75078 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 240 / Wednesday, December 15, 2004 / Notices 

Date: December 16, 2004. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: John C. Pugh, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3114, 

MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

2398, pughjohn@csr.nih.gov.

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: December 8, 2004. 

Laverne Y. Stringfield, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of 60-Day Information 

Collection Under Review, OMB 

Emergency Approval Requested: H–1B 

Data Collection and Filing Fee 

Exemption, Form No. I–129W. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) has 

submitted an emergency information 

collection request (ICR) utilizing 

emergency review procedures to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with section 

1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

USCIS has determined that it cannot 

comply with the normal clearance 

procedures under this part because the 

normal clearance procedures are likely 

to prevent or disrupt the collection of 

information. USCIS is requesting 

emergency review from OMB of this 

information collection to ensure 

compliance with the H–1B Visa Reform 

Act of 2004. Section 22 of the H–1B Visa 

Reform Act amends section 214(c)(9) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA), and states that the Secretary of 

the Department of Homeland Security 

shall impose a fee on an employer filing 

an H–1B petition on or after December 

9, 2004, to initially grant an alien H–1B 

nonimmigrant classification to extend 

the stay of an H–1B nonimmigrant for 

the first time, or to request a change in 

employers for H–1B nonimmigrant 

status. Institutions of higher education, 

or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, 

and nonprofit or governmental research 

organizations are exempt from paying 

the additional fee. Accordingly, USCIS 

is revising the Form I–129W to reflect 

the new requirements of the H–1B Visa 

Reform Act of 2004. 

Emergency review and approval of 

this ICR ensures that the collection 

instrument is in place by the effective 

date of the legislation. 

If granted, the emergency approval is 

only valid for 180 days. All comments 

and/or questions pertaining to this 

request for emergency approval must be 

directed to OMB, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Suite 10235, Washington, DC 

20503; Attention: Desk Officer; 202–

395–4718. 

During the first 60 days of this period, 

a regular review of this information 

collection will also be undertaken. 

During the regular review period, the 

USCIS requests and encourages written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

this information collection; comments 

will be accepted until February 14, 

2005. During the 60-day regular review, 

all comments and suggestions, or 

questions should be directed to Mr. 

Richard Sloan, Director, Regulatory 

Management Division, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529; 202–616–7598. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic Overview of 

this information collection: 

(1) Type of information collection: 

Revised information collection.

(2) Title of the form/collection: H–1B 

Data Collection and Filing Fee 

Exemption. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, the 

applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–129W. 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. This addendum to the Form I–

129 will be used by USCIS to impose a 

fee on an employer filing an H–1B 

petition. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 148,092 responses at 30 

minutes (.50 hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 74,046 annual burden hours.

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

Richard A. Sloan, 

Director, Regulatory Management Division, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

[CBP Decision 04–41] 

CBP Decisions; Application for 

Recordation of Trade Name: 

‘‘Precision Instrument Manifolds’’

ACTION: Notice of application for 

recordation of trade name. 

SUMMARY: Application has been filed 

pursuant to § 133.12, Customs 

Regulations (19 CFR 133.12), for 

recordation under section 42 of the Act 

of July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 

1124), of the trade name ‘‘PRECISION 

INSTRUMENT MANIFOLDS,’’ used by 

DYNAMIC Controls & Sensors, Inc., a 

corporation organized under the laws of 

the State of Texas, located at P.O. Box 

5009 Kingwood, Texas 77325. 

The application states that the trade 

name is used in connection with valves. 

Before final action is taken on the 

application, consideration will be given 

to any relevant data, views, or