Justice Department, Executive Office for Immigration Review
This notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") would implement a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "the Act") that authorizes Immigration Judges, under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the proper exercise of their authority by certain individuals. The rule would: define the scope of the contempt authority; provide procedures for contempt findings, penalty determinations, and penalty payment; establish an appellate process; and implement oversight of the use of contempt authority. The rule would also make conforming changes to the grounds for practitioner discipline.
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 Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review 8 CFR Parts 1003 and 1103 [Docket No. EOIR-26-AB02; Dir. Order No. 07-2026] RIN 1125-AB02 ( printed page 47979) AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: This notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) would implement a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA” or “the Act”) that authorizes Immigration Judges, under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the proper exercise of their authority by certain individuals. The rule would: define the scope of the contempt authority; provide procedures for contempt findings, penalty determinations, and penalty payment; establish an appellate process; and implement oversight of the use of contempt authority. The rule would also make conforming changes to the grounds for practitioner discipline. DATES: Electronic comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2026. The electronic Federal Docket Management System at https://www.regulations.gov will accept electronic comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on that date. ADDRESSES: If you wish to provide comments regarding this proposed rulemaking, you must submit your comments, identified by the agency name and reference RIN 1125-AB02 or EOIR Docket No. EOIR-26-AB02, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.r…
Citation: 91 FR 47979
