[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48687-48688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19586]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 62

[Public Notice: 9215]


Exchange Visitor Program--Waiver of Certain Program Eligibility 
Requirements

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Change of program duration for current YES program students 
from Yemen.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the General Provisions of the Exchange 
Visitor Program regulations, the Department's Assistant Secretary for 
Educational and Cultural Affairs has waived certain program eligibility 
requirements with respect to an educational and cultural exchange 
program established pursuant to an arrangement between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
Yemen.

DATES: Effective August 14, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Tekach, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Professional Exchanges, U.S. Department of State, SA-5, 
Floor 5, 2200 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20522; or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Department of State (the Department) 
administers the Exchange Visitor Program pursuant to the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
2451, et. seq.), also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act (the Act). The 
purpose of the Act is to increase mutual understanding between the 
people of the United States and the people of other countries, 
including through educational and cultural exchanges. The Department's 
implementing regulations for the Exchange Visitor Program are set forth 
at 22 CFR part 62.
    In accordance with 22 CFR 62.1(c), the Department's Assistant 
Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs has waived 22 CFR 
62.25(c) with respect to an educational and cultural exchange program 
established pursuant to an arrangement between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Yemen. 
The program, which begins in August 2015, is for approximately thirty 
students from the Republic of Yemen currently in the United States on 
the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study Program (YES). This waiver of 
22 CFR 62.25(c), which imposes a one-year maximum program duration for 
secondary school participants, will

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allow those students to receive continued educational and cultural 
programming offered by the Department for a period of one additional 
year.

Mara Tekach,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional Exchanges, Bureau of 
Educational and Cultural Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-19586 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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