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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 371] 

Delegation of Authority Under Section 

13(r)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934, as Amended 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

me as Secretary of State, including 

Section 1 of the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

2651a), and the Presidential 

Memorandum of October 9, 2012, I 

hereby delegate to the Under Secretary 

for Political Affairs and the Assistant 

Secretary for Economic and Business 

Affairs, to the extent authorized by law, 

the functions set forth in section 13(r)(5) 

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 

as amended (codified at 15 U.S.C. 

78m(r)(5)(A)). 

This delegation of authority does not 

include the authority to make 

determinations that an issuer is to be 

sanctioned, impose sanctions, or 

exercise any related waiver authorities 

with respect to any issuer (or any 

affiliate of the issuer). 

Any act, executive order, regulation, 

or procedure subject to, or affected by, 

this delegation shall be deemed to be 

such act, executive order, regulation, or 

procedure as amended from time to 

time. 

Notwithstanding any provision of this 

Delegation of Authority, the Secretary, 

the Deputy Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary for Management and 

Resources, and the Under Secretary for 

Economic Growth, Energy, and the 

Environment, may at any time exercise 

any function delegated by this 

delegation of authority. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 9, 2014. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07710 Filed 4–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8683] 

Report to Congress Pursuant to 

Section 1245(e) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2013 (FY13 NDAA) 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of Report. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On 

general issues: Office of 

Counterproliferation Initiatives, 

Department of State, Telephone: (202) 

647–5193. 

Report (February 10, 2014) 

Section 1245(e) of the FY13 NDAA, 

known as the Iran Freedom and 

Counterproliferation Act of 2012, as 

delegated, requires that the Secretary of 

State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, determine (1) whether 

Iran is (a) using any of the materials 

described in subsection (d) of Section 

1245 of the FY13 NDAA as a medium 

for barter, swap, or any other exchange 

or transaction; or (b) listing any of such 

materials as assets of the Government of 

Iran for purposes of the national balance 

sheet of Iran; (2) which sectors of the 

economy of Iran are controlled directly 

or indirectly by Iran’s Islamic 

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and 

(3) which of the materials described in 

subsection (d) are used in connection 

with the nuclear, military, or ballistic 

missile programs of Iran. Materials 

described in subsection (d) of Section 

1245 are graphite, raw or semi-finished 

metals such as aluminum and steel, 

coal, and software for integrating 

industrial processes. 

Following a review of the available 

information, and in consultation with 

the Department of the Treasury and the 

intelligence community, the Under 

Secretary for Political Affairs has 

determined, pursuant to further 

delegated authority, that Iran is not 

using the materials described in Section 

1245(d) as a medium for barter, swap, or 

any other exchange or transaction; nor 

is Iran listing any such materials as 

assets of the Government of Iran for 

purposes of the national balance sheet 

of Iran. 

Following a review of the available 

information, and in consultation with 

the Department of the Treasury and the 

intelligence community, the Under 

Secretary for Political Affairs has also 

determined, pursuant to that further 

delegated authority, that the IRGC 

exercises indirect control over Iran’s 

energy sector. 

Finally, following a review of the 

available information, and in 

consultation with the Department of the 

Treasury and the intelligence 

community, the Under Secretary for 

Political Affairs has determined, 

pursuant to that further delegated 

authority, that of the 31 materials 

expected to be included within the 

scope of subsection (d), certain types of 

the following materials are used in 

connection with the nuclear, military, or 

ballistic missile programs of Iran: 

Aluminum, beryllium, boron, cobalt, 

copper, copper-infiltrated tungsten, 

copper-beryllium, graphite, hastelloy, 

inconel, magnesium, molybdenum, 

nickel, niobium, silver-infiltrated 

tungsten, steels (including, but not 

limited to, maraging steels and stainless 

steels), titanium, titanium diboride, 

tungsten, tungsten carbide, and 

zirconium. 

Dated: March 26, 2014. 

