82 FR 10959 - Medical Qualification Determinations

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 32 (February 17, 2017)

This rule delays the effective date of the final rule titled, Medical Qualification Determinations, published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2017, for an additional 60 days, starting from January 20, 2017.

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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 32 / Friday, February 17, 2017 / 
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 339


Medical Qualification Determinations

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of the effective date.

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SUMMARY: This rule delays the effective date of the final rule titled, 
Medical Qualification Determinations, published in the Federal Register 
on January 18, 2017, for an additional 60 days, starting from January 
20, 2017.

DATES: The effective date for the rule amending 5 CFR part 339 
published at 82 FR 5340, January 18, 2017, is delayed until March 21, 
2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Butler by telephone (202) 606-
4209 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 18, 2017, OPM published a rule, 
titled Medical Qualification Determinations (82 FR 5340), with an 
effective date of February 17, 2017. On January 20, 2017, the White 
House distributed a Memorandum For The Heads of Executive Departments 
and Agencies, titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, from Reince 
Priebus, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff. Pursuant to the 
memorandum, an agency was required to temporarily postpone, to a date 
60 days from the date of the memorandum, the effective date of any 
rule, not excluded from the scope of the memorandum or otherwise 
excepted, that had been published in the Federal Register but had not 
yet taken effect. The rule referenced above, Medical Qualification 
Determinations, falls within the scope of the January 20, 2017, 
memorandum. Accordingly, the purpose of this rule is to perform the 
required action of postponing the effective date of this rule to March 
21, 2017.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kathleen M. McGettigan,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-03304 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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