[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14225-14226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6522]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 1

[OST Docket No.1; Amdt. I-268]


Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegation to 
All Administrators

Agency: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

Action: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule contains a delegation of authority to all 
Administrators of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) operating 
administrations to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other 
transactions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States, any unit of state or local government, any educational 
institution, and any other entity in execution of the Technology 
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion, 
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related 
legislation. This rule is necessary to reflect the delegation in the 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    This rule also makes a minor amendment to the regulation that 
details the structure and responsibilities of the Office of the 
Secretary by adding a new office, the Office of Aviation International 
Economics, within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation 
and International Affairs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule becomes effective March 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terence W. Carlson, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Environmental, Civil Rights and General 
Law at (202) 366-9161, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, Pub. L. No. 103-331, section 329A, 
108 Stat. 2471, 2493 (September 30, 1994), grants the Secretary of 
Transportation specific authority to enter into grants, cooperative 
agreements, and other transactions with any person, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States, any unit of state or local 
government, any educational institution, and any other entity in 
execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) authorized under 
the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 
1992, Pub. L. No. 102-484, 106 Stat. 2658 (October 23, 1992), and 
related legislation. TRP is a statutory interagency project lead by the 
Department of Defense (DOD) through its Advanced Research Projects 
Agency, which uses DOD funds to support the cost-shared application of 
defense-related technologies to the commercial sector. Therefore, it is 
necessary to amend the relevant part of the CFR to delegate this 
authority to the Administrators of the DOT operating administrations.
    49 CFR part 1 describes the organization of DOT and provides for 
the performance of duties imposed upon, and the exercise of powers 
vested in, the Secretary of Transportation by law. Section 1.45 
delegates certain authorities of the Secretary to all Administrators of 
the DOT operating administrations. This rulemaking amends Sec. 1.45(a) 
to add a new subparagraph (18), which delegates to the Administrators 
the authority to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other 
transactions with any entity in execution of the Technology 
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion, 
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related 
legislation. This rulemaking also amends Sec. 1.22, which details the 
structure and responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary. It makes 
a minor revision to Sec. 1.22(c) to add a fourth office within the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
Affairs, the Office of Aviation International Economics.
    Since this rule relates to departmental management, organization, 
procedure, and practice, notice and public comment are unnecessary. For 
the same reason, good cause exists for not publishing this rule at 
least 30 days before its effective date, as is ordinarily required by 5 
U.S.C. 553(d). Therefore, this rule is effective on the date of its 
publication.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1

    Authority delegations (Government agencies), Organization and 
functions (Government agencies).

    In consideration of the foregoing, and under the authority of 49 
U.S.C. 332, part 1 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART I--[AMENDED]

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

    [[Page 14226]] Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 28 U.S.C. 2672, 31 
U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).

    2. Section 1.22(c) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1.22  Structure.

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    (c) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
International Affairs. This Office is composed of the Offices of 
Aviation International Economics; International Transportation and 
Trade; International Aviation; and Aviation Analysis.
* * * * *
    3. Section 1.45 is amended by adding paragraph (a)(18) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1.45  Delegations to all Administrators.

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    (18) Exercise the authority vested in the Secretary by Section 329A 
of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1995, Pub. L. No. 103-331, Sec. 329A, 108 Stat. 2471, 2493 
(September 30, 1994), to enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and 
other transactions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States, any unit of state or local government, any educational 
institution, and any other entity in execution of the Technology 
Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense Conversion, 
Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-
484, 106 Stat. 2658 (October 23, 1992), and related legislation.

    Issued at Washington, DC, this 16th day of February 1995.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 95-6522 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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