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• 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 

STEP makes it possible for U.S. 

nationals to register on-line from 

anywhere in the world. In the event of 

a family emergency, natural disaster or 

international crisis, U.S. embassies and 

consulates rely on this registration 

information to provide critical 

information and assistance to them. 

Statute 22 U.S.C. 2715 is one of the 

main legal authorities that deem the 

usage of this form necessary. 

Methodology: 99% of responses are 

received via electronic submission on 

the Internet. The service is available on 

the Department of State, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs Web site http:// 

travel.state.gov at https://step.state.gov/ 

step/. The paper version of the 

collection permits respondents who do 

not have Internet access to provide the 

information to the U.S. embassy or 

consulate by fax, mail or in person. 

Dated: October 2, 2012. 

Michelle Bernier-Toth, 

Managing Director, Bureau of Consular 

Affairs, Overseas Citizens Services, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8069] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Late 

Roman and Early Byzantine Treasures 

From The British Museum’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Late Roman 

and Early Byzantine Treasures From 

The British Museum,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners or custodians. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the The Art 

Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois 

from on or about November 11, 2012, 

until on or about August 25, 2013, and 

at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Ona M. 

Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202–632–6473). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 

5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), 

Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: October 18, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8068] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces From 

the Prado’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 

(and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I 

hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Portrait of 

Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to a loan agreement 

with the foreign owner or custodian. I 

also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 

Houston, Texas, from on or about 

December 12, 2012, until on or about 

March 31, 2013, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: October 17, 2012. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8070] 

Privacy Act; System of Records: Visa 

Records, State–39 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of State proposes to 

amend an existing system of records, 

Visa Records, State–39, pursuant to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Office of 

Management and Budget Circular No. 

A–130, Appendix I. 

DATES: This system of records will be 

effective on December 4, 2012, unless 

we receive comments that will result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Any persons interested in 

commenting on the amended system of 

records may do so by writing to the 

Director; Office of Information Programs 

and Services, A/GIS/IPS; Department of 

State, SA–2; 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director; Office of Information Programs 

and Services, A/GIS/IPS; Department of 

State, SA–2; 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of State proposes that the 

current system retain the name ‘‘Visa 

Records’’ (60 FR 39469). The Visa 

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information used to assist the Bureau of 

Consular Affairs and consular officers in 

the Department and overseas to 

adjudicate visas. The system is also 

utilized for dealing with problems of a 

legal, enforcement, technical, or 

procedural nature that may arise in 

connection with a U.S. visa. This update 

to the Visa Records System of Records 

includes revisions to the following 

sections: Security Classification, System 

Location, Categories of Individuals, 

Categories of Records, Routine Uses, 

Safeguards, Retrievability, Records 

Access Procedures, and administrative 

updates. The following section has been 

added to the system of records, Visa 

Records, State–39, to ensure Privacy Act 

of 1974 compliance: Purpose. 

The Department’s report was filed 

with the Office of Management and 

Budget. The amended system 

description, ‘‘Visa Records, State–39,’’ 

will read as set forth below. 

Joyce A. Barr, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. 

Department of State. 

STATE–39 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Visa Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Classified and Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Visa Office, Department of State, 

Annex 1, 2401 E Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–0113; 

Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520–4818; National 

Visa Center, 32 Rochester Avenue, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801; Kentucky 

Consular Center, 3505 N. US Hwy 25 W, 

Williamsburg, KY 40769; U.S. 

embassies, consulates general, and 

consulates (henceforth referred to as the 

Department of State). 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Visa Records may include the 

following individuals when required by 

a visa application: U.S. petitioners; and 

U.S. persons applying for returning 

residence travel documentation. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Visa Records maintains visa 

applications and related forms; 

biometric information; photographs; 

birth, marriage, death and divorce 

certificates; documents of identity; 

interview worksheets; biographic 

information sheets; affidavits of 

relationship; medical examinations and 

immunization reports; police records; 

educational and employment records; 

petitions for immigrant status and 

nonimmigrant status; bank statements; 

communications between the Visa 

Office, the National Visa Center, the 

Kentucky Consular Center, U.S. 

embassies, U.S. consulates general and 

U.S. consulates, other U.S. government 

agencies, international organizations, 

members of Congress, legal and other 

representatives of visa applicants, 

relatives of visa applicants, and other 

interested parties where such 

communications are, or may be, relevant 

to visa adjudication; and internal 

Department of State correspondence and 

notes relating to visa adjudication. Visa 

Records may also contain information 

collected regarding applicant’s or 

petitioner’s U.S. family members; U.S. 

employers; other U.S. persons 

referenced by the applicant or 

petitioner. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

8 U.S.C. 1101–1503 (Immigration and 

Nationality Act of 1952, as amended). 

