Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2010 / Proposed Rules 60671 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new AD: 

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type 

Certificate Previously Held by Raytheon 

Aircraft Company; Beech Aircraft 

Corporation): Docket No. FAA–2010– 

0954; Directorate Identifier 2010–NM– 

078–AD. 

Comments Due Date 

(a) We must receive comments by 

November 15, 2010. 

Affected ADs 

(b) None. 

Applicability 

(c) This AD applies to Hawker Beechcraft 

Corporation (Type Certificate previously held 

by Raytheon Aircraft Company; Beech 

Aircraft Corporation), certificated in any 

category; as identified in paragraphs (c)(1) 

and (c)(2) of this AD. 

(1) Model 400A airplanes having serial 

numbers RK–337 through RK–484, RK–486 

through RK–570 inclusive, RK–572, RK–573, 

and RK–575 through RK–577 inclusive. 

(2) Model 400T airplane having serial 

number TX–13. 

Subject 

(d) Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 54: Nacelles/Pylons. 

Unsafe Condition 

(e) This AD results from reports of missing 

sealant on the left and right pylon firewall 

structures. The Federal Aviation 

Administration is issuing this AD to detect 

and correct missing sealant on the left and 

right pylon firewall structures, which, in the 

event of an engine fire, could result in flames 

penetrating the seams in the firewall between 

the engine and the aft fuselage, and a 

subsequent uncontrolled fire in the aft 

fuselage. 

Compliance 

(f) You are responsible for having the 

actions required by this AD performed within 

the compliance times specified, unless the 

actions have already been done. 

Inspection and Corrective Action 

(g) Within 200 flight hours or 12 months 

after the effective date of this AD, whichever 

occurs first: Do a detailed inspection for 

appropriate coverage of firewall sealant of the 

left and right pylon firewall structure, as 

specified in the figures of Hawker Beechcraft 

Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 54–3946, 

Revision 2, dated February 2010, and all 

applicable corrective actions; in accordance 

with the Accomplishment Instructions of 

Hawker Beechcraft Mandatory Service 

Bulletin SB 54–3946, Revision 2, dated 

February 2010. Do all applicable corrective 

actions before further flight. 

Note 1: For the purposes of this AD, a 

detailed inspection is: ‘‘An intensive 

examination of a specific item, installation, 

or assembly to detect damage, failure, or 

irregularity. Available lighting is normally 

supplemented with a direct source of good 

lighting at an intensity deemed appropriate. 

Inspection aids such as mirror, magnifying 

lenses, etc., may be necessary. Surface 

cleaning and elaborate procedures may be 

required.’’ 

Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(h)(1) The Manager, Wichita Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the 

authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if 

requested using the procedures found in 14 

CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN: 

Thomas Teplik, Aerospace Engineer, Systems 

and Propulsion Branch, ACE–116W, FAA, 

Wichita Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), 

1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent 

Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone 

(316) 946–4196; fax (316) 946–4107. 

(2) To request a different method of 

compliance or a different compliance time 

for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR 

39.19. Before using any approved AMOC on 

any airplane to which the AMOC applies, 

notify your principal maintenance inspector 

(PMI) or principal avionics inspector (PAI), 

as appropriate, or lacking a principal 

inspector, your local Flight Standards District 

Office. The AMOC approval letter must 

specifically reference this AD. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

September 23, 2010. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24714 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

19 CFR Part 210 

Rules of Adjudication and 

Enforcement 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) proposes to amend its 

Rules of Practice and Procedure 

concerning rules of general application, 

adjudication, and enforcement. The 

amendments are necessary to gather 

more information on public interest 

issues arising from complaints filed 

with the Commission requesting 

institution of an investigation under 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337. The intended 

effect of the proposed amendments is to 

aid the Commission in identifying 

investigations that require further 

development of public interest issues in 

the record, and to identify and develop 

information regarding the public 

interest at each stage of the 

investigation. 

DATES: To be assured of consideration, 

written comments must be received by 

5:15 p.m. on November 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number MISC–032, 

by any of the following methods: 

—Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

—Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.usitc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the web site at http:// 

www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm. 

