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Federal Register Notices - 2003


January 2003

Date Title
Jan 31, 2003 (PDF) Visas: Removal of Visa and Passport Waiver for Certain Permanent Residents of Canada and Bermuda (22 CFR Part 41)
Jan 31, 2003 (PDF) Removal of Visa and Passport Waiver for Certain Permanent Residents of Canada and Bermuda (8 CFR Parts 212, 231, 235 and 286)
Jan 29, 2003 (PDF) Release of Information Regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service Detainees in Non-Federal Facilities
Jan 29, 2003 (PDF) Implementation of Class Action Judgment in Proyecto San Pablo v. INS
Jan 28, 2003 (PDF) Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security
Jan 28, 2003 (PDF) Establishment of a $3 Immigration User Fee for Certain Commercial Vessel Passengers Previously Exempt
Jan 27, 2003 (PDF) Termination of Designation of Angola Under the Temporary Protected Status Program
Jan 27, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on Extending Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with Respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan
Jan 27, 2003 (PDF) Notice Convening the Accountability Review Board for the Murder of Mr. Laurence Foley, USAID Official in Amman, Jordan
Jan 24, 2003 (PDF) Adjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees
Jan 23, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals:International Visitor Program Assistance Awards
Jan 22, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect toTerrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
Jan 16, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Uzbekistan Educational Partnerships Program in Cultural and Comparative Religious Studies
Jan 16, 2003 (PDF) Permission for Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens From Designated Countries To Register in a Timely Fashion
Jan 6, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
Jan 3, 2003 (PDF) Manifest Requirements Under Section 231 of the Act

February 2003

Date Title
Feb 28, 2003 (PDF) Application for Naturalization, Form N– 400: Termination of Acceptance of Editions Issued Prior to May 31, 2001
Feb 28, 2003 (PDF) Aliens and Nationality; Homeland Security; Reorganization of Regulations - Final rule
Feb 27, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Feb 27, 2003 (PDF) Readjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees
Feb 26, 2003 (PDF) Abbreviation or Waiver of Training for State or Local Law Enforcement Officers Authorized To Enforce Immigration Law During a Mass Influx of Aliens
Feb 25, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Feb 24, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Partners in Education Program
Feb 24, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: ACCESS Program: Indonesia, Philippines, Serbia, and Southeast Europe
Feb 20, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Feb 19, 2003 (PDF) Designating Additional Ports-of-Entry for Departure of Aliens Who Are Subject to Special Registration
Feb 19, 2003 (PDF) Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens From Designated Countries
Feb 14, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Program Title: Central Asia School Connectivity Program: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Feb 10, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Feb 10, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Feb 7, 2003 (PDF) Immigration and Naturalization Service; Meeting of the Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 Task Force
Feb 6, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals (RFGPs) for the Project ''Cultural and Religious Pluralism in Uzbekistan and the United States''
Feb 6, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Kyrgyz Republic Educational Partnerships Program in Cultural and Comparative Religious Studies
Feb 5, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request (cont'd)
Feb 5, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Feb 5, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for 2003
Feb 5, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

March 2003

Date Title
Mar 27, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposal: Middle School Social Studies Pre- Service Education Curriculum Development Project for Azerbaijan
Mar 21, 2003 (PDF) Waiver of Coup-Related Sanctions for Pakistan
Mar 20, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended—Waiver of the Nonimmigrant Visa Fees for Members of Observer Missions to the United Nations
Mar 20, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended—Issuance of New or Replacement Visas
Mar 20, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Immigrants— Elimination of Extended Visa Validity Benefits Under Section 154 of the Immigration Act of 1990
Mar 20, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended—Immediate Relatives
Mar 20, 2003 (PDF) Notice of Class Action Judgment in Barahona-Gomez v. Ashcroft
Mar 13, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
Mar 13, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Central and Eastern European Professional Exchanges and Training Program for Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro
Mar 10, 2003 (PDF) Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe
Mar 7, 2003 (PDF) Attorney General's Evaluations of the Designations of Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Uruguay as Participants Under the Visa Waiver Program
Mar. 6, 2003 (PDF) 8 CFR Parts 1, 2, 103, and 239 Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security; Delegations of Authority; Immigration Laws; Final Rule
Mar 6, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: FY2004 Vietnam Fulbright Foreign Student Exchange Program
Mar 6, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: U.S./Ukraine Policy Dialog Exchange
Mar. 5, 2003 (PDF) Aliens and Nationality; Homeland Security; Reorganization of Regulations - Final rule
Mar 4, 2003 (PDF) Automated Inspection Services— Extension of Enrollment Period
Mar 3,2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