PURPOSE: 

The Visa Records system maintains 

information used to assist the Bureau of 

Consular Affairs and consular officers in 

the Department and abroad in 

adjudicating visas. It is also used in 

dealing with problems of a legal, 

enforcement, technical, or procedural 

nature that may arise in connection with 

a U.S. visa. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The principal users of this 

information outside the Department of 

State may include, when consistent 

with Section 222(f) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act: 

A. The Department of Homeland 

Security for uses within its statutory 

mission, including to process, approve 

or deny visa petitions and waivers, as 

well as for law enforcement, 

counterterrorism, transportation and 

border security, administration of 

immigrant benefits, critical 

infrastructure protection, fraud 

prevention, or employment verification 

purposes; 

B. Public or private employers seeking 

to confirm the authenticity of the visa 

when it is presented as evidence of 

identity and/or authorization to work in 

the United States; 

C. The Department of Justice, 

including the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation (and its National Crime 

Information Center), the Terrorist 

Screening Center, the Bureau of 

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

Explosives, the U.S. National Central 

Bureau (Interpol) and the Drug 

Enforcement Administration, for 

purposes of law enforcement, criminal 

prosecution, representation of the U.S. 

government in civil litigation, fraud 

prevention, counterterrorism, or border 

security; 

D. The Department of the Treasury for 

uses within its statutory mission, 

including the enforcement of U.S. tax 

laws, economic sanctions, and 

counterterrorism; 

E. The National Counterterrorism 

Center, the Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence and other U.S. 

intelligence community (IC) agencies, 

for uses within their statutory missions, 

including intelligence, 

counterintelligence, counterterrorism 

and other national security interests; 

F. The Department of Defense, for 

uses within its statutory mission 

including for purposes of border 

security, homeland defense, force 

protection, law enforcement and 

counterterrorism; 

G. The Department of Labor for uses 

within its statutory mission including 

the administration and enforcement of 

U.S. labor laws; 

H. Congress, for the formulation, 

amendment, administration, or 

enforcement of the immigration, 

nationality, and other laws of the United 

States; 

I. State, local, and tribal government 

officials for law enforcement, counterterrorism, or border security purposes; 

J. Interested persons (such as the visa 

applicant, the applicant’s legal 

representative or other designated 

representative) inquiring as to the status 

of a particular visa case (limited 

unclassified information may be 

released when appropriate); 

K. Courts provided the Secretary of 

State has determined that release is 

appropriate, and the court has certified 

it needs such information in the interest 

of the ends of justice in a case pending 

before the court; 

L. Foreign governments for purposes 

relating to the administration or 

enforcement of the immigration, 

nationality, and other laws of the United 

States, or in the Secretary’s discretion 

and on the basis of reciprocity, for the 

purpose of preventing, investigating, or 

punishing acts that would constitute a 

crime in the United States or, pursuant 

to an agreement with a foreign 

government, to enable such government 

to consider whether the record indicates 

a person would be inadmissible to the 

United States when it determines 

whether to deny a visa, grant entry, 

authorize an immigration benefit, or 

order removal of such person. 

The Department of State periodically 

publishes in the Federal Register its 


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standard routine uses that apply to all 

of its Privacy Act systems of records. 

These notices appear in the form of a 

Prefatory Statement. These standard 

routine uses apply to Visa Records, 

State–39. 

STORAGE: 

Electronic media and hard copy. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved through 

individual data fields including but not 

limited to: Applicant personal data; 

biometrics and namecheck data; case 

data; and visa data. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

All U.S. Government employees and 

contractors with authorized access have 

undergone a thorough background 

security investigation. 

