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Security Income (SSI) youth with

disabilities, SSA awarded a Cooperative

Agreement contract in accordance with

E.O. 13078 in September of 1999. The

project is designed to teach disabled

school-age children, who live in an

urban setting, that preparation for

employment must begin at an early age

to have maximum effect. Health care

professionals and service providers from

partnering agencies will be trained to

prepare and implement 1,000

individualized transition plans for SSI

recipients in the District of Columbia,

between the ages of 11 and 21. Of those

SSI youth with transition plans, 150

will be given direct vocational

rehabilitation and follow-up services

through the AERC, such as career

counseling, interest and ability testing,

job-seeking skills training, postsecondary education counseling, parent

counseling, and mentor programs.

Information Collection

AERC counselors will collect

information from project participants

through personal interviews. The data

will provide information on the need for

and use of comprehensive transition

services, the utilization and efficiency of

transition services, the cost effectiveness

of transition services, and the value of

program replication. This will

contribute significantly to SSA’s

knowledge about transitioning youth

with disabilities to employment and

adult activities. Respondents are

disabled school-aged SSI recipients in

the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area

identified to participate in the project.

Number of Respondents: 1000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 500 hours.

3. 0960–NEW. Medical Parking Permit

Application. SSA issues medical

parking assignments at SSA-owned and

leased facilities to individuals who have

a medical condition that meets the

criteria for medical parking. In order to

issue a medical parking permit, SSA

must obtain medical evidence from the

applicant’s physician. SSA uses the

information to determine whether the

individual qualifies for a medical

parking permit and to issue the permit.

The respondents are physicians of

applicants for medical parking permits.

Physician

Number of Respondents: 144.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Annual Burden: 144 hours.

4. 0960–NEW. Authorization for

Source to Release Information to the

Social Security Administration (SSA).

SSA must obtain sufficient medical

evidence to make eligibility

determinations for Social Security

disability benefits and SSI payments.

For SSA to obtain medical evidence, an

applicant must authorize his or her

medical source(s) to release the

information to SSA. The applicant may

use one of the forms SSA–827, SSA–

827–OP1 or SSA–827–OP2 to provide

consent for the release of information.

Generally, the State Disability

Determination Services completes the

form(s), based on information provided

by the applicant, and sends the form(s)

to the designated medical source(s).

Number of Respondents: 3,853,928.

Frequency of Response (Average per

case): 4.

Average Burden Per Response: 3

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 770,786

hours.

II. The information collections listed

below have been submitted to OMB for

clearance. Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collections would be most useful if

received within 30 days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the

addresses listed at the end of this

publication. You can obtain a copy of

the OMB clearance packages by calling

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(410) 965–4145, or by writing to him.

1. 0960–NEW. Student Statement

Regarding School Attendance. The

information on Form SSA–1372–TEST

is needed to determine whether

children of an insured worker are

eligible for benefits as a student. SSA

will conduct a limited trial of the

revised SSA–1372 (Student Statement

Regarding School Attendance) designed

as SSA–1372–TEST. This limited test

will study the efficacy and usability of

the new format. Results of the testing

will formulate SSA’s decision to reject,

modify or institute the revised form.

The respondents are student claimants

for Social Security benefits and their

respective schools.

Number of respondents: 2,000.

Number of Response: 1.

Average burden per response: 10.

Estimated Annual Burden: 333.

(SSA Address): Social Security

Administration, DCFAM, Attn:

Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235, (OMB

Address): Office of Management and

Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for

SSA, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni

Director, Center for Publications

Management, Social Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–13409 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3319]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Distant

Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell

Kent’’

AGENCY: United States Department of

State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘Distant

Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent’’

imported from abroad for the temporary

exhibition without profit within the

United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to loan agreements with

foreign lenders. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Norman Rockwell

Museum in Stockbridge, MA, from June

24, 2000 through October 29, 2000, the

Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, FL

from November 18, 2000 through

January 28, 2001, the Terra Museum of

American Art in Chicago, IL from

February 24, 2001 through May 20, 2001

and the Anchorage Museum of History

and Art in Anchorage, AK from June 17,

2001 through September 23, 2001 is in

the national interest. Public Notice of

these Determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline

Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

State (telephone: 202/619–6982). The

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700,

Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.

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Dated: May 19, 2000.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, United States Department

of State.

