[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 20437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11351]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
22 CFR Part 514
Exchange Visitor Program
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Interim rule; partial stay.
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SUMMARY: The Agency hereby stays the effective date of
Sec. 514.20(j)(2)(i). This regulation was promulgated pursuant to
interim rule published on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15373). This stay will
delay by 150 days, the requirement that program extension requests for
professor or research scholar participants be received by the Agency
ninety days prior to the expiration of the participant's program. This
stay will permit a transition period for the requirement set forth in
Sec. 514.20(j)(2)(i). This stay does not apply to any other section of
the interim rule published on April 8, 1996.
DATES: This stay is effective from May 7, 1996, until October 4, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley S. Colvin, Assistant General Counsel, United States Information
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547; telephone, (202)
619-4979.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 514
Cultural Exchange Programs.
Dated: May 2, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
Accordingly, 22 CFR Part 514 is amended as follows:
PART 514--EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM
1. The authority citation for Part 514 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J), 1182, 1258; 22 U.S.C. 1431-
1442, 2451-2460; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, 42 FR 62461, 3
CFR, 1977 Comp. p 200; E.O. 12048, 43 FR 13361, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp. p
168, USIA Delegation order No. 85-5 (50 FR 27393).
2. Section Sec. 514.20 (j)(2)(i) is stayed from May 7, 1996 until
October 4, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-11351 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]
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