2025-17526: Department of Justice; Withdrawal of Rulemaking Actions

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 43948-43949] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-17526] [[Page 43948]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 8 CFR Parts 1003, 1103, 1208, 1211, 1212, 1215, 1216, and 1235 21 CFR Chapter II 27 CFR Parts 478 and 479 28 CFR Parts 20, 506, 545, 549, 552, 570, 571 and 572 [Docket No. OAG 190; AG ORDER No. 6393-2025] RINs 1110-AA24, 1117-AB60, 1117-AB74, 1117-AB75, 1117-AB84, 1120-AB10, 1120-AB10, 1120-AB56, 1120-AB61, 1120-AB67, 1120-AB69, 1120-AB78, 1125- AA52, 1125-AA71, 1140-AA23, 1140-AA47 Department of Justice; Withdrawal of Rulemaking Actions

Agency

Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice.

Action

Withdrawal of rulemaking actions. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Department of Justice (``DOJ'' or ``the Department'') is withdrawing 16 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRMs''), Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (``ANPRMs''), and Supplemental Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (``SNPRMs'') as well as 38 other previously announced regulatory actions. The Department is withdrawing these actions as part of the Federal Government's deregulatory initiative and because of ongoing assessments of agency needs, priorities, and objectives.

Dates

As of September 11, 2025, the NPRMs, ANPRMs, SNPRMs, and other previously announced rulemakings listed below in Table 1 and Table 2 are withdrawn.

For Further Information Contact

Christina Greer, Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, Room 4254, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530; telephone: (202) 514-5739 (not a toll-free call).

