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Area 4 Office, P.O. Box 13795,

Sacramento, CA 95853–4795.

The interest rates are:

For Physical Damage

Homeowners with credit available

elsewhere: 7.625%

Homeowners without credit available

elsewhere: 3.812%

Businesses with credit available

elsewhere: 8.000%

Businesses and non-profit organizations

without credit available elsewhere:

4.000%

Others (including non-profit

organizations) with credit available

elsewhere: 6.750%

For Economic Injury

Businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives without credit available

elsewhere: 4.000%

The numbers assigned to this disaster

are 325311 for physical damage and

9H3200 for economic injury.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Kris Swedin,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–12692 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Economic Injury Disaster

#9H25]

State of Connecticut (and Contiguous

Counties in the State of Rhode Island)

New London County and the

contiguous counties of Hartford,

Middlesex, Tolland, and Windham in

Connecticut, and Kent and Washington

Counties in Rhode Island constitute an

economic injury disaster loan area as a

result of a fire that occurred on March

6, 2000 in the Village of Mystic, in the

Town of Groton. Eligible small

businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives without credit available

elsewhere may file applications for

economic injury assistance as a result of

this disaster until the close of business

on February 2, 2001 at the address listed

below or other locally announced

locations: U.S. Small Business

Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office,

360 Rainbow Blvd, South, 3rd Floor,

Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

The interest rate for eligible small

businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives is 4 percent.

The economic injury number for the

State of Rhode Island is 9H2600.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 59002)

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Kris Swedin,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–12693 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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[Declaration of Disaster #3252]

State of Kansas

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on May 3, 2000, I

find that Crawford, Labette, and Neosho

Counties in the State of Kansas

constitute a disaster area due to

damages caused by severe storms and

tornadoes that occurred April 19–20,

2000. Applications for loans for

physical damage as a result of this

disaster may be filed until the close of

business on July 2, 2000, and for loans

for economic injury until the close of

business on February 5, 2001 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

3 Office, 4400 Amon Carter Blvd., Suite

102, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the above location: Allen,

Bourbon, Cherokee, Montgomery,

Wilson, and Woodson Counties in

Kansas; Barton, Jasper, and Vernon

Counties in Missouri; and Craig and

Nowata Counties in Oklahoma.

The interest rates are:

For Physical Damage

Homeowners with credit available

elsewhere: 7.625%

Homeowners without credit available

elsewhere: 3.812%

Businesses with credit available

elsewhere: 8.000%

Businesses and non-profit organizations

without credit available elsewhere:

4.000%

Others (including non-profit

organizations) with credit available

elsewhere: 6.750%

For Economic Injury

Businesses and small agricultural

cooperatives without credit available

elsewhere: 4.000%

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 325212. For

economic injury the numbers are

9H2200 for Kansas, 9H2300 for

Missouri, and 9H2400 for Oklahoma.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–12694 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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Region III Advisory Council Meeting;

Public Meeting

The South Atlantic States, Regulatory

Fairness Board will hold a public

hearing on June 22, 2000, at Morgan

State University, Main Lecture Hall,

Schaefer Building, located at 5200

Perring Parkway, Room 241, Baltimore,

Maryland to receive comments and

testimony from small businesses and

representatives of trade associations

concerning federal regulatory

enforcement or compliance activities.

Transcripts of these proceedings will be

posted on the Internet. These transcripts

are subject only to limited review by the

National Ombudsman. For further

information, call Elestine Harvey (312)

353–0880.

Bettie Baca,

Counselor to the Administrator/Public

Liaison.

[FR Doc. 00–12691 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Finding Regarding the Social

Insurance System of Bosnia and

Herzegovina

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of finding regarding the

Social Insurance System of Bosnia and

Herzegovina.

FINDING: Section 202(t)(1) of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(1))

prohibits payment of monthly benefits

to any individual who is not a United

States citizen or national for any month

after he or she has been outside the

United States for 6 consecutive months,

and prior to the first month thereafter

for all of which the individual has been

in the United States. This prohibition

does not apply to such an individual

where one of the exceptions described

in sections 202(t)(2) through 202(t)(5) of

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

402(t)(2) through 402(t)(5)) affects his or

her case.

Section 202(t)(2) of the Social

Security Act provides that, subject to

certain residency requirements of

section 202(t)(11), the prohibition

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against payment shall not apply to any

individual who is a citizen of a country

which the Commissioner of Social

Security finds has in effect a social

insurance system which is of general

application in such country and which:

(a) Pays periodic benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, on account

of old age, retirement, or death; and

(b) Permits individuals who are

United States citizens but not citizens of

that country and who qualify for such

benefits to receive those benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, while

outside the foreign country regardless of

the duration of the absence.

