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10. Cost Sharing: The proposal should 

maximize cost sharing through U.S. 

private sector support as well as 

institutional direct funding 

contributions. Preference will be given 

to proposal that demonstrate innovative 

approaches to the leveraging of funds, 

fundraising, and other sharing of costs. 

Note: The Fulbright Senior Scholar 

Program has historically enjoyed 

significant financial and other support 

from the U.S. and foreign academic 

communities and it is important that 

such support continues and be 

expanded wherever possible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated, and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive an 

Assistance Award Document (AAD) 

from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The 

AAD and the original grant proposal 

with subsequent modifications (if 

applicable) shall be the only binding 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and the U.S. Government. The 

AAD will be signed by an authorized 

Grants Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient’s responsible officer identified 

in the application.

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following:

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles 

for State, Local and Indian 

Governments’’. 

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus two copies of the 

following reports:

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the first year of the 

cooperative agreement; 

(2) Quarterly program and financial 

reports. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. (Please refer to IV. 

Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

information.) 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Additional Program Data 

Requirements 

The grantee awarded this cooperative 

agreement will be required to maintain 

specific data on program participants 

and activities in an electronically 

accessible database format that can be 

shared with the Bureau on demand. As 

a minimum, the data must include the 

following: Full name of applicant, home 

country address and contact 

information, host country affiliation, 

academic or professional discipline and 

biographical information (for example, 

but not limited to, date of birth, gender, 

country of birth, country of citizenship) 

for all participants awarded funding 

under the auspices of the Fulbright 

Senior Scholar Program. This includes 

the traditional Fulbright Senior Scholar 

Program and the recently developed 

New Century Scholars Program, 

Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, 

and the Direct Access to the Muslim 

World Visiting Specialist Program for 

scholars from the Islamic World. 

Applicant must consult with ECA/A/E 

to determine the requirements of the 

Bureau’s Academic Exchanges 

Information System (AEIS) database. 

VII. Department Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Ms. Susan 

Borja, Office of Academic Exchange 

Programs (ECA/A/E), Room 234, U.S. 

Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547, 

Telephone (202) 619–4360, Fax (202) 

401–5914, e-mail academic@state.gov.

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number: ECA/A/E–

06–01. 

Please read the complete Federal 

Register announcement before sending 

inquiries or submitting proposals. Once 

the RFGP deadline has passed, Bureau 

staff may not discuss this competition 

with applicants until the proposal 

review process has been completed.

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above.

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–27036 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Trade Policy Staff Committee: Public 

Comments Regarding the WTO Doha 

Development Agenda (DDA) and the 

WTO Dispute Settlement 

Understanding (DSU) Negotiations

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) is requesting written 

public comments on general U.S. 

negotiating objectives as well as 

country-, product-, and service-specific 

priorities for the multilateral 

negotiations and work program in the 

Doha Development Agenda (DDA) 

negotiations conducted under the 

auspices of the World Trade 

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Organization. The TPSC is seeking to 

supplement and refine positions in the 

light of progress to date in the 

negotiations, notably, the Decision 

Adopted by the WTO General Council 

on 1 August 2004 on the Doha Work 

Program. The TPSC is also seeking 

comments on proposals advanced in the 

WTO review of the Dispute Settlement 

Understanding.

DATES: Public comments are due by 

January 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0514@USTR.EOP.GOV. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. (See requirements for 

submissions below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General inquiries should be made to the 

USTR Office of WTO and Multilateral 

Affairs at (202) 395–6843; calls on 

individual subjects will be transferred 

as appropriate. Procedural inquiries 

concerning the public comment process 

should be directed to Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative (USTR), (202) 395–3475. 

Further information on the WTO, 

including the declarations, decisions 

referred to in this notice or proposals 

tabled, can be obtained via the internet 

at the WTO Web site, http://

www.wto.org, and/or the USTR Web 

site, http://www.ustr.gov. The 2004 

President’s Annual Report on the Trade 

Agreements Program, which is available 

on the USTR website, contains 

extensive information on the WTO, the 

Fifth WTO Ministerial Meeting in 

Cancu ́n, Mexico, and the status of work 

in the WTO.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Doha 

Development Agenda: The next meeting 

of the WTO at the ministerial-level will 

be in December 2005. Work in 2005 is 

expected to focus on the technical 

issues necessary to move the agenda 

forward, particularly in the light of the 

WTO General Council’s Decision of 1 

August 2004, which contained 

frameworks for the agriculture and nonagricultural market access negotiations, 

further directions for a number of areas 

in the negotiation including services, 

and the launch of negotiations on trade 

facilitation. Accordingly, the TPSC 

seeks to provide a new opportunity for 

public comment to help guide U.S. 

participation in the on-going 

negotiations. 

