Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 98 / Friday, May 19, 2000 / Notices 31953

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3315]

Secretary of State’s Advisory

Committee on Private International

Law; Notice of Declaration of Foreign

Countries as Reciprocating Countries

for the Enforcement of Family Support

(Maintenance) Obligations

AGENCY: Office of the Legal Adviser,

U.S. Department of State.

Section 459A of the Social Security

Act (42 U.S.C. 659A) authorizes the

Secretary of State with the concurrence

of the Secretary of Health and Human

Services to declare foreign countries or

their political subdivisions to be

reciprocating countries for the purpose

of the enforcement of family support

obligations if the country has

established or has undertaken to

establish procedures for the

establishment and enforcement of duties

of support for residents of the United

States. These procedures must be in

substantial conformity with mandatory

elements set out in the statute:

procedures for the establishment of

paternity and support orders for

children and custodial parents; a system

for the enforcement of orders, including

procedures for the collection and

distribution of payments under such

orders; providing administrative and

legal services without cost to the U.S.

applicant; and the designation of an

agency to serve as a central authority. Once such a declaration is made,

support agencies in jurisdictions of the

United States participating in the

program established by Title IV–D of the

Social Security Act (the IV–D program)

must provide enforcement services

under that program to such

reciprocating countries as if the request

for service came from a U.S. state.

The declarations authorized by the

statute may be made ‘‘in the form of an

international agreement, in connection

with an international agreement or

corresponding foreign declaration, or on

a unilateral basis.’’ The Secretary of

State has authorized either the Legal

Adviser or the Assistant Secretary for

Consular Affairs to make such a

declaration after consultation with the

other.

As of this date, the following

countries have been designated foreign

reciprocating countries by such a

declaration and a corresponding

declaration from the foreign country.

Country Effective date

Ireland ................................... September

10, 1997.

Country Effective date

Slovak Republic .................... February 1,

1998.

The Canadian Province of

Nova Scotia.

May 14, 1999.

Poland ................................... June 14,

1999.

British Columbia .................... April 21, 2000.

Manitoba ................................ April 21, 2000.

Information

Each of these countries has designated

a Central Authority to facilitate

enforcement and ensure compliance

with the standards of the statute.

Information relating to these

agreements, the designated Central

Authorities, and the procedures for

processing requests may be obtained

from the United States Central

Authority in the Department of Health

and Human Services by contacting

Stephen Grant, International Child

Support Officer, Office of Child Support

Enforcement (OCSE), 370 L’Enfant

Promenade SW, 4 Aerospace Building,

Washington, DC 20447, phone (202)

260–5943, fax (202) 401–5539, email

‘‘sgrant@acf.dhhs.gov’’.

Questions regarding this notice, the

status of negotiations and agreements

may be obtained by contacting the office

of the Assistant Legal Adviser for

Private International Law, South

Building, Suite 203, 2430 E Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20037–2800; phone

(202) 776–8420, fax (202) 776–8482,

‘‘email pildb@his.com’’ or (415) 703–

5890, fax (415) 703–1234.

The statute also permits individual

states to establish or continue existing

reciprocal arrangements with foreign

countries when there has been no

federal declaration. Many states have

such arrangements with additional

countries not yet the subject of a federal

declaration. Information as to these

arrangements may be obtained from the

individual state IV–D Agency.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private

International Law, Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Air Carrier

Operations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a meeting of the

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee to discuss air carrier

operations issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

25, 2000, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Room 318, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Williams, Office of Rulemaking,

800 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)

267–9685.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C. App II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Aviation

Committee to be held on May 25, 2000.

The agenda for this meeting will include

reports from the Airplane Performance

Working Group and the All-Weather

Operations Working Group, and

discussion of a new task, Extended

Range Operations of Airplanes (ETOPS).

Attendance is open to the interested

public but may be limited by the space

available. The Members of the public

must make arrangements in advance to

present oral statements at the meeting or

may present written statements of the

committee at any time. Arrangements

may be made by contacting the person

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Sign and oral interpretation can be

made available at the meeting, as well

as an assistive listening device, if

requested 10 calendar days before the

meeting.

If you are in need of assistance or

require a reasonable accommodation for

this event, please contact the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16,

2000.

Gregory L. Michael,

Assistant Executive Director for Air Carrier

Operations, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–12683 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

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