Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Secretary For Educational and Cultural Affairs,

[Federal Register: October 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 207)]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Delegation of Authority No. 236 [Relating to Immunity from Judicial Seizure of Cultural Objects Temporarily Imported into the United States]

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 the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs 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).

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.

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.

Functions delegated by this delegation of authority may be redelegated, to the extent consistent with law.

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.

This delegation shall be published in the Federal Register.

Dated: October 19, 1999. Evelyn S. Lieberman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

[FR Doc. 99-28088Filed10-26-99; 8:45 am]

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