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Government Ethics website (http://

www.oge.gov). However, please do not 

submit this form with your application. 

The NAC generally meets in person 

twice per year. FEMA does not pay NAC 

members for their time, but may 

reimburse travel expenses such as 

airfare, per diem to include hotel stays, 

and other transportation costs within 

federal travel guidelines when preapproved by the Designated Federal 

Officer. NAC members must serve on 

one of the three NAC Subcommittees, 

which meet regularly by teleconference. 

FEMA estimates the total time 

commitment for subcommittee 

participation to be two (2) hours per 

week (more for NAC leadership). 

DHS does not discriminate on the 

basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, sexual orientation, 

gender identity, marital status, political 

affiliation, disability and genetic 

information, age, membership in an 

employee organization, or other nonmerit factor. DHS strives to achieve a 

widely diverse candidate pool for all of 

its recruitment actions. Current DHS 

and FEMA employees, including FEMA 

Reservists, are not eligible for 

membership. Federally registered 

lobbyists may apply for positions 

designated as Representative 

appointments but are not eligible for 

positions that are designated as SGE 

appointments. 

MaryAnn Tierney, 

Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. CISA–2021–0001] 

Notice of the President’s National 

Infrastructure Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) meeting; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: CISA announces a public 

meeting of the President’s National 

Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). 

To facilitate public participation, CISA 

invites public comments on the agenda 

items and any associated briefing 

materials to be considered by the 

council at the meeting. 

DATES: Meeting Registration: Individual 

registration to attend the meeting by 

phone is required and must be received 

no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Monday, 

March 1, 2021. For more information on 

how to participate, please contact 

NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov. 

Speaker Registration: Individuals may 

register to speak during the meeting’s 

public comment period. The registration 

must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. 

EST on Monday, March 1, 2021. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. 

EST on Monday, February 22, 2021. 

Meeting Date: The meeting will be 

held on Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EST. The meeting 

may close early if the council has 

completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

remotely via conference call. For access 

to the conference call bridge, 

information on services for individuals 

with disabilities, or to request special 

assistance to participate, please email 

NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov by 5:00 p.m. EST on 

Monday, March 1, 2021. 

Comments: Written comments may be 

submitted on the issues to be considered 

by the NIAC as described in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below and any briefing materials for the 

meeting. Any briefing materials that will 

be presented at the meeting will be 

made publicly available before the 

meeting at the following website: 

www.cisa.gov/niac. 

Comments identified by docket 

number CISA–2020–0017 may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting written 

comments. 

• Email: NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov. Include 

docket number CISA–2020–0017 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

written comments received will be 

posted without alteration at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on participating in the upcoming NIAC 

meeting, see the Public Participation 

heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

comments received by the NIAC, go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter docket 

number CISA–2020–0017. 

A public comment period is 

scheduled to be held during the meeting 

from 2:35 p.m.–2:45 p.m. EST. Speakers 

who wish to participate in the public 

comment period must register by 

emailing NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov. Speakers 

are requested to limit their comments to 

three minutes and will speak in order of 

registration. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

time indicated, following the last 

request for comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Liang, Rachel.Liang@

cisa.dhs.gov; 202–936–8300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NIAC 

is established under Section 10 of E.O. 

13231 issued on October 16, 2001. 

Notice of this meeting is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Pub. L. 92– 

463). The NIAC shall provide the 

President, through the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, with advice on the 

security and resilience of the Nation’s 

critical infrastructure sectors. 

Agenda: The NIAC will meet in an 

open meeting on Thursday, March 4, 

2021, to discuss the following agenda 

items: 

I. Opening of Meeting 

II. Roll Call of Members 

III. Opening Remarks 

IV. Supply Chain Panel Discussion 

V. Workforce and Talent Management 

Study Update 

VI. NIAC Member Roundtable 

Discussion 

VII. Public Comment 

VIII. Closing Remarks 

IX. Adjournment 

Public Participation 

Meeting Registration Information 

Requests to attend via conference call 

will be accepted and processed in the 

order in which they are received. 

Individuals may register to attend the 

NIAC meeting by phone by sending an 

email to NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov. 

Public Comment 

While this meeting is open to the 

public, participation in FACA 

deliberations are limited to council 

members. A public comment period will 

be held during the meeting from 

approximately 2:35 p.m.–2:45 p.m. EST. 

Speakers who wish to comment must 

register in advance and can do so by 

emailing NIAC@cisa.dhs.gov no later 

than Monday, March 1, 2021, at 5:00 

p.m. EST. Speakers are requested to 

limit their comments to three minutes. 

Please note that the public comment 

period may end before the time 

indicated, following the last call for 

comments. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

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or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, please contact NIAC@

cisa.dhs.gov by 5:00 p.m. EST on 

Monday, March 1, 2021. 

