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30 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–CBOE2020–112 and should be submitted on 

or before January 4, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.30

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27202 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration # 16805 and # 16806; 

North Carolina Disaster Number NC–00120] 

Administrative Declaration of a 

Disaster for the State of North Carolina 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of North Carolina dated 12/ 

4/2020. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Eta. 

Incident Period: 11/12/2020. 

DATES: Issued on 12/04/2020. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 02/02/2021. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 09/07/2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

A. Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Assistance, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, 

Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. The 

following areas have been determined to 

be adversely affected by the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Alexander 

Contiguous Counties: 

North Carolina: Caldwell, Catawba, 

Iredell, Wilkes 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percednt 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 2.250 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 1.125 

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 3.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 3.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 16805 8 and for 

economic injury is 16806 0. 

The State which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is North Carolina. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Jovita Carranza, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27196 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–03–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2018–0012] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Analytics, Review, 

and Oversight, Social Security 

Administration (SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act, we are issuing public 

notice of our intent to modify an 

existing system of records entitled, AntiFraud Enterprise Solution (AFES) (60– 

0388), last published on May 3, 2018. 

This notice publishes details of the 

modified system as set forth under the 

caption, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The system of records notice 

(SORN) is applicable upon its 

publication in today’s Federal Register. 

We invite public comment on the 

routine uses or other aspects of this 

SORN. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4) and (e)(11), the public is 

given a 30-day period in which to 

submit comments. Therefore, please 

submit any comments by January 11, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: The public, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

Congress may comment on this 

publication by writing to the Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, or 

through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Please 

reference docket number SSA–2018– 

0012. All comments we receive will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above address and we will post them to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil 

Etter, Government Information 

Specialist, Privacy Implementation 

Division, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, 

telephone: (410) 966–5855, email: 

Neil.Etter@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

modifying the system of records name 

from ‘‘Anti-Fraud Enterprise Solution’’ 

to ‘‘Anti-Fraud (AF) System’’ to reflect 

the system accurately. The AF System is 

an agency-wide and overarching system 

that we use to detect, prevent, and 

mitigate fraud in SSA’s programs. The 

AF System collects and maintains 

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1The public may access the NPRM at 

www.regulations.gov and searching under the 

common docket folder, ‘‘SSA–2018–00012’’. 

to assist in identifying suspicious or 

potentially fraudulent activities 

performed by individuals across our 

programs and service delivery methods. 

We are claiming that the AF System 

is exempt from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(2). Some information in the AF 

System relates to our efforts to mitigate, 

detect, and investigate fraud in Social 

Security’s programs and systems and to 

collaborate with the Office of the 

Inspector General in fraud 

investigations and prosecutions. 

Therefore, we need these exemptions to 

protect information from public access. 

The exemptions are required to avoid 

disclosure of screening techniques; to 

protect the identities and physical safety 

of confidential informants; to ensure our 

ability to obtain information from third 

parties and other sources; and to protect 

the privacy of third parties. Allowing an 

individual to access the information in 

AF System could permit the individual 

to avoid detection or apprehension. 

In appropriate circumstances, when 

compliance would not appear to 

interfere with or adversely affect the law 

enforcement purposes of the AF System 

and the overall law enforcement 

process, we may, at our discretion, grant 

notification of or access to a record in 

the AF System. If an individual is 

denied any right, privilege, or benefit to 

which he or she is otherwise entitled 

under Federal law due to the 

maintenance of material in the AF 

System, we will provide such material 

to such individual, except to the extent 

that the disclosure of such material 

would reveal the identity of a source 

who furnished information to us under 

an express promise that the identity of 

the source would be held in confidence. 

SSA claims exemption from Privacy 

Act subsection (c)(3) (Accounting and 

Disclosure); subsection (d) (Access and 

Amendment to Records); subsection 

(e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), and (e)(4)(I) (Agency 

Requirements); and subsection (f) 

(Agency Rules) for this system of 

records. We claim exemption from these 

Privacy Act subsections for the AF 

System because release of the 

accounting of disclosures, access to the 

records, and notice to individuals with 

respect to existence of records could 

alert the individual whom might be a 

subject of an investigation of an actual 

or potential criminal, civil, or regulatory 

violation to the existence of that 

investigation. Disclosures of accounting 

would therefore present a serious 

impediment to law enforcement efforts. 

These Privacy Act subsections would 

permit the individual who is the subject 

of a record to impede the investigation, 

to tamper with witnesses, or evidence, 

and to avoid detection or apprehension, 

which would undermine the 

investigative process. Thereby, these 

Privacy Act subsections would 

undermine SSA investigative efforts and 

reveal the identities of witnesses, and 

potential witnesses, and confidential 

informants. 