—E-mail: james.worth@usitc.gov. 

Include docket number MISC–032 in 

the subject line of the message. 

—Mail: For paper submission. U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 

E Street, SW., Room 112, Washington, 

DC 20436. 

—Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 

E Street, SW., Room 112, Washington, 

DC 20436. From the hours of 8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number (MISC–032), along with 

a cover letter stating the nature of the 

commenter’s interest in the proposed 

rulemaking. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.usitc.gov, including any personal 

information provided. For paper copies, 

a signed original and 14 copies of each 

set of comments should be submitted to 

Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Room 112, Washington, DC 

20436. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.usitc.gov and/or the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Room 112, Washington, DC 

20436. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Worth, telephone 202–205–3065, 

or Megan Valentine, telephone, 202– 

708–2301, Office of the General 

Counsel, United States International 

Trade Commission. Hearing-impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal at 202–205–1810. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

preamble below is designed to assist 

readers in understanding these 

proposed amendments to the 

Commission Rules. This preamble 

provides background information, a 

regulatory analysis of the proposed 

amendments, a section-by-section 

explanation of the proposed 

amendments to part 210, and a 

description of the proposed 

amendments to the rules. The 

Commission encourages members of the 

public to comment, in addition to any 

other comments they wish to make on 

the proposed amendments, on whether 

the language of the proposed 

amendments is sufficiently clear for 

users to understand. 

If the Commission decides to proceed 

with this rulemaking after reviewing the 

comments filed in response to this 

notice, the proposed rule revisions will 

be promulgated in accordance with the 

applicable requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (‘‘APA’’) 

(5 U.S.C. 553), and will be codified in 

19 CFR part 210. 

Background 

Section 335 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

(19 U.S.C. 1335) authorizes the 

Commission to adopt such reasonable 

procedures, rules, and regulations as it 

deems necessary to carry out its 

functions and duties. This rulemaking 

seeks to improve provisions of the 

Commission’s existing Rules of Practice 

and Procedure. The Commission 

proposes amendments to its rules 

covering investigations under section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1337) (‘‘section 337’’) in order to 

increase the efficiency of its section 337 

investigations. 

This rulemaking effort began in 2010, 

as part of an effort to gather information 

on the public interest at an earlier stage 

in the investigation, and to aid the 

Commission in determining when to 

delegate part of the development of the 

record on the public interest to the 

administrative law judge. The 

Commission invites the public to 

comment on all of these proposed rules 

amendments. In any comments, please 

consider addressing whether the 

language of the proposed amendments 

is sufficiently clear for users to 

understand. In addition please consider 

addressing how the proposed rules 

amendments could be improved, and/or 

offering specific constructive 

alternatives where appropriate. 

Consistent with its ordinary practice, 

the Commission is issuing these 

proposed amendments in accordance 

with the applicable requirements of 

section 553 of the APA. This procedure 

entails the following steps: (1) 

Publication of a notice of proposed 

rulemaking; (2) solicitation of public 

comments on the proposed 

amendments; (3) Commission review of 

public comments on the proposed 

amendments; and (4) publication of 

final amendments at least thirty days 

prior to their effective date. 

Regulatory Analysis of Proposed 

Amendments to the Commission’s Rules 

The Commission has determined that 

the final rules do not meet the criteria 

described in section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993) 

and thus do not constitute a significant 

regulatory action for purposes of the 

Executive Order. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is inapplicable to this 

rulemaking because it is not one for 

which a notice of final rulemaking is 

required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or any 

other statute. Although the Commission 

has chosen to publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking, these proposed 

regulations are ‘‘agency rules of 

procedure and practice,’’ and thus are 

exempt from the notice requirement 

imposed by 5 U.S.C. 553(b). 

These proposed rules do not contain 

federalism implications warranting the 

preparation of a federalism summary 

impact statement pursuant to Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, Aug. 4, 

1999). 

No actions are necessary under the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) because the 

proposed rules will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100,000,000 or more 

in any one year, and will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. 

