tion to the Director of Financial Management is contained in subpart C, § 1.59a.)

(9) Review and approve for payment any voucher for $25 or less the authority for payment of which is questioned by a certifying or disbursing officer. (Redelegation to the Director of Financial Management is contained in subpart C, § 1.59a.)

(10) Approve cash purchases of emergency passenger transportation services costing over $100 under FPMR G-72, as amended.

(11) Perform accounting and related functions in support of the essential air service program.

(12) Carry out the functions and obligations assigned to the Secretary with respect to the Prompt Payment Act, Pub. L. 97-177.

(13) Carry out the functions and duties assigned to the Secretary with respect to the Debt Collection Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-365.

(d) Special funds. Except as otherwise delegated, establish or operate, or both, such special funds as may be required by statute or by administrative determination. This includes such special funds as the Working Capital Fund (49 U.S.C. 1657(j)).

(e) Security. (1) Represent the Secretary on the National Communications Security Committee and Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security.

(2) Issue identification media “by direction of the Secretary".

(3) Classify information in the interests of national defense.

(4) Take certain classified actions on behalf of the Department in connection with counter-audio programs.

(5) Authorize exceptions to investigative standards for National Defense Executive Reservists.

(6) Determine when emergencies, other than attack on the United States, justify activation of Personnel Security Regulations issued by the Secretary.

(7) Approve exceptions to the Personnel Security regulations issued by the Secretary.

(8) Request the Office of Personnel Management to modify investigative requirements in other areas.

(f) Printing. (1) Request approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, Congress of the United States, for any procurement or other action requiring Committee approval.

(2) Certify the necessity for Departmental periodicals and request approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Circular No. A-3 Revised as of Sept. 8, 1960).

(g) Document authentication. Emboss and affix the official Departmental seal to appropriate documents and other materials, for all purposes for which authentication by seal is required.

(h) Foreign travel. Review written requests for modification to the Department's foreign travel plan approved by the Office of Management and Budget.

(i) Gifts and bequests. Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 9(m) of the Department of Transportation Act (Pub. L. 89-670).

(j) Equal employment opportunity. Exercise the authority of the Secretary to accept or reject internal complaints of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age arising within or relating to the Office of the Secretary.

(k) Building management. Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by sections 1(b) and 4(b) (as appropriate) of Executive Order 11912.

(1) Privacy. Issue notices of Department of Transportation systems of records as required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), (11)).

(m) Hearings. Provide logistical and administrative support to the Department's Office of Hearings.

(n) Paperwork reduction. Carry out the functions and responsibilities assigned to the Secretary with respect to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-511.

(0) Federal real property management. Carry out the functions assigned to the Secretary with respect to Executive Order 12512 of April 28, 1985.

(p) The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-646, 84 Stat. 1894. Except as provided in §§ 1.45, 1.48 and 49 CFR 25.302. the

functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, are delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Administration with respect to programs administered by the Office of the Secretary. This authority is subject to the requirements listed in § 1.45 that govern all Operating Administrations' authority with respect to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.

(q) Regulations. Issue Department of Transportation procurement regulations, subject to the following limitation:

(1) Coordination. The views of the General Counsel, the interested administrations and other offices will be solicited in the development of the procurement regulations. In commenting upon proposed provisions for the procurement regulations, the administrations will indicate the nature and purpose of any additional implementing or supplementing policy guidances which they propose to issue at the administration level.

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975; as amended by Amdt. 1-216, 52 FR 9864, Mar. 27, 1987]

EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER Citations affecting § 1.59, see the List of CFR Sections Affected in the Finding Aids section of this volume.

§ 1.59a Redelegations by the Assistant Secretary for Administration.

(a) The Assistant Secretary for Administration has redelegated to the Director of Acquisition and Grant Management authority to procure and authorize payment for property and services for the Office of the Secretary, with power to redelegate and authorize successive redelegations.

(b) The Assistant Secretary for Administration has redelegated to the Director of Personnel authority to:

(1) Conduct a personnel management program for the Office of the Secretary with authority to take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action with respect to such authority.

(2) Develop, coordinate, and issue wage schedules for Department em

Wage

ployees under the Federal System, except as delegated to the Commandant of the Coast Guard at § 1.46 of this part.

(c) The Assistant Secretary for Administration has redelegated to the Director of Financial Management authority to:

(1) Designate to the Treasury Department certifying officers and designated agents for the Office of the Secretary and imprest fund cashiers for the Departmental Headquarters.

(2) Certify to the validity of obligations as required by 31 U.S.C. 200 and to the adequacy of bond coverage for the designations under section 160(c)(2).

(3) Sign reports on Budget Execution as required by OMB Circular A-34 (Revised).

(4) Review and approve for payment any voucher for $25 or less the authority for payment of which is questioned by a certifying or disbursing officer.

(5) Process essential air service payments.

