97-23624. Exchange Visitor Program

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23624]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

22 CFR 514


Exchange Visitor Program

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Agency adopts as final and without change the interim 
final rule governing au pair program participation adopted June 27, 
1997.

DATES: This rule is effective September 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Exchange Visitor Program Services, 
Program Designation Branch, United States Information Agency, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Washington DC 20547; Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency adopted an interim final rule 
governing au pair program participation on June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34632.) 
This interim final rule amended existing au pair program regulations 
adopted February 15, 1995 (60 FR 8547.) Specifically, the interim rule 
further defined the selection and screening requirements for au pair 
participants and required that participants actually attend rather than 
merely enroll for six hours of academic credit. Further, the number of 
hours that au pair may provide child care services was limited to no 
more than 10 hours per day and forty-five hours in any given week.
    The Agency provided for a thirty day public comment period which 
ended July 27, 1997 and received forty-one comments. The Agency 
reviewed those comments and found that all comments received objected 
to the educational program component, the wage to be paid to the au 
pair participant, or the limitation on the number of hours an au pair 
participant may work. Due to the Agency's past review of these three 
specific areas of the au pair program, the Agency has determined that 
it is appropriate to adopt the interim final regulation as final and 
without modification notwithstanding these comments from interested 
members of the public.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 514

    Cultural exchange programs.

    Dated: August 29, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.

PART 514--EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM

    Accordingly, the interim rule amending 22 CFR part 514 which was 
published at 62 FR 34633 on June 27, 1997 is adopted as a final rule 
without change.

[FR Doc. 97-23624 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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