Civil Money Penalty for Actions in Contempt of an Immigration Judge's Proper Exercise of Authority

What it does

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.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

2 parts of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

8 CFR 1003, 8 CFR 1103

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1125-AB02 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

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.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EOIR-2026-0100 on Regulations.gov
• Title 8 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register