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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

General Provisions of the Exchange 

Visitor Program regulations, the 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department 

of State extends the waiver and 

modification of certain regulatory 

requirements with respect to a 

temporary educational and cultural 

exchange program established pursuant 

to an arrangement between the 

Government of the United States and 

the Government of Ukraine. Under the 

original arrangement for Special Student 

Relief, eligible Ukrainian college and 

university students on J–1 visas who 

have continuously resided in the United 

States since April 11, 2022, could carry 

lighter course loads and work full- or 

part- time, on or off campus until 

October 23, 2023. Under the modified 

and extended arrangement, eligible 

Ukrainian college and university 

students on J–1 visas who have 

continuously resided in the United 

States since August 16, 2023, may carry 

lighter course loads and work full- or 

part-time, on or off campus until April 

19, 2025. This arrangement was 

established to ameliorate these students’ 

financial and other hardships due to the 

Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

DATES: The extension and modification 

of SSR was effective on October 20, 

2023 and will now remain in effect until 

April 19, 2025, unless the U.S. 

Government unilaterally ends the 

arrangement early or the U.S. 

Government and the Government of 

Ukraine together extend its termination 

date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca A. Pasini, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Directorate of Private Sector 

Exchange, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, at 2200 C Street NW, 

SA–5, Washington, DC 20522 or by 

telephone at (202) 826–4364 or via 

email at JExchanges@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs extends the waiver and 

modification of certain regulatory 

requirements with respect to a 

temporary educational and cultural 

exchange program established pursuant 

to an arrangement between the 

Government of the United States and 

the Government of Ukraine for Special 

Student Relief (SSR). This arrangement 

was initially established through an 

exchange of notes on June 14 and 

August 18, 2022. [The initial terms of 

the Special Student Relief program were 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 5, 2023 (88 FR 20202–20203).] 

Consistent with that arrangement, the 

Assistant Secretary temporarily waived 

or modified relevant provisions in 22 

CFR part 62.23, such that eligible 

Ukrainian college and university 

students on J–1 visas to the United 

States were able to carry lighter course 

loads and work full- or part- time, on or 

off campus, through October 23, 2023. 

Under the modified arrangement with 

the Government of Ukraine, SSR is 

expanded to apply to eligible Ukrainian 

college and university students on J–1 

visas who have continuously resided in 

the United States since at least August 

16, 2023, consistent with the extension 

of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 

Ukraine. Similarly, under the extension 

of the arrangement, SSR is extended to 

remain in effect until April 19, 2025. 

Under the modified and extended 

arrangement, the temporary waiver and 

modification of relevant portions of 22 

CFR part 62.23 will continue as 

described in 88 FR 20202–20203, except 

that eligible individuals must have 

continuously resided in the United 

States since at least August 16, 2023. 

Responsible Officers of academic 

institutions may authorize SSR for 

Ukrainian college and university 

students in J–1 status if they have 

continuously resided in the United 

States since at least August 16, 2023, 

and meet the reduced course load 

requirements set forth in the Notice at 

88 FR 20202. To authorize on-campus or 

off-campus employment for these 

students, Responsible Officers should 

update the students’ records in the 

Student and Exchange Visitor 

Information System (SEVIS) by notating 

the following text in the ‘‘Remarks’’ 

field: ‘‘Special Student Relief work 

authorization granted until April 19, 

2025.’’ To authorize a reduced course 

load due to such employment, 

Responsible Officers should also notate 

the ‘‘Comment’’ field in the SEVIS 

record with the following text: ‘‘reduced 

course load authorized.’’ Responsible 

Officers should monitor students at the 

start of each term to confirm that 

students seeking to reduce their course 

loads intend to work more than 20 

hours a week or that students who 

availed themselves of reduced course 

loads intend to continue to work more 

than 20 hours a week. 

If the arrangement between the United 

States and Ukraine is terminated early 

or extended again, Responsible Officers 

should update the Remarks field 

accordingly. Exchange visitors 

participating in SSR at the time the 

arrangement ends may continue their 

current employment and course load 

through the end of the academic term 

during which the arrangement ends. 

Rebecca A. Pasini, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of 

Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24014 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12250] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Sculpted 

Portraits From Ancient Egypt’’ 

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 ‘‘Sculpted Portraits from 

Ancient Egypt’’ at the J. Paul Getty 

Museum at the Getty Villa, Pacific 

Palisades, California, 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 


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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. 2023–23983 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0044] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Renewal of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for renewal of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that 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 

January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

FHWA–2023–0044 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the DOT electronic docket site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Omar Elkassed, (213) 894–6718, Office 

of Stewardship, Oversight, and Program 

Management, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 888 South Figueroa 

Street, Suite 440, Los Angeles, CA 

90017. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Preparation and Execution of 

the Project Agreement and 

Modifications. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0529. 

Background: Formal agreements 

between State Transportation 

Departments and the FHWA are 

required for Federal-aid highway 

projects. These agreements, referred to 

as ‘‘project agreements’’ are written 

contracts between the State and the 

Federal government that define the 

extent of work to be undertaken and 

commitments made concerning a 

highway project. Section 1305 of the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century (TEA–21, Pub. L. 105–178) 

amended 23 U.S.C. 106(a) and 

combined authorization of work and 

execution of the project agreement for a 

Federal-aid project into a single action. 

States continue to have the flexibility to 

use whatever format is suitable to 

provide the statutory information 

required, and burden estimates for this 

information collection are not changed. 

Respondents: There are 56 

respondents, including 50 State 

Transportation Departments, the District 

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the 

Virgin Islands and American Samoa. 

Depending on the size of and activity in 

the above government agencies, the 

number of project agreements executed 

in any agency ranges between 10 and 

1,500. 

Frequency: On an on-going basis as 

project agreements are written. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Response: There is a total of 23,809 

agreements per year. Each agreement 

requires 1 hour to complete. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 23,809 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA 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, 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 26, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23997 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0038] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure 

Disorders 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 17 individuals for an 

exemption from the prohibition in the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations (FMCSRs) against persons 

with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or 

any other condition that is likely to 

cause a loss of consciousness or any loss 

of ability to control a commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) to drive in interstate 

commerce. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals who 

have had one or more seizures and are 

taking anti-seizure medication to 

operate CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Federal Docket 

Management System Docket No. 

FMCSA–2023–0038 using any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov/, insert the docket 

number (FMCSA–2023–0038) in the 

keyword box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, 

choose the only notice listed, and click 

on the ‘‘Comment’’ button. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC, 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 


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