[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27409]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Amendment of Delegation of Authority 221]


Delegation of Authority 221-1; Director of Foreign Service and 
Director of Personnel

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Secretary of State 
in Delegation of Authority 148-1, dated September 9, 1981, and 
Delegation of Authority 198, dated September 16, 1992, Delegation of 
Authority 221, dated April 3, 1998, is hereby amended to read as 
follows:

Delegation 221-1

Section 1. Functions Delegated

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Secretary of State 
in Delegation of Authority 148-1, dated September 9, 1981, and 
Delegation of Authority 198, dated September 16, 1992, I hereby 
delegate to the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of 
Personnel the authority vested in me:
    (a) To prescribe regulations arising under the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980, the Civil Service Reform Act, and any other laws administered 
by or relating to the Bureau of Personnel and the Office of Medical 
Services:
    (b) To exercise the functions of the Secretary under:
    (1) Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to payment of a death gratuity to surviving dependents of any 
Foreign Service employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained in 
the performance of duty abroad);
    (2) Section 605(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to removing names from rank order lists of delaying 
promotions);
    (3) Section 607(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to limited career extensions);
    (4) Section 609(b)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 
amended (relating to accelerating or combining installments);
    (5) Section 808 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to disability retirement and related determinations);
    (6) Section 901(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to rest and recuperation travel, including extraordinary rest 
and recuperation travel);
    (7) Section 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended 
(relating to designation of posts as imminent danger areas from which 
family visitation travel is permitted);
    (8) 5 U.S.C. 5753 and 5754 (relating to recruitment and relocation 
bonuses and retention allowances).

Section 2. Delegations Revoked

    Delegations of Authority No. 224, dated September 2, 1998, and 
Delegation of Authority No. 132, dated July 8, 1975, 40 Federal 
Register 28646, are hereby revoked.

Section 3. General Provisions

    (a) As used in this delegation of authority, the word ``function'' 
includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, 
privilege, discretion, or activity.
    (b) The parenthetical descriptions used in this delegation of 
authority are not meant as words of limitation.
    (c) This authority may only be re-delegated to a Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Personnel to the extent consistent with the law.
    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this delegation of authority, 
the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and the Under Secretary of State 
for Management may at any time exercise the functions herein delegated.
    (e) The exercise by the Director General, or any person acting on 
behalf of the Director General, of the functions prescribed herein, 
prior to the effective date of this Delegation of Authority is hereby 
confirmed and ratified.
    (f) An act, executive order, regulation or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive 
order, regulation or procedure as amended from time to time.
    (g) This Delegation of Authority supersedes any prior delegation on 
this subject to the extent such delegation may be inconsistent 
herewith.
    Delegation of Authority 221-1 is to be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
Bonnie R. Cohen,
Under Secretary of State for Management.
[FR Doc. 99-27409 Filed 10-19-99; 8:45 am]
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