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private sector, of $100 million 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 (2 U.S.C. 1501–1571). 

Congressional Review Act 

This regulation is a rule subject to the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 

U.S.C. 801–808), but is not a ‘‘major’’ 

rule that cannot take effect until 60 days 

after it is published in the Federal 

Register. Therefore, the EEOC will 

submit this rule and other required 

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to the effective date of the 

rule. 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1601 

Administrative practice and 

procedure. 

For the Commission. 

Charlotte A. Burrows, 

Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission. 

Accordingly, the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission amends 29 

CFR part 1601 as follows: 

PART 1601—PROCEDURAL 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1601 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e–17; 42 

U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 

2000ff–11; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; 

Pub. L. 104–134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 

1373. 

■ 2. Section 1601.30 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 1601.30 Notices to be posted. 

* * * * * 

(b) Section 711(b) of Title VII and the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act, as amended, make 

failure to comply with this section 

punishable by a fine of not more than 

$680 for each separate offense. 

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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

29 CFR Parts 1601 and 1626 

RIN 3046–AB32 

Congressional Disapproval of Update 

of Commission’s Conciliation 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; Congressional 

Review Act revocation. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to their authority 

under the Congressional Review Act 

(CRA), Congress passed, and the 

President signed, a joint resolution 

disapproving the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC or 

Commission) final rule titled ‘‘Update of 

Commission’s Conciliation Procedures.’’ 

Under the joint resolution and by 

operation of the CRA, this rule has no 

legal force or effect. The Commission 

hereby is removing it from the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

February 16, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal 

Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, at 

kathleen.oram@eeoc.gov or (202) 921– 

2665 (voice). Requests for this document 

in an alternative format should be made 

to the EEOC’s Office of Communications 

and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921– 

3191 (voice), 1–800–669–6820 (TTY), or 

1–844–234–5122 (ASL video phone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 9, 2020, the Commission 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register, proposing amendments to its 

procedural rules governing the 

conciliation process (85 FR 64079). The 

Commission published the final rule, 

titled ‘‘Update of Commission’s 

Conciliation Procedures,’’ in the Federal 

Register on January 14, 2021 (86 FR 

2974) (‘‘Final Rule’’). The Final Rule 

outlined the information that the 

Commission must provide when 

undertaking conciliation efforts for 

charges alleging violations of Title VII of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

(ADA), the Genetic Information 

Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), 

and the Age Discrimination in 

Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The 

Final Rule became effective on February 

16, 2021. 

On May 19, 2021, the United States 

Senate passed a joint resolution (S.J. 

Res. 13) disapproving the Final Rule 

under the Congressional Review Act 

(CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). The United 

States House of Representatives passed 

S.J. Res. 13 on June 24, 2021. The 

President signed the joint resolution 

into law as Public Law 117–22 on June 

30, 2021. Under Public Law 117–22 and 

by operation of the CRA, the Final Rule 

has no force or effect. Accordingly, the 

Commission is hereby removing the 

Final Rule from the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR). 

This action is not an exercise of the 

Commission’s rulemaking authority 

under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) because the Commission is not 

‘‘formulating, amending, or repealing a 

rule’’ under 5 U.S.C. 551(5). Rather, the 

Commission is effectuating a change to 

the Code of Federal Regulations to 

reflect what congressional and 

presidential action already has 

accomplished. Accordingly, the 

Commission is not soliciting comments 

on this action, nor is it delaying the 

effective date. 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Parts 1601 

and 1626 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Equal employment 

opportunity. 

For the reasons set forth above, and 

pursuant to the CRA (5 U.S.C. 801 et 

seq.) and Public Law 117–22, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

amends 29 CFR parts 1601 and 1626 as 

follows: 

PART 1601—PROCEDURAL 

REGULATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for 29 CFR 

part 1601 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e–17; 

42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff 

to 2000ff–11; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as 

amended; Pub. L. 104–134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 

110 Stat. 1373. 

§ 1601.24 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 1601.24 by removing 

paragraphs (d), (e), and (f). 

PART 1626—PROCEDURES—AGE 

DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT 

ACT 

■ 3. The authority citation for 29 CFR 

part 1626 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 9, 81 Stat. 605, 29 U.S.C. 

628; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, 3 CFR, 

1978 Comp., p. 321. 

■ 4. Revise § 1626.12 to read as follows: 

§ 1626.12 Conciliation efforts pursuant to 

section 7(d) of the Act. 

Upon receipt of a charge, the 

Commission shall promptly attempt to 

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by informal methods of conciliation, 

conference and persuasion. Upon failure 

of such conciliation the Commission 

will notify the charging party. Such 

notification enables the charging party 

or any person aggrieved by the subject 

matter of the charge to commence action 

to enforce their rights without waiting 

for the lapse of 60 days. Notification 

under this section is not a Notice of 

Dismissal or Termination under 

§ 1626.17. 

