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received from foreign governments. 

Vouchers are mailed to awardholders 

showing payments due. Awardholders 

sign vouchers certifying that he/she is 

entitled to payment. 

Form: FS Form 5135. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,400. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 700. 

5. Title: Resolution Authorizing 

Execution of Depositary, Financial 

Agency, and Collateral Agreement; and 

Depositary, Financial Agency, and 

Collateral Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 1530–0017. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: These forms are used to 

give authority to financial institutions to 

become a depositary of the Federal 

Government. They also execute an 

agreement from the financial 

institutions they are authorized to 

pledge collateral to secure public funds 

with Federal Reserve Banks or their 

designees. 

Form: FS Form 5902 and FS Form 

5903. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15. 

Frequency of Response: Two per year. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 30. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30. 

6. Title: Application for Disposition of 

Retirement Plan/Individual Retirement 

Bonds Without Admin. of Deceased 

Owners Estate. 

OMB Control Number: 1530–0032. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Description: The information is used 

to support a request for recognition as 

a person entitled to United States 

Retirement Plan and/or Individual 

Retirement bonds which belonged to a 

deceased owner when a legal 

representative has not been appointed 

for the estate and no such appointment 

is pending. 

Form: FS Form 3565. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

350. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 350. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 117. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: January 28, 2019. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00446 Filed 1–30–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, and 

report to Congress annually on ‘‘the 

national security implications of the 

economic relationship between the 

United States and the People’s Republic 

of China.’’ Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on February 7, 2019 

on ‘‘What Keeps Xi Up at Night: 

Beijing’s Internal and External 

Challenges.’’ 

DATES: The hearing is scheduled for 

Thursday, February 7, 2019 from 9:30 

a.m. to 3:20 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Dirksen Senate Office 

Building, Room 106, Washington, DC 

20002. A detailed agenda for the hearing 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

website at www.uscc.gov. Also, please 

check the Commission’s website for 

possible changes to the hearing 

schedule. Reservations are not required 

to attend the hearing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public seeking further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Leslie Tisdale Reagan, 

444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 602, 

Washington, DC 20001; telephone: 202– 

624–1496, or via email at ltisdale@

uscc.gov. Reservations are not required 

to attend the hearing. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: This is the first public 

hearing the Commission will hold 

during its 2019 report cycle. This 

hearing will examine the growing 

internal and external challenges the 

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) faces in 

its attempts to consolidate power at 

home and increase its influence abroad. 

The first panel would be designed to 

explore the implications of President Xi 

and the CCP’s tightening control over 

economic and security policy making. 

The second panel would examine 

China’s domestic challenges, 

considering China’s economic weakness 

and financial sector risks, the risks and 

benefits of China’s state-led economic 

policies, and the country’s reliance on 

key foreign technologies. The third 

panel would examine China’s external 

challenges, focusing on the People 

Liberation Army’s shortcomings and the 

limits of Chinese soft, sharp, and hard 

power. The hearing will be co-chaired 

by Senator Carte Goodwin and Senator 

James Talent. Any interested party may 

file a written statement by February 7, 

2019, by mailing to the contact above. 

A portion of each panel will include a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.- 

China Economic and Security Review 

Commission in 2000 in the National 

Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106– 

398), as amended by Division P of the 

Consolidated Appropriations 

Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108–7), as 

amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005), as amended by 

Public Law 113–291 (December 19, 

2014). 

Dated: January 28, 2019. 

Daniel W. Peck, 

Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00463 Filed 1–30–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1137–00–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Health Services Research and 

Development Service, Scientific Merit 

Review Board; Notice of Meetings 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that the Health 

Services Research and Development 

Service Scientific Merit Review Board 

will conduct in-person and 

teleconference meetings of its thirteen 

Health Services Research (HSR) 

subcommittees on the dates below from 

8:00 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m. 

(unless otherwise listed) at the 20 F 

Street Conference Center, 20 F Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20001 (unless 

otherwise listed): 

• HSR1—Health Care and Clinical 

Management on March 5–6, 2019; 


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• HSR2—Behavioral, Social, and 

Cultural Determinants of Health and 

Care on March 7–8, 2019; 

• HSR3—Healthcare Informatics on 

March 5, 2019; 

• HSR4—Mental and Behavioral 

Health on March 7–8, 2019; 

• HSR5—Health Care System 

Organization and Delivery on March 7, 

2019; 

• HSR6—Long-Term Care, Aging and 

Support Services on March 5, 2019; 

• HSR7—Opioid and Pain 

Management Special Emphasis on 

March 6, 2019; 

