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address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, 2200 C Street, NW., Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: August 25, 2009. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–20936 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6744] 

Town Hall Meeting To Review the 

Implementation of the Terezin 

Declaration Provisions Relating to the 

Restitution of Nazi-Confiscated Art 

The Department of State’s Special 

Envoy for Holocaust Issues is seeking 

the views of interested individuals and 

organizations regarding the 

implementation of the art restitution 

provisions of the June 30, 2009 Terezin 

Declaration. The Declaration was the 

concluding document of the Conference 

on Holocaust Era Assets which met in 

Prague June 26–30, 2009. The 

Declaration text is on the Department of 

State Web site at http://www.state.gov/ 

p/eur/rls/or/126162.htm. 

The Department will host a Town 

Hall Meeting on September 22 from 9:45 

a.m. to 12 noon to obtain expert views 

on the following: 

(a) Expanding systematic provenance 

research; 

(b) Making the results of such 

research available to the art community; 

(c) Developing alternative 

mechanisms to resolve claims for 

artworks displaced as a result of the 

Holocaust and World War II. 

Individuals wishing to attend this 

town hall meeting should register no 

later than September 20 by e-mailing the 

following information to Ms. Carolyn 

Jones-Johnson (JonesJohnsonCD@state.gov): Full Name; Date 

of Birth; 

Number of Government-issued Picture 

ID (Driver’s License Number, including 

State of Issuance, U.S. Passport or 

Alternate Government-Issued Picture 

ID); 

Organization which you represent, 

and its Address and Phone Number; 

Home Address (only if attending as an 

individual). 

Those who register are urged to arrive 

at the Department by 9:30 a.m. to allow 

time for security screening. Upon 

arrival, you will need to show valid 

government-issued identification: For 

example, a U.S. state driver’s license or 

a U.S. passport. The official address of 

the State Department is 2201 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. Attendees should 

use the ‘‘23rd Street Entrance’’ on the 

West Side of the State Department’s 

Harry S. Truman Building, located on 

23rd Street between C Street and D 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Written comments on the above 

subjects may also be provided to the 

same e-mail address for Ms. JonesJohnson cited above. 

Dated: August 25, 2009. 

Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, 

Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–20935 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning China’s 

Compliance With WTO Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of public hearing concerning 

China’s compliance with its WTO 

commitments. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a 

public hearing and seek public 

comment to assist the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) in the preparation of its annual 

report to the Congress on China’s 

compliance with the commitments 

made in connection with its accession 

to the World Trade Organization (WTO). 

DATES: Persons wishing to testify at the 

hearing must provide written 

notification of their intention, as well as 

a copy of their testimony, by noon, 

Friday, September 18, 2009. Written 

comments are due by noon, Tuesday, 

September 22, 2009. A hearing will be 

held in Washington, DC, on Friday, 

October 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted electronically via the Internet 

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

alternatives to on-line submissions 

please contact Gloria Blue, Executive 

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

at (202) 395–3475. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments or participation in the public 

hearing, contact Gloria Blue, (202) 395– 

3475. All other questions should be 

directed to Terrence J. McCartin, Deputy 

Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for China Enforcement, 

(202) 395–3900, or Claire E. Reade, 

Chief Counsel for China Trade 

Enforcement, (202) 395–9625. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

China became a Member of the WTO 

on December 11, 2001. In accordance 

with section 421 of the U.S.-China 

Relations Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–286), 

USTR is required to submit, by 

December 11 of each year, a report to 

Congress on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including 

both multilateral commitments and any 

bilateral commitments made to the 

United States. In accordance with 

section 421, and to assist it in preparing 

this year’s report, the TPSC is hereby 

soliciting public comment. Last year’s 

report is available on USTR’s Internet 

Web site (at http://www.ustr.gov/sites/

default/files/asset_upload_file192_

15258.pdf). 

The terms of China’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Protocol on 

the Accession of the People’s Republic 

of China (including its annexes) 

(Protocol), the Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of China 

(Working Party Report), and the WTO 

agreements. The Protocol and Working 

Party Report can be found on the 

Department of Commerce Web page, 

http://www.mac.doc.gov/China/ 

WTOAccessionPackage.htm, or on the 

WTO Web site, http:// 

docsonline.wto.org (document symbols: 

WT/L/432, WT/MIN(01)/3, WT/ 

MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/MIN(01)/3/ 

Add.2). 

2. Public Comment and Hearing 

USTR invites written comments and/ 

or oral testimony of interested persons 

on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: (a) Trading rights; (b) 

import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate 

quotas, quotas, import licenses); (c) 

export regulation; (d) internal policies 

affecting trade (e.g., subsidies, standards 

and technical regulations, sanitary and 

phytosanitary measures, government 

procurement, trade-related investment 

measures, taxes and charges levied on 

imports and exports); (e) intellectual 

property rights (including intellectual 

property rights enforcement); (f) 

services; (g) rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations) 

and status of legal reform; and (h) other 

WTO commitments. In addition, given 

the United States’ view that China 

should be held accountable as a full 


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participant in, and beneficiary of, the 

international trading system (see ‘‘U.S.- 

China Trade Relations: Entering a New 

Phase of Greater Accountability and 

Enforcement,’’ issued by USTR in 

February 2006, http://www.ustr.gov/

sites/default/files/Top-to-Bottom%20

Review%20FINAL.pdf), USTR requests 

that interested persons also specifically 

identify unresolved compliance issues 

that warrant review and evaluation by 

USTR’s China Enforcement Task Force. 

