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SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES—Continued 

Item No. Fee 

(g) A parent, sibling, spouse, or child of a U.S. government employee killed in the line of duty 

who is traveling to attend the employee’s funeral and/or burial; or a parent, sibling, spouse, 

son, or daughter of a U.S. government employee critically injured in the line of duty for visitation during emergency treatment and convalescence.

NO FEE. 

23. Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Fee, including Border-Crossing Cards (Reciprocity Fee) ................... RECIPROCAL. 

24. EXEMPTIONS from Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Fee: 

(a) An official representative of a foreign government or an international or regional organization 

of which the U.S. is a member; members and staff of an observer mission to United Nations 

Headquarters recognized by the UN General Assembly; and applicants for diplomatic visas as 

defined under item 22(a); and their immediate families.

NO FEE. 

(b) An applicant transiting to and from the United Nations Headquarters ........................................ NO FEE. 

(c) An applicant participating in a U.S. government sponsored program ......................................... NO FEE. 

(d) An applicant traveling to provide charitable services as determined by the Department ........... NO FEE. 

25. Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee for Visa Applicant included in L Blanket Petition (principal 

applicant only).

$500. 

* * * * * * * 

Immigrant and Special Visa Services 

31. Filing Immigrant Visa Petition (collected for USCIS and subject to change): 

(a) Petition to classify status of alien relative for issuance of immigrant Visa .................................. For fee amount, see 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). 

(b) Petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative ................................................................... For fee amount, see 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). 

32. Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee (per person): 

(a) Immediate relative and family preference applications ................................................................ $230. 

(b) Employment-based applications ................................................................................................... $405. 

(c) Other immigrant visa applications (including I–360 self-petitioners and special immigrant visa 

applicants).

$220. 

(d) Certain Iraqi and Afghan special immigrant visa applications ..................................................... NO FEE. 

33. Diversity Visa Lottery Fee (per person applying as a result of the lottery program) ......................... $330. 

34. Affidavit of Support Review (only when reviewed domestically) ........................................................ $88. 

35. Special Visa Services: 

(a) Determining Returning Resident Status ....................................................................................... $275. 

(b) Waiver of two year residency requirement .................................................................................. $215. 

(c) Waiver of immigrant visa ineligibility (collected for USCIS and subject to change) .................... For fee amount, see 8 CFR 103.7(b)(1). 

(d) Refugee or significant public benefit parole case processing ..................................................... NO FEE. 

* * * * * * * 

PART 42—VISAS: DOCUMENTATION 

OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE 

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 

ACT, AS AMENDED 

■ 3. The authority citation continues to 

read as follows: 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1182; Pub. L. 

105–277; Pub. L. 108–449; 112 Stat. 2681– 

795 through 2681–801; The Convention on 

Protection of Children and Co-operation in 

Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at 

the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 

105–51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 

31922 (1993)); The Intercountry Adoption 

Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 14901–14954, Pub. L. 

106–279. 

■ 4. Revise § 42.33(i) to read as follows: 

§ 42.33 Diversity immigrants. 

* * * * * 

(i) Diversity Visa Lottery fee. Consular 

officers shall collect, or ensure the 

collection of, the Diversity Visa Lottery 

fee from those persons who apply for a 

diversity immigrant visa, described in 

INA 203(c), after being selected by the 

diversity visa lottery program. The 

Diversity Visa Lottery fee, as prescribed 

by the Secretary of State, is set forth in 

the Schedule of Fees, 22 CFR 22.1. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management, 

U.S. Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

28 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. OJP (BJA) 1577] 

RIN 1121–AA79 

National Motor Vehicle Title 

Information System (NMVTIS): 

Technical Corrections 

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, 

Justice. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Justice Programs 

(OJP) is promulgating this direct final 

rule for its National Motor Vehicle Title 

Information System Program (NMVTIS) 

in order to make two technical 

corrections to the NMVTIS regulations. 

DATES: Effective date: This direct final 

rule is effective June 27, 2012 without 

further action, unless adverse comments 

are received by the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance (BJA) by May 29, 2012. If 

adverse comment is received, BJA will 

publish a timely withdrawal of the rule 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Please address all 

comments regarding this rule by U.S. 

mail, to: Todd Brighton, Bureau of 

Justice Assistance, 810 7th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20531; or by 

telefacsimile to (202) 354–4135. To 

ensure proper handling, please 

reference OJP Docket No. 1577 on your 

correspondence. Comments may also be 

sent electronically through http:// 

regulations.gov using the electronic 

comment form provided on that site. An 

electronic copy of this document is also 

available at the http://regulations.gov 

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Web site. BJA will accept attachments to 

electronic comments in Microsoft Word, 

WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF formats 

only. All electronic comments sent 

directly to BJA must be received by 

midnight Eastern Time on the day that 

the comment period closes. The public’s 

ability to comment through http:// 

regulations.gov terminates at midnight 

Eastern Time on the day that the 

comment period closes. All comments 

received via U.S. mail, or an express 

mail carrier, must be postmarked on or 

before the day that the comment period 

closes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Brighton, BJA, at 202–616–3879. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Posting of Public Comments 

Please note that all comments 

received are considered part of the 

public record and made available for 

public inspection online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Information made 

available for public inspection includes 

personal identifying information (such 

as your name, address, etc.) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter. 