The AF System supports our goal of 

enhancing SSA’s fraud prevention and 

detection activities by protecting the 

public’s data, providing secure online 

services, and increasing payment 

accuracy. The AF System provides us 

with access to a single repository of data 

that currently resides across many 

different SSA systems of records. We 

use the PII in the AF System to employ 

advanced data analytics solutions to 

identify patterns indicative of fraud, 

improve the functionality of data-driven 

fraud activations, conduct real-time risk 

analysis, and integrate developing 

technology into our anti-fraud business 

processes. This solution also provides 

true business intelligence to agency 

leadership with assistance in datadriven anti-fraud decision-making. We 

use the records in the AF System to 

detect indications of fraud in all our 

programs and operations initiated by 

individuals outside of SSA or internal to 

SSA (e.g., SSA employees). 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

we provided a report to OMB and 

Congress on this modified system of 

records. Concurrently, in today’s edition 

of the Federal Register, we are 

publishing a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM), in which we 

propose the addition of this system of 

records to the list of systems exempted 

under the Privacy Act.1

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Anti-Fraud (AF) System, 60–0388 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: SOCIAL SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ANALYTICS, REVIEW, 

AND OVERSIGHT, OFFICE OF ANTI-FRAUD

PROGRAMS, ROBERT M. BALL BUILDING, 6401

SECURITY BOULEVARD, BALTIMORE, MD 21235. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Social Security Administration, Office 

of Analytics, Review, and Oversight, 

Office of Anti-Fraud Programs, Robert 

M. Ball Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235, 

DCARO.OAFP.Controls@ssa.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

Sections 205(a) and 702(a)(5) of the 

Social Security Act, as amended, and 

the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics 

Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114–186). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The records maintained in the AF 

System are necessary to detect, prevent, 

mitigate, and track the likelihood of 

fraudulent activity in SSA’s programs 

and operations. We will use information 

in this system to identify patterns of 

fraud and to improve data-driven fraud 

activations and real-time analysis. We 

may use the results of these data 

analysis activities, including fraud leads 

and vulnerabilities, in our fraud 

investigations and other activities to 

support program and operational 

improvements. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system maintains information 

about individuals who are relevant to 

suspicious or potentially fraudulent 

activities connected with Social 

Security programs and operations, 

including but not limited to, the 

subjects of an investigation, Social 

Security applicants and beneficiaries, 

recipients, Supplemental Security 

income applicants and recipients, 

representative payees, appointed 

representatives, complainants, key 

witnesses, and current or former 

employees, contractors, or agents. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

We will collect and maintain 

information in connection with our 

review of all suspicious or potentially 

fraudulent activities in Social Security 

programs and operations. We will also 

collect and maintain SSA and non-SSA 

breach information, including data 

generated internally or received from 

businesses with whom SSA has a 

relationship or government entities or 

partners. 

The AF System includes records on 

individuals that it obtains from other 

SSA systems of records and will 

maintain information such as: 

Enumeration Information: This 

information may include name, Social 

Security number (SSN), date of birth, 

parent name(s), address, and place of 

birth. 

Earnings Information: This 

information may include yearly 

earnings and quarters of coverage 

information. 

Social Security Benefit Information: 

This information may include disability 

status, benefit payment amount, data 

relating to the computation, appointed 

representative, and representative 

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Supplemental Security Income 

payment information: This information 

may include may include disability 

status, benefit payment amount, data 

relating to the computation, appointed 

representative, and representative 

payee. 

Representative Payee Information: 

This information may include names, 

SSNs, and addresses of representative 

payees and relationship with the 

beneficiary. 

Persons Conducting Business with Us 

Through Electronic Services: This 

information may include name, address, 

date of birth, SSN, knowledge-based 

authentication data, and blocked 

accounts. 

Employee Information: This 

information may include a personal 

identification number (PIN), employee 

name, job title, SSN about our 

employees, contractors, or agents. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

We obtain information in this system 

from individuals (i.e., the public and 

SSA staff), other Government agencies, 

and private entities. The largest record 

sources for the AF System is 

information the agency collects and 

maintains for purposes related to other 

business processes that have established 

systems of records, such as the Master 

Files of SSN Holders and SSN 

Applications (60–0058), the Claims 

Folders System (60–0089), the Master 

Beneficiary Record (60–0090), the 

Supplemental Security Income Record 

and Special Veterans Benefits (60– 

0103), the Personal Identification 

Number File (60–0214), the Master 

Representative Payee File (60–0222), 

and the Central Repository of Electronic 

Authentication Data Master File (60– 

0373). The AF System may pull any 

relevant information from any SSA 

system of records. For a full listing of 

our system of records notices that could 

provide information to the AF System, 

please see the Privacy Program section 

of SSA’s website. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

We will disclose records pursuant to 

the following routine uses; however, we 

will not disclose any information 

defined as ‘‘return or return 

information’’ under 26 U.S.C. 6103 of 

the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), unless 

authorized by statute, the Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS), or IRS 

regulations. 