Thomas M. Countryman, 

Assistant Secretary of State for International 

Security and Nonproliferation, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07709 Filed 4–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Requirements for the Secretary of 

Transportations Recognizing Aviation 

and Aerospace Innovation in Science 

and Engineering Awards 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of the announcement of 

Requirements for the Secretary of 

Transportation’s RAISE (Recognizing 

Aviation and Aerospace Innovation in 

Science and Engineering) Awards. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719 (America 

COMPETES Act). 

Award Approving Official: Anthony 

Foxx, Secretary of Transportation. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to a 

recommendation by the Future of 

Aviation Advisory Committee, the 

Secretary of Transportation is 

announcing the third-annual 

competition to recognize students with 

the ability to demonstrate unique, 

innovative thinking in aerospace 

science and engineering. In its third 

year, the Secretary has decided to create 

two divisions within the award: A high 

school division and a university 

division (both undergraduate and 

graduate). The Secretary of 

Transportation intends to use the 

awards to incentivize students at high 

schools and universities to think 

creatively in developing innovative 

solutions to aviation and aerospace 

issues, and to share those innovations 

with the broader community. 

DATES: Effective on April 01, 2014 to 

October 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Watts, Ph.D., Federal Aviation 

Administration, (609) 485–5043, 

patricia.watts@faa.gov, or James Brough, 

Federal Aviation Administration, (781) 

238–7027, james.brough@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Subject of Challenge Competition: 

The Secretary’s RAISE (Recognizing 

Aviation & Aerospace Innovation in 

Science and Engineering) Award will 

recognize innovative scientific and 

engineering achievements that will have 

a significant impact on the future of 

aerospace or aviation. Following an 

open solicitation by the United States 

Department of Transportation (‘‘the 

Department’’), the Secretary of 

Transportation (‘‘the Secretary’’) will 

designate an Award Review Board 

Chair, who will submit nominations to 

the Secretary for final consideration. 

The rules for this competition will be 

available at http://www.challenge.gov. 

Eligibility: 

To be eligible to participate in the 

Secretary’s RAISE Award competition, 

students must be U.S. citizens or 

permanent residents. For the high 

school division, the students must have 

been enrolled in at least one semester 

(or quarterly equivalent) at a U.S. high 

school (or equivalent approved home 

school program) in 2014. For the 

University division, the student must 

have been enrolled in a U.S.-based 

college or university for at least one 

semester (or quarterly equivalent) in 

2014. Students may participate and be 

recognized as individuals or in teams. 

Each member of a team must meet the 

eligibility criteria. An individual may 

join more than one team. There is no 

charge to enter the competition. 

The following additional rules apply: 

1. Candidates shall submit a project in 

the competition under the rules 

promulgated by the Department; 

2. Candidates shall agree to execute 

indemnifications and waivers of claims 

against the Federal government as 

provided in this Notice; 

3. Candidates may not be a Federal 

entity or Federal employee acting 

within the scope of employment; 

4. Candidates may not be an employee 

of the Department, including but not 

limited to the Federal Aviation 

Administration, or the Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration; 

5. Candidates shall not be deemed 

ineligible because an individual used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees during a 

competition, if the facilities and 

employees are made available to all 

individuals participating in the 

competition on an equitable basis; 

6. The competition is subject to all 

applicable Federal laws and regulations. 

Participation constitutes the Candidates’ 

full and unconditional agreement to 

these rules and to the Secretary’s 

decisions, which are final and binding 

in all matters related to this 

competition; 

7. Submissions which in the 

Secretary’s sole discretion are 

determined to be substantially similar to 

a prior submitted entry may be 

disqualified; 

8. Submissions must be original, be 

the work of the Candidates, and must 

not violate the rights of other parties. 

