U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation

O R D E R DOT 1100.63B Chg. 2

1. 1. PURPOSE. To issue revised pages to the Federal Highway Administration's portion of the Department of Transportation Organization Manual.
   
   
2. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. The Chief Counsel Service Business Unit's (SBU) mission and functions statement is revised as follows.
   
   
   1. The mission statement is updated to reflect that legal advice and services regarding motor carrier safety functions are provided to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding.
      
      
   2. A functions statement is added, titled Border Crossings and International Activities, to reflect that legal advice is provided on all North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and border crossing activities, including issues relating to freight movement, and international agreements. Within the Chief Counsel SBU, the immediate office of the Chief Counsel has assumed overall responsibility for the implementation of NAFTA.
      
      
3. FILING INSTRUCTIONS.
   
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      Remove Pages	Dated	Insert Pages	Dated
      85, 86, 86.1	02-22-00	85, 86, 86.1	06-05-00

      
      
   2. After filing the attached pages, this transmittal may be discarded.
      
      
4. This page change was coordinated with the Executive Secretariat under the waiver of procedures in DOT Order 1320.16B, DOT Directives Systems, approved by the Director, Executive Secretariat through July 2000. Approval of the Secretary is not required under this waiver.

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