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laws of a given State, the maximum interest rate will be the rate permitted by the constitution or laws of the given
State.

Richard C. Blewett, Acting Director, Office of Financial
Assistance.

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice Number: 7005]**

**U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting** 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will hold a public meeting on July 20, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the conference room of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) located at 1850 K Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC

20006.

The Commissioners will discuss public diplomacy issues, including measurement of U.S. government public diplomacy efforts.

The Advisory Commission was originally established under Section 604 of the United States Information and Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1469) and Section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977. It was reauthorized pursuant to Public Law 11–70 (2009), 22 U.S.C.

6553.

The Advisory Commission is a bipartisan panel created by Congress to assess public diplomacy policies and programs of the U.S. government and publicly funded nongovernmental organizations. The Commission reports its findings and recommendations to the President, the Congress and the Secretary of State and the American people. Current Commission members include William Hybl of Colorado, who serves as Chairman; Jay Snyder of New York; Penne Korth Peacock of Texas; Lyndon Olson of Texas; John Osborn of Pennsylvania; and Lezlee Westine of Virginia.

The public may attend this meeting as seating capacity allows. To attend this meeting and for further information, please contact Gerald McLoughlin at (202) 632–6570, e-mail: acpdmeeting@state.gov. Any member of the public requesting reasonable accommodation at this meeting should contact Mr. McLoughlin prior to July 15th. Requests received after that date will be considered, but might not be possible to fulfill. Dated: June 24, 2010.
Carl Chan,
Executive Director, ACPD.

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary of Transportation** 

**[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0076]**

**Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of Transportation’s**  **National Infrastructure Investments Under the Transportation, Housing and**  **Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of extension of deadline to submit pre-applications.

**SUMMARY :**  On June 1, 2010, DOT published a notice (75 FR 30461) announcing the availability of funding and requesting proposals for DOT’s National Infrastructure Investments grant program under the FY 2010 Appropriations Act. The DOT is referring to the grants for National Infrastructure Investments as ‘‘ TIGER II Discretionary Grants. ’’ Through this notice, DOT is extending the deadline to submit pre-applications for TIGER II Discretionary Grants from July 16, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT to July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. The deadline for submitting final applications is not being extended, and remains August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT.

**DATES :**  Pre-applications must be submitted by July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT (the ‘‘Pre-Application Deadline ’’ ). Final applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT (the ‘‘Application Deadline ’’ ). The DOT pre-application system opened on June 23, 2010 to allow prospective applicants to submit pre-applications. Subsequently, the Grants.gov ‘‘Apply ’’ function will open on July 30, 2010, allowing applicants to submit applications. While applicantsare encouraged to submit preapplications in advance of the PreApplication Deadline, pre-applicationswill not be reviewed until after the PreApplication Deadline. Similarly, while applicants are encouraged to submit applications in advance of the Application Deadline, applications will not be evaluated, and awards will not be made, until after the Application Deadline. Pursuant to the FY 2010 Appropriations Act, the DOT will evaluate all applications and announce the projects that have been selected to receive TIGER II Discretionary Grants no sooner than September 15, 2010.

**ADDRESSES :**  Pre-applications must be submitted electronically to DOT, and applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Only pre-applications received by DOT and applications received through Grants.gov will be deemed properlyfiled. Instructions for submitting preapplications to DOT and applications through Grants.gov are included in Section VIII ( Pre-Application and Application Cycle ) of the June 1 notice of funding availability (75 FR 30461).

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information concerning this notice, please contact the TIGER II Discretionary Grant program manager via e-mail at TIGERIIGrants@dot.gov, or call Robert Mariner at 202–366–8914. A TDD is available for individuals who are hearing impaired at 202–366–3993. In addition, DOT will regularly post answers to questions and requests for clarifications on DOT’s Web site at http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/
TIGERII.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On April 26, 2010, DOT published an interim notice (75 FR 21695) announcing the availability of funding and requesting proposals for the Department of Transportation’s National Infrastructure Investments program under the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010 (Div. A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, Dec. 16, 2009)) (the ‘‘ FY 2010 Appropriations Act’’ ). The DOT is referring to the grants for National Infrastructure Investments under the FY 2010 Appropriations Act

as ‘‘ TIGER II Discretionary Grants. ’’ Because this is a new program, the interim notice also requested comments on the proposed selection criteria and guidance for awarding TIGER II Discretionary Grants. The DOT considered the comments that were submitted in accordance with the interim notice and published an additional notice revising some elements of the interim notice on June 1, 2010 (75 FR 30461). This notice makes one additional revision to the notice published on June 1, 2010. This notice extends the deadline for submitting pre-applications from July 16, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT to July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. The deadline for submitting final applications is not being extended, and remains August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT.