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substantial conformity with the 

standards set forth in the statute. The 

statutory standards are: establishment of 

child support orders, including the 

establishment of paternity if necessary 

to establish the order; enforcement of 

child support orders, including 

collection and distribution of payments 

under such orders; cost-free services 

(including administrative and legal 

services, as well as paternity testing; 

and the designation of an agency as 

Central Authority to facilitate 

enforcement. 

Once such a declaration is made, 

support agencies in jurisdictions of the 

United States participating in the 

program established by Title IV–D of the 

Social Security Act (the IV–D program) 

must provide enforcement services 

under that program to such 

reciprocating countries as if the request 

for service came from a U.S. state. 

The declaration authorized by the 

statute may be made ‘‘in the form of an 

international agreement, in connection 

with an international agreement or 

corresponding foreign declaration, or on 

a unilateral basis.’’ The Secretary of 

State has authorized either the Legal 

Adviser or the Assistant Secretary for 

Consular Affairs to make such a 

declaration after consultation with the 

other. 

As of this date, the following 

countries (or Canadian provinces or 

territories) have been designated foreign 

reciprocating countries:

Country Effective date 

Australia ............................. May 21, 2001. 

Czech Republic ................. May 3, 2000. 

Ireland ................................ Sept. 10, 1997. 

Netherlands ....................... May 1, 2002. 

Norway ............................... June 10, 2002. 

Poland ................................ June 14, 1999. 

Portugal ............................. Mar. 17, 2001. 

Slovak Republic ................. Feb. 1, 1998. 

Switzerland ........................ Sept. 30, 2004. 

Canadian Provinces or 

Territories: 

Alberta ............................ Sept. 4, 2002. 

British Columbia ............. Dec. 15, 1999. 

Manitoba ........................ July 11, 2000. 

New Brunswick .............. Feb. 1, 2004. 

Northwest Territories ...... Feb. 7, 2004. 

Nunavut .......................... Jan. 20, 2004. 

Newfoundland/Labrador Aug. 7, 2002. 

Nova Scotia .................... Dec. 18, 1998. 

Ontario ........................... Aug. 7, 2002. 

Information 

Each of these countries (or Canadian 

provinces or territories) has designated 

a Central Authority to facilitate 

enforcement and ensure compliance 

with the standards of the statute. 

Information relating to the designated 

Central Authorities, and the procedures 

for processing requests may be obtained 

by contacting the United States Central 

Authority for International Child 

Support, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of Child 

Support Enforcement (OCSE), 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 4-East, 

Washington, DC 20447; phone (202) 

401–5566, fax (202) 401–5539, e-mail 

ocseinternational@acf.hhs.gov.

Questions regarding this notice, the 

status of negotiations, declarations and 

agreements may be obtained by 

contacting Mary Helen Carlson at the 

Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for 

Private International Law, Suite 203 

South Building, 2430 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037–2851; phone 

(202) 776–8420, fax (202) 776–8482, email carlsonmh@state.gov.

The law also permits individual states 

of the United States to establish or 

continue existing reciprocating 

arrangements with foreign countries 

when there has been no federal 

declaration. Many states have such 

arrangements with additional countries 

not yet the subject of a federal 

declaration. Information as to these 

arrangements may be obtained from the 

individual state IV–D Agency.

Jeffrey D. Kovar, 

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private 

International Law, Department of State.

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BILLING CODE 4710–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4852] 

Department of State Performance 

Review Board Members (at Large 

Board) 

In accordance with section 4314(c)(4) 

of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 

(Pub. L. 95–454), the Executive 

Resources Board of the Department of 

State has appointed the following 

individuals to the Department of State 

Performance Review Board (At-Large): 

James L. Millette, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Bureau of Resource 

Management, Department of State; 

Susan Biniaz, Assistant Legal Advisor, 

Office of the Legal Advisor, Oceans 

Environment and Science, Department 

of State; Susan F. Burk, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Nonproliferation, Department of State; 

Richard L. Greene, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Bureau of Population, 

Refugees and Migration, Department of 

State; Roberta S. Jacobson, Director, 

Office of Mexican Affairs, Bureau of 

Western Hemispheric Affairs, 

Department of State; Lawrence R. Baer, 

Dean, School of Professional and Area 

Studies, George P. Schultz National 

Foreign Affairs Training Center, 

Department of State.

Dated: September 30, 2004. 

Ruth A. Whiteside, 

Acting Director General of the Foreign, 

Service and Director of Human Resources, 

Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–22460 Filed 10–5–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending September 24, 

2004 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412 

and 414. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2004–19162. 

Date Filed: September 20, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: PTC12 NMS–AFR 0209/

PTC23 AFR–TC3 0244, dated 21 

September 2004, Mail Vote 403—

Resolution 010v—Special Passenger, 

Amending Resolution to/from Libya, 

Intended effective date: 1 November 

2004. 

Docket Number: OST–2004–19163. 

Date Filed: September 20, 2004. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association 

Subject: PTC23 AFR–TC3 0238, dated 

17 September 2004, Africa-South Asian 

Subcontinent Expedited Resolution 

002d, for intended effect 1 November 

2004 r1–r6; PTC23 AFR–TC3 0246, 

dated 21 September 2004, Africa-South 

Asian subcontinent Technical 

Correction to Memorandum PTC23 

AFR–TC3 0238 Expedited Resolution 

002d, for intended effect 1 November 

2004; PTC23 AFR–TC3 0239, dated 17 

September 17 2004, Africa-South Asian 

subcontinent Expedited Resolution 

002c, for intended effect 15 January 

2005 r7; PTC23 AFR–TC3 0240, dated 

17 September 2004, Africa-South west 

Pacific Expedited Resolution 002o, for 

intended effective date 1 November 

2004 r8; PTC23 AFR–TC3 0241, dated 

17 September 2004; Africa-South West 

Pacific Expedited Resolution 002ee, for 

intended effective date 15 January 2004 

r9; Intended effective date: 1 November 

2004, 15 January 2005. 

Docket Number: OST–2004–19164. 

Date Filed: September 20, 2004.