Written comments must be received 

no later than noon, Tuesday, September 

22, 2009. 

A hearing will be held on Friday, 

October 2, 2009, in Room 1, 1724 F 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. If 

necessary, the hearing will continue on 

the next business day. 

Persons wishing to testify orally at the 

hearing must provide written 

notification of their intention by noon, 

Friday, September 18, 2009. The 

notification should include: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the person presenting the testimony; 

and (2) a short (one or two paragraph) 

summary of the presentation, including 

the commitments at issue and, as 

applicable, the product(s) (with HTSUS 

numbers), service sector(s), or other 

subjects to be discussed. A copy of the 

testimony must accompany the 

notification. Remarks at the hearing 

should be limited to no more than five 

minutes to allow for possible questions 

from the TPSC. 

All documents should be submitted in 

accordance with the instructions in 

section 3 below. 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting intent to testify 

and/or comments must do so in English 

and must identify (on the first page of 

the submission) ‘‘China’s WTO 

Compliance.’’ 

In order to ensure the most timely and 

expeditious receipt and consideration of 

comments, USTR has arranged to accept 

on-line submissions via http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2009–0025 on the home 

page and click ‘‘go’’. The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission.’’ (For further information 

on using the www.regulations.gov 

http://www.regulations.gov/ Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to 

Use This Site’’ on the left side of the 

home page.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a ‘‘General 

Comments’’ field, or by attaching a 

document. We expect that most 

submissions will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘General Comments’’ 

field. 

Submit any documents containing 

business confidential information, 

beginning with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Submit, as a separate submission, a 

public version of the submission with a 

file name beginning with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. For 

comments that contain no business 

confidential information, the file name 

should begin with the character ‘‘P’’, 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. 

Electronic submissions should not 

attach separate cover letters; rather, 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

comments you submit. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, please include any 

exhibits, annexes, or other attachments 

to a submission in the same file as the 

submission itself and not as separate 

files. 

We strongly urge submitters to use 

electronic filing. If an on-line 

submission is impossible, alternative 

arrangements must be made with Ms. 

Blue prior to delivery for the receipt of 

such submissions. Ms. Blue may be 

contacted at (202) 395–3475. 

General information concerning USTR 

may be obtained by accessing its 

Internet Web site (http://www.ustr.gov). 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–20891 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2009–0185] 

Notice of Funding Availability for 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act Bonding Assistance Reimbursable 

Fee Program (DBE ARRA BAP) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Office of the 

Secretary (OST), Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU) announces the availability of 

$20 million provided by the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(ARRA) for the reimbursement of 

bonding premiums and fees incurred by 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises 

(DBE) competing for, or performing on, 

transportation infrastructure projects 

receiving DOT ARRA funding. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.904 

Bonding Assistance Program. 

Type of Award: DBE Financial 

Assistance. 

Estimated Average Size of Award: 

$11,300. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1,770. 

DOT is not bound by any estimates in 

this notice. Awards will be made in the 

order of application receipt until 

funding is fully expended or the 

program closes on September 8, 2010. 

Program Authority: Funding for the 

DBE ARRA BAP has been provided to 

DOT by ARRA (Pub. L. 111–5, Feb. 17, 

2009) to be administered pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 332(e). 

DOT established its OSDBU in 

accordance with Public Law 95–507, an 

amendment to the Small Business Act 

and the Small Business Investment Act 

of 1958. OSDBU administers the 

provisions of Title 49, United States 

Code, Section 332. 

DOT/OSDBU has posted a synopsis of 

this announcement on http:// 

www.govbenefits.gov. 

DATES: Applications will be available 

beginning August 28, 2009. 

Applications must be received by mail 

or electronically transmitted to DOT 

OST OSDBU on or before September 8, 

2010 for bond issue dates for ARRA 

projects on or after the date of this 

notice, August 28, 2009. Provided 

OSDBU is given an email address, 

applicants should receive a 

confirmation email. Regardless, the 

applicant is advised to request delivery 

confirmation for mail submissions or 

return receipt for email submissions. In 

the event funding is fully expended 

prior to September 8, 2010, OSDBU will 

cease to accept new applications. 

ADDRESSES: Applications may be 

submitted to OSDBU electronically via 

email at bap.arra@dot.gov. Mailed 

applications may be submitted to DOT/ 

OSDBU, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Suite W56–497, Washington, DC 20590, 

Attn: DBE ARRA BAP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 


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