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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02158]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

45 CFR Part 5b

[Docket Number ACF-2024-0015]
RIN 0970-AD15

Privacy Act; Implementation

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Direct final rule; delay of effective date and reopening of 
public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or 
Department) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 2024, which was to become effective February 6, 2025. As a 
result of administrative technical issues, including an incorrect email 
address, HHS is reopening the public comment period with a new email 
address for the public to submit comments and delaying the effective 
date to March 21, 2025. The purpose of the direct final rule was to 
exempt a new Privacy Act system of records maintained by the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee 
Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB), System No. 09-
80-0323, ``ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) Child Abuse or 
Neglect Investigation Records and Central Registry,'' from certain 
requirements of the Privacy Act, in accordance with subsection (k)(2) 
of the Privacy Act.

DATES: The comment period for the direct final rule published at 89 FR 
104450 on December 23, 2024, is reopened. Comments should be received 
on or before March 5, 2025. As of February 3, 2025, the effective date 
for the direct final rule published at 89 FR 104450 on December 23, 
2024, is delayed to March 21, 2025, without further action, unless 
adverse comments are received. If adverse comments are received, a 
timely notification of withdrawal will be published in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by agency name and Docket No. 
ACF-2024-0015, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following ways:
     Mail: ORR UC Bureau Regulatory Affairs, at Administration 
for Children and Families, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201.
     Email: ORR UC Bureau Regulatory Affairs, at [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket No. for this rulemaking. All comments received may be posted 
without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the 
instructions provided for conducting a search, using the docket 
number(s) found in brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toby Biswas, ORR UC Bureau Regulatory 
Affairs, by phone at 202-205-4440 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published a direct final rule 
in the Federal Register at 89 FR 104450 on December 23, 2024. For the 
reasons stated in the SUMMARY, HHS is reopening the public comment 
period and delaying the effective date for the direct final rule.

Dorothy A. Fink,
Acting Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-02158 Filed 1-31-25; 8:45 am]
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