Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 05/01/2000

Exchange Visitor Program: Redesignation of Regulations and Delay of Effective Date

Pursuant to the consolidation of the United States Information Agency (``USIA'') and the Department of State as mandated by the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998, public regulations of the former USIA were either repealed, revised and amended to apply only to the Department of State, or amended to apply only to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (``BBG''). Through administrative error, one provision of the former USIA regulations, 22 CFR 514.90(a) was inadvertently retained by the BBG instead of being removed, as intended. This rule cures this error by removing 22 CFR 514.90(a). The Department of State is also delaying indefinitely the effective date of the interim final rule that was published in the Federal Register by the United States Information Agency on September 27, 1999, at 64 FR 51894-51896. The rule would institute user fees for the services of the Program Designation Branch of the Exchange Visitor Program Services. Exchange Visitor Program Services has been part of the Department since October 1, 1999, pursuant to the consolidation of the United States Information Agency and the Department of State as mandated by the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act o