Rachel Liang, 

Designated Federal Officer, President’s 

National Infrastructure Advisory Council, 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

Agency, Department of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Reinstating Deferred Enforced 

Departure for Liberians 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

A ‘‘Memorandum on Reinstating 

Deferred Enforced Departure for 

Liberians’’ was issued by President 

Biden on January 20, 2021. The 

President determined that it is in the 

foreign policy interests of the United 

States to reinstate Deferred Enforced 

Departure (DED) for Liberians through 

June 30, 2022. The President directed 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

extend DED for eligible Liberians 

currently covered under DED and to 

provide for continued work 

authorization through June 30, 2022. 

The President further authorized and 

directed the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to publish this memorandum 

in the Federal Register. The text of the 

memorandum (published January 25, 

2021, at 86 FR 7055) is set out below. 

Tracy L. Renaud, 

Senior Official Performing the Duties of the 

Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

Memorandum on Reinstating Deferred 

Enforced Departure for Liberians 

Since 1991, the United States has 

provided safe haven for Liberians who 

were forced to flee their country as a 

result of armed conflict and widespread 

civil strife, in part through the grant of 

Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The 

armed conflict ended in 2003, and TPS 

for affected Liberian nationals ended 

effective October 1, 2007. President 

Bush then deferred the enforced 

departure of those Liberians originally 

granted TPS. President Obama, in 

successive memoranda, extended that 

grant of Deferred Enforced Departure 

(DED) to March 31, 2018. President 

Trump then determined that conditions 

in Liberia did not warrant a further 

extension of DED, but that the foreign 

policy interests of the United States 

warranted affording an orderly 

transition period for Liberian DED 

beneficiaries. President Trump later 

extended that DED transition period 

through March 30, 2020. 

In December 2019, the Congress 

enacted the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(Pub. L. 116–92) (NDAA), which 

included, as section 7611, the Liberian 

Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) 

provision. The LRIF provision, with 

limited exceptions, makes Liberians 

who have been continuously present in 

the United States since November 20, 

2014, as well as their spouses and 

children, eligible for adjustment of 

status to that of United States lawful 

permanent resident (LPR). The NDAA 

gave eligible Liberian nationals until 

December 20, 2020, to apply for this 

adjustment of status. After the 

enactment of the LRIF provision, 

President Trump further extended the 

DED transition period through January 

10, 2021, to ensure that DED 

beneficiaries would continue to be 

eligible for employment authorization 

during the LRIF application period. 

The LRIF application process was 

hampered by a slow launch, 

cumbersome procedures, and delays in 

adjudication. Recognizing these 

difficulties, the Congress enacted a 1- 

year extension to the application period 

in section 901 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116– 

260). That legislation, however, did not 

provide for continued employment 

authorization past January 10, 2021, the 

expiration of the most recent DED 

transition period. 

There are compelling foreign policy 

reasons to reinstate DED for an 

additional period for those Liberians 

presently residing in the United States 

who were under a grant of DED as of 

January 10, 2021. Providing work 

authorization to these Liberians, for 

whom we have long authorized TPS or 

DED in the United States, while they 

initiate and complete the LRIF statusadjustment process, honors the historic 

close relationship between the United 

States and Liberia and is in the foreign 

policy interests of the United States. I 

urge all Liberian DED beneficiaries to 

apply promptly for adjustment of status, 

and I direct the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to review the LRIF application 

procedures administered by United 

States Citizenship and Immigration 

Services to ensure that they facilitate 

ease of application and timely 

adjudication. 

Pursuant to my constitutional 

authority to conduct the foreign 

relations of the United States, I have 

determined that it is in the foreign 

policy interests of the United States to 

defer through June 30, 2022, the 

removal of any Liberian national, or 

person without nationality who last 

habitually resided in Liberia, who is 

present in the United States and who 

was under a grant of DED as of January 

10, 2021. I have also determined that 

any Liberian national, or person without 

nationality who last habitually resided 

in Liberia, who is present in the United 

States and who was under a grant of 

DED as of January 10, 2021, should have 

continued employment authorization 

through June 30, 2022. 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall promptly direct the appropriate 

officials to make provision, by means of 

a notice published in the Federal 

Register, for immediate allowance of 

employment authorization for those 

Liberians who held appropriate DEDrelated employment authorization 

documents as of January 10, 2021. The 

Secretary shall also provide for the 

prompt issuance of new or replacement 

documents in appropriate cases. 

This grant of DED and continued 

employment authorization shall apply 

to any Liberian DED beneficiary as of 

January 10, 2021, but shall not apply to 

such persons in the following 

categories: 

(1) Individuals who would be 

ineligible for TPS for the reasons 

provided in section 244(c)(2)(B) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 

U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B); 

(2) Individuals who sought or seek 

LPR status under the LRIF provision but 

whose applications have been or are 

denied by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security; 

(3) Individuals whose removal the 

Secretary of Homeland Security 

determines is in the interest of the 

United States, subject to the LRIF 

provision; 

(4) Individuals whose presence or 

activities in the United States the 

Secretary of State has reasonable 

grounds to believe would have 

potentially serious adverse foreign 

policy consequences for the United 

States; 

(5) Individuals who have voluntarily 

returned to Liberia or their country of 

last habitual residence outside the 

United States for an aggregate period of 

180 days or more, as specified in 

subsection (c)(2) of the LRIF provision; 


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