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2 September 2008
[Federal Register: September 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 170)]
[Notices]
[Page 51333-51334]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6339]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, Removing
Conditions and Restrictions on the Cuban Interests Section and Its
Personnel With Respect to the Acquisition and Disposition of Motor
Vehicles in the United States
Summary
The United States Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland
in Havana, Cuba (``the U.S. Interests Section''), is the mission
through which the U.S. communicates with the Government and people of
Cuba. The Cuban Government's counterpart mission in the United States
is the Cuban Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in
Washington, DC (``the Cuban Interests Section''). The Foreign Missions
Act of 1982 as amended (22 U.S. Code 4301, et
[[Page 51334]]
seq., ``the Act'') provides the domestic legal authority for regulating
``benefits'' to foreign missions in the United States and for imposing
terms and conditions on the provision of such benefits.
In a Determination published in the Federal Register on August 25,
2003 (Volume 68, Number 164), the Department of State imposed a number
of terms and conditions with respect to the acquisition and disposition
of motor vehicles by or on behalf of the Cuban Interests Section. Those
conditions were imposed as a reciprocal measure because the Cuban
Government for some time had imposed restrictions and impediments to
the importation, purchase, and resale of vehicles by the U.S. Interests
Section in Cuba.
The Department of State is now rescinding the Determination
published August 25, 2003, in the Federal Register and lifting all
terms and conditions that it imposed on the Cuban Interests Section and
its staff and dependent family members with regard to the acquisition
and disposition of motor vehicles. Upon the publication of this
Determination in the Federal Register, the Cuban Interests Section, its
staff, and their dependent family members will be permitted to acquire
and dispose of motor vehicles without restriction other than
restrictions or other requirements imposed on all foreign missions and
their members to obtain specific motor vehicle services from the U.S.
Department of State.
Persons Affected by This Action
This Determination applies primarily to the Cuban Interests Section
of the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC, its staff, and their
dependent family members. It also applies to any person subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, whether a natural person, business,
or other entity of any sort, that intends to sell or lease a motor
vehicle to, or purchase a motor vehicle from, the Cuban Interests
Section or its personnel.
Legal Authority
This Determination is issued pursuant to the Act, which authorizes
the Secretary of State to provide ``benefits'' to foreign missions in
the United States and to impose certain terms and conditions upon the
provision of such benefits, if such action is reasonably necessary to
achieve a statutory purpose identified in the Act. 22 U.S.C. 4304. The
term ``benefits'' is defined to include any of a number of specifically
enumerated goods and services as well as ``any other benefits as the
Secretary may designate.'' 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(1) Pursuant to Department
of State Delegation of Authority No. 214, section 14 (September 20,
1994), the authorities that the Act vests in the Secretary of State
were delegated by the Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Diplomatic Security, who is also the Director of the Office of Foreign
Missions.
Designation of Benefits, Findings, and Specific Determinations
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by and through the above-
cited provisions of law and Delegation of Authority, I hereby find and
determine as follows:
(1) Designation of Benefits: The acquisition of a motor vehicle is
encompassed within the statutory designation of a ``benefit'' in the
Foreign Missions Act because it is a form of transportation. 22 U.S.C.
4302(a)(1)(C). The Determination published in the Federal Register on
August 25, 2003 (68 FR 164), also designated the privilege of disposing
of a motor vehicle to a U.S. person within the United States as a
benefit under the Act.
(2) Findings: The Government of Cuba has indicated that it will
immediately end all restrictions on the importation and local purchase
of vehicles by the U.S. Interests Section and its staff in Havana,
Cuba, if the United States removes the conditions imposed on the
acquisition and disposition of vehicles by or on behalf of the Cuban
Interests Section and its staff in Washington, DC, which were
implemented by the Determination published in the Federal Register on
August 25, 2003.
(3) Determination: I hereby determine that it is not necessary at
this time, either on the basis of reciprocity or for any other reason,
to impose terms or conditions on the acquisition or disposition of
vehicles by or on behalf of the Cuban Interests Section and its staff
and dependent family members in Washington, DC. The Determination
published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number
164) is hereby rescinded, and all terms and conditions imposed by that
Determination are hereby annulled.
(4) Date of Effect: The provisions of this Determination shall take
effect upon its publication in the Federal Register.
(5) Publication of this Determination in the Federal Register
constitutes notice to persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States that terms and conditions on the acquisition and disposition of
vehicles by or on behalf of the Cuban Interests Section are hereby
rescinded. Persons wishing clarification as to the applicability of
this Determination may contact the Office of Foreign Missions, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520; or by telephone: (202) 647-
4554.
Dated: August 14, 2008.
Eric J. Boswell,
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and Director,
Office of Foreign Missions, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-20309 Filed 8-29-08; 8:45 am]
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