(6) Approve claims of OST employees allowable under 31 U.S.C. 3721 for amounts of $500 or less.

[Amdt. 1-209, 51 FR 29233, Aug. 15, 1986, as amended by Amdt. 1-232, 54 FR 46616, Nov. 6, 1989]

§ 1.60 Delegations to the Inspector General.

The Inspector General is delegated, and has agreed to carry out, the following:

(a) Aviation economics. The conduct of audits under 49 U.S.C. 1389; and 49 U.S.C. 1377(e).

[Amdt. 1-199, 49 FR 50997, Dec. 31, 1984]

§ 1.61 Delegations to Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs.

The Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs is delegated authority to:

(a) Establish procedures for responding to Congressional correspondence.

(b) Serve as the Department's point of contact in relationships with public and private organizations and groups devoted to consumer and community services or affairs.

(c) Serve as coordinator for intra-Departmental consumer affairs grams.

pro(d) As supplemented by 14 CFR part 385, carry out the following authority transferred to the Department from the Civil Aeronautics Board

(1) Assist consumers in dealings with the air transportation industry;

(2) Assist State and local organizations in handling airline consumer complaints;

(3) Investigate consumer complaints regarding the air transportation industry and, as appropriate, recommend enforcement actions to be brought by the Deputy General Counsel;

(4) [Reserved]

(5) Carry out the following statutory provisions:

(i) Section 4(a)(5) of the Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984 (October 4, 1984; Pub. L. 98-443), relating to enforcement of the Consumer Credit Protection Act;

(ii) Sections 204 (a) and (b) (relating to taking such actions as may be necessary to carry out responsibilities under the Federal Aviation Act), 407 (a) and (e) (relating to requiring the production of information, entering carrier property, and inspecting records), and 411 (relating to determining whether any carrier or ticket agent is engaged in unfair or deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition), of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, (49 U.S.C. 1324 (a) and (b), 1377 (a) and (e), and 1381) as appropriate to the consumer information and assistance functions in this paragraph.

[Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83409, Dec. 18, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 1-199, 49 FR 50997, Dec. 31, 1984; Amdt. 1-205, 50 FR 52468, Dec. 24, 1985]

§ 1.62 Delegations to the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is delegated authority to:

(a) Exercise Departmental responsibility for the implementation and execution of functions and duties under sections 8 and 15 of the Small Business Investment Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 637 and 644).

(b) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 906 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94– 210), as amended.

[Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83409, Dec. 18, 1980]

§ 1.63 Delegations to Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs is delegated authority to: (a) [Reserved]

(b) Monitor the overall public information program and review and approve Departmental informational materials having policy-making ramifications before they are printed and disseminated.

(c) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 4(b) (as appropriate) of Executive Order 11912.

(d) Carry out the functions to promote carpooling and vanpooling which were vested in the Federal Energy Administration by section 381(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and transferred to the Department of Transportation by section 310 of the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977.

[Amdt. 1-113, 40 FR 43901, Sept. 24, 1975, as amended by Amdt. 1-118, 41 FR 35849, Aug. 25, 1976; Amdt. 1-157, 45 FR 83409, Dec. 18, 1980; Amdt. 1-184, 48 FR 44079, Sept. 27, 1983; Amdt. 1-228, 54 FR 10010, Mar. 9, 1989]

§ 1.64 Delegations to the Science and Technology Advisor.

The Science and Technology Advisor is delegated authority to:

(a) Serve as principal liaison official for the Department of Transportation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.

(b) Serve as Chairperson of the Department of Transportation's Research and Development Management Council.

(c) Serve as Chairperson of the Department of Transportation Navigation Council.

[Amdt. 1-201, 50 FR 7782, Feb. 26, 1985]

§ 1.65 Authority to classify information.

(a) E.O. 12356 confers upon the Secretary of Transportation authority to originally classify classify information as Secret and Confidential with further authorization to delegate this authority. (No official of the Department of Transportation has authority to originally classify information as Top Secret.)

(b) The following delegations of this authority, which may not be redelegated, are hereby made:

(1) Office of the Secretary (OST). Chief, Security Staff.

(2) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The Commandant; Chief, Office of Operations.

(3) Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA). The Administrator; Director of Civil Aviation Security.

(4) Maritime Administration (MARAD). The Administrator; Associate Administrator for Policy and Administration (Confidential only); Director, Office of International Activities (Confidential only); Chief, Division of National Security Plans (Confidential only).

(c) Authority of originally classify information as Secret or Confidential is delegated to the following officials to become effective automatically

upon declaration of civil readiness level Initial Alert or the comparable military readiness level. If invoked, this authority is automatically terminated when both civil and military levels return to the level of Communications Watch or comparable readiness state.

(1) OST. Deputy Secretary; Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs; Assistant Secretary for Administration.

