[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1833]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3552]


Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Department of State Financial Assistance Subject to 
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Subpart F of the final common rule for the 
enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended 
(``Title IX''), this notice lists federal financial assistance 
administered by the U.S. Department of State that is covered by Title 
IX. Title IX prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from 
discriminating on the basis of sex in education programs or activities. 
Subpart F of the Title IX common rule requires each federal agency that 
awards federal financial assistance to publish in the Federal Register 
a notice of the federal financial assistance covered by the Title IX 
regulations within sixty (60) days after the effective date of the 
final common rule. The final common rule for the enforcement of Title 
IX was published in the Federal Register by twenty-one (21) federal 
agencies, including the Department of State, on August 30, 2000 (65 FR 
52858-52895). The Department of State's portion of the final common 
rule will be codified at 22 CFR Part 146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title IX and the Title IX common rule 
prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating 
on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities. 
Specifically, the statute states that ``No person in the United States 
shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation, be denied 
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any 
educational program or activity receiving Federal financial 
assistance,'' with specific exceptions for various entities, programs, 
and activities. 20 U.S.C. 1681(a). Title IX and the Title IX common 
rule apply to the educational programs or activities of any entity 
receiving financial assistance from the Department of State, including, 
but not limited to, law enforcement agencies, museums, job training 
institutes, and for profit and nonprofit organizations.

List of Federal Financial Assistance Administered by the Department 
of State to Which Title IX Applies

    Note: All recipients of federal financial assistance from the 
Department of State are subject to Title IX, but Title IX's anti-
discrimination prohibitions are limited to the educational 
components of the recipient's program or activity, if any.

    Failure to list a type of federal assistance below shall not mean, 
if Title IX is otherwise applicable, that a program or activity is not 
covered by Title IX.
    The following types of federal financial assistance are derived 
from Appendix A of the Department's Title VI regulations, 22 CFR 
Chapter I, Parts 141.
    1. Assistance provided by the Bureau of Human Resources (HR) for 
specialized domestic services to State and local government, 
educational institutions, and other public or private nonprofit 
organizations designated by the Secretary of State (Section 503 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22 U.S.C. 3983).
    2. Assistance provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs (ECA) for educational and cultural exchanges, including 
studies, research, instructions and other educational programs and 
activities (Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 
amended, 22 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.).
    3. Assistance provided by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research 
(INR) to support graduate training, advanced research, public 
dissemination of research data, methods and findings, contact and 
collaboration among Governments and private specialists, and the 
conduct of on site advanced training and research by American 
specialists to other countries (Soviet-Eastern European Research and 
Training Act of 1983, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 4501, et seq.).
    4. Donation of equipment, furniture, and training materials to 
public and private institutions (41 CFR 101-6.2).
    5. Assistance provided through long-term training programs 
administered by the Bureau of Human Resources (HR) (Section 703 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22 U.S.C. 4022).
    Additional information on the Department of State's federal 
financial assistance can be found by consulting the Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) at http://www.cfda.gov. If using the 
Internet site, please select ``Search the Catalog,'' select ``Browse 
the Catalog--By Agency,'' and then click on ``The Department of 
State.'' Catalog information is also available by calling, toll free, 
1-800-699-8331 or by writing to: Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 
Staff (MVS), General Services Administration, Reports Building, Room 
101, 300--7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20407.


    Authority: 28 U.S.C. 1681-1688; 65 FR 52874, to be codified at 
22 CFR 146.600

    Dated: January 12, 2001.
David G. Carpenter,
Acting Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State.
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