[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26692-26693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10409]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[167A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]
25 CFR Part 20
RIN 1076-AF29
Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs; Burial
Assistance
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; confirmation.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is confirming the interim
final rule published on March 1, 2016, extending the deadline for
filing an application for burial assistance to 180 days to address
hardships resulting from the current short timeframe. The Department of
the Interior (Department) did not receive any significant adverse
comments during the public comment period on the interim final rule,
and
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therefore confirms the rule without change.
DATES: Effective May 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of
Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Office of the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs; telephone (202) 273-4680,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 1, 2016, the Department published
an interim final rule (81 FR 10475) to extend the deadline by which a
relative of a deceased Indian can apply for burial assistance for the
deceased Indian from 30 days following death to 180 days following
death.
The Department received three comments on the rule, all of which
were supportive of the rule. None of the comments requested changes to
the rule. Consequently, the Department did not make any change to the
interim final rule as a result of this comment. For these reasons, the
Department confirms the interim rule published March 1, 2016 (81 FR
10475), as final without change.
Dated: April 26, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-10409 Filed 5-3-16; 8:45 am]
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