All submissions remain the property of 

the applicants. Each Candidate 

represents and warrants that he, she, or 

the team, is the sole author and owner 

of the submission, that the submission 

is wholly original, that it does not 

infringe any copyright or any other 

rights of any third party of which the 

Candidate is aware, and, if submitted in 

electronic form, is free of malware; 

9. By submitting an entry in this 

contest, contestants and entrants agree 

to assume any and all risks and waive 

any claims against the Federal 

Government and its related entities 

(except in the case of willful 

misconduct) for any injury, death, 

damage, or loss of property, revenue or 

profits, whether direct, indirect, or 

consequential, arising from their 

participation in this contest, whether 

the injury, death, damage, or loss arises 

through negligence of otherwise. 

Provided, however, that by registering 

or submitting an entry, contestants and 

entrants do not waive claims against the 

Department arising out of the 

unauthorized use or disclosure by the 

agency of the intellectual property, trade 

secrets, or confidential information of 

the entrant; 

10. The Secretary and the Secretary’s 

designees have the right to request 

access to supporting materials from the 

Candidates; 

11. The submissions cannot have been 

submitted in the same or substantially 

similar form in any previous Federallysponsored promotion or Federallysponsored contest, of any kind; 

12. Each Candidate grants to the 

Department, as well as other Federal 

agencies with which it partners, the 

right to use names, likeness, application 

materials, photographs, voices, 

opinions, and/or hometown and state 

for the Department’s promotional 

purposes in any media, in perpetuity, 

worldwide, without further payment or 

consideration; and 

13. The Secretary collects personal 

information from Candidates when they 

enter this competition. The information 

collected is subject to the ChallengePost 

privacy policy located at http://

www.challengepost.com/privacy. 

Expression of Interest: 

While not required, students are 

strongly encouraged to send brief 

expressions of interest to the 

Department to be considered for an 

award. The expressions of interest 

should be sent by June 1, 2014 to the 

contact shown below and should 

include the following elements: (1) 

Name of Candidate(s); (2) Name of 

educational institution(s) with which 

Candidate(s) are affiliated; (2) 

Telephone and email addresses for 

Candidate(s); (3) brief high-level 

overview of the proposed project. 

Submission Requirements: 

Final submission packages shall 

consist of the following elements: 

1. Nomination letter from at least one 

teacher, advisor, faculty member, and 

others as appropriate. The nomination 

letter(s) must communicate 

accomplishments in the following areas: 

a. Technical Merit of the Concept 

Evidence of technical merit based 

upon teacher (parent or legal guardian 

in the case of home schooled 

applicants), advisor, or faculty 

nomination and evaluation of the 

submitted proposal, written paper, and/ 

or reports. 

b. Professionalism and Leadership 

Evidence of professionalism and 

leadership may be in the form of, but 

not limited to: 

(1) Membership and offices held in 

various groups 

(2) Presentations made to various 

groups, meetings, and at symposia 

(3) Leadership in student professional 

activities 

(4) Community outreach activities 

2. An overall summary of the 

innovation, not to exceed one page, 

which includes a title of the project and 

statement of the impact that the 

innovation will have on the field of 

aviation or aerospace; 

3. A copy of the student’s academic 

transcript or certified grade report (as 

applicable); 

4. A copy of the paper(s) and related 

materials describing the innovative 

concept written by the student(s) being 

nominated (no page limit). 

Once submissions have been received, 

the Department may request additional 

information, including supporting 

documentation, more detailed contact 

information, releases of liability, and 

statements of authenticity to guarantee 

the originality of the work. Failure to 

respond in a timely fashion may result 

in disqualification. 

All materials should be forwarded 

with a cover letter to the attention of: 

Patricia Watts, Ph.D., Centers of 

Excellence Program Director, Federal 

Aviation Administration, L–28, FAA 

William J. Hughes Technical Center, 

Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 

08405. 

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Hardcopy is preferred; however, the 

package also may be transmitted by 

email to Patricia.Watts@FAA.gov. The 

submission period begins on May 1, 

2014. Submissions must be sent by 

11:59 p.m. Pacific daylight time on 

October 31, 2014. The timeliness of 

submissions will be determined by the 

postmark (if sent in hard copy) or time 

stamp of the recipient (if emailed). 

Award administrators assume no 

responsibility for lost or untimely 

submissions for any reason. 