(2) USCG. Vice Commandant; Chief of Staff; Commander, Atlantic Area; Commander, Pacific Area; Commanders, Coast Guard Districts; Commander, Coast Guard Activities, Europe; Chief, Intelligence and Security Division.

(3) FAA. Deputy Administrator; Directors, FAA Regions and Centers.

(4) MARAD. Deputy Administrator; Region Directors; Heads of ALFA, BRAVO, and CHARLIE Emergency Teams when activated.

(d) Although the delegations of authority are expressed above in terms of positions, the authority is personal and is vested only in the individual occupying the position. The authority may not be exercised "by direction of" a designated official. The formal appointment or assignment of an individual to one of the identified positions, a designation in writing of an individual to act in the absence of one of these officials, or the exercise by an individual of the powers of one of these officials by operation of law, however, conveys the authority to originally classify information.

(e) Previous delegations of authority to Department of Transportation officials to originally classify information as Secret and Confidential are hereby rescinded.

[Amdt. 1-195, 49 FR 26594, June 28, 1984]

§ 1.66 Delegations to Maritime Administrator.

With the exception of those authorities delegated to the Maritime Subsidy Board in § 1.67 of this title, the Maritime Administrator is delegated authority to:

(a) Carry out sections 9, 12, 14a, 21a, 37, 40, 41, and 42 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended (46 U.S.C. 801 et seq.);

(b) Carry out the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 861 et seq.), including the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 921 et seq.);

(c) Carry out the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, as amended (46 U.S.C. 891 et seq.);

(d) Carry out section 7 of the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, as amended (46 U.S.C. 843 et seq.);

(e) Carry out the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); except the authority delegated to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration relating to the establishment of capital construction fund agreements under section 607 thereof and the granting of financing guarantees under title XI thereof, with respect to vessels in the fishing trade or industry;

(f) Carry out the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1735 et seq.);

(g) Carry out the Suits in Admiralty Act (1920), as amended (46 U.S.C. 741 et seq.);

(h) Carry out the Civilian Nautical School Act, 1940 (46 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);

(i) Carry out the Act of June 2, 1951 (46 U.S.C. 1241a) regarding the "Vessel Operations Revolving Fund";

(j) Carry out the Act of August 9, 1954 (50 U.S.C. 196 et seq.) commonly called the Emergency Foreign Vessels Acquisition Act;

(k) Carry out the Act of July 24, 1956 (46 U.S.C. 249 et seq.) commonly I called the Merchant Marine Medals Act of 1956;

(1) Carry out the Maritime Academy Act of 1958, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);

(m) Carry out the Act of May 16, 1972, as amended (86 Stat. 140) authorizing sale or purchase of certain passenger vessels,

(n) Carry out the Act of August 22, 1972 (86 Stat. 618) authorizing sale of Liberty ships for use as artificial reefs,

(0) Carry out section 717 of the Act of October 26, 1972 (86 Stat. 1184) commonly known as the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1973, and similar subsequent enactments, with respect to transferring or otherwise making available vessels under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Administration to another Federal agency or, similarly, accepting vessels from another Federal agency,

(p) [Reserved]

(q) Exercise the authority delegated by the Administrator of the General Services Administration, dated August 15, 1967, to appoint uniformed guards as special police officers, with such powers as are conferred in the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281), as amended, for protection duties on those parcels of property at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York, which are not protected by General Services Administration guards, and over which the Federal Government has exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction,

(r) Carry out the responsibilities of the National Shipping Authority (ini

tially established by the Secretary of Commerce effective March 13, 1951) in the capacity of Director, National Shipping Authority,

(s) Carry out the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980 (46 U.S.C. 1295), as amended,

(t) Carry out all other activities previously vested in the Secretary of Commerce and transferred pursuant to Pub. L. 97-31.

(u) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 3(d) of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1902(d)) as it relates to ships owned or operated by the Maritime Administration when engaged in

noncommercial service.

[Amdt. 1-164, 46 FR 47459, Sept. 28, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 1-167, 47 FR 11677, Mar. 18, 1982; Amdt. 1-192, 49 FR 12706, Mar. 30, 1984]

§ 1.67 Delegations to Maritime Subsidy Board.

(a) The Maritime Subsidy Board is delegated authority to:

(1) Carry out all functions previously vested in the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 105(1) (except the last proviso thereto and readjustments in determinations of operating cost differentials not requiring a hearing and contractual changes reducing or realigning service requirements not involving additional subsidy or requiring a section 605(c) hearing under the Act (46 U.S.C. 1175(c)), section 105(2), and, insofar as applicable to these functions, section 105(3) of Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950, and section 202(b)(1) of Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961, except investigations, hearings and determinations, including changes in determinations, with respect to minimum manning scales, minimum wage scales, and minimum working conditions referred to in section 301(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

(2) Carry out all functions previously vested in the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 103(e) of Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961 and section 202(b)(2) (except requiring the filing of reports, accounts, records, rates, charges, and memoranda under