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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of one 

newly-designated 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.’’

DATES: The designation by the Secretary 

of the Treasury of the entity identified 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224, is effective on February 

20, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On September 23, 2001, the President 

issued Executive Order 13224 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United 

Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 

U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who have 

committed, pose a significant risk of 

committing, or support acts of terrorism. 

The President identified in the Annex to 

the Order, as amended by Executive 

Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 

individuals and 16 entities as subject to 

the economic sanctions. The Order was 

further amended by Executive Order 

13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the 

creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to have committed, or to pose 

a significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States; (3) persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to be owned or controlled by, 

or to act for or on behalf of those 

persons listed in the Annex to the Order 

or those persons determined to be 

subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 

of the Order; and (4) except as provided 

in section 5 of the Order and after such 

consultation, if any, with foreign 

authorities as the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Attorney General, deems 

appropriate in the exercise of his 

discretion, persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State, 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to assist in, sponsor, or provide 

financial, material, or technological 

support for, or financial or other 

services to or in support of, such acts of 

terrorism or those persons listed in the 

Annex to the Order or determined to be 

subject to the Order or to be otherwise 

associated with those persons listed in 

the Annex to the Order or those persons 

determined to be subject to subsection 

1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the Order. 

On February 20, 2007, the Secretary of 

the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security, the 

Attorney General, and other relevant 

agencies, designated, pursuant to one or 

more of the criteria set forth in 

subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the 

Order, one entity whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224. 

The additional designee is as follows: 

JIHAD AL-BINA (a.k.a. 

CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SAKE OF 

THE HOLY STRUGGLE; a.k.a. 

CONSTRUCTION JIHAD; a.k.a. HOLY 

CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION; a.k.a. 

JIHAD AL BINAA; a.k.a. JIHAD 

CONSTRUCTION; a.k.a. JIHAD 

CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION; a.k.a. 

JIHAD CONSTRUCTION INSTITUTION; 

a.k.a. JIHAD-AL-BINAA ASSOCIATION; 

a.k.a. JIHADU-I-BINAA; a.k.a. 

STRUGGLE FOR RECONSTRUCTION), 

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon; Southern 

Lebanon, Lebanon; Beirut, Lebanon. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Adam J. Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. E7–3239 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Securities Offering 

Disclosures 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before April 27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518; or send 

an e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at http:// 

www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Gary Jeffers, Senior 

Attorney, Business Transactions 

Division, (202) 906–6457, Office of 

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Comments should address one or 

more of the following points: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of OTS; 

b. The accuracy of OTS’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

We will summarize the comments 

that we receive and include them in the 

OTS request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this notice, OTS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Securities Offering 

Disclosures. 

OMB Number: 1550–0035. 

Form Number: SEC Forms S–1, S–3, 

S–4, S–8, SB–1, SB–2, and 144; OTS 

Forms OC and G–12. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR Part 

563g. 

Description: OTS collects information 

for disclosure in securities offerings by 

savings associations related directly to 

U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission requirements for providing 

information to potential securities 

purchasers. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Savings Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 38 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden: 718 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, 

(202) 906–6467, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–3193 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

[AC–10: OTS Nos. 19027, H–4310, and H–

4359] 

People’s Bank, People’s Mutual 

Holdings, and Peoples’ United 

Financial, Inc., Bridgeport, CT; 

Approval of Conversion Application 

Notice is hereby given that on 

February 14, 2007, the Assistant 

Managing Director, Examinations and 

Supervision—Operations, Office of 

Thrift Supervision (OTS), or her 

designee, acting pursuant to delegated 

authority, approved the application of 

People’s Mutual Holdings and People’s 

Bank, Bridgeport, Connecticut, to 

convert to the stock form of 

organization. Copies of the application 

are available for inspection by 

appointment (phone number: 202–906–

5922 or e-mail: 

Public.Info@OTS.Treas.gov) at the 

Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, 

NW, Washington, DC 20552, and OTS 

Northeast Regional Office,. Harborside 

Financial Center Plaza Five, Suite 1600, 

Jersey City, NJ 07311. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

By the Office of Thrift Supervision, 

Sandra E. Evans, 

Legal Information Assistant. 

[FR Doc. 07–845 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–07–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF 

Veterans and Families; Notice of 

Establishment 

As required by Section 9(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Veterans Affairs hereby 

gives notice of the establishment of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF 

Veterans and Families. The Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs has determined that 

establishing the Committee is both 

necessary and in the public interest. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 

full spectrum of health care, benefits 

delivery and related family support 

issues that confront servicemembers 

during their transition from active duty 

to veterans’ status and during their postservice years. The Committee will focus 

on the concerns of all men and women 

with active military service in Operation 

Iraqi Freedom and/or Operation 

Enduring Freedom, but will pay 

particular attention to severely disabled 

veterans and their families. 

Committee members shall be 

appointed by the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs and shall serve as objective 

advisors, and not as representatives of 

any organizations for whom they may 

otherwise be serving. The Committee 

shall report regularly to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on its major activities 

and recommendations. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

By Direction of Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–863 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

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