This request for comment 

supplements earlier requests for 

comments, and there is no need to 

resubmit comments previously provided 

to the TPSC. Submissions were received 

in response to notices seeking: (1) 

Public Comments Regarding the Doha 

Multilateral Trade Negotiations and 

Agenda in the World Trade 

Organization, published in 67 FR No. 

53, March 19, 2002; (2) Public 

Comments on Preparations for the 

Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World 

Trade Organization, November 9–13, 

2001 in Doha, Qatar, published in 66 FR 

18142, April 5, 2001; (3) Public 

Comments for Mandated Multilateral 

Trade Negotiations on Agriculture and 

Services in the WTO and Priorities for 

Future Market Access Negotiations on 

Non-Agricultural Products, published in 

65 FR 16450, March 28, 2000; and, (4) 

Public Comments on Institutional 

Improvements to the World Trade 

Organization (WTO), Particularly with 

Respect to the Transparency of its 

Operations and Outreach to Civil 

Society, which included a solicitation of 

comments regarding the dispute 

settlement operations of the WTO and 

was published in 65 FR 36501, June 8, 

2000. New or updated submissions are 

welcome. The TPSC will review 

supplemental or new comments, in 

conjunction with earlier submissions, in 

developing positions. 

The U.S. International Trade 

Commission has provided to the TPSC 

the public comments received on 

agricultural and non-agricultural 

products as part of its investigation No. 

332–440, Probable Economic Effects on 

Reduction or Elimination of U.S. Tariffs, 

August 9, 2002 (Confidential Report). 

Hence, these comments need not be 

resubmitted.

Comments are invited with as much 

specificity as possible on such subjects 

as: 

(1) General, commodity or servicespecific negotiating objectives; 

(2) Country, service or productspecific export interests; 

(3) Specific tariff or non-tariff barriers 

the respondent is facing in key export 

markets; 

(4) Experience with particular foreign 

measures that impede U.S. market 

access; and, 

(5) The methods to be used in 

negotiating market access 

improvements. 

Information should be as detailed as 

possible, including specific tariff 

numbers for products under the 

Harmonized System (HS) wherever 

possible, product or service 

descriptions, current tariff levels faced 

in key export markets, and the target 

tariff rate the respondent is requesting. 

Specific recommendations or 

suggestions on the type of tariff-cutting 

mechanism to be used in the 

negotiations are also welcome. To 

assure a thorough and orderly review, 

the TPSC has identified the following 

headings under which comments may 

be submitted. Submissions should 

identify the relevant subject area or 

areas to which comments apply. These 

include: 

(A) Agriculture—The framework for 

the agriculture negotiations is contained 

in Annex A of the 1 August WTO 

General Council Decision. 

(B) Non-agricultural or Industrial 

Market Access (NAMA)—The 

framework for the NAMA negotiations 

is contained in Annex B of the 1 August 

WTO General Council Decision. 

(C) Services—Recommendations for 

the negotiations in services are 

contained in Annex C of the 1 August 

WTO General Council Decision. 

(D) Trade Facilitation—The 1 August 

2004 Decision by the WTO General 

Council launched multilateral 

negotiations on Trade Facilitation, in 

accordance with modalities set forth in 

Annex D to the Decision. 

The 1 August 2004 Decision by the 

WTO General Council also addressed 

certain development elements of the 

Doha Work Program (e.g., special and 

differential treatment, trade-related 

technical assistance and 

implementation-related issues) and the 

work of other negotiating bodies (Rules, 

Trade and the Environment and TradeRelated Intellectual Property Rights). 

The TPSC welcomes comments on U.S. 

negotiating objectives on these elements 

of the Doha Work Program as well. 

Dispute Settlement—The TPSC also 

calls attention to the progress to date in 

the negotiations to clarify and improve 

the Dispute Settlement Understanding. 

Proposals related to the DSU can be 

found at http://www.wto.org in the 

document series ‘‘TN/DS/W’’. The two 

proposals of the United States, for 

example, are found in documents TN/

DS/W/46 (providing for public access to 

dispute settlement proceedings) and 

TN/DS/W/52 (a joint proposal with 

Chile on ensuring sufficient flexibility 

and Member control in the procedures 

to facilitate resolving disputes). 

In document TN/DS/W/52, the United 

States proposed, as item (f) of that 

proposal, ‘‘providing some form of 

additional guidance to WTO 

adjudicative bodies concerning (i) the 

nature and scope of the task presented 

to them (for example when the exercise 

of judicial economy is most useful) and 

(ii) rules of interpretation of the WTO 

agreements.’’ The TPSC would welcome 

comments on areas in which to provide 

such guidance and the form such 

guidance should take. 

