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13For purposes only of waiving the operative 

delay of this proposal, the Commission has 

considered the proposed rule’s impact on 

efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 

15 U.S.C. 78c(f). See also 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(59). 14 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

will become operative upon filing.13

The Commission believes waiving the 

30-day operative delay is consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest as the waiver will allow 

the Exchange to make the new 

registration category available near the 

same time as other exchanges. The 

Commission, therefore, designates the 

proposed rule change to be operative 

upon filing with the Commission. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2011–106 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2011–106. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). 

Copies of the submission, all 

subsequent amendments, all written 

statements with respect to the proposed 

rule change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. All comments received will 

be posted without change; the 

Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NASDAQ–2011–106 and 

should be submitted on or before 

September 2, 2011. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.14

Elizabeth M. Murphy, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20579 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2011–0067] 

Finding Regarding Foreign Social 

Insurance or Pension System— 

Bulgaria 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of finding regarding 

foreign social insurance or pension 

system—Bulgaria. 

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. 

This prohibition does not apply to such 

an individual where one of the 

exceptions described in section 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 

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 or pension 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 of the Office of 

International Programs. Under that 

authority, the Associate Commissioner 

of the Office of International Programs 

has approved a finding that Bulgaria, 

beginning January 1, 2000, has a social 

insurance system of general application 

which: 

(a) Pays periodic benefits, or the 

actuarial equivalent thereof, on account 

of old age, retirement, or death; and 

(b) Permits United States citizens who 

are not citizens of Bulgaria to receive 

such benefits, or their actuarial 

equivalent, at the full rate without 

qualification or restriction while outside 

Bulgaria. 

Accordingly, it is hereby determined 

and found that Bulgaria has in effect, 

beginning January 1, 2000, a social 

insurance system which meets the 

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

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(2). 

In 1982, it was determined that while 

Bulgaria continued to meet the 

requirements of section 202(t)(2)(A), it 

no longer met the requirements of 

section 202(t)(2)(B). The effective date of 

the determination was July 7, 1981. 

Notice of the decision appeared in the 

Federal Register August 4, 1982. Based 

on this decision, citizens of Bulgaria 

could not meet the exception provided 

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

Security Act, nor could they meet the 

limited exceptions under section 

202(t)(4). 

Bulgaria instituted a new social 

insurance law that entered into force on 

January 1, 2000. The law incorporates 

the social insurance system as a 

modified first pillar. It adds a second 

pillar of mandatory individual accounts 

and a third pillar of voluntary 

individual accounts. The Bulgarian 

social insurance system provides old 

age, disability, and survivor’s benefits, 

as well as other types of social 

insurance. Information recently 

obtained from Bulgaria contains 

detailed information on the country’s 

social insurance system and its 

provisions. This information required a 

new determination under the section 

202(t)(2) provisions. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Powers, 3700 Robert Ball 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, (410) 965– 

3558. 

(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) 

Diane K. Braunstein, 

Associate Commissioner, Office of 

International Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20489 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Public Comments on 

Interim Review of Eligibility of Cote 

d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger for Benefits 

Under the African Growth and 

Opportunity Act 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The African Growth and 

Opportunity Act Implementation 

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (the ‘‘Subcommittee’’) is 

requesting written public comments for 

the interim review of the eligibility of 

Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger to 

receive the benefits of the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). 

The Subcommittee will consider these 

comments in developing 

recommendations on AGOA country 

eligibility for the President. Comments 

received related to the child labor 

criteria may also be considered by the 

Secretary of Labor for the preparation of 

the Department of Labor’s report on 

child labor as required under section 

412(c) of the Trade and Development 

Act of 2000. This notice identifies the 

eligibility criteria that must be 

considered under the AGOA. Cote 

d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger are currently 

ineligible for AGOA benefits. 

