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1 50 U.S.C. 4558(c)(1). 

2 85 FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020). 

3 DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020); 

DHS Delegation Number 09052 Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 

2017). 

4 85 FR 50035 (Aug. 17, 2020). The Attorney 

General, in consultation with the Chairman of the 

Federal Trade Commission, made the required 

finding that the purpose of the voluntary agreement 

may not reasonably be achieved through an 

agreement having less anticompetitive effects or 

without any voluntary agreement and published the 

finding in the Federal Register on the same day. 85 

FR 50049 (Aug. 17, 2020). 

5See 85 FR 78869 (Dec. 7, 2020). See also 85 FR 

79020 (Dec. 8, 2020). 

6See 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(7). 

examination scheduled for October 2021 

will be held on Thursday, October 21, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melba Hubbard, Acting Director, 

Commercial Operations, Revenue and 

Entry, Office of Trade, (202) 325–6986, 

or brokermanagement@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), provides 

that a person (an individual, 

corporation, association, or partnership) 

must hold a valid customs broker’s 

license and permit in order to transact 

customs business on behalf of others, 

sets forth standards for the issuance of 

brokers’ licenses and permits, and 

provides for the taking of disciplinary 

action against brokers that have engaged 

in specified types of infractions. This 

section also provides that an 

examination may be conducted to assess 

an applicant’s qualifications for a 

license. 

The regulations issued under the 

authority of section 641 are set forth in 

Title 19 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 111 (19 CFR part 111). 

Part 111 sets forth the regulations 

regarding the licensing of, and granting 

of permits to, persons desiring to 

transact customs business as customs 

brokers. These regulations also include 

the qualifications required of applicants 

and the procedures for applying for 

licenses and permits. Section 111.11 of 

the CBP regulations (19 CFR 111.11) sets 

forth the basic requirements for a 

broker’s license, and in paragraph (a)(4) 

of that section provides that an 

applicant for an individual broker’s 

license must attain a passing grade (75 

percent or higher) on the examination. 

Section 111.13 of the CBP regulations 

(19 CFR 111.13) sets forth the 

requirements and procedures for the 

examination for an individual broker’s 

license and states that the customs 

broker’s license examinations will be 

given on the fourth Wednesday in April 

and October unless the regularly 

scheduled examination date conflicts 

with a national holiday, religious 

observance, or other foreseeable event. 

Due to the limited availability of 

testing sites caused by state and local 

restrictions during the COVID–19 

pandemic, CBP has changed the 

regularly scheduled dates of the 

examination. This document announces 

that CBP has scheduled the April 2021 

customs broker’s license examination 

for Wednesday, April 21, 2021, and the 

October 2021 customs broker’s license 

examination for Thursday, October 21, 

2021. 

Dated: December 27, 2020. 

Cynthia F. Whittenburg, 

Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, 

Office of Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28966 Filed 12–30–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2020–0016] 

Meeting To Implement Pandemic 

Response Voluntary Agreement Under 

Section 708 of the Defense Production 

Act 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) held a 

meeting remotely via web conference to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement for 

the Manufacture and Distribution of 

Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary 

to Respond to a Pandemic. 

DATES: The meeting took place on 

Monday, December 21, 2020, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Glenn, Office of Business, 

Industry, Infrastructure Integration, via 

email at OB3I@fema.dhs.gov or via 

phone at (202) 212–1666. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is provided as required 

by section 708(h)(8) of the Defense 

Production Act (DPA), 50 U.S.C. 

4558(h)(8), and consistent with 44 CFR 

part 332. 

The DPA authorizes the making of 

‘‘voluntary agreements and plans of 

action’’ with, among others, 

representatives of industry and business 

to help provide for the national 

defense.1 The President’s authority to 

facilitate voluntary agreements was 

delegated to the Secretary of Homeland 

Security with respect to responding to 

the spread of COVID–19 within the 

United States in Executive Order 

13911.2 The Secretary of Homeland 

Security has further delegated this 

authority to the FEMA Administrator.3

On August 17, 2020, after the 

appropriate consultations with the 

Attorney General and the Chairman of 

the Federal Trade Commission, FEMA 

completed and published in the Federal 

Register a ‘‘Voluntary Agreement for the 

Manufacture and Distribution of Critical 

Healthcare Resources Necessary to 

Respond to a Pandemic’’ (Voluntary 

Agreement).4 Unless terminated prior to 

that date, the Voluntary Agreement is 

effective until August 17, 2025, and may 

be extended subject to additional 

approval by the Attorney General after 

consultation with the Chairman of the 

Federal Trade Commission. The 

Agreement may be used to prepare for 

or respond to any pandemic, including 

COVID–19, during that time. 

On December 7, 2020, the first plan of 

action under the Voluntary 

Agreement—the Plan of Action to 

Establish a National Strategy for the 

Manufacture, Allocation, and 

Distribution of Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) to Respond to COVID– 

19 (Plan of Action)—was finalized.5 The 

Plan of Action established the Personal 

Protective Equipment Sub-Committee to 

Define COVID–19 PPE Requirements 

(Sub-Committee). 

The meetings covered by this notice 

were held by the Sub-Committee to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement. 

