[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR139.1]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 139_IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 139.1  Purpose.




Sec.
139.1 Purpose.
139.2 Definitions.
139.3 Responsibilities of the Department.
139.4 Responsibilities of the Program Administrator.
139.5 Qualifications required for selection as a trainee.
139.6 Requesting participation in the IPPCTP.
139.7 Qualifications for participation as an employer in the United 
          States.
139.8 Target economic sectors.

    Authority: Pub. L. 105-319, 112 Stat. 3013; 22 U.S.C. 2651a.

    Source: 65 FR 14766, Mar. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The regulations set forth in this Part implement, in part, the 
``Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (the 
``IPPCTPA''), Public Law 105-319, 112 Stat. 3013. The purpose of the 
IPPCTPA is to establish a program to ``allow young people from 
disadvantaged areas of designated counties suffering from sectarian 
violence and high structural unemployment to enter the United States for 
the purpose of developing job skills and conflict resolution abilities 
in a diverse, cooperative, peaceful, and prosperous environment, so that 
those young people can return to their homes better able to contribute 
toward economic regeneration and the Irish peace process.'' This part 
describes the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (the 
``IPPCTP'') hereby established by the Department, the procedures for its 
operation and the requirements for participation.
    (b) The Department, in consultation with the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (``INS''), will implement the program specified 
in the IPPCTPA by working with the relevant governmental authorities in 
the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland to further the goals of 
the IPPCTPA, by selecting a Program Administrator to carry out the day-
to-day operation of the IPPCTP, by approving, upon the recommendation of 
the Program Administrator, employers in the United States to carry out 
the training and employment elements of the IPPTCP and by providing 
general oversight of the IPPCTP.