The proposed rules are not major 

rules as defined by section 804 of the 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et 

seq.). Moreover, they are exempt from 

the reporting requirements of the 

Contract With America Advancement 

Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121) because 

they concern rules of agency 

organization, procedure, or practice that 

do not substantially affect the rights or 

obligations of non-agency parties. 

The amendments are not subject to 

section 3504(h) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 

because it is part of an administrative 

action or investigation against specific 

individuals or entities. 44 U.S.C. 

3518(c)(1)(B)(ii). 

Subpart C—Pleadings 

Sections 210.12 and 210.13 

Section 210.12 generally provides the 

requirements for a complaint, and 

§ 210.13 generally provides 

requirements for responses to the 

complaint. To obtain information from 

the complainant on the existence and 

nature of any public interest issues 

raised by the complaint at the time of its 

filing, the Commission proposes adding 

a paragraph (a)(12) to § 210.12 to require 

that the complainant provide in the 

complaint specific information 

regarding any public interest issues 

arising from the complaint. The 

complaint should address how issuance 

of an exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order in this investigation could 

affect the public health and welfare in 

the United States, competitive 

conditions in the United States 

economy, the production of like or 

directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. In particular, the complaint 

should: 

• Explain how the articles potentially 

subject to the orders are used in the 

United States; 

• Identify any public health, safety, or 

welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the potential orders; 

• Indicate the extent to which like or 

directly competitive articles are 

produced in the United States or are 

otherwise available in the United States, 

with respect to the articles potentially 

subject to the orders; and 

• Indicate whether Complainant, 

Complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to an exclusion order 

and a cease and desist order within a 

commercially reasonable time. 

The Commission further proposes 

adding a paragraph (k) to § 210.12 to 

provide that, when a complaint is filed, 

the Secretary to the Commission will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

soliciting comments from the public 

and/or the proposed respondents on any 

public interest issues arising from the 

complaint. 

Similarly, to obtain information from 

respondents on the existence and nature 

of any public interest issues arising from 

the complaint at the time of the 

response to the complaint, the 

Commission proposes adding a new 

paragraph (b)(4) to § 210.13(b) to require 

the respondents to respond to the public 

interest issues raised by the complaint. 

Respondents may also address any 

comments received from the public with 

respect to the public interest. 


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Subpart G—Determinations and Actions 

Taken 

Sections 210.50 

Section 210.50 provides that the 

Commission, in the event of a violation 

of section 337, shall consider the 

appropriateness of an exclusion order or 

a cease and desist order in light of the 

public interest factors; the Commission 

must also determine whether, and in 

what amount, bonding is appropriate. 

Thus, in the event of a violation of 

section 337, it is the responsibility of 

the Commission to make determinations 

regarding remedy, the public interest, 

and bonding. Section 210.50(a)(4) 

provides that the Commission may 

receive submissions from the parties 

and the public on these issues. Section 

210.50(b)(1) provides that the 

administrative law judge shall take 

evidence with respect to the issues of 

remedy and bonding, but not with 

respect to the public interest unless the 

Commission orders otherwise. The 

Commission proposes to amended 

§ 210.50(b)(1) to also provide that if the 

Commission orders the administrative 

law judge to take evidence on the public 

interest, the administrative judge shall 

address the public interest in the 

recommended determination under 

§ 210.42(a)(1)(ii) and that the extent of 

the taking of discovery by the parties 

shall be at the discretion of the 

presiding administrative law judge. The 

Commission proposes to add language 

to § 210.50(a)(4) to provide that, after 

the service of the recommended 

determination on remedy by the 

presiding administrative law judge, the 

parties are instructed to submit to the 

Commission within 30 days any 

information relating to the public 

interest, including any updates to the 

information provided in the complaint 

and response as required by the 

proposed amendments to §§ 210.12 and 

210.13. 

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 210 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Business and industry, 

Customs duties and inspection, Imports, 

Investigations. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the United States 

International Trade Commission 

proposes to amend 19 CFR part 210 as 

follows: 

PART 210—ADJUDICATION AND 

ENFORCEMENT 

1. The authority citation for part 210 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1333, 1335, and 1337. 

Subpart C—Pleadings 

2. Amend § 210.12 by adding 

paragraphs (a)(12) and (k) to read as 

follows: 

§ 210.12 The complaint. 

