[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8513-8514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4009]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority 270]


Exemptions From US-VISIT

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, 
including the authority of section 1 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended, and the 
authority conferred on me by 8 CFR 215.8(a)(2)(iv) and 235.1 
(d)(1)(iv)(D), I hereby delegate to Richard H. Jones the authority to 
determine that requirements for fingerprinting and photographing or for 
providing other specified biometric identifiers shall not apply to an 
individual nonimmigrant alien upon arrival or departure from the United 
States. Such a determination may be made only for an individual when it 
is in the national interest to do so and it will not compromise 
national security interests. All such exemptions and the factual basis 
for them shall be documented.
    Mr. Jones may exercise this delegated authority only during the 
period of his detail to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and 
only in his capacity as a State Department employee operating under the 
direction and supervision of the Secretary of State.
    Notwithstanding any provision of this Delegation of Authority, the 
Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, the

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Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and the Under Secretary of State 
for Management may at any time exercise any function delegated by this 
delegation of authority.
    The authority delegated by this delegation may not be redelegated.
    The statutes, regulations, and procedures referenced in this 
delegation shall be deemed to be such statutes, regulations or 
procedures as amended from time to time.
    This delegation shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 30, 2004.
Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-4009 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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