• HSR9—Learning Health Care 

System Initiative on March 8, 2019; 

• MRA0—Mentored Research on 

March 5–6, 2019; 

• HS8A—Randomized Program 

Evaluations on March 7–8, 2019; 

• HQ6, HQ7, HQ8—QUERI on March 

7–8, 2019; 

• HSRN1—Innovation (Access, LTSS) 

on March 5, 2019 at 1100 1st St. NE, 

Washington, DC 20002; 

• HSRN2—Innovation (Suicide 

Prevention, Non-Opioid Pain) on March 

6, 2019 

The purpose of the Board is to review 

health services research and 

development applications involving: 

The measurement and evaluation of 

health care services; the testing of new 

methods of health care delivery and 

management; and mentored research. 

Applications are reviewed for scientific 

and technical merit, mission relevance, 

and the protection of human and animal 

subjects. Recommendations regarding 

funding are submitted to the Chief 

Research and Development Officer. 

Each subcommittee meeting of the 

Board will be open to the public the first 

day for approximately one half-hour 

from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the start 

of the meeting on March 5 (MRA0, 

HSR1, HSR3, HSR6, HSRN1), March 6 

(MRA0, HSR1, HSR7, HSRN2), March 7 

(HSR2, HSR4, HSR5, HS8A, HQ6/HQ7/ 

HQ8), and March 8 (HSR2, HSR4, HSR9, 

HS8A, HQ6/HQ7/HQ8), to cover 

administrative matters and to discuss 

the general status of the program. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the open portion of the 

subcommittee meetings may dial 1– 

800–767–1750, participant code 10443. 

The remaining portion of each 

subcommittee meeting will be closed for 

the discussion, examination, reference 

to, and oral review of the intramural 

research proposals and critiques. During 

the closed portion of each subcommittee 

meeting, discussion and 

recommendations will include 

qualifications of the personnel 

conducting the studies (the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy), as well as research information 

(the premature disclosure of which 

would likely compromise significantly 

the implementation of proposed agency 

action regarding such research projects). 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended by 

Public Law 94–409, closing the meeting 

is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). 

No oral or written comments will be 

accepted from the public for either 

portion of the meetings. Those who plan 

to participate during the open portion of 

a subcommittee meeting should contact 

Ms. Shannon Jordan, SMRB Program 

Manager, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Health Services Research and 

Development Service (10P9H), 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, or by email at Shannon.Jordan2@

va.gov. For further information, please 

call Ms. Jordan at (202) 443–5744. 

Dated: January 28, 2019. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns 

for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a 

National Cemetery or a VA-Funded 

State or Tribal Veterans’ Cemetery 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary 

reimbursement rates for caskets and 

urns purchased for the interment in a 

VA national cemetery or a VA-funded 

state or tribal veterans’ cemetery of 

Veterans who die with no known next 

of kin and where there are insufficient 

resources for furnishing a burial 

container. The purpose of this notice is 

to notify interested parties of the rates 

that will apply to reimbursement claims 

that occur during calendar year (CY) 

2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Kang, Program Analyst, National 

Cemetery Administration, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. 

Telephone: (202) 461–6216 (this is not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

2306(f) of title 38, U.S.C., authorizes VA 

National Cemetery Administration 

(NCA) to furnish a casket or urn for 

interment in a VA national cemetery or 

a VA-funded state or tribal veterans’ 

cemetery of the unclaimed remains of 

Veterans for whom VA cannot identify 

a next of kin and determines that 

sufficient financial resources for the 

furnishing of a casket or urn for burial 

are not available. VA implemented 

regulations to administer this authority 

as a reimbursement benefit in section 

38.628 of title 38, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

Reimbursement for a claim received 

in any CY will not exceed the average 

cost of a 20-gauge metal casket or a 

durable plastic urn during the fiscal 

year (FY) preceding the CY of the claim. 

Average costs are determined by market 

analysis for 20-gauge metal caskets, 

designed to contain human remains, 

with a gasketed seal, and external rails 

or handles. The same analysis is 

completed for durable plastic urns, 

designed to contain human remains, 

which include a secure closure to 

contain the cremated remains. 

Using this method of computation, in 

FY 2018, the average costs for caskets 

were determined to be $2,681 for 

caskets and $162 for urns. Accordingly, 

the maximum reimbursement rates 

payable for qualifying interments 

occurring during CY 2019 are $2,681 for 

caskets and $162 for urns. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on January 2, 2019, for 

publication. 

Dated: January 2, 2019. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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