Supplementary Information

On January 31, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order entitled ``Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,'' E.O. 14192, 90 FR 9065 (Jan. 31, 2025), ``to promote prudent financial management and alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens.'' Id. at 9065. He stated that ``[i]t is the policy of the executive branch to be prudent and financially responsible in the expenditure of funds, from both public and private sources, and to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people.'' Id. E.O. 14192 imposes a regulatory cap for fiscal year 2025 and instructs the heads of all agencies ``to ensure that the total incremental cost of all new regulations'' issued during the year is ``significantly less than zero.'' Id. Additionally, any new incremental costs must ``be offset by the elimination of existing costs associated with at least 10 prior regulations.'' Id. Since President Trump's announcement of a deregulatory effort through E.O. 14192, the Department has carefully reviewed its pending rulemakings and has identified actions that do not align with current agency needs, priorities, and objectives, including the best means of addressing some or all of the issues covered by these actions. Some of the actions so identified have been published in the Federal Register as NPRMs, ANPRMs, or SNPRMs. Other actions have been included in one or more editions of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the ``Unified Agenda'') \1\ but have not resulted in any publications in the Federal Register. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ As of the date of drafting this FRN, the most recently issued edition of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was the Fall 2024 edition, which was withdrawn from the Federal Register but remains available on the website of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory. The Department's entries in the Fall 2024 edition may be viewed at the following addresses: (1) the current actions are available at https://perma.cc/JT2M-KZXE; (2) the long-term actions are available at https://perma.cc/Y9A2-H2DZ; and (3) the inactive actions are available at https://perma.cc/W5Y4-7UW6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accordingly, the Department is withdrawing the 16 published NPRMs, ANPRMs, and SNPRMs listed in Table 1, for which the Department plans no further action. Similarly, the Department is also withdrawing the 38 projected rulemakings listed in Table 2 previously included in the Unified Agenda that the Department no longer intends to pursue. Table 1--Previously Published NPRMs and ANPRMs Being Withdrawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIN DOJ component Citation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1110-AA24............... FBI Carriage of Concealed Weapons Pursuant to Public Law 108-277; the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2003, 72 FR 2817 (Jan. 23, 2007) (NPRM). 1117-AB60............... DEA Providing Controlled Substances to Ocean Vessels, Aircraft, and Other Entities, 87 FR 42662 (July 18, 2022) (ANPRM). 1117-AB74............... DEA Regulation of Telepharmacy Practice, 86 FR 64096 (Nov. 17, 2021) (ANPRM). 1117-AB75............... DEA Schedules of Controlled Substances; Exempted Prescription Products, 87 FR 21588 (Apr. 12, 2022) (NPRM). 1117-AB84............... DEA Controlled Substance Destruction Alternatives to Incineration, 88 FR 74379 (Oct. 31, 2023) (ANPRM). 1120-AB10............... BOP Compassionate Release, 81 FR 36485 (June 7, 2016) (NPRM). 1120-AB10............... BOP Reduction in Sentence for Medical Reasons, 71 FR 76619 (Dec. 21, 2006) (NPRM). 1120-AB56............... BOP Inmate Commissary Account Deposit Procedures, 80 FR 38658 (July 7, 2015) (NPRM). 1120-AB61............... BOP Pre-Release Community Confinement, 76 FR 58197 (Sept. 20, 2011) (NPRM). 1120-AB67............... BOP Use of Chemical Agents or Other Less-Than- Lethal Force in Immediate Use of Force Situations, 81 FR 10153 (Feb. 29, 2016) (NPRM). 1120-AB69............... BOP Infectious Disease Management: Voluntary and Involuntary Testing, 80 FR 73153 (Nov. 24, 2015) (NPRM). 1120-AB78............... BOP Inmate Financial Responsibility Program: Procedures, 88 FR 1331 (Jan. 10, 2023) (NPRM); Inmate Financial Responsibility Program: Procedures, 89 FR 102022 (Dec. 17, 2024) (SNPRM). 1125-AA52............... EOIR Jurisdiction and Venue in Removal Proceedings, 72 FR 14494 (Mar. 28, 2007) (NPRM). 1125-AA71............... EOIR Retrospective Regulatory Review Under E.O. 13563, 77 FR 59567 (Sept. 28, 2012) (ANPRM). 1140-AA23............... ATF Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms; Amended Definition of ``Pistol'' (2003R-33P), 70 FR 17624 (Apr. 7, 2005) (NPRM). 1140-AA47............... ATF Amended Definition of ``Adjudicated as a Mental Defective'' and ``Committed to a Mental Institution'' (2010R- 21P), 79 FR 774 (Jan. 7, 2014) (NPRM). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 43949]] Table 2--Rulemakings Included in the Unified Agenda But Not Published in the Federal Register ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIN DOJ component Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1105-AB12............... EOUST Procedures for Suspension and Removal of Panel Trustees and Standing Trustees. 1105-AB65............... OLP Ensuring Fairness and Consistency in the Administration of Sentences in Federal Capital Cases. 1105-AB74............... CRM Asset Forfeiture Program Victim, Owner, and Lienholder Remission and Mitigation. 1105-AB76............... PARDON Office of the Pardon Attorney; Rules Governing Petitions for Executive Clemency, Notification of Denial of Clemency or Case Closure. 1105-AB77............... OLP Floodplain Management and Wetland Protection. 1110-AA38............... FBI Regulatory Updates to Implement Policy-- National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). 1117-AB50............... DEA Amendments to the Drug Enforcement Administration Hearing Regulations. 1117-AB52............... DEA Principal Place of Business or Professional Practice. 1117-AB59............... DEA Electronic Submission of DEA Form 41 (Registrant Record of Controlled Substances Destroyed). 1117-AB63............... DEA Termination of Registration Upon Discontinuation of Business or Change of Ownership. 1117-AB65............... DEA Disaster Registration Emergency Authorities. 1117-AB67............... DEA Campus Registration. 1117-AB68............... DEA Employment Bar and New Employment Waivers. 1117-AB69............... DEA Operation of Automated Dispensing Systems at Long Term Care Facilities by Hospital/ Clinic Pharmacies. 1117-AB71............... DEA Medical Missions. 1117-AB76............... DEA Amending Regulations to Separate K-9 Handlers From the Researcher Category. 1117-AB77............... DEA Analytical Labs and Hemp. 1117-AB83............... DEA Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion. 1117-AB86............... DEA Revision of Application for Manufacturing Quota. 1121-AA90............... OJP Updating Appendix D to 28 CFR Part 61, Office of Justice Programs Procedures Relating to Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. 1125-AA63............... EOIR Application of the Serious Nonpolitical Crime Bar to Asylum and Withholding of Removal for Recruitment or Use of Child Soldiers. 1125-AA73............... EOIR Procedures for Cases Involving Mentally Incompetent Aliens. 1125-AA82............... EOIR Civil Enforcement Actions for Document Fraud Under Section 274C of the Immigration and Nationality Act; Authority of EOIR's Anti-Fraud Officer. 1125-AB05............... EOIR Procedures to Commence Proceedings Before the Immigration Court. 1125-AB12............... EOIR Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility. 1125-AB13............... EOIR Clarifying Definitions and Analyses for Fair and Efficient Asylum and Other Protection Determinations. 1125-AB16............... EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review; Office of Legal Access Programs. 1125-AB17............... EOIR EOIR Organization; EOIR Director's Authority. 1125-AB19............... EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review; Fee Review. 1125-AB22............... EOIR Hearing Requirements and Application Procedures for Asylum and Related Protection. 1125-AB24............... EOIR Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds. 1125-AB25............... EOIR Asylum Eligibility; Persecutor Bar. 1125-AB27............... EOIR Clarifying and Revising Custody Determination Procedures for Noncitizens Subject to Discretionary Detention (INA 236(a)/8 U.S.C. 1226 detention). 1125-AB31............... EOIR Consideration of Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal Applications. 1140-AA36............... ATF Commerce in Explosives-- Relief From Disabilities. 1140-AA48............... ATF Nonimmigrant Alien Waiver (NIA Rule). 1190-AA76............... CRT Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Places of Public Accommodation; Equipment and Furniture. 1190-AA77............... CRT Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments; Public Right-of-Way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: September 8, 2025. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General. 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