[FR Doc. 00–13451 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

[Docket No. WTO/D–186]

WTO Consultations Regarding Section

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Office of the United

States Trade Representative (USTR) is

providing notice that the European

Communities (‘‘EC’’) has requested

consultations with the United States

under the Marrakesh Agreement

Establishing the World Trade

Organization (WTO), regarding section

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

1337) and the related rules of practice

and procedure of the International

Trade Commission contained in chapter

II of Title 19 of the U.S. Code of Federal

Regulations. The EC alleges that section

337 is inconsistent with Article III of the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

1994 (‘‘GATT 1994’’) and Articles 2 (in

conjunction with Article 2 of the Paris

Convention), 3, 9 (in conjunction with

Article 5 of the Berne Convention), 27,

41, 42, 49, 50, and 51 of the WTO

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of

Intellectual Property Rights (‘‘TRIPS

Agreement’’). A first round of

consultations with the EC was held on

February 28, 2000, in Geneva,

Switzerland. The Government of Canada

and the Government of Japan

participated as third parties. USTR

invites written comments from the

public concerning the issues raised in

this dispute.

DATES: Although the USTR will accept

any comments received during the

course of the dispute settlement

proceedings, comments should be

submitted on or before June 30 to be

assured of timely consideration by

USTR.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to the Monitoring and

Enforcement Unit, Office of the General

Counsel, Attn: Section 337 Dispute,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–3582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rhonda K. Schnare, Associate General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Office of the United States Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC, (202) 395–3150.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

127(b) of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) (19 U.S.C.

3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and

opportunity for comment be provided

after the United States receives a request

for the establishment of a WTO dispute

settlement panel. Consistent with this

obligation, but in an effort to provide

additional opportunity for comment,

USTR is providing notice that

consultations have been requested by

the EC concerning whether section 337

of the Tariff Act of 1930 is inconsistent

with the United States’ obligations

under GATT 1994 and the TRIPS

Agreement. The EC has not requested

the establishment of a dispute

settlement panel. If the EC decides to

proceed to a dispute settlement panel,

under normal circumatances, the panel,

which will hold its meetings in Geneva,

Switzerland, would be expected to issue

a report detailing its findings and

recommendations within six to nine

months after it is established.

Major Issues Raised by the European

Communities

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1337) addresses unfair

methods of competition and unfair acts

in the importation and sale of products

in the United States, the threat or effect

of which is to destroy or substantially

injure a domestic industry, prevent the

establishment of such an industry, or

restrain or monopolize trade and

commerce in the United States.

However, in cases of alleged

infringement of a valid and enforcable

U.S. patent, registered trademark,

copyright, or mask work, there is no

injury requirement.

In 1989, a GATT panel established at

the request of the EC concluded that

section 337 was inconsistent with GATT

Article III. Subsequently, section 337

was amended by the URAA to bring it

into conformity with the findings of the

GATT panel report.

In January 2000, the EC requested

consultations with the United States

under certain WTO agreements

regarding section 337. The EC’s

consultation request alleged that the

amendments to section 337 failed to

bring it into compliance with the GATT

and that section 337 continues to

provide less favorable treatment to

imported goods than to domestic goods

in violation of GATT Article III. The

EC’s consultation request also alleged

that section 337 is inconsistent with

Articles 2 (in conjunction with Article

2 of the Paris Convention), 3, 9 (in

conjunction with Article 5 of the Berne

Convention), 27, 41, 42, 49, 50, and 51

of the TRIPS Agreement. A first round

of consultations with the EC was held

in February 2000 in Geneva,

Switzerland. The EC has not requested

the establishment of a dispute

settlement panel, but maintains the right

to do so.

Public Comment: Requirements for

Submissions

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments concerning

the issues raised in the dispute.

Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies. A person

requesting that information contained in

a comment submitted by that person be

treated as confidential business

information must certify that such

information is business confidential and

would not customarily be released to

the public by the commenter.

Confidential business information must

be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

ink at the top of each page of each copy.

Information or advice contained in a

comment submitted, other than business

confidential information, may be

determined by USTR to be confidential

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

2155(g)(2). If the submitter believes that

information or advice may qualify as

such, the submitter—

(1) Must so designate the information

or advice;

(2) Must clearly mark the material as

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ in a

contrasting color ink at the top of each

page of each copy; and

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice.

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the

URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will

maintain a file on this dispute

settlement proceeding, accessible to the

public, in the USTR Reading Room:

Room 101, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public

file will include a listing of any

comments received by USTR from the

public with respect to the proceeding;

the U.S. submissions to the panel in the

proceeding, the submissions, or nonconfidential summaries of submissions,

to the panel received from other

participants in the dispute, as well as

the report of the dispute settlement

panel, and, if applicable, the report of

the Appellate Body. An appointment to

review the public file (Docket WTO/D–

186, Section 337 Dispute) may be made

by calling Brenda Webb, (202) 395–