1. To any agency, person, or entity in 

the course of an SSA investigation to the 

extent necessary to obtain or to verify 

information pertinent to an SSA fraud 

investigation. 

2. To a congressional office in 

response to an inquiry from that office 

made on behalf of, and at the request of, 

the subject of the record or a third party 

acting on the subject’s behalf. 

3. To the Office of the President in 

response to an inquiry received from 

that office made on behalf of, and at the 

request of, the subject of record or a 

third party acting on the subject’s 

behalf. 

4. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

a court or other tribunal, or another 

party before such court or tribunal, 

when: 

(a) SSA, or any component thereof; or 

(b) any SSA employee in his or her 

official capacity; or: 

(c) any SSA employee in his or her 

individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA 

where it is authorized to do so) has 

agreed to represent the employee; or 

(d) the United States or any agency 

thereof where SSA determines the 

litigation is likely to SSA or any of its 

components, is a party to the litigation 

or has an interest in such litigation, and 

we determine that the use of such 

records by DOJ, a court or other 

tribunal, or another party before the 

tribunal, is relevant and necessary to the 

litigation, provided, however, that in 

each case, we determine that such 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

5. To contractors and other Federal 

agencies, as necessary, for the purpose 

of assisting us in the efficient 

administration of its programs. We will 

disclose information under this routine 

use only in situations in which we may 

enter into a contractual or similar 

agreement to obtain assistance in 

accomplishing an SSA function relating 

to this system of records. 

6. To student volunteers, individuals 

working under a personal services 

contract, and other workers who 

technically do not have the status of 

Federal employees, when they are 

performing work for SSA, as authorized 

by law, and they need access to PII in 

our records in order to perform their 

assigned agency functions. 

7. To Federal, State, and local law 

enforcement agencies and private 

security contractors, as appropriate, if 

necessary: 

(a) to enable them to protect the safety 

of SSA employees and customers, the 

security of the SSA workplace, and the 

operation of our facilities, or 

(b) to assist investigations or 

prosecutions with respect to activities 

that affect such safety and security, or 

activities that disrupt the operation of 

our facilities. 

8. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) under 

44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

9. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

(a) SSA suspects or has confirmed 

that there has been a breach of the 

system of records; 

(b) SSA has determined that as a 

result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, SSA (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and 

(c) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with SSA’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

10. To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when we determine that 

information from this system of records 

is reasonably necessary to assist the 

recipient agency or entity in: 

(a) responding to suspected or 

confirmed breach; or 

(b) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

11. To the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission, when 

requested in connection with 

investigations into alleged or possible 

discriminatory practices in the Federal 

sector, examination of Federal 

affirmative employment programs, 

compliance by Federal agencies with 

the Uniform Guidelines on Employee 

Selection Procedures, or other functions 

vested in the Commission. 

12. To the Office of Personnel 

Management, Merit Systems Protection 

Board, or the Office of Special Counsel 

in connection with appeals, special 

studies of the civil service and other 

merit systems, review of rules and 

regulations, investigations of alleged or 

possible prohibited personnel practices, 

and other such functions promulgated 

in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 12, or as may be 

required by law. 

13. To the Federal Labor Relations 

Authority, the Office of the Special 

Counsel, the Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service, the Federal 

Service Impasses Panel, or an arbitrator 

requesting information in connection 

with the investigations of allegations of 

unfair practices, matters before an 

arbitrator or the Federal Service 

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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

We maintain records in this system in 

paper and electronic form. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

We will retrieve records by the 

individual’s name, SSN, as well as 

internal transaction identifiers (e.g., 

transaction identification for the 

internet Claim application, transaction 

identification for an electronic online 

Direct Deposit change, etc.). Information 

from these retrieved records that 

matches across other agency systems of 

records will also create a linkage to 

retrieve those records, because the 

system is able to show key connections 

or overlaps based on similar information 

stored in different data sources at the 

agency. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

These records are currently 

unscheduled. We retain the records in 

accordance with NARA approved 

records schedules. In accordance with 

NARA rules codified at 36 CFR 1225.16, 

we maintain unscheduled records until 

NARA approves an agency-specific 

records schedule or publishes a 

corresponding General Records 

Schedule. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

We retain electronic and paper files 

containing personal identifiers in secure 

storage areas accessible only by our 

authorized employees who have a need 

for the information when performing 

their official duties. Security measures 

include, but are not limited to, the use 

of codes and profiles, personal 

identification number and password, 

and personal identification verification 

cards. We restrict access to specific 

correspondence within the system based 

on assigned roles and authorized users. 