DATES: Public comments are due at the 

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 

(USTR) by noon, Monday, August 29, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2011–0009. See ‘‘Requirements 

for Submission,’’ below. If you are 

unable to make a submission at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Laura Newport, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–3475 to make 

other arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions, please contact 

Laura Newport, Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., 

Room F516, Washington, DC 20508, at 

(202) 395–3475. All other questions 

should be directed to Constance 

Hamilton, Deputy Assistant, U.S. Trade 

Representative for Africa, Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative, at (202) 395– 

9514. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

AGOA (Title I of the Trade and 

Development Act of 2000, Public Law 

106–200) (19 U.S.C. 3721 et seq.), as 

amended, authorizes the President to 

designate sub-Saharan African countries 

as beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries eligible for duty-free treatment 

for certain additional products under 

the Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP) (Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 

(19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) (the ‘‘1974 

Act’’)), as well as for the preferential 

treatment the AGOA provides for 

certain textile and apparel articles. 

The President may designate a 

country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African country eligible for both the 

additional GSP benefits and the textile 

and apparel benefits of the AGOA for 

countries meeting certain statutory 

requirements intended to prevent 

unlawful transshipment of such articles, 

if he determines that the country meets 

the eligibility criteria set forth in: (1) 

Section 104 of the AGOA; and (2) 

section 502 of the 1974 Act. Currently, 

37 countries are designated as 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. Section 506A of the 1974 Act 

provides that the President shall 

monitor and review annually the 

progress of each sub-Saharan African 

country in meeting the foregoing 

eligibility criteria in order to determine 

whether each beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African country should continue to be 

eligible, and whether each sub-Saharan 

African country that is currently not a 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

country, should be designated as such a 

country. Section 506A of the 1974 Act 

requires that, if the President 

determines that a beneficiary subSaharan African country is not making 

continual progress in meeting the 

eligibility requirements, he must 

terminate the designation of the country 

as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

country. 

The Subcommittee is seeking public 

comments in connection with an 

interim review of the eligibility of Cote 

d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger for the 

AGOA’s benefits. The Subcommittee 

will consider any such comments in 

developing recommendations on 

country eligibility for the President. 

Comments related to the child labor 

criteria may also be considered by the 

Secretary of Labor in making the 

findings required under section 504 of 

the 1974 Act. The eligibility criteria can 

be found at: 19 U.S.C. 2462 (Section 502 

of the 1974 Act) and 19 U.S.C. 3703 

(Section 104 of AGOA). 

Requirements for Submissions: 

Comments must be submitted in 

English. To ensure the most timely and 

expeditious receipt and consideration of 

petitions, USTR has arranged to accept 

on-line submissions via http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

petitions via this site, enter docket 

number USTR–2011–0009 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ 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 search-results page and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘Submit a 

Comment.’’ (For further information on 

using the http://www.regulations,gov 

Web site, please consult the resources 

provided on the Web site by clicking on 

‘‘Help’’ at the top of the home page.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a ‘‘Type 

comment & Upload file’’ field, or by 

attaching a document. USTR prefers 

comments to be submitted as 

attachments. When doing this, it is 

sufficient to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the 

‘‘Type comment & Upload file’’ field. 

Submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (pdf) are preferred. 

Persons wishing to file comments 

containing business confidential 

information must submit both a 

business confidential version and a 

public version. Persons submitting 

business confidential information 

should write ‘‘See attached BC 

comments’’ in the ‘‘Type comment & 

Upload file’’ field. Any page containing 

business confidential information must 

be clearly marked ‘‘Business 

Confidential’’ on the top of that page. 

Persons submitting a business 

confidential comment must also submit 

a separate public version of that 

comment with the business confidential 

information deleted. Persons should 

write ‘‘See attached public version’’ in 

the ‘‘Type comment & Upload file’’ field 

of the public submission. Submissions 

should not attach separate cover letters; 

rather, information that might appear in 

the cover letter should be included in 

the comments you submit. Similarly, to 

the extent possible, please include any 

exhibits, annexes, or other attachments 

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