Award: 

The winner will be announced by the 

end of 2014. A trophy with the winner’s 

name and date of award will be 

displayed at the Department of 

Transportation and a display copy of the 

trophy will be sent to the winner’s 

school/college/university. An additional 

plaque or trophy will be awarded to the 

individual or team. At the option of the 

Secretary, the Department will pay for 

invitational travel expenses to 

Washington, DC for up to four 

representatives of the winning teams to 

present their project to Department 

officials and receive the award from the 

Secretary. 

Basis Upon Which the Winners Will 

Be Selected: 

All submissions will be initially 

reviewed by the FAA Centers for 

Excellence Program Director upon 

receipt to determine if the submissions 

meet the eligibility requirements. 

Registration packages meeting the 

eligibility requirements will be judged 

by advisory panels consisting of 

academic experts, government officials 

including FAA, the Department, and 

representatives of the private sector. The 

advisory panels will select the most 

highly qualified submissions and 

present them to the Secretary of the 

Department, who will select the 

winning entrant. 

Submissions will be judged against 

other submissions from the same 

division on the following criteria: 

Technical Merit: 

• Has the submission presented a 

clear understanding of the associated 

problems? 

• Has the submission developed a 

logical and workable solution and 

approach to solving the problem/s? 

• What are the most significant 

aspects of this concept? 

• Has the submission clearly 

described the breadth of impact of the 

innovation? 

Originality: 

• Is this concept new or a variation of 

an existing idea, and in what way(s)? 

• How is this work unique? 

• Was the concept developed 

independently or in cooperation with 

others? 

Impact: 

• To what extent will this project 

make a significant impact and/or 

contribution to the future of the aviation 

and aerospace environment? 

Practicality: 

• Who directly benefits from this 

work? 

• Can this program or activity be 

implemented in a practical fashion? 

• What are the costs anticipated to be 

incurred and saved by executing this 

concept? 

Measurability: 

• How has this individual/group 

measured the impact on the aviation 

environment? 

• To what extent does the innovation 

result in measurable improvements? 

Applicability: 

• Can this effort be scaled? 

• Is this work specific to one region, 

various regions, or to the entire nation? 

All factors are important and will be 

given consideration, but the advisory 

panels will give the ‘‘technical merit’’ 

factor the most weight in the screening 

process. The Secretary retains sole 

discretion to select the winning entrant. 

Additional Information: 

Federal grantees may not use Federal 

funds to develop COMPETES Act 

challenge applications. 

Federal contractors may not use 

Federal funds from a contract to develop 

COMPETES Act challenge applications 

or to fund efforts in support of a 

COMPETES Act challenge submission. 

Issued On: April 1, 2014. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary of Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07699 Filed 4–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0349] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

Request: Hazardous Materials Safety 

Permits 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. The FMCSA 

requests approval to revise and extend 

an ICR entitled, ‘‘Hazardous Materials 

Safety Permits.’’ This ICR requires 

companies holding permits to develop 

communications plans that allow for the 

periodic tracking of the shipments. A 

record of the communications that 

includes the time of the call and 

location of the shipment may be kept by 

either the driver (e.g., recorded in the 

log book) or the company. The motor 

carrier or driver must maintain a record 

of the communications for at least six 

months after the initial acceptance of a 

shipment of hazardous material for 

which a safety permit is required. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

May 7, 2014. OMB must receive your 

comments by this date in order to act on 

the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2013–0349. Interested persons 

are invited to submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the attention of 

the Desk Officer, Department of 

Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, and sent via 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395– 

6974, or mailed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Paul Bomgardner, Hazardous Materials 

Division, Department of Transportation, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, West Building 6th 

Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–493–0027; email 

paul.bomgardner@dot.gov. Office hours 

are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Hazardous Materials Safety 

Permits. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0030. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents: Motor carriers subject to 

the Hazardous Materials Safety Permit. 

requirements in 49 CFR Part 385 

Subpart E. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,382. 

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