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policies and instructions to determine if 

we should revise or update them. 

Dated: November 15, 2013. 

Carolyn W. Colvin, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8528] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: PEPFAR Program 

Expenditures 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments directly to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) up to December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS 

form number, information collection 

title, and the OMB control number in 

the subject line of your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Kathleen Borgueta at SA–44 Room 

700, who may be reached on 202–203– 

7492 or at borguetak@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

PEPFAR Program Expenditures. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0208. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

• Originating Office: Office of the 

Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC). 

• Form Number: DS–4213. 

• Respondents: Recipients of US 

government funds appropriated to carry 

out the President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1581. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

1581. 

• Average Time per Response: 24 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

37,944 hours. 

• Frequency: Annually. 

• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was established 

through enactment of the United States 

Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 

Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 

(Pub. L. 108–25), as amended by the 

Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 

States Global Leadership Against HIV/

AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 

110–293) (HIV/AIDS Leadership Act) to 

support the global response to HIV/

AIDS. In order to improve program 

monitoring, the Finance and Economics 

Work Group under PEPFAR proposes to 

add reporting of expenditures by 

program area to the current routine 

reporting of program results for the 

annual report. Data will be collected 

from implementing partners in 

countries with PEPFAR programs using 

a standard tool (DS–4213) via an 

electronic interface. These data will 

then be analyzed to produce mean and 

range in expenditures by partner per 

result/achievement for all PEPFAR 

program areas. These analyses then feed 

into partner and program reviews at the 

country level for monitoring and 

evaluation on an ongoing basis. 

Summaries of these data provide key 

information about program costs under 

PEPFAR on a global level. Applying 

expenditure results will improve 

strategic budgeting, identification of 

efficient means of delivering services, 

accuracy in defining program targets, 

and will inform allocation of resources 

to ensure the program is accountable 

and using public funds for maximum 

impact. 

Methodology: Data will be collected in 

a standard electronic template available 

to all partners receiving funds under 

PEPFAR. To minimize both reporting 

burden and investment costs into 

information technologies, a new module 

capturing expenditure data will be 

added to an already functional system. 

This approach will minimize US 

Government start up costs for the 

technology and ensure data collection 

processes are as efficient as possible. 

Dated: October 31, 2013. 

Julia Martin, 

Chief Operations Officer, Office of the Global 

AIDS Coordinator, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8529] 

Request for Public Comments on the 

UN Committee on World Food Security 

Principles for Responsible Agricultural 

Investment 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

invites the public, including nongovernmental and civil society 

organizations, think tanks, educational 

institutions, private sector companies, 

and other interested persons, to submit 

written comments on the draft UN 

Committee on World Food Security 

(CFS) Principles for Responsible 

Agricultural Investment. Comments 

received will be shared in full with the 

CFS for consideration. 

DATES: All written comments must be 

received no later than December 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

emailed to Amy Diggs (DiggsAK@

state.gov), Office of Agriculture, 

Biotechnology, and Textile Trade 

Affairs, Bureau of Economic and 

Business Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Diggs, telephone (202) 736–4327. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFS 

is an intergovernmental platform for all 


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stakeholders to address food and 

nutrition security, including the 

production of and physical and 

economic access to food. In October 

2012, the CFS began a multi-stakeholder 

process to develop voluntary, nonbinding international principles for 

responsible investment in agriculture 

along the entire value chain. The United 

States is a member of the CFS and 

involved in the negotiation of the 

principles. 

The draft principles document 

prepared by the CFS Secretariat is 

available on the CFS Web site (http:// 

www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-home/ 

resaginv/en/). We invite comments from 

the public. Please send them to the 

email address noted in the ADDRESSES

section above. 

Dated: November 18, 2013. 

Jonathan Shrier, 

Acting Special Representative, Office of 

Global Food Security, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28097 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Deadline Extension and Import 

Statistics Relating to Competitive Need 

Limitations 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the 

public of (1) an extension to December 

20, 2013 of the deadline for submission 

of petitions to waive competitive need 

limitations (CNLs) under the 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP) program, and (2) the availability 

of import statistics for the first eight 

months of 2013 relating to CNLs. 

