Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 7, 1996 / Rules and Regulations 20437

obtained from the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, National

Center for Import and Export, 4700 River Road Unit

38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231.

* * * * *

Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day

of May 1996.

Terry L. Medley,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

22 CFR Part 514

Exchange Visitor Program

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Interim rule; partial stay.

SUMMARY: The Agency hereby stays the

effective date of § 514.20(j)(2)(i). This

regulation was promulgated pursuant to

interim rule published on April 8, 1996

(61 FR 15373). This stay will delay by

150 days, the requirement that program

extension requests for professor or

research scholar participants be

received by the Agency ninety days

prior to the expiration of the

participant’s program. This stay will

permit a transition period for the

requirement set forth in § 514.20(j)(2)(i).

This stay does not apply to any other

section of the interim rule published on

April 8, 1996.

DATES: This stay is effective from May

7, 1996, until October 4, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley S. Colvin, Assistant General

Counsel, United States Information

Agency, 301 4th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20547; telephone, (202)

619–4979.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 514

Cultural Exchange Programs.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

Accordingly, 22 CFR Part 514 is

amended as follows:

PART 514—EXCHANGE VISITOR

PROGRAM

1. The authority citation for Part 514

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J), 1182,

1258; 22 U.S.C. 1431–1442, 2451–2460;

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, 42 FR

62461, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p 200; E.O. 12048,

43 FR 13361, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp. p 168, USIA

Delegation order No. 85–5 (50 FR 27393).

2. Section § 514.20 (j)(2)(i) is stayed

from May 7, 1996 until October 4, 1996.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

31 CFR Part 361

Claims Pursuant to the Government

Losses in Shipment Act

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule amends 31

CFR Part 361 to reflect the change of

address which resulted when the

Bureau of the Public Debt’s Division of

Financial Management was moved from

Washington, D.C. to Parkersburg, West

Virginia.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Yoke Martin, Attorney-Adviser, Office

of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the

Public Debt, Parkersburg, WV, at 304–

480–5197, or via the Internet at

lmartin@bpd.treas.gov, or Kila Frank,

CFO Coordinator, Division of Financial

Management, Bureau of the Public Debt,

Parkersburg, WV, at 304–480–6201. A

copy of this final rule has been made

available for downloading from the

Bureau of the Public Debt home page at

the following address: http://

www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/

pubdebt/pubdebt.html

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Bureau of the Public Debt has

consolidated many of its functions and

offices, including its Division of

Financial Management, into its offices

in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Accordingly, reports and claims

pursuant to the Government Losses in

Shipment Act should now be sent

directly to the Division’s Parkersburg

address.

Procedural Requirements

This final rule is not a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ pursuant to Executive

Order 12866. This final rule merely

reflects the change of address which

resulted when the Bureau of the Public

Debt’s Division of Financial

Management was moved from

Washington, DC to Parkersburg, WV.

Accordingly, notice and public

procedure thereon is unnecessary.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good

cause is found for making this rule

effective upon publication. As no notice

of proposed rulemaking is required, the

provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) do not apply.

There are no collections of information

required by this rule, and, therefore, the

Paperwork Reduction Act does not

apply.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 361

Claims, Common carriers, Fiscal

Service, Freight, Government property.

Dated: May 1, 1996.

Richard L. Gregg,

Commissioner of the Public Debt.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 31 CFR Part 361 is amended

as follows:

PART 361—CLAIMS PURSUANT TO

THE GOVERNMENT LOSSES IN

SHIPMENT ACT

1. The authority citation for Part 361

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 6, 50 Stat. 480; 40 U.S.C.

728.

2. Paragraph (a) of § 361.7 is amended

by revising the first sentence to read as

follows:

§ 361.7 Report of loss, destruction or

damage.

(a) If a consignor receives notice that

loss or destruction of, or damage to,

valuables shipped in accordance with

the Act has occurred, an immediate

written report shall be forwarded by the

consignor to the Secretary, to the

attention of the Bureau of the Public

Debt, Division of Financial

Management, Room 201, P. O. Box 1328,

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328. * * *

* * * * *

3. Section 361.8 is amended by

revising the first sentence to read as

follows:

§ 361.8 Claim for replacement.

