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AARP to alter or amend the court’s 

summary judgment order, the court 

issued an order vacating the incentive 

section of the rule, 29 CFR 

1635.8(b)(2)(iii), effective January 1, 

2019. AARP v. EEOC, D.D.C., No. 16– 

2113 (D.D.C. Dec. 20, 2017). Consistent 

with that decision, this rule removes the 

incentive section of the GINA 

regulations at 29 CFR 1635.8(b)(2)(iii). 

This rule is not subject to the 

requirement to provide public comment 

because it falls under the good cause 

exception at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). The 

good cause exception is satisfied when 

notice and comment is ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Id. This rule is an 

administrative step that implements the 

court’s order vacating the incentive 

section of the GINA rule. Additionally, 

because this rule implements a court 

order already in effect, the Commission 

has good cause to waive the 30-day 

effective date under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1635 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Equal employment 

opportunity. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, under the authority of 42 

U.S.C. 2000ff–2000ff–11, the EEOC 

amends chapter XIV of title 29 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 1635—GENETIC INFORMATION 

NONDISCRIMINATION ACT OF 2008 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1635 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2000ff. 

§ 1635.8 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 1635.8 by removing and 

reserving paragraph (b)(2)(iii). 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Victoria A. Lipnic, 

Acting Chair, U.S. Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

31 CFR Part 270 

Availability of Records 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the 

Fiscal Service, is streamlining its 

regulations by removing regulations that 

are no longer necessary because they are 

duplicative of other existing regulations, 

and do not add any substantive 

requirements, limitations, or 

instructions to Treasury’s regulations. 

DATES: Effective December 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You can download this final 

rule at the following internet addresses: 

http://www.regulations.gov, http://

www.gpo.gov, or http://

www.fiscal.treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Kearns, Attorney-Advisor, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 874– 

7036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On February 24, 2017, the President 

issued Executive Order 13777, 

Enforcing the Regulatory Reform 

Agenda (82 FR 12285). E.O. 13777 

directed each agency to establish a 

Regulatory Reform Task Force. Each 

Regulatory Reform Task Force was 

directed to review existing regulations 

that: (i) Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job 

creation; (ii) are outdated, unnecessary, 

or ineffective; (iii) impose costs that 

exceed benefits; (iv) create a serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with regulatory reform initiatives and 

policies; (v) are inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Information Quality 

Act (section 515 of the Treasury and 

General Government Appropriations 

Act of 2001) or OMB Information 

Quality Guidance issued pursuant to 

that provision; or (vi) derive from or 

implement Executive Orders or other 

Presidential directives that have been 

subsequently rescinded or substantially 

modified. 

II. Explanation of Provisions 

Treasury is eliminating Bureau of the 

Fiscal Service regulations that it has 

determined are duplicative and 

unnecessary. These regulations, 

published at 31 CFR part 270, govern 

the availability of records, materials and 

information to be made available to the 

public, in accordance with the Freedom 

of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. These 

regulations operate in accordance with 

the definitions, procedures, and other 

provisions of the regulations regarding 

the Disclosure of Records of the Office 

of the Secretary and of other bureaus 

and offices of the Treasury Department, 

published as part 1 of title 31 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. The rule 

found at 31 CFR part 270 is unnecessary 

because it does not add any substantive 

requirements, limitations, or 

instructions to the Treasury Department 

regulations and the appendices thereto. 

Accordingly, the regulations in 31 CFR 

part 270 are being removed. 

III. Procedural Requirements 

A. Administrative Procedure Act 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) generally requires agencies to 

publish a notice of proposed rulemaking 

in the Federal Register and provide 

interested persons the opportunity to 

submit comments. 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and 

(c). The APA provides an exception to 

this prior notice and comment 

requirement for ‘‘rules of agency 

organization, procedure, or practice.’’ 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(A). This final rule is a 

procedural rule promulgated for agency 

efficiency purposes. Treasury is 

removing duplicative and unnecessary 

regulations, the removal of which will 

not affect the substantive rights or 

interests of the public. 

The APA also provides an exception 

from notice and comment procedures 

when an agency finds for good cause 

that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B). Treasury finds good cause to 

issue this rule without prior notice or 

comment, because such procedures are 

unnecessary. The removal of these 

regulations will have no substantive 

effect on the public because the 

regulations are duplicative of other 

existing regulations, and their removal 

will not affect the substantive rights or 

interests of the public. 

Further, the APA generally requires 

that substantive rules incorporate a 30- 

day delayed effective date. 5 U.S.C. 