All Department users are given cyber 

security awareness training which 

covers the procedures for handling 

Sensitive but Unclassified information, 

including personally identifiable 

information (PII). Annual refresher 

training is mandatory. In addition, all 

Foreign Service and Civil Service 

employees and those Locally Engaged 

Staff (LES) who handle PII are required 

to take the Foreign Service Institute 

distance learning course instructing 

employees on privacy and security 

requirements, including the rules of 

behavior for handling PII and the 

potential consequences if it is handled 

improperly. Before being granted access 

to Visa Records a user must first be 

granted access to the Department of 

State computer system. 

Remote access to the Department of 

State network from non-Department 

owned systems is authorized only 

through a Department-approved access 

program. Remote access to the network 

is configured with the Office of 

Management and Budget Memorandum 

M–07–16 security requirements, which 

include but are not limited to two-factor 

authentication and time out function. 

Access to the Department of State, its 

annexes and posts abroad is controlled 

by security guards and admission is 

limited to those individuals possessing 

a valid identification card or individuals 

under proper escort. All paper records 

containing personal information are 

maintained in secured file cabinets in 

restricted areas, access to which is 

limited to authorized personnel. Access 

to computerized files is passwordprotected and under the direct 

supervision of the system manager. The 

system maintains audit trails of access 

and activity for each user within each 

function, thereby permitting regular and 

ad hoc monitoring of computer usage by 

systems and consular managers. 

When it is determined that a user no 

longer needs access, the user’s account 

is disabled. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

These records will be maintained 

until they become inactive, at which 

time they will be destroyed or retired in 

accordance with published record 

disposition schedules of the Department 

of State and as approved by the National 

Archives and Records Administration. 

More specific information may be 

obtained by writing to the Director; 

Office of Information Programs and 

Services; A/GIS/IPS; SA–2; Department 

of State; 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8100. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa 

Services, Room 6811, Department of 

State, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20520–4818; Director, National Visa 

Center, 32 Rochester Avenue, 

Portsmouth, NH 63801; Director, 

Kentucky Consular Center, 3505 N. US 

Hwy 25 W, Williamsburg, KY 40769. At 

specific locations abroad the on-site 

manager is the consular officer 

responsible for visa processing. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who have reason to 

believe that the Department of State 

might have visa records pertaining to 

them may write to the Director; Office 

of Information Programs and Services; 

A/GIS/IPS; SA–2; Department of State; 

515 22nd Street NW.; Washington, DC 

20522–8100. The individual must 

specify that he or she wishes Visa 

Records for his/her application or 

petition to be checked. At a minimum, 

the individual should include: name; 

date and place of birth; current mailing 

address and zip code; signature; a brief 

description of the circumstances that 

caused the creation of the record 

(including the city and/or country and 

the approximate dates), which give the 

individual cause to believe that the 

Department of State has records 

pertaining to him or her. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES

Individuals who wish to gain access 

to or amend records pertaining to 

themselves may write to the Director, 

Office of Information Programs and 

Services (address above). However, in 

general, visa records are confidential 

and may not be released under section 

222(f) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, except that, the 

Department of State may consider 

requests for records that originated with, 

or were sent to, a requesting visa 

applicant or someone acting on such 

applicant’s behalf to be releasable 

thereto. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

(See above). 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

These records contain information 

that is primarily obtained from the 

individual who is the subject of the 

records; attorneys/agents representing 

these individuals; relatives; sponsors; 

petitioners; members of Congress; U.S. 

Government agencies; foreign 

government agencies, international 

organizations; local sources at posts; 

and anyone else with information that 

is, or may be, relevant to a U.S. visa 

application. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1), 

(k)(2), and (k)(3), records contained 

within this system of records are 

exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f). See 

Department of State Rules published in 

the Federal Register, under 22 CFR 

171.36. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Public Debt 

Proposed Collection: Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently the Bureau of 

the Public Debt within the Department 

of the Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning the Request to reissue U.S. 

Savings Bonds to a personal trust. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2012 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Bureau of the Public Debt, Bruce A. 

Sharp, 200 Third Street A4–A, 

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or 

bruce.sharp@bpd.treas.gov. The 

opportunity to make comments online is 

also available at www.pracomment.gov. 


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