[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR310.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 310--OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF AND PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.2  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this part, except where the context requires 
otherwise:
    (a) Act means Pub. L. 91-269.
    (b) Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
    (c) Commissioner General means the person appointed to act as the 
senior Federal official for the exposition as required by BIE rules and 
regulations.
    (d) Director means the Director of the International Expositions 
Staff, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Development, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
    (e) Applicant means a State, County, municipality, a political 
subdivision of the foregoing, private non-profit or not-for-profit 
organizations, or individuals filing an application with the Director 
seeking Federal recognition of an international exposition to be held in 
the United States.
    (f) State means one of the several States of the United States, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands.
    (g) Exposition means an international exposition proposed to be held 
in the United States for which an application has been filed with the 
Director seeking Federal recognition under the Act; which proposes to 
invite more than one foreign country to participate; and, which would 
exceed three weeks in duration. Any event under three weeks in duration 
is not considered an international exposition under BIE rules.

[40 FR 34107, Aug. 14, 1975. Redesignated and amended at 46 FR 57457, 
Nov. 24, 1981]