65972 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

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465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 21, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20925 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries From Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the new 12-month 

cap on duty- and quota-free benefits. 

DATES: The new limitations become 

effective October 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Newberg, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202)–510–3982. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, section 112(b)(3) of the 

Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA 

2000), Public Law (Pub. L.) 106–200, as 

amended by division B, title XXI, section 

3108 of the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 

107–210; section 7(b)(2) of the AGOA 

Acceleration Act of 2004, Public Law 108– 

274; division D, title VI, section 6002 of the 

Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 

(TRHCA 2006), Public Law 109–432, and 

section 1 of The African Growth and 

Opportunity Amendments (Public Law 112– 

163), August 10, 2012; Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 (65 FR 

59321); Presidential Proclamation 7626 of 

November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459); and title 

I, section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the Trade 

Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public 

Law 114–27, June 29, 2015. 

Title I of TDA 2000 provides for dutyand quota-free treatment for certain 

textile and apparel articles imported 

from designated beneficiary subSaharan African countries. Section 

112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides dutyand quota-free treatment for apparel 

articles wholly assembled in one or 

more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries from fabric wholly formed in 

one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries from yarn originating 

in the United States or one or more 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. This preferential treatment is 

also available for apparel articles 

assembled in one or more lesserdeveloped beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries, regardless of the 

country of origin of the fabric used to 

make such articles, subject to 

quantitative limitation. Public Law 114– 

27 extended this special rule for lesserdeveloped countries through September 

30, 2025. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the 12-month period beginning 

October 1, 2023 will be an amount not 

to exceed seven percent of the aggregate 

square meter equivalents of all apparel 

articles imported into the United States 

in the preceding 12-month period for 

which data are available. See section 

112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this 

overall amount, apparel imported under 

the special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by section 6002(a)(3) of 

TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 

directed CITA to publish the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

12-month period in the Federal 

Register. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2023, and extending through 

September 30, 2024, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 

provisions is 1,830,796,723 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

915,398,361 square meters equivalent is 

available to apparel articles imported 

under the special rule for lesserdeveloped countries. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

Jennifer Knight, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20795 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of this 

notice’s publication to OIRA, at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Please find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the website’s 

search function. Comments can be 

entered electronically by clicking on the 

‘‘comment’’ button next to the 

information collection on the ‘‘OIRA 

Information Collections Under Review’’ 

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Submission’’ page. A copy of the 

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of information discussed herein may be 

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In addition to the submission of 

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