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the instructions contained in the award

document.

(2) Recipients and sub-recipients are

subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal and Department of State

policies, regulations, and procedures

applicable to Federal financial

assistance awards.

(3) Pre-award Activities—If applicants

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do so solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Notwithstanding any

verbal assurance that may have been

received, there is no obligation to the

applicant on the part of Department of

State to cover pre-award costs.

(4) This program is subject to the

requirements of OMB Circular No. A–

110, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and Other

Agreements with Institutions of Higher

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations,’’ OMB Circular No.

A–133, ‘‘Audits of Institutions of Higher

Education and Other Non-Profit

Institutions,’’ and 15 CFR Part 24,

‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements

to State and Local Governments,’’ as

applicable. Applications under this

program are not subject to Executive

Order 12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental

Review of Federal Programs.’’

(5) All non-profit applicants are

subject to a name check review process.

Name checks are intended to reveal if

any key individuals associate with the

applicant have been convicted of, or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury, or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

applicant’s management, honesty, or

financial integrity.

(6) A false statement on an

application is grounds for denial or

termination of funds and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

(7) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) a negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of State are made.

(8) Buy American-Made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are encouraged

that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with

funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the

maximum extent feasible.

(9) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct cost dollar amount

in the application, whichever is less.

(d) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of State has no

obligation to provide any additional

future funding in connection with the

award. Renewal of an award to increase

funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of State.

(e) In accordance with Federal

statutes and regulations, no person on

grounds of race, color, age, sex, national

origin or disability shall be excluded

from participation in, denied benefits of

or be subjected to discrimination under

any program or activity receiving

assistance from the INL IDR program.

Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, no person is required to respond to

nor shall a person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a current valid

OMB control number. The standard

forms have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act under

OMB approval number 0348–0043,

0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Classification: This notice has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Thomas M. Browne Jr.,

Deputy Director, Office of Europe, NIS, and

Training, Bureau for International Narcotics

and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of

State.

[FR Doc. 00–15370 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–17–U

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee

Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1520).

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EDT), June 21,

2000.

PLACE: TVA Knoxville West Tower

Auditorium, 400 West Summit Hill

Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

Approval of minutes of meeting held

on May 11, 2000.

New Business

C—Energy

C1. Supplement to indefinite quantity

term Contract No. 97X8F–174063–000

with Piping and Equipment Company

for pipe, pipe fittings, and related

materials.

C2. Supplements to contracts with

Mesa Associates, Inc., and Sargent &

Lundy LLC for engineering and design

services for Transmission/Power Supply

Group.

C3. Supplement to contract with The

L. E. Myers Company for general

construction/craft services related to

Transmission/Power Supply Group’s

construction program.

C4. Supplement to Contract No.

97X1E–197652 for transmission

equipment and supplement to Contract

No. 99P4E–228019 for power

transformers with ABB T&D Company.

C5. Term contract with Electric Fuels

Corporation for low-sulfur coal supply

to Kingston Fossil Plant.

E—Real Property Transactions

E1. Approval of a public auction of

approximately 3.07 acres of TVA land

affecting the former Mayfield, Kentucky,

Area Operating Headquarters in Graves

County, Kentucky (Tract No. XMAH–1),

and rescission of the January 27, 2000,

approval of the sale of a permanent

easement affecting this tract to the

Mayfield Electric and Water Systems.

E2. Abandonment of approximately

3.55 acres of the Norris Hydro-Clinton

transmission line easement in Anderson

County, Tennessee (Tract Nos. NDC–13

and NDC–14).

E3. Grant of a permanent easement for

a sewerline affecting approximately 2.95

acres of TVA land on Pickwick

Reservoir in Lauderdale County,

Alabama (Tract No. XTPR–68S).

E4. Deed modification affecting

approximately 0.41 acre of former TVA

land on Chickamauga Reservoir in

Hamilton County, Tennessee (Tract No.

XCR–71:37).

E5. Deed modification affecting

approximately 0.10 acre of former TVA

land on Watts Bar Reservoir in Roane

County, Tennessee (Tract No. XTWBR–

59).

E6. Deed modification affecting

approximately 13.6 acres of land on

Chickamauga Reservoir in Hamilton

County, Tennessee (Tract No. XCR–44).

E7. Grants of permanent easements for

a sewage treatment plant (Tract No.

XTPR–65SP), a wastwater discharge line

(Tract No. XTPR–66S), and a

recreational easement (Tract No. XTPR–

67RE) for the use and benefit of the

Tennessee Department of Environment

and Conservation, to serve Pickwick

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Landing State Park and Pickwick Dam

facilities affecting approximately 85.2

acres of land on Pickwick Reservoir in

Hardin County, Tennessee.

E8. Modification of a permanent

easement for public recreation affecting

approximately 0.2 acre of land on Fort

Loudoun reservoir in Knox County,

Tennessee (Tract No. XTFL–122RE), to

allow for commercial uses in addition to

public recreation.

F—Unclassified

1. Approval to file a condemnation

case to acquire additional easement

rights for an existing transmission line

easement involving the MurfreesboroSmyrna No. 2 transmission line in

Rutherford County, Tennessee.

