: Process and Procedures for Issuance and Use of Guidance Documents 
Abstract:

This rule sets forth the Justice Department’s processes and procedures governing the review, clearance, and issuance of guidance documents and codifies existing Department limitations on the use of Department guidance documents in criminal and civil enforcement actions brought by the Department.  

 
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 28 CFR 50   
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301    18 U.S.C. 1162    28 U.S.C. 509-510    28 U.S.C. 516    28 U.S.C. 519    42 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.    42 U.S.C. 1973c    Pub. L. 107-273   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  10/07/2020  85 FR 63200   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  11/06/2020 
Final Action  03/00/2021 
Additional Information: Docket No. OAG 169
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Hinchman
Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy
Department of Justice
Room 4252, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20530
Phone:202 514-8059
Fax:202 353-2371
Email: robert.hinchman@usdoj.gov