April 2003

Date Title
Apr 29, 2003 (PDF) Electronic Signature on Applications and Petitions for Immigration and Naturalization Benefits; Interim Final Rule
Apr 29, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Revision to Grant Start Date: English Language Fellow Program for Academic Year 2004–2005
Apr 24, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: International Sports Programming Initiative
Apr 23, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Grant Proposals: Human Rights and Democratization Initiatives in Central Asia
Apr 14, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Grant Proposals: Human Rights and Democratization Initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa
Apr 10, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals for a Project To Support Training in Public Administration and Public Policy Development in Montenegro
Apr 7. 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Call for Statements of Interest: Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law in the People's Republic of China
Apr 3, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Educational Partnerships Program for Tunisia
Apr 1, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

May 2003

Date Title
May 30, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended—Additional International Organization
May 29, 2003 (PDF) Executive Order 13304—Termination of Emergencies With Respect to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001
May 23, 2003 (PDF) Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
May 19, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma
May 16, 2003 (PDF) Report to the Congress on Tibet Negotiations
May 16, 2003 (PDF) Suspending the Iraq Sanctions Act, Making Inapplicable Certain Statutory Provisions Related to Iraq, and Delegating Authorities, under the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003
May 14, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on Eligibility of Serbia and Montenegro to Receive Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act
May 13, 2003 (PDF) Foreign Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations; Designation: Real IRA
May 9, 2003 (PDF) Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request;
May 7, 2003 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
May 6, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Nicaragua Under Temporary Protected Status Program; Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation for Nicaraguans; May 5, 2003
May 5, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Honduras Under Temporary Protected Status Program; Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation for Hondurans; May 5, 2003

June 2003

Date Title
June 24,2003 (PDF) Implementation of Class Action Judgment in Proyecto San Pablo v. INS; Revised Form
June 24,2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination of Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
June 24,2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western Balkans
June 20,2003 (PDF) Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Export of Defense Articles and Defense Services to India and Pakistan
June 19,2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: FY 2004 Freedom Support Educational Partnerships Program With Eurasia
June 19,2003 (PDF) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for GrantProposals: Grants Competition for Political Leadership, Education, Small Business Development, and Disability Issues for the Near East, North Africa, and South Asia
June 16,2003 (PDF) Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended—Continuation of Waiver Authority for Vietnam
June 16,2003 (PDF) Determination Under Subsection 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended—Continuation of Waiver Authority for the Republic of Belarus
June 13,2003 (PDF) Powers and Authority of Officers and Employees; Revisions to the Internal Review Process for Alleged Violations of the Standards for Enforcement Activities
June 12,2003 (PDF) Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security; Parole Authority

July 2003

Date Title
July 30, 2003 (PDF) Blocking Property of the Government of Burma and Prohibiting Certain Transactions
July 30, 2003 (PDF) Redesign of Form I–327, Permit to Reenter the United States, and Form I– 571, Refugee Travel Document
July 30, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Partial Lifting of Embargo Against Rwanda
July 28, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Gulf Educational Reform Program
July 28, 2003 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
July 25, 2003 (PDF) Certificates for Certain Health Care Workers
July 21, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Somalia Under Temporary Protected Status Program
July 16, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of El Salvador Under Temporary Protected Status Program; Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation for El Salvador
July 11, 2003 (PDF) Regulations Implementing the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act)
July 8, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Nonproliferation; Nonproliferation Measures Imposed on an Entity in China, Including a Ban on U.S. Government Procurement
July 7, 2003 (PDF) VISAS: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended; Personal Appearance
July 1, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Montserrat Under Temporary Protected Status Program

