99-30389. Delegation of Functions to the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63840-63841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30389]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 236-1]


Delegation of Functions to the Assistant Secretary for 
Educational and Cultural Affairs

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Under Secretary of 
State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs by law, including by 
Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681 et seq.), 
and to the extent permitted by law, delegation of authority No. 236 is 
hereby amended to read as follows:
    1. By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Under Secretary 
of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs by law, including by 
Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681 et seq.), 
and to the extent permitted by law, I hereby delegate to

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the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs:
    a. The functions in Public Law 89-259 (79 Stat. 985) (22 U.S.C. 
2459) (providing for immunity from judicial seizure for cultural 
objects imported into the U.S. for temporary exhibits).
    b. The functions in sections 101(1)(15)(J) and 212(j) of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J) and 
1182(J)), and section 641 of Public Law 104-208 (8 U.S.C. 
1372(h)(2)(A)) (relating to designation of exchange visitor programs 
and related functions).
    2. Until such time as the Assistant Secretary for Educational and 
Cultural Affairs has been confirmed by the Senate and sworn into 
office, the functions delegated by this order shall be exercised by the 
Executive Director of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
in consultation with the Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of 
State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and the Office of the 
Legal Adviser.
    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this order, the Under 
Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs may at any 
time exercise any function or authority delegated or reserved by this 
delegation of authority.
    4. Functions delegated by this delegation of authority may be 
redelegated, to the extent consistent with law.
    5. Any reference in this delegation of authority to any statute or 
delegation of authority shall be deemed to be a reference to such 
statute or delegation of authority as amended from time to time.
    6. This delegation shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: November 9, 1999.
Evelyn S. Lieberman,
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 99-30389 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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