Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 56 / Monday, March 24, 2014 / Notices 16089 

• Internet: Persons with access to the 

Internet may use the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) to 

comment on this notice by going to 

www.regulations.gov. You may search 

for the document by entering ‘‘Public 

Notice 8668’’ in the search bar. If 

necessary, use the ‘‘narrow by agency’’ 

filter option on the results page. 

• Email: hartrl@state.gov. 

• Mail: Mr. Robert Hart, SA–1, 12th 

Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls, Bureau of Political-Military 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20522–0112. 

You must include the information 

collection title and the OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information to Mr. Robert Hart, PM/

DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20522–0112, who may be reached via 

phone at (202) 663–2918, or via email at 

hartrl@state.gov. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Technology Security/Clearance Plans, 

Screening Records, and Non-Disclosure 

Agreements Pursuant to 22 CFR 126.18 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0195. 

• Type of Request: Extension of 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC. 

• Form Number: None. 

• Respondents: Business and 

Nonprofit Organizations. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100,000. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

100,000. 

• Average Hours per Response: 10 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 1,000,000 

hours. 

• Frequency: On Occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

export, temporary import, and brokering 

of defense articles, defense services, and 

related technical data are licensed by 

the Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls (DDTC) in accordance with the 

International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations (‘‘ITAR,’’ 22 CFR Parts 120– 

130) and Section 38 of the Arms Export 

Control Act (AECA). Those who 

manufacture or export defense articles, 

defense services, and related technical 

data, or the brokering thereof, must 

register with the Department of State. 

Persons desiring to engage in export, 

temporary import, and brokering 

activities must submit an application or 

written request to conduct the 

transaction to the Department to obtain 

a decision whether it is in the interests 

of U.S. foreign policy and national 

security to approve the transaction. 

Also, registered brokers must submit 

annual reports regarding all brokering 

activity that was transacted, and 

registered manufacturers and exporter 

must maintain records of defense trade 

activities for five years. 

ITAR § 126.18 eliminates, subject to 

certain conditions, the requirement for 

an approval by DDTC of the transfer of 

unclassified defense articles, which 

includes technical data, within a foreign 

business entity, foreign governmental 

entity, or international organization, 

that is an approved or otherwise 

authorized end-user or consignee 

(including transfers to approved sublicensees) for those defense articles, 

including the transfer to dual nationals 

or third-country nationals who are bona 

fide regular employees, directly 

employed by the foreign consignee or 

end-user. The conditions are that 

effective procedures must be in place to 

prevent diversion to any destination, 

entity, or for purposes other than those 

authorized by the applicable export 

license or other authorization. Those 

conditions can be met by requiring a 

security clearance approved by the host 

nation government for its employees, or 

the end-user or consignee have in place 

a process to screen all its employees and 

to have executed a Non-Disclosure 

Agreement that provides assurances that 

the employee will not transfer any 

defense articles to persons or entities 

unless specifically authorized by the 

consignee or end-user. ITAR § 126.18 

also provides that the technology 

security/clearance plan, screening 

records, and Non-Disclosure 

Agreements will be made available to 

DDTC or its agents for law enforcement 

purposes upon request. 

Methodology: This information 

collection may be sent to the Directorate 

of Defense Trade Controls via the 

following methods: electronically or 

mail. 

Dated: March 10, 2014. 

C. Edward Peartree, 

Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06398 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8671] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Peruvian Gold: Ancient Treasures 

Unearthed’’ Exhibition 

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), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 

appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 

257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby 

determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Peruvian 

Gold: Ancient Treasures Unearthed,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

National Geographic Society, 

Washington, DC, from on or about April 

10, 2014, until on or about September 2, 

2014, the Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX, 

from on or about October 4, 2014, until 

on or about December 31, 2014, and at 

possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

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State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: March 14, 2014. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06419 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8670] 

Designation and Determination under 

the Foreign Missions Act 

Pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including the Foreign 

Missions Act (codified at 22 U.S.C. 

4301–4316) (hereinafter ‘‘the Act’’), and 

delegated by the Secretary to me as the 

Under Secretary of State for 

Management in Delegation of Authority 

No. 198, dated September 16, 1992, and 

consistent with the Taiwan Relations 

Act (codified at 22 U.S.C. 3301–3316), I 

hereby determine that the Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States (hereinafter, 

‘‘TECRO’’), including its real property 

and personnel, is a ‘‘foreign mission’’ 

within the meaning of section 202(a)(3) 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3)). 

TECRO consists of its primary office, 

located in the District of Columbia, and 

its subsidiary offices known as Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Offices, located 

in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Guam, 

Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los 

Angeles, Miami, New York, San 

Francisco, Seattle, and such additional 

locations as may be agreed upon 

between the American Institute in 

Taiwan (hereinafter, ‘‘AIT’’) and 

TECRO. 

