[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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