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Vol. 88, No. 200 

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory 

Board; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Request for public comment and 

notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States Agency for 

International Development (USAID) 

announces a public meeting, and 

requests public comment for the third 

meeting of the Partnership for Peace 

Fund (PPF) Advisory Board to receive 

updates on programming and progress 

under MEPPA; receive information 

regarding ongoing efforts aiming to 

improve program implementation; and 

discuss and provide recommendations 

for peacebuilding programming at 

USAID. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

November 9, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. EST. 

The public meeting will take place on 

Tuesday, November 14, 2023, from 1:15 

p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EST via the Zoom

platform (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/j/

1600787082).

The meeting does not require preregistration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

regarding the work of the PPF Advisory 

Board by email to MEPPA@usaid.gov. 

Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 14’’ 

in the subject line. All public comments 

and questions will be included in the 

official record of the meeting and posted 

publicly on the USAID website. 

Please email MEPPA@usaid.gov to 

request reasonable accommodations for 

the public meeting. Include ‘‘Request for 

Reasonable Accommodation, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 14’’ 

in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

McDonald, 202–712–4965, meppa@

usaid.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

December 2020, Congress passed the 

Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership 

for Peace Act (https://www.usaid.gov/ 

west-bank-and-gaza/documents/nita-mlowey-middle-east-partnership-peaceact), or MEPPA, with bipartisan 

support. The Act directs USAID and the 

U.S. International Development Finance 

Corporation (DFC), in coordination with 

the Department of State, to program 

$250 million over five years to build the 

foundation for peaceful coexistence 

between Israelis and Palestinians 

through a new PPF, managed by USAID, 

and a Joint Investment Initiative, 

managed by the DFC. 

MEPPA serves as a recognition that 

economic, social, and political 

connections between Israelis and 

Palestinians are the best way to foster 

mutual understanding and provide the 

strongest basis for a sustainable, twostate solution. USAID’s Middle East 

Bureau has been working with Congress, 

interagency colleagues, and partners in 

Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza to 

implement the Act. MEPPA also calls 

for the establishment of a board to 

advise USAID on the strategic direction 

of the PPF. 

Composed of up to 15 members, the 

PPF Advisory Board includes 

development experts, private sector 

leaders and faith-based leaders who are 

appointed by members of Congress and 

the USAID Administrator. As stated in 

its charter (https://www.usaid.gov/westbank-and-gaza/documents/charterpartnership-peace-fund-advisoryboard), the Board’s role is purely 

advisory and possesses no enforcement 

authority or power to bind USAID. 

Duties of the Board and individual 

members are restricted to providing 

information and making 

recommendations to USAID on matters 

and issues relating to the types of 

projects USAID should seek to support 

in order to further the purposes of the 

People-to-People Partnership for Peace 

Fund and partnerships with foreign 

governments and international 

organizations to leverage the impact of 

the People-to-People Partnership for 

Peace Fund. 

The following are the current 

members of the Advisory Board: 

Chair: The Honorable George R. Salem 

The Honorable Elliott Abrams 

Farah Bdour 

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl 

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen 

Sander Gerber 

Ambassador Mark Green (ret.) 

Hiba Husseini 

Heather Johnston 

Harley Lippman 

The Honorable Nita M. Lowey 

Dina Powell McCormick 

Nickolay Mladenov 

Jen Stewart 

The Honorable Robert Wexler 

PPF Advisory Board meetings are 

held twice a year and are public. More 

information about how USAID is 

implementing MEPPA to increase 

people-to-people partnerships between 

Israelis and Palestinians is available at: 

https://www.usaid.gov/west-bank-andgaza/meppa. 

The purpose of this meeting is for the 

Advisory Board to gain a better 

understanding of the progress so far to 

program funds under the PPF to bring 

Israelis and Palestinians together to 

increase understanding and advance the 

goal of a two-state solution. 

