[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 45, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199] [Revised as of October 1, 2000] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 45CFR50.1] [Page 125] TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 50--U.S. EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE TWO-YEAR FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT--Table of Contents Sec. 50.1 Authority. Under the authority of Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 527) and the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended (84 Stat. 116), the Department of Health and Human Services is an ``interested United States Government agency'' with the authority to request the United States Information Agency to recommend to the Attorney General waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement for exchange visitors under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program.