The Commissioner of Social Security

has delegated the authority to make

such a finding to the Associate

Commissioner for International

Programs. Under that authority, the

Associate Commissioner for

International Programs has approved a

finding that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as

of April 7, 1992, has social insurance

systems of general application which:

(a) Pay periodic benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, on account

of old age, retirement, or death; and

(b) Permit United States citizens who

are not citizens of Bosnia and

Herzegovina and who qualify for the

relevant benefits to receive those

benefits, or their actuarial equivalent,

while outside of Bosnia or Herzegovina,

regardless of the duration of the absence

of these individuals from Bosnia and

Herzegovina.

On April 7, 1992, the United States

recognized the independence of Bosnia

and Herzegovina. Before that time, it

was considered to be part of the former

Socialist Federal Yugoslav Republic

which had a system that was

determined to meet section 202(t)(2) of

the Social Security Act as of March 25,

1959.

Although it was ascertained at the

time of independence that the old

Yugoslav law was still in effect in

Bosnia and Herzegovina, it could not be

determined to what extent the war had

affected the actual operation of the

social insurance system (as contact with

appropriate foreign officials was not

possible at that time). Thus, citizens of

Bosnia and Herzegovina receiving U.S.

Social Security benefits under the social

insurance exception had their payments

suspended in 1995 pending a decision

as to whether the system continued to

meet the provisions of section 202(t)(2)

as of April 7, 1992.

Since March 1994, the country of

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been

comprised of two territories, the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

and the Republic of Srpska. The country

of Bosnia and Herzegovina had in effect

as of April 7, 1992, a social insurance

system which met the requirements of

section 202(t)(2) of the Social Security

Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(2)). The Federation

of Bosnia and Herzegovina had in effect

as of August 1, 1998, a social insurance

system which met the requirements of

section 202(t)(2) of the Social Security

Act and the Republic of Srpska had in

effect, as of January 1, 1994, a social

insurance system which met the

requirements of section 202(t)(2) of the

Social Security Act. The Federation and

the Republic are part of the country of

Bosnia and Herzegovina and their social

insurance systems are derived from, and

replaced, the national social insurance

system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Powers, Room 1104, West High

Rise Building, P.O. Box 17741, 6401

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21235; (410) 965–3568.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

Program Nos. 96.001 Social Security—

Disability Insurance; 96.002 Social

Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004

Social Security—Survivors Insurance)

Dated: May 05, 2000.

Joseph A. Gribbin,

Associate Commissioner for International

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–12684 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Social Security Administration

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

Correction to Existing System of

Records

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a minor nonsubstantive change to an existing system

of record.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.

552a(e)(4) and (e)(11)), we are issuing

public notice of our intent to make a

minor non-substantive change to an

existing system of records entitled the

Supplemental Security Income Record

and Special Veterans Benefits(SSR/

SVB), SSA/OSR, 60–0103. We invite

public comments on this proposal.

DATES: These changes are effective May

22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, 3–F–1

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401.

All comments received will be available

for public inspection at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Pamela McLaughlin, Social Insurance

Program Specialist, Social Security

Administration, Room 3–C–2

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401,

telephone (410) 965–3677.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Supplemental Security Income Record

and Special Veterans Benefits(SSR/

SVB), SSA/OSR, 60–0103 maintains

eligibility information about applicants

and recipients of payments under titles

VIII and XVI of the Social Security Act.

(See the Categories of individuals

covered by the system and Categories of

records in the system in the notice

below for a complete description of the

individuals and records covered by the

system of records.) The information

maintained includes ‘‘income’’ data

which in some cases could constitute

‘‘returns or return information’’ within

the scope of the Internal Revenue Code

(IRC), as amended.

We, therefore, are amending the

section of the Federal Register notice of

the SSR/SVB system of records entitled

Routine uses of records maintained in

the system, including categories of users

and the purposes of such uses to

indicate that any information

maintained in this system will not be

disclosed unless disclosure is

authorized by the IRC.

Darrell Blevins,

SSA Privacy Officer.

60–0103

SYSTEM NAME:

Supplemental Security Income

Record and Special Veterans Benefits,

SSA/OSR.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Social Security Administration, Office

of Telecommunications and Systems

Operations, 6401 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21235.

Records also may be located in the

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Regional and field offices (individuals

should consult their local telephone

directories for address information).

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

This file contains a record for each

individual who has applied for

supplemental security income (SSI)

payments, including individuals who

have requested an advance payment;