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(5) Are there any additional groups to whom the prohibition should or should not apply?

(6) If you have you ever served as a representative payee, would a ‘‘bar’’ policy have discouraged you from applying to be a payee? If you have never served as a representative payee, do you believe that a ‘‘bar’’ policy will discourage individuals from applying to be a payee? If so, please explain how you believe you would have been discouraged, or other individuals will be discouraged, from applying to be a representative payee.

Please see the information under

**ADDRESSES** earlier in this document for methods to give us your comments. We will not respond to your comments, but
we will consider them as we review our policies and instructions to determine if we should revise or update them.

Dated: February 1, 2013.
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 2013–02919 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8183]**

**Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Imposition of Missile**  **Sanctions on Two Chinese Foreign**

**Persons**

**AGENCY :**  Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  A determination has been made that two foreign persons in China have engaged in activities that require the imposition of missile sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001).

**DATES :**  Effective Date: February 11,

2013.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Pam Durham, Office of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State (202–647–4930). On U.S. Government procurement ban issues, Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State (703–875–4079).

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Pursuant to Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)); Section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)), as carried out under Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (hereinafter cited as the ‘‘Export Administration Act of 1979’’); and Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993;
the U.S. Government determined on December 21, 2012 that the following foreign persons have engaged in missile technology proliferation activities that require the imposition of missile
sanctions described in Section 73 of the AECA (22 U.S.C. 2797b) and Section 11B of the EAA (50 U.S.C. Appx 24710b):

Dalian Sunny Industries, (China), and its sub-units and successors; Li Fangwei (China) [also known as: Karl Lee].

Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these foreign persons for two years:

(A) Denial of all new individual export licenses for the transfer of MTCR Annex items to the sanctioned entities;

(B) Denial of all U.S. Government contracts relating to MTCR Annex items
with the sanctioned entities.

These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments and agencies of the United States Government as provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.

Dated: February 5, 2013.
Simon Limage, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation.

[FR Doc. 2013–03035 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8184]**

**Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Imposition of**  **Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons, Including a Ban on** 
**U.S. Government Procurement**

**AGENCY :**  Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on entities and
individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group, Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile sytems. The latter category includes (a) items of the
same kind as those on multilateral lists but falling below the control list parameters when it is determined that such items have the potential of making
a material contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b)
items on U.S. national control lists for
WMD/missile reasons that are not on multilateral lists, and (c) other items with the potential of making such a
material contribution when added through case-by-case decisions.

**DATES :**  Effective Date: February 5, 2013.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  On general issues: Pam Durham, Office of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, Telephone (202) 647–4930. For U.S. Government procurement ban issues: Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State, Telephone: (703) 875–4079.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  On December 20, 2012, the U.S.
Government determined that the
measures authorized in Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109–353) shall apply to the following foreign persons identified in the report submitted pursuant to Section 2(a) of
the Act:

TM Services Limited (TMS) (Belarus) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Scientific and Industrial Republic Unitary Enterprise (Belarus) [also known as DB Radar] and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

BST Technology and Trade Company (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Dalian Sunny Industries (China) [alsoknown as: LIMMT] and any successor, subunit, or subsidiary thereof;

Karl Lee (China) [also known as: Li Fangwei];

Poly Technologies Incorporated (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) (Iran) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;

Marine Industries Organization (MIO) (Iran) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;