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In addition, proposals have spanned a 

broad range of topics from a wide 

spectrum of Members, both those that 

are frequent users of the dispute 

settlement system and those who have 

less experience with it. Proposals have 

been submitted on almost every phase 

of the dispute settlement process. For 

example, in addition to the U.S. 

proposals, a number of proposals have 

been made to require that a compliance 

panel must first review any measures 

taken to comply before a complaining 

party could request authorization to 

suspend equivalent concessions. 

Proposals have also been made to 

provide for a remand from the Appellate 

Body to a panel where there were 

insufficient factual findings to allow the 

Appellate Body to make a legal finding 

on a claim. Some of the proposals 

would result in a significant lengthening 

of the dispute settlement process. 

Proposals have also included ways in 

which to use time in the process more 

efficiently. The TPSC would welcome 

comments on any of the proposals 

made. 

Written Submissions: Comments 

should state clearly the objective(s) and 

should contain detailed information 

supporting the objective(s). Submissions 

should clearly indicate the general topic 

(e.g., agriculture, services, nonagricultural market access, etc.). As 

noted in the sections on services, 

agriculture and industrial market access, 

the provision of supplemental technical 

information would be helpful. This 

information should be provided in an 

attachment containing a spreadsheet or 

table in Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, 

Excel, Quatro Pro or MS Access.

Persons submitting comments may 

either send one copy by fax to Gloria 

Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade Policy 

Staff Committee, at (202) 395–6143 or 

transmit a copy electronically to 

FR0514@USTR.EOP.GOV, with ‘‘Doha 

Work Program’’ in the subject line. For 

documents sent by fax, USTR requests 

that the submitter provide a 

confirmation copy electronically. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. USTR encourages the use of 

Adobe PDF format to submit 

attachments to an electronic mail. 

Interested persons who make 

submissions by electronic mail should 

not provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Comments should be submitted 

electronically no later than January 31, 

2005. 

Business confidential information 

will be subject to the requirements of 15 

CFR 2003.6. Any business confidential 

material must be clearly marked as such 

and must be accompanied by a nonconfidential summary thereof. A 

justification as to why the information 

contained in the submission should be 

treated confidentially should also be 

contained in the submission. In 

addition, any submissions containing 

business confidential information must 

clearly be marked ‘‘Business 

Confidential’’ at the top and bottom of 

the cover page (or letter) and each 

succeeding page of the submission. The 

version that does not contain business 

confidential information should also be 

clearly marked at the top and bottom of 

each page, ‘‘Public Version’’ or ‘‘NonConfidential.’’

Written comments submitted in 

connection with this request, except for 

information granted ‘‘business 

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR 

2003.6 will be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. An appointment to 

review the file can be made by calling 

(202) 395–6186. The Reading Room is 

open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 

noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday 

through Friday.

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 04–27037 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W5–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[Ex Parte No. 333] 

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10 a..m., December 13, 

2004.

PLACE: The Board’s Hearing Room, 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423.

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss 

among themselves the following agenda 

items. Although the conference is open 

for public observation, no public 

participation is permitted.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

STB Docket No. AB–556 (Sub-No. 

2X), Railroad Ventures, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—Between 

Youngstown, OH, and Darlington, PA, 

in Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, 

OH, and Beaver County, PA.

Docket No. 41185, Arizona Public 

Service Company & PacifiCorp v. The 

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company.

STB Docket No. 42057, Public Service 

Company of Colorado D/b/a Xcel Energy

v. The Burlington Northern and Santa 

Fe Railway Company.

STB Docket No. 42071, Otter Tail 

Power Company v. The Burlington 

Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company.

STB Docket No. WCC–105, DHX Inc.,

v. Matson Navigation Company and 

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

STB Ex Parte No. 656, Motor Carrier 

Bureaus—Periodic Review Proceeding.

STB Ex Parte No. 558 (Sub-No. 8), 

Railroad Cost of Capital—2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Dennis Watson, Office of Congressional 

and Public Services, Telephone: (202) 

565–1596; FIRS: 1–800–877–8339.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27140 Filed 12–7–04; 11:26 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34619] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—The Burlington Northern 

and Santa Fe Railway Company 

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to 

grant temporary overhead trackage 

rights to Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) over BNSF’s rail line 

between BNSF milepost 2.1 near St. 

Louis, MO (Grand Avenue), and BNSF 

milepost 34.1 near Pacific, MO, a 

distance of 32.0 miles. 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on December 1, 2004, and 

the temporary trackage rights are 

intended to expire on or about February 

15, 2005. The purpose of the temporary 

rights is to facilitate maintenance work 

on UP lines. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary trackage rights will be 

protected by the conditions imposed in 

Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.—Trackage 

Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 

modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—

Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 

(1980), and, any employee affected by 

the discontinuance of those trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions set out in Oregon Short Line