96-18670. State Criminal Alien Assistance Program

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38085-38086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18670]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance

28 CFR Part 82

[OJP (BJA) No. 1010]
RIN 1121-AA24


State Criminal Alien Assistance Program

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), 
Justice.

ACTION: Interim final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document removes the rule governing the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). Congress changed the authorization 
for SCAAP in Fiscal Year 1996 and, as such, the program as set forth in 
this interim final rule is no longer in effect or necessary.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Interim Rule Removal effective on July 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of Justice Response 
Center or Linda McKay, SCAAP Coordinator, at 1-800-421-6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is to announce the removal of 
the Interim Final Rule, 28 CFR part 82, which was promulgated as a 
result of a directive in the Fiscal Year 1995 Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, Title VIII of Public Law 103-317, and was published 
on October 6, 1994, 59 FR 50830. The Fiscal Year 1995 Appropriations 
Act allocated $130 million to 8 U.S.C. 1365 to create the State 
Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) to provide assistance to 
states for costs associated with incarcerating illegal criminal aliens. 
No

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funds were appropriated under the authority of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1365 this 
Fiscal Year and therefore, this interim rule is no longer in effect and 
is being removed. SCAAP will be continued by the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance under the authority of 8 U.S.C. 1252(j) to which Congress 
appropriated a total of $500 million in Fiscal Year 1996. An 
announcement of funding and guidance availability for the Fiscal Year 
1996 program is being published concurrently with this notice in the 
Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 82

    Grant programs--aliens, Prisons.

    Under the general program and rulemaking authority of 42 U.S.C. 
3742 and 3782 and for the reasons set out in the preamble, title 28, 
chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended by removing 
part 82.
Nancy Gist,
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-18670 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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