[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37327-37328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18215]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2561]


Specification of Laws pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act

    Pursuant to Executive Order No. 13014 of August 15, 1996 (61 FR 
42963), and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Assistant 
Secretary of State for Consular Affairs by the Secretary of State in 
Delegation of Authority No. 218 of September 17, 1996, and after 
appropriate consultation with the potentially interested or affected 
federal agencies, I hereby specify the following provisions of law 
pursuant to section 7(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act, 22 U.S.C. 
3306(a):
    (a) The citizenship and nationality laws of the United States, 
including but not limited to Title III of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (INA) of 1952, as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq., to 
the extent that the functions provided for therein are conferred upon 
diplomatic and consular officers of the United States.
    (b) The passport laws of the United States, including but not 
limited to the Passport Act of 1926, as amended, 44 Stat. 887, 22 
U.S.C. 211a et seq., to the extent that the functions provided for 
therein are conferred upon diplomatic and consular officers of the 
United States.
    This specification shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 16, 1997.
Mary A. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary of State.
    The text of Delegation of Authority 218 is set forth below.

Delegation of Authority No. 218

Spedification of Law Pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act

    Pursuant to section 7(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act 
(hereinafter, ``TRA''), 22 U.S.C. 3306(a), and by virtue of the 
authority vested in me as Secretary of State by section 1 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, 22 
U.S.C. 2651a, and section 1-101 of Executive Order No. 13014 of 
August 15, 1996 (61 FR 42963), I hereby provide as follows:

1. Specification of Laws

    I hereby specify the following provisions of law pursuant to 
section 7(a) of the TRA, 22 U.S.C. 3306(a):
    (a) Section 1707 of the Revised States (22 U.S.C. 4193);
    (b) Section 1708 of the revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
4194);
    (c) Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
4195);
    (d) Section 1710 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
4196);
    (e) Section 1711 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
4197);
    (f) Section 1718 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 4198); and,
    (g) Section 7 of the Act of April 5, 1906 (22 U.S.C. 4215).
    These specifications shall be retroactive to August 15, 1996.

2. General Delegation

    I hereby delegate to the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Consular Affairs the authority to specify laws of the United States 
pursuant to section 7(a) of the TRA, 22 U.S.C. 3306(a), after 
appropriate consultation with potentially interested or affected 
federal agencies, as the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate.

3. Technical Provisions

    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Specification and 
Delegation of Authority, the Secretary of State or the Deputy 
Secretary of State may at any time exercise any function delegated 
herein.

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    (b) Any act, executive order, regulation, or procedure affected 
by this Specification and Delegation of Authority shall be deemed to 
be such act, executive order, regulation, or procedure as amended 
from time to time.
    (c) This Specification and Delegation of Authority shall be 
published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 17, 1996
Warren Christopher,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 97-18215 Filed 7-10-97; 8:45 am]
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