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CDC meets the requirements of 

paragraph (b) and (c) of this section. If 

a CDC intends to use a contractor to 

perform liquidation, it must obtain 

approval from SBA of both the 

qualifications of the contractor and the 

terms and conditions in the contract 

covering the CDC’s retention of the 

contractor. SBA will notify a CDC in 

writing when the CDC can begin to 

perform liquidation and/or debt 

collection litigation under this section. 

Hector V. Barreto, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–21681 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

45 CFR Part 1631 

Expenditure of Grant Funds 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to delete 

in its entirety of the Legal Services 

Corporation’s regulation at 45 CFR part 

1631, Expenditure of Grant Funds. The 

proposed deletion is warranted because 

the statutory authority for part 1631 is 

no longer the prevailing rule of law. 

DATES: Comments on this NPRM are due 

on December 5, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail, fax or e-mail to 

Mattie C. Condray at the addresses 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mattie C. Condray, Senior Assistant 

General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, 

Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K 

Street, NW., Washington DC 20007; 

202–295–1624 (ph); 202–337–6519 (fax); 

mcondray@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part 1631 

provides that LSC grant recipients may 

not expend LSC funds except as in 

accordance with the restrictions and 

provisions contained in the 

Corporation’s Fiscal Year 1986 

appropriations measure (Pub. L. 99–180, 

99 Stat. 1136), unless such funds are 

expended pursuant to a waiver from the 

Corporation. Part 1631 was promulgated 

in 1986 in response to Congressional 

concerns that some pre-1982 funds were 

being held by recipients and spent on 

activities which were not prohibited at 

the time the funds were appropriated, 

but which were later prohibited (and on 

which recipients could not spend 

currently appropriated funds). 51 FR 

24826 (July 9, 1986). 

In 2005, there is no longer any 

concern that recipients have any pre1982 funds to spend. In addition, in 

1996, Congress adopted new restrictions 

and provisions applicable to recipients 

of LSC funds which supersede the 

restrictions in Public Law 99–180. 

Public Law 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321. 

These restrictions have been 

incorporated by reference in each 

subsequent appropriation, including the 

current appropriation. Public Law 108–

447, 118 Stat. 2809. These restrictions 

have been separately incorporated into 

LSC’s regulations and removal of part 

1631 will have no effect on the later 

restrictions and provisions imposed by 

Pub. L. 104–134. See, e.g., 45 CFR part 

1610. 

As part 1631 is now obsolete, LSC 

believes it is appropriate at this time to 

delete part 1631 in its entirety. LSC 

believes this action will streamline 

LSC’s regulations and avoid any 

potential confusion the continued 

existence of part 1631 might create. 

Accordingly, LSC proposes to remove 

and reserve part 1631 from Chapter XVI 

of Title 45 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

PART 1631—[REMOVED AND 

RESERVED] 

For reasons set forth above, and under 

the authority of 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e), LSC 

proposes to remove and reserve 45 CFR 

Part 1631. 

Victor M. Fortuno, 

General Counsel and Vice President for Legal 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 05–21942 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Prisons 

28 CFR Part 524 

[BOP–1131–P] 

RIN 1120–AB32 

Classification and Program Review 

AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice. 

ACTION: Proposed Rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Bureau 

of Prisons (Bureau) proposes to revise 

its regulations on classification and 

program review to remove unnecessary 

regulations and to ensure that 

classification and program review 

procedures adequately address inmate 

needs. 

DATES: Comments due by January 3, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Our e-mail address is 

BOPRULES@BOP.GOV. Comments 

should be submitted to the Rules Unit, 

Office of General Counsel, Bureau of 

Prisons, 320 First Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20534. You may view 

an electronic version of this rule at 

http://www.regulations.gov. You may 

also comment via the Internet to BOP at 

BOPRULES@BOP.GOV or by using the 

http://www.regulations.gov comment 

form for this regulation. When 

submitting comments electronically you 

must include the BOP Docket No. in the 

subject box. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Qureshi, Office of General 

Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, phone (202) 

307–2105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this 

document, we revise and streamline the 

regulations which set forth the 

classification and program review rules, 

which currently describe procedure, 

practice, and general statements of 

policy, to remove an unnecessary level 

of operational details with regard to the 

classification and program review 

process. 

Details removed from the regulations 

will be addressed in our corresponding 

policy statement on the classification 

and review program. We do not, by this 

rule, intend to make any substantive 

changes to the current rules or to the 

classification and program review 

system. We merely intend to clarify and 

streamline the existing rules. 

Executive Order 12866 

This regulation has been drafted and 

reviewed in accordance with Executive 

Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review’’, section 1(b), Principles of 

Regulation. The Director, Bureau of 

Prisons has determined that this rule is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’

under Executive Order 12866, section 

3(f), and accordingly this rule has not 

been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Executive Order 13132 

This regulation will not have 

substantial direct effects 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, under 

Executive Order 13132, we determine 

that this rule does not have sufficient 

federalism implications to warrant the 

preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 605(b)), reviewed this regulation