During this meeting, the Board will 

(1) receive updates on programming and

progress under MEPPA; (2) receive

information regarding ongoing efforts

aiming to improve program

implementation; and (3) discuss and

provide recommendations for

peacebuilding programming at USAID.

Request for Public Comment 

To inform the direction and advice of 

the Board, USAID invites written 

comments from the public on areas for 

focus and strategies for people-to-people 

peacebuilding under the PPF. 

Written comments and information 

are requested on or before Thursday, 

November 9, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. 

Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 14’’ 

in the subject line. Please submit 

comments and information as a Word or 

PDF attachment to your email. You are 

encouraged to submit written comments 

even if you plan to attend the public 

meeting. All public comments and 

questions will be included in the official 

record of the meeting and posted 

publicly on the USAID website. 

Public Meeting 

A public meeting will take place 

Tuesday, November 14, 2023, from 1:15 


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p.m. to 3:15 p.m. This meeting is free 

and open to the public. Persons wishing 

to attend the meeting should use the 

following link: (https://

usaid.zoomgov.com/j/1613820653). 

Requests for reasonable 

accommodations should be directed to 

Daniel McDonald at MEPPA@usaid.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Request for Reasonable 

Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board 

Meeting, November 14’’ in the subject 

line. 

Daniel McDonald, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for the PPF 

Advisory Board, Bureau for the Middle East, 

U.S. Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22912 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by November 17, 

2023 will be considered. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Export Sales of U.S. Agricultural 

Commodities. 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0007. 

Summary of Collection: The Export 

Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities 

is authorized by § 602 of the 

Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 5712). The Export 

Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities 

requires the reporting of information 

pertaining to contracts for export sale of 

certain specified agricultural 

commodities that may be designated by 

the Secretary of Agriculture. U.S. 

exporters are required to report 

information on: (1) the quantity of a 

reportable commodity to be sold to a 

foreign buyer; (2) the country of 

destination; and (3) the marketing year 

of shipment. Data reported is aggregated 

and published in compilation form to 

protect business confidential 

information submitted. 

The Export Sales Reporting and 

Maintenance System (ESRMS) was 

created after the large, unexpected 

purchase of U.S. wheat and corn by the 

Soviet Union in 1972. U.S. exporters are 

required to regularly report specific 

information on commodity shipments 

using ESRMS. The information reported 

is maintained by the exporters during 

the normal course of conducting 

business and is not an additional 

recordkeeping requirement for 

respondents. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected under the Export 

Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities 

provides commodity market 

participants with information about 

commodity export commitments, and is 

one means by which USDA seeks to 

insure transparency, fairness, and 

soundness in commodity marketing. 

The information will be collected using 

FAS forms 97, 98,99, and 100. If the 

information were collected less 

frequently or not at all, the Department 

would not be in compliance with the 

statutes and not fulfilling the objectives 

of the export sales reporting program. 

Description of Respondents: All 

exporters of wheat and wheat flour, feed 

grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, cattle hides 

and skins, beef, pork, and any products 

thereof, and other commodities that the 

Secretary may designate as produced in 

the United States. 

Number of Respondents: 414. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other: Varies. 

Total Burden Hours: 62,355. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22916 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2022–0001] 

Notice of Request for a New 

Information Collection: Salmonella 

Control Strategies Pilot Projects 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, FSIS is announcing 

its intention to request a new 

information collection for pilot projects 

that test different control strategies for 

Salmonella contamination in poultry 

products. This is a new information 

collection with an estimated annual 

burden of 620 hours. On April 8, 2022, 

FSIS published a notice announcing this 

new information collection with an 

estimated annual burden of 310 hours. 

However, since publication, FSIS 

received an increased number of 

requests for participation in the pilot 

projects program. Therefore, FSIS is 

republishing the notice to increase the 

estimated annual burden by 310 hours 

for a total of 620 hours. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

Federal Register notice. Comments may 

be submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides commenters the ability 

to type short comments directly into the 

comment field on the web page or to 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 

3758, Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Jamie L. 


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