[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 35 (Thursday, February 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3011]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 296]


Delegation by the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs 
to the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs of the Functions Relating to Emergency Import Restrictions on 
Iraqi Cultural Antiquities

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including Section 1 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act and the Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security--Assignment of 
Functions Relating to Import Restrictions on Iraqi Antiquities, dated 
May 5, 2006 (71 FR 28,753), and delegated to the Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs pursuant to Delegation of Authority No. 294 
(July 6, 2006), I hereby delegate to the Assistant Secretary of State 
for Educational and Cultural Affairs the functions of the President 
under section 3002 of the Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural 
Antiquities Act of 2004 (title III of Public Law 108-429).
    In performing such functions, the Assistant Secretary of State 
shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other 
departments and agencies or their designees, as appropriate.
    Notwithstanding this delegation of authority, the Secretary of 
State, the Deputy Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs and the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy 
and Public Affairs may at any time exercise any function or authority 
delegated by this delegation of authority.
    Any 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.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: December 22, 2007.
R. Nicholas Burns,
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-3011 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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