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B-334164 Apr 07, 2022 1 (2022-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaonaf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-334164 April 7, 2022 The Honorable Richard J. Durbin Chairman The Honorable Chuck Grassley Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman The Honorable Jim Jordan Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Department of Homeland Security: Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entitled Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act (RIN: 1615-AC73). We received the rule on March 30, 2022. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 30, 2022. 87 Fed. Reg. 18227. The effective date is May 31, 2022. The final rule, according to DHS, amends premium processing regulations to codify statutory changes made by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-159, 134 Stat. 709 (Oct. 1, 2020), which included the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act. Pub. L. No. 116-159, div. D, title 1, 134 Stat. at 738 (USCIS Stabilization Act). DHS stated that the USCIS Stabilization Act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act, Pub. L. No. 82-414, 66 Stat. 163 (June 27, 1952), by modifying U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' authority to provide premium processing services and to establish and collect premium processing fees for those services. DHS further stated that the rule amends DHS premium processing regulations by updating the regulations to include the fees established by the USCIS Stabilization Act for immigration benefit requests that were designated for premium processing on August 1, 2020, and establishing new fees and processing timeframes consistent with the USCIS Stabilization Act. Enclosed is our assessment of DHS's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the

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