We maintain electronic files with 

personal identifiers in secure storage 

areas. We will use audit mechanisms to 

record sensitive transactions as an 

additional measure to protect 

information from unauthorized 

disclosure or modification. We keep 

paper records in cabinets within secure 

areas, with access limited to only those 

employees who have an official need for 

access in order to perform their duties. 

We annually provide our employees 

and contractors with appropriate 

security awareness training that 

includes reminders about the need to 

protect PII and the criminal penalties 

that apply to unauthorized access to, or 

disclosure of PII. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(1). 

Furthermore, employees and contractors 

with access to databases maintaining PII 

must annually sign a sanction document 

that acknowledges their accountability 

for inappropriately accessing or 

disclosing such information. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

This system of records is exempt from 

the Privacy Act’s access, contesting, and 

notification provisions stated below. 

However, individuals may submit 

requests for information about whether 

this system contains a record about 

them by submitting a written request to 

the system manager at the above 

address, which includes their name, 

SSN, or other information that may be 

in this system of records that will 

identify them. Individuals requesting 

notification of, or access to, a record by 

mail must include (1) a notarized 

statement to us to verify their identity 

or (2) must certify in the request that 

they are the individual they claim to be 

and that they understand that the 

knowing and willful request for, or 

acquisition of, a record pertaining to 

another individual under false pretenses 

is a criminal offense. 

Individuals requesting notification of 

or access to, records in person must 

provide their name, SSN, or other 

information that may be in this system 

of records that will identify them, as 

well as provide an identity document, 

preferably with a photograph, such as a 

driver’s license. Individuals lacking 

identification documents sufficient to 

establish their identity must certify in 

writing that they are the individual they 

claim to be and that they understand 

that the knowing and willful request for, 

or acquisition of, a record pertaining to 

another individual under false pretenses 

is a criminal offense. 

These procedures are in accordance 

with our regulations at 20 CFR 401.40 

and 401.45. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Same as record access procedures. 

Individuals should also reasonably 

identify the record, specify the 

information they are contesting, and 

state the corrective action sought and 

the reasons for the correction with 

supporting justification showing how 

the record is incomplete, untimely, 

inaccurate, or irrelevant. These 

procedures are in accordance with our 

regulations at 20 CFR 401.65(a). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Same as record access procedures. 

These procedures are in accordance 

with our regulations at 20 CFR 401.40 

and 401.45. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

This system of records is exempt from 

certain provisions of the Privacy Act 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). Rules 

have been promulgated in accordance 

with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 

553(b), (c), and (e) and have been 

published in today’s Federal Register. 

HISTORY: 

Anti-Fraud Enterprise Solution 

(AFES), 83 FR 19588. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11226] 

Notice of Department of State 

Sanctions Actions Blocking Property 

and Suspending Entry of Certain 

Persons Contributing to the Situation 

in Syria 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has 

imposed sanctions on four individuals, 

Blocking Property and Suspending 

Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to 

the Situation in Syria. 

DATES: The Secretary of State’s 

determination and selection of certain 

sanctions to be imposed upon the four 

individuals identified in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

were effective on August 20, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Ruggles, Director, Office of 

Economic Sanctions Policy and 

Implementation, Bureau of Economic 

and Business Affairs, Department of 

State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: (202) 

647 7677, email: RugglesTV@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 2(a) of E.O. 13894 of October 

14, 2019, the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

the United States Trade Representative, 

and with the President of the ExportImport Bank, the Chairman of the Board 

of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, and other agencies and officials 

as appropriate, is authorized to impose 

on a person any of the sanctions 

described in section 2(c) of E.O. 13894 

upon determining that the person met 

any criteria set forth in section 2(a)(i)(A) 

or section 2(a)(i)(D) of E.O. 13894. 

The Secretary of State has 

determined, pursuant to Section 

2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 13894, that Fadi Saqr, 

Ghaith Dalah, and Samer Ismail are 

responsible for or complicit in, have 

directly or indirectly engaged in, 

attempted to engage in, or financed, the 


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