If you wish to submit personal 

identifying information (such as your 

name, address, etc.) as part of your 

comment, but do not wish it to be 

posted online, you must include the 

phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You must also locate 

all the personal identifying information 

that you do not want posted online in 

the first paragraph of your comment and 

identify what information you want the 

agency to redact. Personal identifying 

information identified and located as set 

forth above will be placed in the 

agency’s public docket file, but not 

posted online. 

If you wish to submit confidential 

business information as part of your 

comment but do not wish it to be posted 

online, you must include the phrase 

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You must also 

prominently identify confidential 

business information to be redacted 

within the comment. If a comment has 

so much confidential business 

information that it cannot be effectively 

redacted, the agency may choose not to 

post that comment (or to only partially 

post that comment) on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Confidential 

business information identified and 

located as set forth above will not be 

placed in the public docket file, nor will 

it be posted online. 

If you wish to inspect the agency’s 

public docket file in person by 

appointment, please see the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

paragraph. 

II. Background 

The National Motor Vehicle Title 

Information System was established 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30501–30505. The 

purposes of the System include 

reducing fraud in the registering and 

titling of automobiles and making 

information available that would restrict 

the market for stolen automobiles. For 

further information, see the NMVTIS 

Web site at http:// 

www.vehiclehistory.gov. 

BJA is promulgating this direct-final 

rule to make two technical corrections 

in the regulations that were 

promulgated in 2009. 74 FR 5740 (Jan. 

30, 2009). Those regulations, because of 

a typographical error, provided at 28 

CFR 25.52 that, for purposes of the 

program, the term Motor vehicle had 

‘‘the same meaning given that term in 49 

U.S.C. 3102(6).’’ There is no section 

3102 of title 49. The regulations should 

have given the section as 30102(6), 

where a definition of ‘‘motor vehicle’’ is 

contained in title 49. 

Similarly, the earlier regulations, at 28 

CFR 25.53(f)(2), provided that the fee 

calculation should be ‘‘based on the 

Highway Statistics Program of the 

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation,’’ but 

indicated that those statistics reported 

titled vehicles by state. Those statistics 

report registered vehicles (not titled 

vehicles) by state. This direct-final rule 

would correct this description of what 

information is reported by those 

statistics, so as to avoid any confusion 

and reflect that which was intended in 

the 2009 regulations. 

III. Regulatory Requirements 

Executive Order 12866 and 13563— 

Regulatory Planning and Review 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, has 

been drafted and reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12866, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review’’ 

section 1(b), Principles of Regulation 

and in accordance with Executive Order 

13563 ‘‘Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review’’ section 1(b) General 

Principles of Regulation. OJP has 

determined that this regulation is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

Executive Order No. 12866. 

Cost/Benefit Assessment 

Both Executive Orders 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). 

Executive Order 13563 emphasizes 

the importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This regulation has no cost to 

state, local, or tribal governments, or to 

the private sector. It merely clarifies two 

provisions in the current regulations 

that clearly are in error and creates no 

new obligations. 

Administrative Procedure Act 

BJA’s implementation of this rule as 

a direct-final rule, with provision for 

post-promulgation public comment, is 

based on findings of good cause 

pursuant to the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B)). 

This minor rule amendment merely 

makes two technical corrections to the 

current regulations. BJA believes that 

the rule is noncontroversial and adverse 

comments will not be received, 

although comments on this rule are 

invited. Accordingly, BJA finds that 

‘‘good cause’’ exists under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(B) to make this rule effective 

90 days after publication in the Federal 

Register, unless an adverse comment is 

received within the comment period. 

Executive Order 13132—Federalism 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, will 

not have a substantial direct effect 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 No. 

13132, 64 FR 43255 (Aug. 4, 1999), it is 

determined that this regulation does not 

have sufficient federalism implications 

to warrant the preparation of a 

Federalism Assessment. 

Executive Order 12988—Civil Justice 

Reform 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, 

meets the applicable standards set forth 

in sections 3(a) & (b)(2) of Executive 

Order No. 12988. Pursuant to section 

3(b)(1)(I) of the Executive Order, 

nothing in this or any previous rule (or 

in any administrative policy, directive, 

ruling, notice, guideline, guidance, or 

writing) directly relating to the Program 

that is the subject of this rule is 

intended to create any legal or 

procedural rights enforceable against the 

United States, except as the same may 

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be contained within part 25 of title 28 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. This rule has no new cost to 

State, local, or tribal governments, or to 

the private sector. Such costs as the 

NMVTIS program imposes exist by 

virtue of the regulations promulgated in 

2009 pursuant to notice and comment, 

which contained an impact analysis. 