553(d). This final rule, however, is 

merely procedural and promulgated for 

agency efficiency purposes, and does 

not impose substantive requirements on, 

nor affect the interests of, the public. 

Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3), Treasury finds for good cause 

that a delayed effective date is 

unnecessary. 

B. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This rule is not a major rule pursuant 

to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq. It is not 

expected to lead to any of the results 

listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule may 

take immediate effect after we submit a 

copy of it to Congress and the 

Comptroller General. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

There is no new collection of 

information contained in this final rule 

that would be subject to the PRA, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Under the PRA, an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

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D. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., does not apply to this 

rule because, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2), issuance does not require 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment. Nonetheless, this rule will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

E. Executive Order 12866 

This rule is not a significant 

regulatory action pursuant to Executive 

Order 12866. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 270 

Records, availability of records and 

information, requests for records, 

Freedom of Information Act. 

Amendments to the Regulations 

PART 270—[REMOVED AND 

RESERVED] 

■ Accordingly, under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 552, 31 CFR part 270 is removed 

and reserved. 

David A. Lebryk, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

31 CFR Parts 317 and 358 

Regulations Governing United States 

Securities 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service, is streamlining its securities 

regulations by removing regulations that 

are no longer necessary because they do 

not have any current or future 

applicability. 

DATES: Effective December 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You can download this final 

rule at the following internet addresses: 

http://www.regulations.gov, http://

www.gpo.gov, or http://

www.fiscal.treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Martin, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (304) 480–8697. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On February 24, 2017, the President 

issued Executive Order 13777, 

Enforcing the Regulatory Reform 

Agenda (82 FR 12285). E.O. 13777 

directed each agency to establish a 

Regulatory Reform Task Force. Each 

Regulatory Reform Task Force was 

directed to review existing regulations 

that: (i) Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job 

creation; (ii) are outdated, unnecessary, 

or ineffective; (iii) impose costs that 

exceed benefits; (iv) create a serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with regulatory reform initiatives and 

policies; (v) are inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Information Quality 

Act (section 515 of the Treasury and 

General Government Appropriations 

Act of 2001) or OMB Information 

Quality Guidance issued pursuant to 

that provision; or (vi) derive from or 

implement Executive Orders or other 

Presidential directives that have been 

subsequently rescinded or substantially 

modified. 

II. Explanation of Provisions 

In this rulemaking, the Department of 

the Treasury (Treasury) is eliminating 

two categories of securities regulations 

that are no longer necessary. The first 

category, published at 31 CFR part 317, 

governs the manner in which an 

organization may qualify and act as an 

agent for the sale and issue of Series EE 

and Series I United States Savings 

Bonds. These regulations are 

unnecessary because Treasury stopped 

selling savings bonds at financial 

institutions in January 2012 and no 

longer issues savings bonds through 

issuing agents. The second category, 

published at 31 CFR part 358, governs 

the conversion of stripped bearer 

securities into book-entry securities that 

can be held in commercial book-entry 

accounts with brokers and financial 

institutions. These regulations are 

unnecessary because the last bearer 

security eligible for conversion was 

called in November 2006, and the 

conversion program has ended. 

Accordingly, the regulations in parts 

317 and 358 are being removed. 

III. Procedural Requirements 

A. Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

Because this rule relates to United 

States securities, which are contracts 

between Treasury and the owner of the 

security, this rule falls within the 

contract exception to the APA at 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(2). Notice and comment 

rulemaking is not required. 

B. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This rule is not a major rule pursuant 

to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq. It is not 

expected to lead to any of the results 

listed in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule may 

take immediate effect after we submit a 

copy of it to Congress and the 

Comptroller General. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

There is no new collection of 

information contained in this final rule 

that would be subject to the PRA, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Under the PRA, an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., does not apply to this 

rule because, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2), issuance does not require 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment. Nonetheless, this rule will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

E. Executive Order 12866 

This rule is not a significant 

regulatory action pursuant to Executive 

Order 12866. 

List of Subjects 

31 CFR Part 317 

Government securities, Savings 

bonds. 

31 CFR Part 358 

Government securities. 

Amendments to the Regulations 

Accordingly, under the authority of 

31 U.S.C. 3121, 31 CFR chapter II is 

amended as follows: 

PART 317—[REMOVED AND 

RESERVED] 

■ 1. Part 317 is removed and reserved. 

PART 358—[REMOVED AND 

RESERVED] 

■ 2. Part 358 is removed and reserved. 

David A. Lebryk, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

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