Information Item

1. Designation of law enforcement

officer positions under Civil Service

Retirement System and Office of

Personnel Management regulations.

For more information: Please call

TVA Public Relations at (423) 632–6000,

Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is

also available at TVA’s Washington

Office (202) 898–2999. People who plan

to attend the meeting and have special

needs should call (865) 632–6000.

Dated: June 14, 2000.

Edward S. Christenbury,

General Counsel and Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15459 Filed 6–15–00; 10:51 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

African Growth and Opportunity Act

Implementation Subcommittee of the

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public

Comments on Determining Country

Eligibility for Benefits Under the

African Growth and Opportunity Act,

Title I of the Trade and Development

Act of 2000

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The African Growth and

Opportunity Act Implementation

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff

Committee is requesting written public

comments on the eligibility of subSaharan African countries to receive the

benefits of the recently-enacted African

Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

The notice lists the eligibility criteria

that must be considered under the

AGOA, lists the countries considered to

be sub-Saharan African countries under

the AGOA, provides the deadline for

written comments, and explains how to

make written comments on the

eligibility criteria elaborated in the

AGOA. Comments received will be

considered by the African Growth and

Opportunity Act Implementation

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff

Committee, chaired by USTR, in

developing recommendations on

country eligibility for the President.

Initial designation of beneficiary

countries under the AGOA should be

made in Fall 2000. Comments received

related to the child labor criteria may

also be considered by the Secretary of

Labor in determining the findings

required under Section 504 of the Trade

Act of 1974, as amended.

DATES: Public Comments are due by

noon, July 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of African Affairs, Office of the

United States Trade Representative, 600

17th Street, NW, Room 501,

Washington, DC 20508. Telephone (202)

395–9514.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signed

into law on May 18, 2000, the Trade and

Development Act of 2000 contains, in

Title I, provisions for enhanced trade

benefits for sub-Saharan African

countries. Titled the ‘‘African Growth

and Opportunity Act’’ (AGOA), the

AGOA amends the Generalized System

of Preferences (GSP), Title V of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the

Trade Act) (19 USC 2461 et seq.), to

authorized the President to designated

sub-Saharan African countries as

eligible for preferential tariff treatment

for certain articles.

Eligibility Criteria

Under AGOA, the eligibility criteria

that must be considered include those

in Section 104 of the AGOA and in

Section 502 of the Trade Act. The

requirements of Section 104 of the

AGOA are:

‘‘(a) In General.—The President is

authorized to designate a sub-Saharan

African country as an eligible sub-Saharan

African country if the President determines

that the country——

(1) Has established, or is making continual

progress toward establishing—

(A) A market-based economy that protects

private property rights, incorporates an open

rules-based trading system, and minimizes

government interference in the economy

through measures such as price controls,

subsidies, and government ownership of

economies assets;

(B) The rule of law, political pluralism, and

the right to due process, a fair trial, and equal

protection under the law;

(C) The elimination of barriers to United

States trade and investment, including by—

(i) The provision of national treatment and

measures to create an environment

conductive to domestic and foreign

investment;

(ii) The protection of intellectual property;

and

(iii) The resolution of bilateral trade and

investment disputes;

(D) Economic policies to reduce poverty,

increase the availability of health care and

educational opportunities, expand physical

infrastructure, promote the development of

private enterprise, and encourage the

formation of capital markets through microcredit or other programs;

(E) a system to combat corruption and

bribery, such as signing and implementing

the Convention on Combating Bribery of

Foreign Public Officials in International

Business Transactions; and

(F) protection of internationally recognized

workers rights, including the right of

association, the right to organize and bargain

collectively, a prohibition on the use of any

form of forced or compulsory labor, a

minimum age for the employment of

children, and acceptable conditions of work

with respect to minimum wages, hours of

work, and occupational safety and health;

(2) does not engage in activities that

undermine United States national security or

foreign policy interest; and

(3) does not engage in gross violations of

internationally recognized human rights or

provide support for acts of international

terrorism and cooperates in international

efforts to eliminate human rights violations

and terrorist activities.

(b) Continuing Compliance: If the President

determines that an eligible sub-Saharan

African country is not making continual

progress in meeting the requirements

described in subsection (a)(1), the President

shall terminate the designation of the country

made pursuant to subsection (a).’’

The applicable GSP criterion as

amended by the AGOA (Section

502(b)(2)(H) of the Trade Act) is:

‘‘(2) Other bases for ineligibility.—The

President shall not designate any country a

beneficiary developing country under this

title if any of the following applies:

* * * * *

(H) Such country has not implemented its

commitments to eliminate the worst forms of

child labor.’’

Countries Considered to be subSaharan African Countries

Section 107 of the AGOA defines the

terms ‘‘sub-Saharan Africa’’, ‘‘subSaharan African country’’, ‘‘country in

sub-Saharan Africa’’, and ‘‘countries in

sub-Saharan Africa’’ as constituting the

following countries (or any successor

political entities):

‘‘Republic of Angola (Angola).

Republic of Benin (Benin).

Republic of Botswana (Botswana).

Burkina Faso (Burkina).

Republic of Burundi (Burundi).

Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon).

Republic of Cape Verde (Cape Verde).

Central African Republic.

Republic of Chad (Chad).

Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros

(Comoros).