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as in effect before December 1, 1994),

but VA may not approve an enrollment

in any of these courses by a reservist

who is limited in the types of courses

he or she may pursue, as provided in

§ 21.7540 (b)(2) and (b)(3):

(1) A correspondence course;

(2) A cooperative course;

(3) An apprenticeship or other on-job

training program;

(4) A nursing course offered by an

autonomous school of nursing;

(5) A medical or dental specialty

course not offered by an institution of

higher learning;

(6) A refresher, remedial, or

deficiency course; or

(7) A course or combination of

courses consisting solely of independent

study.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2131(c), 2136(b),

16131(c)(1), 16136(b); 38 U.S.C. 3670 through

3676; sec. 705(a)(1), Pub. L. 98–525, 98 Stat.

2565, 2567; sec. 642, Pub. L. 101–189, 103

Stat. 1456–1458)

[FR Doc. 96–14369 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 0

[FCC 96–225]

Authority Delegated to the General

Counsel

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission has

concluded that the proper dispatch of

its business and the public interest will

be best served by expanding the

authority delegated to the General

Counsel regarding hearing matters. In

order to facilitate prompt resolution of

adjudicatory hearing proceedings, the

Commission has delegated authority to

the General Counsel to issue all

appropriate orders and to act on all

requests for relief regarding hearing

matters pending before the Commission

en banc, except those requests which

involve final disposition on the merits

of a previously specified issue

concerning an applicant’s basic

qualifications or two or more applicants’

comparative qualifications.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

I. Riffer, Office of General Counsel, (202)

418–1756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Adopted: May 20, 1996.

Released: May 29, 1996.

1. By its Order, 11 FCC Rcd 1062

(1996), the Commission eliminated the

Review Board. In light of the many

demands currently imposed on the

Commission concerning nonhearing

matters, the Commission has concluded

that the proper dispatch of its business

and the public interest will be best

served by expanding the authority

delegated to the General Counsel

regarding hearing matters. Thus, in

order to facilitate prompt resolution of

adjudicatory hearing proceedings which

are pending before the Commission en

banc, we are amending § 0.251 to

delegate authority to the General

Counsel to act on all requests for relief

in such proceedings, and to issue all

appropriate orders, except those

requests which involve final disposition

on the merits of a previously specified

issue concerning an applicant’s basic

qualifications or two or more applicants’

comparative qualifications. At the same

time, various other, conforming editorial

changes have also been made in § 0.251.

2. Authority for the adoption of the

amendments adopted herein is

contained in Sections 4(i), 4(j), 5(b),

5(c), and 303(r) of the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended. 47 U.S.C.

154(i), 154(j), 155(b), 155(c) and 303(r).

Because these amendments pertain to

agency organization, practice and

procedure, the notice and comment and

effective date provisions of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(A) and 553(d), are inapplicable.

3. Accordingly, it is ordered, that,

effective June 10, 1996, part 0 is

amended as set forth below.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 0

Organization and functions

(Government Agencies).

Federal Communications Commission.

LaVera F. Marshall,

Acting Secretary.

Rule Changes

Part 0 of chapter I of title 47 of the

Code of Federal Regulations is amended

as follows:

PART 0—COMMISSION

ORGANIZATION

1. The authority citation for part 0

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as

amended; 47 U.S.C. 155, 225, unless

otherwise noted.

§ 0.251 [Amended]

2. Section 0.251 is amended by

adding paragraphs (c), (d), and (e),

removing paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) and

redesignating paragraphs (i) and (j) as

paragraphs (f) and (g) to read as follows:

* * * * *

(c) The General Counsel is delegated

authority in adjudicatory hearing

proceedings which are pending before

the Commission en banc to act on all

requests for relief, and to issue all

appropriate orders, except those which

involve final disposition on the merits

of a previously specified issue

concerning an applicant’s basic

qualifications or two or more applicants’

comparative qualifications.

(d) When an adjudicatory proceeding

is before the Commission for the

issuance of a final order or decision, the

General Counsel will make every effort

to submit a draft order or decision for

Commission consideration within four

months of the filing of the last

responsive pleading. If the Commission

is unable to adopt an order or decision

in such cases within five months of the

last responsive pleading, it shall issue

an order indicating that additional time

will be required to resolve the case.

(e) The official record of all actions

taken by the General Counsel pursuant

to § 0.251 (c) and (d) is contained in the

original docket folder, which is

maintained by the Secretary in the

Dockets Branch.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 96–14570 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 90–66, RM–7139, RM–7368,

RM–7369]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Lincoln,

Osage Beach, Steelville and Warsaw,

MO

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; petition for

reconsideration.

SUMMARY: This document denies the

petition for reconsideration filed by

Twenty One Sound Communications,

Inc., licensee of Station KNSX(FM),

Steelville, Missouri of our Report and

Order, 57 FR 21040 (May 18, 1992)

substituting Channel 228C3 for Channel

228A at Osage Beach, Missouri and

modified the license of Station KYLC,

Osage Beach, Missouri, to specify the

higher class channel. The Commission

affirmed the dismissal of Twenty One’s

counterproposal for failure to verify

pursuant to Section 1.52 of the

Commission’s Rules. With this action,

this proceeding is terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1996.