[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23253]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No. 1; Amdt. 1-273]


Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties Delegations of 
Authority to the Maritime Administrator

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) hereby delegates 
to the Maritime Administrator authority to carry out the Merchant 
Marine Decorations and Medals Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-324 (46 App. 
U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). The act authorizes the Secretary to award 
decorations and medals of appropriate design (including ribbons, ribbon 
bars, emblems, rosettes, miniature facsimiles, plaques, citations, or 
other suitable devices or insignia) for individual acts or service in 
the United States merchant marine. This amendment revises language in 
subparagraph 1.66(k) to cite the current statutory authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule becomes effective September 20, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Thomas, Maritime Industry 
Analyst, Office of Maritime Labor, Training, and Safety, Maritime 
Administration, MAR-250, Room 7302, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20590, (202) 366-5755, or Steven B. Farbman, Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement (C-50), Department of 
Transportation, Room 10424, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 366-9306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has been 
delegated authority to carry out the Merchant Marine Medals Act of 1956 
(46 App. U.S.C. 249 et seq.) since enactment. Delegation is through the 
Secretary of Transportation at 49 CFR 1.66(k). The 1956 act was 
repealed by the Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act of 1988, 
Pub. L. 100-324, (46 App. U.S.C. 2001 et seq.). The act authorizes the 
Secretary to award decorations and medals of appropriate design 
(including ribbons, ribbon bars, emblems, rosettes, miniature 
facsimiles, plaques, citations, or other suitable devices or insignia) 
for individual acts or service in the United States merchant marine. 
This amendment revises language in subparagraph 1.66(k) to cite the 
current statutory authority. Since this amendment relates to 
departmental management, organization, procedure, and practice, notice 
and comment are unnecessary, and the rule may become effective in fewer 
than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

    Authority delegations (Government agencies), Organizations and 
functions (Government agencies).

    In consideration of the foregoing, Part 1 of Title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:

PART 1--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322; Pub.L. 101-552, 28 U.S.C. 2672, 31 
U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).


Sec. 1.66  [Amended]

    2. Section 1.66 is amended by revising paragraph (k) to read as 
follows:
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    (k) Carry out the Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act of 
1988 (46 App. U.S.C. 2001 et seq.);
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    Issued at Washington, DC this 7th day of September, 1995.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 95-23253 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
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