I further determine that TECRO’s 

primary office in the District of 

Columbia used for the performance of 

TECRO’s authorized functions, and 

annexes to such office (including 

ancillary offices and support facilities), 

and including the site and any building 

on such site which is used for such 

functions, is a ‘‘chancery’’ for purposes 

of 22 U.S.C. 4306. 

After due consideration of the 

benefits, privileges, and immunities 

provided to AIT, as well as matters 

related to the protection of the interests 

of the United States, on the basis of 

reciprocity between AIT and TECRO, I 

hereby designate the following as 

benefits for purposes of the Act: 

• For TECRO designated employees, 

exemption from all taxes and dues 

imposed by state, county, municipality 

and territorial authorities in the United 

States in connection with the ownership 

or operation of a motor vehicle; 

• For qualifying dependents of a 

TECRO designated employee, 

exemption from state, county, 

municipality and territorial sales or 

other similarly imposed consumption 

taxes in the United States, except those 

normally included in the price of goods 

and services, or charges for specific 

services rendered; and 

• Exemption from state, county, 

municipal and territorial taxes in the 

United States (‘‘real estate taxes’’)— 

including, but not limited to, annual 

property tax, recordation tax, transfer 

tax, and the functional equivalent of 

deed registration charges and stamp 

duties—on the basis of real property’s 

authorized use for the performance of 

TECRO’s authorized functions and for 

which TECRO would otherwise be 

liable. 

For purposes of this determination, 

the term ‘‘TECRO designated 

employees’’ means persons duly 

notified to and accepted by AIT as 

designated employees of TECRO at its 

primary office or one of its subsidiary 

offices, including the heads of such 

offices. It shall not apply with respect to 

any person who is a national of, or is 

permanently resident in, the United 

States. 

I determine that TECRO is required to 

obtain the exemption of real estate taxes 

through the Department of State’s Office 

of Foreign Missions (OFM) and that any 

tax exemption designated as a benefit in 

this determination shall be provided on 

such terms and conditions as OFM may 

approve. The manner in which an 

exemption from real estate taxes shall be 

extended by states, counties, 

municipalities, and territories shall also 

be subject to such terms and conditions 

as OFM may approve. 

Following are the current terms and 

conditions governing the provision of 

exemptions from real estate taxes to 

TECRO on the basis of a property’s 

authorized use for the performance of 

TECRO’s authorized functions: 

• Such property must be: 

Æ the premises of TECRO’s primary 

office or one of its subsidiary offices, 

that is owned by TECRO’s primary 

office, one of its subsidiary offices, the 

head of such an office, a component of 

such an office, or the authorities on 

Taiwan; 

Æ the primary residence of the head 

of TECRO primary office or one of its 

subsidiary offices, that is owned by 

TECRO’s primary office, one of its 

subsidiary offices, the head of such an 

office, a component of such an office, or 

the authorities on Taiwan; 

Æ the primary residence of a member 

of the staff of TECRO’s primary office or 

one of its subsidiary offices, that is 

owned by TECRO’s primary office, one 

of its subsidiary offices, a component of 

such an office, or the authorities on 

Taiwan; 

Æ a residence for temporarily lodging 

representatives or employees of the 

authorities on Taiwan who visit the 

United States in connection with the 

performance of TECRO’s authorized 

functions, that is owned by TECRO’s 

primary office, one of its subsidiary 

offices, a component of such an office, 

or the authorities on Taiwan; or 

Æ owned by TECRO’s primary office, 

one if its subsidiary offices, a 

component of such an office, or the 

authorities on Taiwan for the purpose of 

constructing or renovating facilities that 

will be used for the performance of 

TECRO’s authorized functions, provided 

that OFM authorized the acquisition of 

such property. 

• The determination of TECRO’s 

entitlement to an exemption from real 

estate taxes associated with a property 

of a type described above, on the basis 

of the property’s authorized use for the 

performance of TECRO’s authorized 

functions, is committed to the discretion 

of the Department of State, in 

consultation with AIT. Such 

determinations are made by OFM and 

are communicated by letter to the 

relevant state, county, municipal or 

territorial revenue authorities. 

• All such letters will be signed by 

the Director of OFM’s Office of 

Diplomatic Property, Taxes, Services 

and Benefits (OFM/PTSB), or a 

successor office. 

• Such letters serve as official notice 

to the relevant state, county, 

municipality, or territory that the 

described property, or acquisition or 

disposition thereof, is or is not entitled 

to an exemption from real estate taxes 

on the basis of the property’s authorized 

use for the performance of TECRO’s 

authorized functions. 

• States, counties, municipalities, and 

territories are prohibited from extending 

to TECRO an exemption from real estate 

taxes associated with a property on the 

basis of the property’s authorized use 

for the performance of TECRO’s 

authorized functions, except on the 

basis of written authorization from 

OFM. 

• Conversely, on the basis of a letter 

as described above, states, counties, 

municipalities, and territories are 

required to extend to TECRO an 

exemption from real estate taxes to 

which OFM determines TECRO is 

entitled. If a state, county, municipality 

or territory has concerns regarding the 

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