Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 / Notices 68905 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2010, the Department of State is 

publishing this notice to advise the 

public of the availability of the FY 2021 

Service Contract Inventory. The FY 

2021 Service Contract Inventory 

includes the FY 2021 Planned Analysis, 

and the FY 2020 Meaningful Analysis. 

The inventory was developed in 

accordance with guidance issued by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy (OFPP). The Department of State 

has posted its FY 2021 Service Contract 

Inventory at the following link: https:// 

csm.state.gov/index2.html. 

DATES: The inventory is available on the 

Department’s website as of September 

29, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlon D. Henry, Management and 

Program Analyst, A/EX/CSM, 771–204– 

7977, HenryMD@state.gov 

Marlon D. Henry, 

Management and Program Analyst, 

Collaborative Strategy and Management 

Division, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12191] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Walasse 

Ting: Parrot Jungle’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Walasse Ting: Parrot 

Jungle’’ at the NSU Art Museum Fort 

Lauderdale, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, are of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

their temporary exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

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 Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21999 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Determination Regarding Waiver of 

Discriminatory Purchasing 

Requirements With Respects to Goods 

and Services of North Macedonia 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority 

delegated by the President, the U.S. 

Trade Representative had determined to 

waive U.S. discriminatory procurement 

laws with respect to goods and services 

of North Macedonia to implement U.S. 

obligations under the Agreement on 

Government Procurement (GPA). 

DATES: Applicable as of October 30, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Psillos, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for WTO and 

Multilateral Affairs, Kathryn.W.Psillos@

ustr.eop.gov, 202–395–9581; or Edward 

Marcus, Assistant General Counsel, 

Edward.D.Marcus@ustr.eop.gov, 202– 

395–0448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On June 7, 2023, the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Committee on 

Government Procurement approved the 

accession of North Macedonia to the 

GPA. North Macedonia submitted its 

instrument of accession to the DirectorGeneral of the WTO on September 29, 

2023. The GPA will enter into force for 

North Macedonia on October 30, 2023. 

The United States, which also is a party 

to the GPA, has agreed to waive 

discriminatory purchasing requirements 

for eligible products and suppliers of 

North Macedonia beginning on October 

30, 2023. 

In Executive Order 12260 of 

December 31, 1980, the President 

delegated authority to waive 

discriminatory purchasing requirements 

under sections 301 and 302 of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979 (Act) (19 U.S.C. 

2511 and 2512) to the U.S. Trade 

Representative. Pursuant to this 

delegated authority, the U.S. Trade 

Representative has made the following 

determination in conformity with 

sections 301 and 302, and in order to 

carry out U.S. obligations under the 

GPA: 

1. North Macedonia has become a 

party to the GPA and will provide 

appropriate reciprocal competitive 

government procurement opportunities 

to United States products and services 

and suppliers of such products and 

services. In accordance with section 

301(b)(1) of the Act, North Macedonia is 

so designated for purposes of section 

301(a) of the Act. 

2. Accordingly, beginning on October 

30, 2023, with respect to eligible 

products (namely, those goods and 

services covered under the GPA for 

procurement by the United States) of 

North Macedonia and suppliers of such 

products, the application of any law, 

regulation, procedure or practice 

regarding government procurement that 

would, if applied to such products and 

suppliers, result in treatment less 

favorable than that accorded to United 

States products and suppliers of such 

products, or to eligible products of 

another foreign country or 

instrumentality that is a party to the 

GPA and suppliers of such products, is 

waived. This waiver will be applied by 

all entities listed in United States 

Annexes 1 and 3 of GPA Appendix 1. 

3. The U.S. Trade Representative may 

modify or withdraw the designation in 

paragraph 2. 

Greta Peisch, 

General Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is updating the 

identifying information on its Specially 

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Persons List (SDN List) for one entity 

whose property and interests in 

property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13224, as amended. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or the Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Enforcement, Compliance & Analysis, 

tel.: 202–622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (ofac.treasury.gov). 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On September 27, 2023, OFAC 

published the following revised 

information for the entry on the SDN 

List for the following entity whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13224 of September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking 

Property and Prohibiting Transactions 

With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To 

Commit, or Support Terrorism,’’ as 

amended by Executive Order 13886 of 

September 9, 2019, ‘‘Modernizing 

Sanctions to Combat Terrorism.’’ 

Entity 

1. K2016212771 SOUTH AFRICA PTY 

LTD (f.k.a. ‘‘INEOS TRADING PTY 

LTD’’), 118 Mallinson Rd, Asherville, 

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4001, South 

Africa; Secondary sanctions risk: section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as 

amended by Executive Order 13886; 

Organization Established Date 20 Jun 

2016; Tax ID No. 9954121167 (South 

Africa); Trade License No. 2016/212771/ 

07 (South Africa); Enterprise Number 

K2016212771 (South Africa) [SDGT] 

(Linked To: HOOMER, Farhad). 

Dated: September 27, 2023. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0829] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Income and Asset 

Statement in Support of Claim for 

Pension or Parents’ Dependency and 

Indemnity Compensation (DIC) 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice by clicking on the following link 

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

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0829.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0829’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1503; 38 U.S.C. 

1541; 38 U.S.C. 1543; 38 U.S.C. 1315. 

Title: Income and Asset Statement in 

Support of Claim for Pension or Parents’ 

Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation (DIC). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0829. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) through its Veterans 

Benefits Administration (VBA) 

administers an integrated program of 

benefits and services, established by 

law, for Veterans, service personnel, and 

their dependents and/or beneficiaries. 

Title 38 U.S.C. 5101(a), 38 CFR 1502, 38 

CFR 1503 provides that a specific claim 

in the form provided by the Secretary 

must be filed in order for benefits to be 

paid to any individual under the laws 

administered by the Secretary. VA Form 

21P–0969, Income and Asset Statement 

in Support of Claim for Pension or 

Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation (DIC), is the prescribed 

form for Veterans Pension applications. 

The following updates were made: 

• Reorganized the layout to group 

instructions first, then questions. 

• Income and asset types reorganized 

for easier completion by claimants and 

faster processing. 

• Income and Asset information has 

been expanded. 

• Updated instructions. 

• New standardization data points; to 

include optical character recognition 

boxes. This is a non-substantive change. 

• Date range added to better aid in 

processing and allows for claimants to 

report historical information. 

• Specific options provided for 

specific questions to reduce ambiguity. 

• Questions regarding trusts and 

annuities expanded to reduce 

development. 

• Signature blocks added to allow for 

standalone submissions. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 88 FR 

43171 on July 6, 2023, pages 43171– 

43172. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 22,917. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 25 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: One time, or 

as needed. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

55,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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