(a) * * * 

(12) Provide specific information 

regarding the public interest. Address 

how issuance of an exclusion order and/ 

or a cease and desist order in this 

investigation could affect the public 

health and welfare in the United States, 

competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like 

or directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. In particular, 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the orders are used 

in the United States; 

(ii) Identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the potential orders; 

(iii) Indicate the extent to which like 

or directly competitive articles are 

produced in the United States or are 

otherwise available in the United States, 

with respect to the articles potentially 

subject to the orders; and 

(iv) Indicate whether Complainant, 

Complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to an exclusion order 

and a cease and desist order within a 

commercially reasonable time. 

* * * * * 

Publication of notice of filing. When 

a complaint is filed, the Secretary to the 

Commission will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register soliciting comments 

from the public and/or proposed 

respondents on any public interest 

issues arising from the complaint and 

potential exclusion and/or cease and 

desist orders. Members of the public 

and proposed respondents may provide 

specific information regarding the 

public interest in a written submission 

not to exceed five pages to the Secretary 

to the Commission within five days of 

publication of notice of the filing of a 

complaint. Members of the public and 

proposed respondents may address how 

issuance of an exclusion order and/or a 

cease and desist order in this 

investigation could affect the public 

health and welfare in the United States, 

competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like 

or directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. In particular, members of 

the public and proposed respondents 

may: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the orders are used 

in the United States; 

(ii) Identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the potential orders; 

(iii) Indicate the extent to which like 

or directly competitive articles are 

produced in the United States or are 

otherwise available in the United States, 

with respect to the articles potentially 

subject to the orders; and 

(iv) Indicate whether Complainant, 

Complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to an exclusion order 

and a cease and desist order within a 

commercially reasonable time. 

3. Amend § 210.13 by adding a 

paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows: 

§ 210.13 The response. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

Provide additional information on the 

public interest, as well as respond to the 

issues raised by the complaint as set 

forth in § 210.12(a)(12). The response 

may also address any comments 

received from members of the public 

with respect to the public interest 

pursuant to § 210.12(k). 

* * * * * 

Subpart G—Determinations and 

Actions Taken 

3. Amend § 210.50 by revising 

paragraphs (a)(4) and (b)(1) to read as 

follows: 

§ 210.50 Commission action, the public 

interest, and bonding by respondents. 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(4) Receive submissions from the 

parties, interested persons, and other 

Government agencies and departments 

with respect to the subject matter of 

paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of 

this section. After a recommended 

determination on remedy is certified by 

the presiding administrative law judge, 

the parties are instructed to submit to 

the Commission, within 30 days from 

service of the recommended 

determination, any information relating 

to the public interest, including any 

updates to the information requested by 

§§ 210.12(a)(12) and 210.13(b)(4). 

Members of the public may also submit 

information with respect to the public 

interest. 

(b) * * * 

(1) With respect to an administrative 

law judge’s ability to take evidence or 

other information and to hear arguments 

from the parties and other interested 

persons on the issues of appropriate 


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Commission action, the public interest, 

and bonding by the respondents for 

purposes of an initial determination on 

temporary relief, see §§ 210.61, 210.62, 

and 210.66(a). For purposes of the 

recommended determination required 

by § 210.42(a)(1)(ii), an administrative 

law judge shall take evidence or other 

information and hear arguments from 

the parties and other interested persons 

on the issues of appropriate 

Commission action and bonding by the 

respondents. Unless the Commission 

orders otherwise, an administrative law 

judge shall not take evidence on the 

issue of the public interest for purposes 

of the recommended determination 

under § 210.42(a)(1)(ii). If the 

Commission orders the administrative 

law judge to take evidence with respect 

to the public interest, the extent of the 

taking of discovery by the parties shall 

be at the discretion of the presiding 

administrative law judge. 

* * * * * 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 27, 2010. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24563 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 62 

[Public Notice: 7077] 

RIN 1400–AC67 

Exchange Visitor Program—Fees and 

Charges 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of State. 