August 2003

Date Title
August 27, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Consular Affairs; Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV–2005) Visa Program
August 25, 2003 (PDF) Determination: Imposing Conditions and Restrictions on the Cuban Interests Section and Its Personnel with Respect to Acquisition and Disposition of Motor Vehicles in the United States
August 18, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended: Automatic Visa Revalidation
August 18, 2003 (PDF) Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, As Amended: Electronic Petition for Diversity Immigrant Status
August 15, 2003 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)
August 11, 2003 (PDF) Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act
August 7, 2003 (PDF) Suspension of Immediate and Continuous Transit Programs
August 7, 2003 (PDF) Extension of Validity Period of Approved Form I–600A, Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition
August 7, 2003 (PDF) Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act; Suspension of Transit Without Visa Program
August 7, 2003 (PDF) Extension of Validity Period of Approved Form I–600A, Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition
August 6, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Liberia Under the Temporary Protected Status Program
August 1, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iraq
August 1, 2003 (PDF) Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)

September 2003

Date Title
September 22, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism
September 19, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on Certification to Permit U.S. Contributions to the International Fund for Ireland with Fiscal Year 2002 and 2003 ESF Funds
September 19, 2003 (PDF) Delegation of Functions Related to Loan Guarantees to Israel
September 19, 2003 (PDF) U.S. Contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization: Determination Regarding Funds Under the Heading ''Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'' in Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations, 2003, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7) (the ''Act'')
September 15, 2003 (PDF) Intercountry Adoption—Preservation of Convention Records
September 15, 2003 (PDF) Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption; Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000; Accreditation of Agencies; Approvalof Persons; Preservation of Convention Records; Proposed Rules
September 15, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons
September 12, 2003 (PDF) Memorandum of July 22, 2003—Report to the Congress Consistent With the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002
September 12, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
September 10,2003 (PDF) In the Matter of the Redesignation of the ''United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia'' Also Known as the ''Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia'' Also Known as ''AUC'' as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
September 3, 2003 (PDF) Termination of the Designation of Sierra Leone Under the Temporary Protected Status Program; Extension of Employment Authorization Documentation
September 3, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Sudan Under Temporary Protected Status Program
September 3, 2003 (PDF) Extension of the Designation of Burundi Under Temporary Protected Status Program

October 2003

Date Title
October 31, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan
October 2, 2003 (PDF) Redesignation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
October 31, 2003 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
October 28, 2003 (PDF) Adding and Removing Institutions to and From the List of Recognized American Institutions of Research
October 24, 2003 (PDF) Waiver and Certification of Statutory Provisions Regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization
October 20, 2003 (PDF) Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to Dhamat Houmet Daawa Salafia
October 10, 2003 (PDF) Amendment of Certain Designations Pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 12947
October 10, 2003 (PDF) Amendment of Certain Designations Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224

November 2003

Date Title
November 13, 2003 (PDF) Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran
November 10, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on the Sudan Peace Act
November 10, 2003 (PDF) Certification Concerning U.S. Participation in the U.N. Mission in Liberia Consistent With Section 2005 of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act
November 10, 2003 (PDF) Presidential Determination on FY 2004 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Consistent with Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Consistent with Section 2 (b) (2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as amended

December 2003

Date Title
December 30, 2003 (PDF) Executive Office for Immigration Review Attorney/Representative Registry
December 23, 2003 (PDF) Determinations Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 Relating to Jaish e- Mohammed and Lashkar e-Tayyiba
December 11, 2003 (PDF) Determination Under Presidential Proclamation - Angola;
December 2, 2003 (PDF) Suspending the 30-Day and Annual Interview Requirements From the Special Registration Process for Certain Nonimmigrants
Updated October 5, 2023