[Federal Register: October 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 191)]
[Proposed Rules]
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Part VI
Department of Justice
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Bureau of Prisons
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28 CFR Part 571
Release Gratuities, Transportation, and Clothing: Aliens; Proposed Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Prisons
28 CFR Part 571
[BOP-1097-P]
RIN 1120-AA93
Release Gratuities, Transportation, and Clothing: Aliens
AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Bureau of Prisons is proposing to amend
its regulations on release gratuities, transportation, and clothing to
limit the release gratuity available to aliens. Only aliens released to
immigration authorities for the purpose of release or transfer to a
community corrections center will be provided $10 cash. Aliens being
released for the purpose of deportation, exclusion, or removal, or
aliens detained or serving 60 days or less in a contract facility will
not receive a release gratuity of $10. This amendment is intended to
reduce costs by providing the $10 gratuity only to those aliens whom
the Bureau determines have a need for a gratuity.
DATES: Comments due by December 3, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Rules Unit, Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons,
HOLC Room 754, 320 First Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Nanovic, Office of General
Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, phone (202) 514-6655.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Prisons is proposing to amend
its regulations on release gratuities, transportation, and clothing (28
CFR 571, subpart C). Current regulations on this subject were published
in the Federal Register on May 21, 1991 (56 FR 23480) and were amended
on September 10, 1996 (61 FR 47795).
Current provisions on release gratuities in Sec. 571.21(e) specify
that with the exception of aliens serving 60 days or less in contract
facilities, each alien released to immigration authorities is to have
$10 cash. The Bureau is proposing that aliens being released for the
purpose of deportation, exclusion, or removal not be provided a $10
gratuity. As these inmates are to become the responsibility of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, providing a $10 gratuity from
the Bureau is not appropriate.
Interested persons may participate in this proposed rulemaking by
submitting data, views, or arguments in writing to the Rules Unit,
Office of General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street, NW.,
HOLC Room 754, Washington, DC 20534. Comments received during the
comment period will be considered before final action is taken.
Comments received after the expiration of the comment period will be
considered to the extent practicable. All comments received remain on
file for public inspection at the above address. The proposed rule may
be changed in light of the comments received. No oral hearings are
contemplated.
Executive Order 12866
This rule falls within a category of actions that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has determined not to constitute
``significant regulatory actions'' under section 3(f) of Executive
Order 12866 and, accordingly, it was not reviewed by OMB.
Executive Order 12612
This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive
Order 12612, it is determined that this rule does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism
Assessment.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, in accordance with the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this
regulation and by approving it certifies that this regulation will not
have a significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small
entities for the following reasons: This rule pertains to the
correctional management of offenders committed to the custody of the
Attorney General or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and its
economic impact is limited to the Bureau's appropriated funds.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of
$100,000,000 or more in any one year, and it will not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed
necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by Sec. 804 of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. This rule will
not result in an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more;
a major increase in costs or prices; or significant adverse effects on
competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on
the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreign-
based companies in domestic and export markets.
Plain Language Instructions
We try to write clearly. If you can suggest how to improve the
clarity of these regulations, call or write Roy Nanovic at the address
listed above.
List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 571
Prisoners.
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer,
Director, Bureau of Prisons.
Accordingly, pursuant to the rulemaking authority vested in the
Attorney General in 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and delegated to the Director,
Bureau of Prisons in 28 CFR 0.96(o), part 551 in subchapter C of 28
CFR, chapter V is proposed to be amended as set forth below.
SUBCHAPTER D--COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RELEASE
PART 571--RELEASE FROM CUSTODY
1. The authority citation for 28 CFR part 571 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3565; 3568-3569 (Repealed in
part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 3582,
3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to
offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 and
4201-4218 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1,
1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses
committed after that date), 5031-5042; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; U.S.
Const., Art. II, Sec. 2; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99, 1.1-1.10.
2. In Sec. 571.21, paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 571.21 Procedures.
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(e) Staff will ensure that each alien released to immigration
authorities for the purpose of release or transfer to a community
corrections center has $10 cash. This provision does not apply to
aliens being released for the purpose of deportation, exclusion, or
removal, or to
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aliens detained or serving 60 days or less in contract facilities.
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