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State 

(Department) is proposing to revise its 

Fees and Charges assessed for providing 

Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) 

services to recoup the Department’s 

costs associated with operating all 

aspects of the Exchange Visitor Program. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public through 

November 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by any of the following 

methods: 

• Persons with access to the Internet 

will be able to view and comment on 

the rule and supporting documentation, 

including the supporting cost study, by 

going to the Regulations.gov Web site 

http://www.regulations.gov/search/

Regs/home.html#home, and searching 

on docket ID DOS–2010–0214. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): U.S. Department of State, 

Office of Designation, SA–5, Floor 5, 

2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20522 

• E-mail: JExchanges@state.gov. You 

must include the title and RIN (1400– 

AC67) in the subject line of your 

message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley S. Colvin, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Private Sector Exchange, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–5, Floor 5, 

2200 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20522, 202–632–2805, or email at 

jexchanges@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of Section 810 of the United 

States Information and Educational 

Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, 22 

U.S.C. 1475e, and the Independent 

Offices Appropriations Act of 1952 

(IOAA), 31 U.S.C. 9701, and following 

the guidelines set forth in Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular No. A–25, user fees for 

Exchange Visitor Program Services were 

adopted for the first time in 2000. 

Regulations adopting sufficient fees to 

recover the full cost of its administrative 

processing of requests for designation, 

redesignation, and for requests by 

program participants for certain services 

for which application is required were 

adopted. OMB Circular No. A–25 directs 

the Agency review of fees and services 

every two years. 

The current fee for an application for 

designation or an application for 

redesignation is $1,748.00 and the fee 

for foreign national exchange 

participants requesting individual 

program services, including a change of 

program category, program extension, 

reinstatement, etc. is currently $246.00 

per request. The Department proposes 

amendment of both fees to: $2,700 and 

$233.00 respectively. The new proposed 

fee for either program designation or 

redesignation will increase by $952 

(redesignation is required every two 

years) while the fee assessed program 

participants will decrease by $13.00. 

The increase in program designation 

and redesigantion requests is necessary 

to recoup the costs of application 

reviews, requests for amendments to 

program designations, and allotment 

requests, as well as the cost for 

enhanced compliance programs, 

regulatory review and development, 

outreach and general program 

administration, as explained below. 

These changes are necessary because the 

current fee for program designation and 

redesignation applications was 

calculated on a unit cost basis that 

assumed and projected a larger number 

of such applications than has proven to 

be received. 

Current Proposed Increase/Decrease 

Designation/Redesignation ...................................................................... $1,748.00 $2,700.00 $952 

Individual Applications ............................................................................. 246.00 233.00 ¥$13 

The U.S. Department of State designates 

U.S. government, academic, and private 

sector entities to conduct educational 

and cultural exchange programs 

pursuant to a broad grant of authority 

provided by the Mutual Educational and 

Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 

amended (Fulbright-Hays Act), 22 

U.S.C. 2451 et seq.; the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J); 

the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998, Public Law 

105–277; as well as other statutory 

enactments, Reorganization Plans and 

Executive Orders. Under those 

authorities, 1,226 sponsor organizations 

facilitate the entry of more than 300,000 

exchange participants each year. 

The Fulbright-Hays Act is the organic 

legislation underpinning the entire 

Exchange Visitor Program. Section 101 

of that Act sets forth the purpose of the 

Act, viz., ‘‘to enable the Government of 

the United States to increase mutual 

understanding between the people of 

the United States and the people of 

other countries by means of educational 

and cultural exchange * * * .’’ The Act 

authorizes the President to provide for 

such exchanges when he considers that 

it would strengthen international 

cooperative relations. The language of 

the Act and its legislative history make 

it clear that Congress considered 

international educational and cultural 

exchanges to be a significant part of the 

public diplomacy efforts of the 

President in connection with his 

Constitutional prerogatives in 

conducting foreign affairs. 

On September 27, 1999, the United 

States Information Agency (USIA) 

issued an interim final rule on the 

adoption of fees for all requests for an 


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