■ 5. Amend § 1626.15 by revising 

paragraph (d) to read as follows: 

§ 1626.15 Commission enforcement. 

* * * * * 

(d) Upon the failure of informal 

conciliation, conference and persuasion 

under section 7(b) of the Act, the 

Commission may initiate and conduct 

litigation. 

* * * * * 

Charlotte A. Burrows, 

Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 510 

North Korea Sanctions Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is amending the North 

Korea Sanctions Regulations to modify 

a general license that authorizes certain 

transactions in support of specified 

humanitarian activities of 

nongovernmental organizations. 

Additionally, OFAC is adding general 

licenses to authorize the following: 

transactions related to the exportation 

and reexportation of items authorized 

by the U.S. Department of Commerce; 

the provision of certain agricultural 

commodities, medicine, and medical 

devices; and certain journalistic 

activities in North Korea. 

DATES: This rule is effective February 

16, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

tel.: 202–622–2480; Assistant Director 

for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622– 

4855; or Assistant Director for 

Compliance, tel.: 202–622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: 

www.treas.gov/ofac. 

Background 

On November 4, 2010, OFAC issued 

the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, 

31 CFR part 510 (75 FR 67912, 

November 4, 2010) (the ‘‘Regulations’’). 

Since then, OFAC has amended the 

Regulations several times. OFAC is now 

amending the general license at 

§ 510.512 of the Regulations, which 

authorizes certain transactions in 

support of specified humanitarian 

activities of nongovernmental 

organizations (NGOs) in North Korea, to 

broaden the activities and transactions 

authorized, including transactions with 

certain Government of North Korea 

entities that are necessary for the 

provision of services authorized by 

§ 510.512, and make other changes. As 

a condition of the general license, NGOs 

relying on the authorization must 

submit a report to the U.S. Department 

of State no fewer than 30 days before the 

commencement of their activity 

indicating that the NGO’s activities have 

been approved by or notified to the 

Security Council Committee established 

pursuant to United Nations Security 

Council resolution 1718 (2006), or that 

the NGO’s activities do not require such 

an approval or notification. The U.S. 

Department of State may notify NGOs 

within the two-week period following 

submission of the report to inform them 

that their activities are not authorized 

by the NGO general license. 

Additionally, this rule adds three new 

general licenses to the Regulations. 

Section 510.520 authorizes transactions 

incident to the exportation or 

reexportation to North Korea of items 

(commodities, software, or technology) 

subject to the Export Administration 

Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 

774 (EAR), that have been licensed or 

otherwise authorized by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce under the 

EAR, including on a ‘‘No License 

Required’’ (NLR) basis due to the 

availability of an EAR license exception. 

Section 510.521 authorizes the 

provision of certain agricultural 

commodities, medicine, and medical 

devices (excluding ‘‘luxury goods’’ as 

described in 15 CFR 746.4(b)(1)) that are 

not subject to the EAR to North Korea. 

Section 510.522 authorizes U.S. news 

reporting organizations and their 

employees to engage in certain 

journalistic activities in North Korea, 

which OFAC authorizes via specific 

license. Finally, this rule corrects a 

typographic error in the authority 

citation. 

Public Participation 

Because this amendment of the 

Regulations involves a foreign affairs 

function, the provisions of Executive 

Order 12866 of September 30, 1993, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review’’ (58 

FR 51735, October 4, 1993), as 

amended, and the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring 

notice of proposed rulemaking, 

opportunity for public participation, 

and delay in effective date are 

inapplicable. Because no notice of 

proposed rulemaking is required for this 

rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collections of information related 

to the Regulations are contained in 31 

CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting, 

Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’). 

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), those 

collections of information have been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget under control number 1505– 

0164. An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid control number. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 510 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agricultural commodities, 

Aircraft, Banks, Banking, Blocking of 

assets, CAPTA List, Diplomatic 

missions, Foreign financial institutions, 

Foreign trade, Imports, Journalistic 

activities, Medical devices, Medicine, 

Nongovernmental organizations, North 

Korea, Patents, Secondary sanctions, 

Services, Telecommunications, United 

Nations, Vessels, Workers’ Party of 

Korea. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, OFAC amends 31 CFR part 

510 as follows: 

PART 510—NORTH KOREA 

SANCTIONS REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation is revised to 

read as follows: 

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 

50 U.S.C. 1601–1651, 1701–1706; 22 U.S.C. 

287c, 9201–9255; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 

890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. 

L. 115–44, 131 Stat. 886 (codified in scattered 

sections of 22 U.S.C.); E.O. 13466, 73 FR 

36787, 3 CFR, 2008 Comp., p. 195; E.O. 

13551, 75 FR 53837, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 

242; E.O. 13570, 76 FR 22291, 3 CFR, 2011 

Comp., p. 233; E.O. 13687, 80 FR 819, 3 CFR, 

2015 Comp., p. 259; E.O. 13722, 81 FR 14943, 


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