[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28088]


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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. 99-28088 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]
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