[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2251]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Parts 96 and 104

[Public Notice PN-5338]


International Trafficking in Persons: Interagency Sharing of 
Information and Coordination of Activities; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: State Department.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This rule was originally published in the Federal Register on 
October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59654). It implemented Section 105 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended by Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003. Because of an 
inadvertent error in the assignment of the correct part in the Code of 
Federal Regulations for this rule, the Department of State is 
redesignating the part from part 96 to part 104. The related section 
numbers are being redesignated from Sec. Sec.  96.1 and 96.2 to 
Sec. Sec.  104.1 and 104.2, respectively. There are no substantive or 
other changes to the regulations themselves.

DATES: This rule is effective March 9, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Topping, U.S. Department of 
State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (SA-22), 
1800 G Street, NW., Suite 2201, Washington, DC 20520; 202-312-9639 or 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rule on International Trafficking in 
Persons: Interagency Sharing of Information and Coordination of 
Activities (TIP rule) was originally published in the Federal Register 
on October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59654). It implemented Section 105 of the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended by the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003. The rule 
was assigned to part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR). The Department of State published another final rule, regarding 
certain aspects of intercountry adoptions, in the Federal Register on 
February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8063), a portion of which was also assigned to 
Part 96 but which has not yet been incorporated into the CFR. That 
final rule was published in the Federal Register as a proposed rule on 
September 15, 2003 (68 FR 54064). Because the Department desires to 
keep all of its regulations related to intercountry adoptions in the 
same subchapter and the intercountry adoption rule was published as a 
proposed rule prior to the publication of the TIP rule, the Department 
is amending its regulations to redesignate part 956 to part 104. The 
related section numbers are being redesignated from Sec. Sec.  96.1 and 
96.2 to Sec. Sec.  104.1 and 104.2, respectively. There are no 
substantive or other changes to the regulations themselves.
    Persons with access to the Internet may also view this notice by 
going to the regulations.gov Web site at: http://www.regulations.gov/index.cfm.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Parts 96 and 104

    Administrative practice and procedure.


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For the reasons set forth above, 22 CFR chapter I is amended as 
follows:

PART 96--INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: INTERAGENCY 
COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [Redesignated 
as Part 104]

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1. The authority citation for part 96 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7103(f)(5); Executive Order 13257 (as 
amended by Executive Order 13333).

Subchapter K--Economic and Other Functions

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2. The heading of subchapter K is revised to read as set forth above.

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3. Part 96 published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2005 (70 FR 
59654) is redesignated as part 104 and transferred to subchapter K.

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
Holly West-Owen,
Federal Register Liaison, Bureau of Administration, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 06-2251 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]
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