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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). 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Transition to 

Aging. 

Date: February 17–18, 2021. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Video Meeting). 

Contact Person: Dario Dieguez, Jr., Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, National Institute on Aging, National 

Institutes of Health, Gateway Building, Suite 

2W200, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, (301) 827–3101, dario.dieguez@

nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Molecular 

Determinants of AD Risk. 

Date: March 16, 2021. 

Time: 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Video Meeting). 

Contact Person: Joshua Jin-Hyouk Park, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific 

Review Branch, National Institute on Aging, 

National Institutes of Health, Gateway 

Building, 2W200, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–6208, 

joshua.park4@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 7, 2021. 

Miguelina Perez, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00489 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–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. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) will hold 

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. A portion of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Friday, January 15, 2021, from 2 to 4 

p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The first 

portion of the meeting, from 

approximately 2 to 3 p.m. ET, will be 

open to the public. 

Written comments for consideration 

at the meeting must be submitted and 

received by 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, 

January 14, 2021. Follow-up comments 

must be received by 5 p.m. ET on 

Friday, January 22, 2021, to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via web conference. Members of the 

public may view the public portion of 

the meeting online at https://

pandemicdpa708.com. 

Reasonable accommodations are 

available for people with disabilities. To 

request a reasonable accommodation, 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

below as soon as possible. Last minute 

requests will be accepted but may not be 

possible to fulfill. 

To facilitate public participation, 

members of the public are invited to 

provide written comments on the issues 

to be considered at the meeting. The 

Meeting Objectives listed below outline 

these issues. Written comments must be 

identified by Docket ID FEMA–2020– 

0016, and submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: FEMA’s Office of Business, 

Industry, Infrastructure Integration, 

OB3I@fema.dhs.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the docket ID FEMA–2020– 

0016. Comments received, including 

any personal information provided, may 

be posted without alteration at https:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

to read comments received by FEMA, go 

to https://www.regulations.gov and 

search for Docket ID FEMA–2020–0016. 

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 

this meeting 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 several subcommittees under the Voluntary 

Agreement, focusing on different 

aspects of the Plan of Action. 

The meeting will be 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. 

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

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). 

1With respect to all references to ‘‘country’’ or 

‘‘countries’’ in this document, it should be noted 

that the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, Public Law 

96–8, Section 4(b)(1), provides that ‘‘[w]henever the 

laws of the United States refer or relate to foreign 

countries, nations, states, governments, or similar 

entities, such terms shall include and such laws 

shall apply with respect to Taiwan.’’ 22 U.S.C. 

3303(b)(1). Accordingly, all references to ‘‘country’’ 

or ‘‘countries’’ in the regulations governing whether 

nationals of a country are eligible for H–2 program 

participation, 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(1)(i) and 8 

CFR 214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(1), are read to include Taiwan. 

This is consistent with the United States’ one-China 

policy, under which the United States has 

maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan since 

1979. 2An overstay is a nonimmigrant lawfully 

admitted to the United States for an authorized 

period, but who remained in the United States 

beyond his or her authorized period of admission. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

identifies two types of overstays: (1) Individuals for 

whom no departure was recorded (Suspected InCountry Overstays), and (2) individuals whose 

departure was recorded after their authorized 

period of admission expired (Out-of-Country 

Overstays). For purposes of this Federal Register 

Notice, DHS uses FY 2019 U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection H–2A and H–2B nonimmigrant overstay 

data. 

Meeting Objectives: The objective of 

the meeting is to update the general 

public, and private industry partners, on 

the status of the Voluntary Agreement, 

PPE Plan of Action, and potential future 

Plans of Action. 

Meeting 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

However, attendance may be limited if 

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 a portion of this meeting to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement 

involves matters which fall within the 

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

552b(c) and that portion of the meeting 

will therefore be closed to the public. 

Specifically, the meeting to 

implement the Voluntary Agreement 

may require 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 this meeting could have a strong 

chilling effect on participation by the 

private sector and cause a substantial 

risk that sensitive information will 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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00505 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0108] 

RIN 1601–ZA11 

Identification of Foreign Countries 

Whose Nationals Are Eligible To 

Participate in the H–2A and H–2B 

Nonimmigrant Worker Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS) may generally only 

approve petitions for H–2A and H–2B 

nonimmigrant status for nationals of 

countries that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State, 

has designated by notice published in 

the Federal Register. Each such notice 

shall be effective for one year after its 

date of publication. This notice 

announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, is 

identifying 81 countries whose 

nationals are eligible to participate in 

the H–2A program and 80 countries 

whose nationals are eligible to 

participate in the H–2B program for the 

coming year. 

DATES: The designations in this notice 

are effective from January 19, 2021, and 

shall be without effect after January 18, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ihsan Gunduz, Office of Strategy, Policy, 

and Plans, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528, (202) 

282–9708. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Generally, USCIS may approve H–2A 

and H–2B petitions for nationals of only 

those countries that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State, 

has designated as participating 

countries.1 Such designation must be 

published as a notice in the Federal 

Register and expires after one year. In 

designating countries to include on the 

list, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

with the concurrence of the Secretary of 

State, will take into account factors 

including, but not limited to: (1) The 

country’s cooperation with respect to 

issuance of travel documents for 

citizens, subjects, nationals, and 

residents of that country who are subject 

to a final order of removal; (2) the 

number of final and unexecuted orders 

of removal against citizens, subjects, 

nationals, and residents of that country; 

(3) the number of orders of removal 

executed against citizens, subjects, 

nationals, and residents of that country; 

and (4) such other factors as may serve 

the U.S. interest. See 8 CFR 

214.2(h)(5)(i)(F)(1)(i) and 8 CFR 

214.2(h)(6)(i)(E)(1). Examples of specific 

factors serving the U.S. interest that are 

taken into account when considering 

whether to designate or terminate the 

designation of a country include, but are 

not limited to: Fraud (including but not 

limited to fraud in the H–2 petition or 

visa application process by nationals of 

the country, the country’s level of 

cooperation with the U.S. government 

in addressing H–2 associated visa fraud, 

and the country’s level of information 

sharing to combat immigration-related 

fraud), nonimmigrant overstay 2 rates for 

nationals of the country (including but 

not limited to H–2 nonimmigrants), 

non-compliance with the terms and 

conditions of the H–2 visa programs by 

nationals of the country, and the 

country’s level of compliance with U.S. 

immigration policies. 

In evaluating the U.S. interest, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, with 

the concurrence of the Secretary of 

State, further considers visa overstay 

rates of 10 percent or higher to pose an 

unreasonably high risk to the integrity 

of our immigration system. The 

Department believes that a failure of one 

out of every 10 nationals of a country to 

comply with his or her nonimmigrant 

status through timely departure is 

indicative of significant underlying 

problems relating to the country’s