Therefore, an analysis of the impact of 

this regulation on such entities is not 

required under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, 

contains no new information collection 

or record-keeping requirements under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This rule, which involves the minor 

correction of an existing regulation, 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. 

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 25 

Crime, Law enforcement, Motor 

vehicle safety, Motor vehicles, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Transportation. 

Authority and Issuance 

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth 

in the preamble, Title 28, Part 25, 

Subpart B of the Code of Federal 

Regulations is amended as follows: 

PART 25—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 28 CFR 

Part 25 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Public Law 103–159, 107 Stat. 

1536, 49 U.S.C. 30501–30505; Public Law 

101–410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Public 

Law 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321. 

Subpart B—National Motor Vehicle 

Title Information System (NMVTIS) 

§ 25.52 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 25.52, in the definition of Motor 

vehicle, remove ‘‘3102(6)’’ and add in its 

place ‘‘30102(6)’’. 

§ 25.53 [Amended] 

■ 3. Section 25.53(f)(2) is amended by 

removing ‘‘titled’’ and by adding in its 

place ‘‘registered’’. 

Dated: March 21, 2012. 

Mary Lou Leary, 

Acting Assistant Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7473 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 250 

[Docket ID BSEE–2012–0003] 

RIN 1014–AA01 

Production Measurement Documents 

Incorporated by Reference 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: BSEE is establishing a final 

rule to incorporate by reference 12 

additional production measurement 

industry standards into the regulations 

governing oil, gas, and sulphur 

operations in the Outer Continental 

Shelf. Incorporation of these production 

measurement standards provides 

industry with up-to-date standards for 

measuring oil and gas production 

volumes. This rule will result in more 

accurate and efficient measurement of 

oil and gas production. 

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule 

becomes effective on May 29, 2012. The 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in the rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of May 29, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wilbon Rhome, Regulations and 

Standards Branch, at 

Wilbon.Rhome@BSEE.gov, 703–787– 

1587. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Final 

Rule falls under the authority of BSEE 

and as such, new Regulation Identifier 

Number (RIN) and Docket ID numbers 

were assigned to this rulemaking. The 

new RIN for this Final Rule is 1014– 

AA01, will replace RIN 1010–AD53 

from the proposed rule. The Docket is 

now BSEE–2012–0003, replacing 

BOEM–2010–0033. 

BSEE uses standards, specifications, 

and recommended practices developed 

by standard-setting organizations and 

the oil and gas industry as a means of 

establishing requirements for activities 

in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 

This practice, known as incorporation 

by reference, allows BSEE to incorporate 

the requirements of technical 

documents into the regulations at 30 

CFR 250.198 without increasing the 

volume of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR). 

The regulations found at 1 CFR part 

51 govern how BSEE and other Federal 

agencies incorporate by reference the 

requirements found in various 

documents. Agencies can incorporate by 

reference only through publication in 

the Federal Register. Agencies must 

also obtain approval from the Director of 

the Federal Register for each publication 

incorporated by reference. Incorporation 

by reference of a document or 

publication is limited to the edition of 

the document or publication cited in the 

regulations. Accordingly, newer 

editions, amendments, or revisions to 

documents already incorporated by 

reference in regulations are not part of 

BSEE regulations. 

In some cases, BSEE may not agree 

with a standard or a specific section in 

a standard. As a result, a standard may 

not be included in the regulations at all 

or only a portion may be included. 

Why Technical Standards Are 

Important 

Industry standards incorporated in 

BSEE regulations are invaluable for a 

variety of reasons. In some instances 

they enable us to avoid unnecessarily 

detailed regulations. They have helped 

us to evolve from a regulatory process 

that reacts to inadequacies in OCS 

operations to a more orderly process 

that recognizes technical innovation and 

progressive ideas aimed at improving 

performance, safety, and efficiencies. 

Industry standards are also important 

because the law mandates their use by 

Federal agencies under certain 

circumstances. 

Legal and Policy Mandates 

Legal and Policy mandates to Federal 

agencies, including BSEE, to use 

industry standards include the 

following: 

• In October 1993, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) issued 

a revised Circular A–119 entitled, 

‘‘Federal Participation in the 

Development and Use of Voluntary 

Standards’’. This Circular established 

the policy for participation by Federal 

employees in the development of 

technical standards and the use of 

voluntary standards by Federal 

agencies. 

• In March 1996, President Clinton 

codified this OMB policy into Federal 

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