Although USTR will receive CNL 

waiver petitions through December 20, 

2013, no action will be taken regarding 

submitted petitions while the GSP 

program is without authorization. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Keysha Martinez (202–395– 

9618 or kmartinez@ustr.eop.gov), 

Director for GSP, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Competitive Need Limitations 

The GSP program provides for the 

duty-free importation of designated 

articles when imported from designated 

beneficiary developing countries 

(BDCs). The GSP program is authorized 

by Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as amended (the 

‘‘1974 Act’’), and is implemented in 

accordance with Executive Order 11888 

of November 24, 1975, as modified by 

subsequent Executive Orders and 

proclamations. 

Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 Act 

sets out the two CNLs. When the 

President determines that a BDC has 

exported to the United States during a 

calendar year either (1) a quantity of a 

GSP-eligible article having a value in 

excess of the applicable amount for that 

year ($160 million for 2013), or (2) a 

quantity of a GSP-eligible article having 

a value equal to or greater than 50 

percent of the value of total U.S. imports 

of the article from all countries (the ‘‘50 

percent CNL’’), the President must 

terminate duty-free treatment under the 

GSP program for that article from that 

BDC by no later than July 1 of the next 

calendar year, unless he waives the 

CNL. Any CNL-related product 

exclusions resulting from the 2013 GSP 

Annual Review will be based on full 

2013 calendar-year import statistics. 

Under section 503(c)(2)(F) of the 1974 

Act, the President may waive the 50 

percent CNL with respect to an eligible 

article imported from a BDC, if the value 

of total imports of that article from all 

countries during the calendar year did 

not exceed the applicable de minimis 

amount for that year ($21.5 million for 

2013). 

II. Extension of Deadline for Petitions 

To Waive CNLs 

A notice published in the Federal 

Register on July 29, 2013 (78 FR 45596) 

announced the launch of the 2013 GSP 

Annual Review, including, inter alia, a 

November 22, 2013, deadline for receipt 

of petitions from the public to waive the 

application of CNLs for specific 

products from certain countries. That 

deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. on 

December 20, 2013. Please see the 

referenced July 29, 2013 Federal 

Register notice for more information on 

the procedures for submitting a petition 

for a CNL waiver. 

III. Effect of Lapse in GSP 

Authorization on the GSP Annual 

Review 

Authorization of the GSP program 

expired July 31, 2013. USTR will 

receive petitions for CNL waivers, 

submitted as part of the 2013 GSP 

Annual Review, even though the GSP 

program is without authorization, so 

that the President can be in a position 

to take action if Congress acts to 

reauthorize the GSP program. However, 

as long as the program remains without 

authorization, no action will be taken 

regarding any petitions submitted as 

part of the 2013 GSP Annual Review, 

including CNL waiver petitions. 

IV. Interim 2013 Import Statistics 

Interim import statistics for the first 

eight months of 2013 relating to CNLs 

can be viewed on the USTR Web site at: 

http://www.ustr.gov/trade-topics/tradedevelopment/preference-programs/

generalized-system-preferences-gsp/

current-revie-0. The interim 2013 import 

statistics are organized to show, for each 

article, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading and BDC of origin, the value 

of imports of the article from the 

specified country for the first eight 

months of 2013, and the corresponding 

share of total imports of that article from 

all countries. The list includes the GSPeligible articles from BDCs that, based 

on interim eight-month 2013 data, 

exceed $105 million dollars, or an 

amount greater than 42 percent of the 

total value of U.S. imports of that 

product and therefore may be on track 

to exceed the applicable thresholds. 

The list published on the USTR Web 

site includes the relevant eight-month 

trade statistics for each of these 

products and is provided as a courtesy 

for informational purposes only. The list 

is based on interim 2013 trade data, and 

may not include all articles that may be 

affected by a CNL. Regardless of 

whether or not an article is included on 

the list referenced in this notice, all 

determinations and decisions regarding 

application of the CNLs will be based on 

full calendar-year 2013 import data for 

each GSP-eligible article. Each 

interested party is advised to conduct its 

own review of 2013 import data with 

regard to the possible application of 

CNLs. 

Full calendar-year 2013 data for 

individual tariff subheadings are 

expected to be available in February 

2014 on the http://dataweb.usitc.gov/ 

Web site of the U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

William D. Jackson, 

Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative 

for GSP, Chairman, GSP Subcommittee of 

the Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

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