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[Federal Register: October 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 197)]
[Notices]
[Page 60937-60938]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part II
Department of Homeland Security
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8 CFR Part 214
Name Change From the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Adding Actuaries and
Plant Pathologists; Notice
Adding Actuaries and Plant Pathologists to Appendix 1603.D.1 of the
North American Free Trade Agreement; Final Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Name Change From the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice informs the public that the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) has changed the name of the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS).
EFFECTIVE DATES: This Notice is effective October 13, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Sloan, Director, Regulatory
Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20529, Telephone (202) 616-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
was established on Janurary 24, 2003, pursuant to the Homeland Security
Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296 (HSA). DHS is the result of the
reorganization of 22 Federal agencies, including the former Immigration
and Naturalization Services (INS) from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Pursuant to section 451 of the HSA, the functions of the former INS
were transferred from DOJ to DHS effective March 1, 2003, establishing
among other DHS immigration components the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services (BCIS). See 6 U.S.C. 451.
DHS has decided to change the name of this component from BCIS to
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Pursuant to section
872 (a)(2) of the HSA (6 U.S.C. 452(a)(2)), DHS is required to provide
notice of the name change to appropriate congresional committees 60
days before the change will be effective. The Appropriate committees
were notified of the name change on or before June 23, 2004. Therefore,
pursuant to section 872 of the HSA, the change from BCIS to USCIS
became official effective August 23, 2004.
This Notice informs the public that all official documents and
future regulatory actions involving BCIS now will identify USCIS as the
applicable DHS component, and all references to BCIS in existing
documents and actions henceforth shall be construed as references to
USCIS.
Dated: October 5, 2004.
Tom Ridge,
Secretary of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 04-23010 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]
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