Updating Contact Information and Grammatical Terminology in OFAC Regulations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Parts 501, 510, 535, 536, 547, 548, 551, 552, 553, 558, 561, 566, 570, 578, 588, 589, 590, 592, 594, 597, 598 AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adopting a final rule to update contact information and grammatical terminology in existing regulations. DATES: This rule is effective March 5, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Compliance, 202-622-2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov . Background In this document, OFAC is updating 20 parts of 31 CFR Chapter V and an Appendix to update the name of an OFAC office and an email address and is updating two parts to remove options for mail submissions. OFAC is also amending four parts to make gender language more inclusive, replacing instances of “his” (when not part of the phrase “his or hers”) with “theirs,” and replacing “he” (when not part of the phrase “he or she”) with “they.” Finally, OFAC is making changes in the authorities citations of 31 CFR part 594 and an Appendix to more specifically reference th…