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• If applicable, a sponsor letter on the 

organization’s letterhead containing a 

brief description of the manner in which 

international trade affects the 

organization and why USTR should 

consider the applicant for membership. 

• The applicant’s personal resume. 

• An affirmative statement that the 

applicant and the organization they 

represent meet all eligibility 

requirements. 

USTR will consider applicants who 

meet the eligibility criteria in 

accordance with equal opportunity 

practices that promote diversity, equity, 

inclusion, and accessibility, based on 

the following factors: 

• Ability to represent the sponsoring 

U.S. entity’s or U.S. organization’s and 

its subsector’s interests on trade and 

environmental matters. 

• Knowledge of and experience in 

U.S. trade policy that affects the 

competitiveness of Southeastern U.S. 

producers of seasonal and perishable 

agricultural products trade and 

environmental matters, as described in 

more detail in part II above, that is 

relevant to the work of the Committee, 

USTR and USDA. 

• How they will contribute to trade 

policies that eliminate social and 

economic structural barriers to equality 

and economic opportunity and to 

understanding of the projected impact 

of proposed trade policies on 

communities of color and underserved 

communities. 

• Ensuring that the Committee is 

balanced in terms of points of view, 

demographics, geography, and entity or 

organization size. 

Roberto Soberanis, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Intergovernmental Affairs and Public 

Engagement, Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22880 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3390–F4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for an information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0038 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Berg, (202) 740–4602, Office of Freight 

Management and Operations, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Certification of Enforcement of 

Vehicle Size and Weight Laws. 

Background: Title 23, U.S.C., section 

141, requires each State, the District of 

Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an 

annual certification that they are 

enforcing their size and weight laws on 

Federal-aid highways and that their 

Interstate System weight limits are 

consistent with Federal requirements to 

be eligible to receive an apportionment 

of Federal highway trust funds. Failure 

of a State to file a certification, 

adequately enforce its size and weight 

laws, and enforce weight laws on the 

Interstate System that are consistent 

with Federal requirements, could result 

in a specified reduction of its Federal 

highway fund apportionment for the 

next fiscal year. In addition, section 123 

of the Surface Transportation Assistance 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–599, 92 Stat. 

2689, 2701) requires each jurisdiction to 

inventory annually (1) its penalties for 

violation of its size and weight laws, 

and (2) the term and cost of its oversize 

and overweight permits. Section 141 

also authorizes the Secretary to require 

States to file such information as is 

necessary to verify that their 

certifications are accurate. To determine 

whether States are adequately enforcing 

their size and weight limits, FHWA 

requires that each State submit to the 

FHWA an updated plan for enforcing 

their size and weight limits. The plan 

goes into effect at the beginning of each 

Federal fiscal year. At the end of the 

fiscal year, States must submit their 

certifications and sufficient information 

to verify that their enforcement goals 

established in the plan have been met. 

Respondents: The State Departments 

of Transportation (or equivalent) in the 

50 states, the District of Columbia, and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Annually in separate 

collections: one certification and one 

plan. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Each response will take 

approximately 40 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,160 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information in the plan and in the 

certification is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology or reduced 

frequency of collection of the plan, 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: October 12, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22902 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Debt Management Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. app. 2, section 10(a)(2), that a 

meeting will be held at the United 

States Treasury Department, 15th Street 

and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC on October 31, 2023, at 


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8:30 a.m., of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee. 

At this meeting, the Treasury is 

seeking advice from the Committee on 

topics related to the economy, financial 

markets, Treasury financing, and debt 

management. Following the working 

session, the Committee will present a 

written report of its recommendations. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. 2, 

section 10(d) and Public Law 103–202, 

section 202(c)(1)(B) (31 U.S.C. 3121 

note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2, section 10(d) and vested in me 

by Treasury Department Order No. 101– 

05, that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, section 

202(c)(1)(B). 

Thus, this information is exempt from 

disclosure under that provision and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the 

meeting is concerned with information 

that is exempt from disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest 

requires that such meetings be closed to 

the public because the Treasury 

Department requires frank and full 

advice from representatives of the 

financial community prior to making its 

final decisions on major financing 

operations. Historically, this advice has 

been offered by debt management 

advisory committees established by the 

several major segments of the financial 

community. When so utilized, such a 

committee is recognized to be an 

advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, section 3. Although the Treasury’s 

final announcement of financing plans 

may not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Fred 

Pietrangeli, Director for Office of Debt 

Management (202) 622–1876. 

Dated: October 12, 2023. 

Frederick E. Pietrangeli, 

Director (for Office of Debt Management). 

[FR Doc. 2023–22840 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries 

and Memorials, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act 5 U.S.C. ch. 

10, that the annual meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and 

Memorials will be held October 25–26, 

2023. Due to unforeseen administrative 

and logistical circumstances and DFO 

availability, VA is announcing this 

meeting with less than 15 calendar days 

public notice. The meeting sessions will 

begin and end as follows: 

Date(s) Time(s) Location(s) Open to 

the public 

October 25, 2023 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Mountain 

Daylight Time (MDT).

Tour of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, including Custer 

National Cemetery (National Park Service).

Yes. 

October 25, 2023 10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. MDT .............. Apsalooke Tribal Veterans Cemetery, Highway 1 and Xavier Street, 

Crow Agency 59022.

Yes. 

October 25, 2023 1:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m. MDT ............. Billings VA Community Based Clinic, 1766 Majestic Lane, Billings, 

MT 59102.

Yes. 

October 25, 2023 3:10 p.m.–4:10 p.m. MDT ............. Yellowstone National Cemetery, 55 Buffalo Trail Road, Laurel, MT 

59044.

Yes. 

October 26, 2023 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. MDT ......... Double Tree by Hilton, Hotel Billings, 27 N 27th Street, Billings, MT 

59101.

Yes. 

Sessions are open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the administration of national 

cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, the 

selection of new national cemetery sites, 

the erection of appropriate memorials, 

and the adequacy of Federal burial 

benefits. The Committee makes 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such activities. 

On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, the 

committee will convene an open session 

with tours to Custer National Cemetery 

at Little Bighorn Battlefield, Apsaalooke 

Tribal Veterans Cemetery, VA 

Community Based Outpatient Clinic 

and Yellowstone National Cemetery. 

Transportation will not be provided for 

public guests. 

On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the 

committee will convene an open session 

from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. MDT. The 

agenda will include remarks by National 

Cemetery Administration (NCA) 

leadership, and briefings from the Office 

of Army Cemeteries and Veterans 

Legacy Memorial Program, as well as 

subcommittee updates, public 

comments and open discussion. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Ms. Faith Hopkins, Designated Federal 

Officer, at 202–603–4499. Please leave a 

voice message. The Committee will also 

accept written comments. Comments 

may be transmitted electronically to the 

Committee at faith.hopkins@va.gov. In 

the public’s communications with the 

Committee, the writers must identify 

themselves and state the organizations, 

associations, or persons they represent. 

Any member of the public who 

wishes to attend the meeting virtually 

on October 26, 2023, may use the 

following Cisco Webex Meeting Link: 


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