Proposed Rule2025-17526
Department of Justice; Withdrawal of Rulemaking Actions
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September 11, 2025
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Abstract
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.
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17526]
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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.
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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are withdrawn.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.
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\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 <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaHistory</a>. The
Department's entries in the Fall 2024 edition may be viewed at the
following addresses: (1) the current actions are available at
<a href="https://perma.cc/JT2M-KZXE">https://perma.cc/JT2M-KZXE</a>; (2) the long-term actions are available
at <a href="https://perma.cc/Y9A2-H2DZ">https://perma.cc/Y9A2-H2DZ</a>; and (3) the inactive actions are
available at <a href="https://perma.cc/W5Y4-7UW6">https://perma.cc/W5Y4-7UW6</a>.
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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
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RIN DOJ component Citation
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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).
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Table 2--Rulemakings Included in the Unified Agenda But Not Published in
the Federal Register
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RIN DOJ component Title
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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.
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Dated: September 8, 2025.
Pamela Bondi,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 2025-17526 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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