The meetings were chaired by the 

FEMA Administrator or his delegate, 

and attended by the Attorney General or 

his delegate and the Chairman of the 

Federal Trade Commission or his 

delegate. In implementing the Voluntary 

Agreement, FEMA adheres to all 

procedural requirements of 50 U.S.C. 

4558 and 44 CFR part 332. 

Meeting Objectives: The objectives of 

the meetings were to: 

(1) Finalize the priority tasks that 

should be completed first under the 

Plan of Action; 

(2) Identify which Sub-Committees 

should begin meeting in January 2021; 

and 

(3) Identify additional Participants 

and Attendees who should be invited to 

participate in the Plan of Action. 

Meetings Closed to the Public: By 

default, the DPA requires meetings held 

to implement a voluntary agreement or 

plan of action be open to the public.6

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7 ‘‘[T]he individual designated by the President in 

subsection (c)(2) [of section 708 of the DPA] to 

administer the voluntary agreement, or plan of 

action.’’ 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(7). 

8Under 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(8), the Sponsor 

generally must publish in the Federal Register prior 

notice of any meeting held to carry out a voluntary 

agreement or plan of action. However, when the 

Sponsor finds that the matters to be discussed at 

such meeting fall within the purview of matters 

described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), notice of the meeting 

may instead be published in the Federal Register 

within ten days of the date of the meeting. See 50 

U.S.C. 4558(h)(8). 

the Sponsor 7 of the voluntary 

agreement finds that the matter to be 

discussed at a meeting falls within the 

purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c). The Sponsor of the Voluntary 

Agreement, the FEMA Administrator, 

found that these meetings to implement 

the Voluntary Agreement involved 

matters which fell within the purview of 

matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) 

and were therefore closed to the public.8

Specifically, the meetings to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement 

could have required participants to 

disclose trade secrets or commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential. Disclosure of such 

information allows for meetings to be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). 

In addition, the success of the Voluntary 

Agreement depends wholly on the 

willing and enthusiastic participation of 

private sector participants. Failure to 

close these meetings could have had a 

strong chilling effect on participation by 

the private sector and caused a 

substantial risk that sensitive 

information would be prematurely 

released to the public, resulting in 

participants withdrawing their support 

from the Voluntary Agreement and thus 

significantly frustrating the 

implementation of the Voluntary 

Agreement. Frustration of an agency’s 

objective due to premature disclosure of 

information allows for the closure of a 

meeting to pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B). 

Pete Gaynor, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0041; OMB No. 

1660–0047] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Request for 

Federal Assistance Form—How To 

Process Mission Assignments in 

Federal Disaster Operations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public to take this opportunity 

to comment on a revision of a currently 

approved information collection. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 

comments concerning the collection of 

information necessary to allow FEMA to 

support the needs of State, Tribes, and 

Territories during disaster situation 

through the use of other Federal agency 

resources. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2020–0041. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

All submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Foster, (617) 913–6140 or FEMAMissionAssignments@fema.dhs.gov. 

You may contact the Records 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According 

to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford 

Act), 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., FEMA is 

authorized to provide assistance before, 

during, and after a disaster has impacted 

a State, Tribe, or Territory. For a major 

disaster, the Stafford Act authorizes 

FEMA to direct any agency to utilize its 

existing authorities and resources in 

support of State, Tribe, and Territory 

assistance response and recovery efforts. 

See 42 U.S.C. 5170(a)(1). For an 

emergency, the Stafford Act authorizes 

FEMA to direct any agency to utilize its 

existing authorities and resources in 

support of State and local emergency 

assistance efforts. See 42 U.S.C. 

5192(a)(1). FEMA may task other 

Federal agencies to assist during 

disasters and to support emergency 

efforts by State and local governments 

by issuing a mission assignment to the 

appropriate agency. See 44 CFR 206.5, 

206.208. FEMA collects the information 

necessary to determine what resources 

are needed and if a mission assignment 

is appropriate. The information 

collected explains which States, Tribes, 

Territories require assistance, what 

needs to be accomplished, details any 

resource shortfalls, and explains what 

assistance is required to meet these 

needs. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Request for Federal Assistance 

Form—How to Process Mission 

Assignments in Federal Disaster 

Operations. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0047. 

FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 010–0–7, 

Resource Request Form; FEMA Form 

010–0–8, Mission Assignment; FEMA 

Form 010–0–8A, Mission Assignment 

Task Order. 

Abstract: If a State, Tribe, or Territory 

determines that its capacity to respond 

to a disaster exceeds its available 

resources, it may submit to FEMA a 

request that the work be accomplished 

by a Federal agency. This request 

documents how the response 

requirements exceed the capacity for the 

State to respond to the situation on its 

own and what type of assistance is 

required. FEMA reviews this 

information and may issue a mission 

assignment to the appropriate Federal 

agency to assist the State in its response 

to the situation. 

Affected Public: State, Tribe, or 

Territory Government. 

Number of Respondents: 40 

Number of Responses: 19,220. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,559 hours. 

Estimated Cost: The estimated annual 

cost to respondents for the hour burden 

is $475,003. There are no annual costs 

to respondents for operations and 

maintenance costs for technical 

services. There are no annual start-up or 


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