Claim for replacement shall be made

in writing to the Secretary, to the

attention of the Bureau of the Public

Debt, Division of Financial

Management, Room 210, P. O. Box 1328,

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328. * * *

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

38 CFR Part 2

RIN 2900–AI08

Delegations of Authority;

Nonsubstantive Miscellaneous

Changes

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document amends the

delegation of authority regulations by

removing redundant material and by

removing other information not required

to be published in the Federal Register.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dawn McGowan, Chief, Directives,

Forms, Records Management,

Headquarters Health Administration

Service (161A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 565–

7444. (This is not a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final

rule consists of nonsubstantive changes

and, therefore, is not subject to the

notice and comment and effective date

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.

The Secretary hereby certifies that the

rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entitles as they are

defined in the Regulatory Flexibility

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. This rule merely

consists of nonsubstantive changes.

There is no Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 2

Authority delegations (Government

agencies).

Approved: April 29, 1996.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 38 CFR part 2 is amended as

set forth below:

PART 2—DELEGATIONS OF

AUTHORITY

1. The authority citation for part 2 is

revised to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 302; 38 U.S.C. 501,

512; 44 U.S.C. 3702.

§§ 2.3, 2.72, 2.73, 2.74, 2.91, 2.93, 2.94

[Removed]

2. In part 2, §§ 2.3, 2.72, 2.73, 2.74,

2.91, 2.93, and 2.94 are removed.

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38 CFR Part 3

RIN 2900–AH87

Removal of References to ‘‘Vicious

Habits’’

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Certain Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations state

that to be eligible for pension a veteran

must be permanently and totally

disabled from nonservice-connected

disability not due to the veteran’s own

willful misconduct or vicious habits.

The statute upon which these

regulations is based was changed in

1978 to delete references to ‘‘vicious

habits.’’ The purpose of this rule is to

conform the regulations to the statute.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment is

effective May 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge, Consultant, Regulations

Staff, Compensation and Pension

Service, Veterans Benefits

Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone

(202) 273–7210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before

1978, the statute governing entitlement

to pension for nonservice-connected

disability (now 38 U.S.C. 1521(a))

provided that VA pension was

potentially payable to a veteran who

was permanently and totally disabled

from non-service-connected disability

not the result of the veteran’s willful

misconduct or vicious habits. In 1978

the Veterans’ and Survivors’ Pension

Improvement Act of 1978, Public Law

95–588, deleted the words ‘‘vicious

habits’’ from the pension statute.

In 1990 VA amended 38 CFR 3.301(b)

to delete the reference to ‘‘vicious

habits’’ (55 FR 13529). 38 CFR 3.301(b)

now states simply that ‘‘disability

pension is not payable for any condition

due to the veteran’s own willful

misconduct.’’

There are additional references to

‘‘vicious habits’’ in 38 CFR sections

3.314(b)(2), and 3.323(b) which

apparently were overlooked when 38

CFR 3.301(b) was amended in 1990.

This rule deletes those references and

conforms the rules to the current

language of 38 U.S.C. 1521(a).

Since these amendments are in the

nature of a technical correction, the

Secretary finds that notice and public

procedure thereon are unnecessary.

Accordingly, these amendments are

promulgated without regard to the

notice-and-comment and effective-date

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553.

Because no notice of proposed

rulemaking was required in connection

with the adoption of this final rule, no

regulatory flexibility analysis is required

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5

U.S.C. 601–612). Even so, the Secretary

hereby certifies that this final rule will

not have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small entities

as they are defined in the Regulatory

Flexibility Act. This amendment will

directly affect VA beneficiaries but will

not affect small businesses.

The catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance program number is 64.104.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 3

Administrative practice and

procedure, Claims, Disability benefits,

Health care, Pensions, Veterans,

Vietnam.

Approved: April 19, 1996.

Jesse Brown,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 38 CFR part 3 is amended as

follows:

PART 3—ADJUDICATION

Subpart A—Pension, Compensation,

and Dependency and Indemnity

Compensation

1. The authority citation for part 3,

subpart A continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless

otherwise noted.

§ 3.314 Basic pension determinations.

2. In § 3.314(b)(2) remove the words

‘‘or vicious habits’’.

§ 3.323 Combined ratings.

3. In § 3.323(b)(1) and (b)(2) remove

the words ‘‘or vicious habits’’.

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38 CFR Part 4

RIN 2900–AH05

Schedule for Rating Disabilities;

Fibromyalgia

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Interim final rule with request

for comments.

SUMMARY: This document amends the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Schedule for Rating Disabilities by

adding a diagnostic code and evaluation

criteria for fibromyalgia. The intended

effect of this rule is to ensure that

veterans receive consistent evaluations

for this condition.

DATES: This interim final rule is

effective May 7, 1996. Comments must

be received on or before July 8, 1996.