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License No. SBIC name Date licensed City and State Date surrendered

06/10–0057 ........... Rice Investment Company ............................................................ 08/23/1961 Houston, TX .............. 04/19/1991

01/02–0052 ........... SBIC of Connecticut Inc. (The) ..................................................... 01/31/1961 Turnbull, CT .............. 12/29/1995

02/02–0375 ........... Sherwood Business Capital Corp ................................................. 11/23/1979 Port Chester, NY ....... 12/18/1985

04/04–5133 ........... Southern Inv. & Funding Corp. Inc ............................................... 10/26/1977 Atlanta, GA ................ 10/19/1992

09/09–5176 ........... United Business Ventures, Inc ..................................................... 11/01/1974 Carson, CA ................ 08/31/1989

04/04–5104 ........... Urban Ventures, Inc ...................................................................... 06/09/1972 Miami, FL .................. 02/14/1990

09/09–0175 ........... Walden Capital Corp ..................................................................... 12/17/1974 San Francisco, CA .... 09/05/1990

03/03–0180 ........... Washington Ventures, Inc ............................................................. 12/03/1986 Washington, DC ........ 05/21/1997

09/09–0226 ........... West Coast Venture Capital ......................................................... 05/22/1979 Cupertino, CA ............ 12/03/1984

06/06–0248 ........... Western Venture Capital Corp ...................................................... 08/03/1981 Tulsa, OK .................. 04/05/1991

Under the authority vested by the Act

and pursuant to the regulations

promulgated thereunder, the surrender

of each license was accepted on (see

surrender date indicated) and

accordingly, all rights, privileges, and

franchises derived therefrom have been

terminated.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 59.011, Small Business

Investment Companies.)

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Don A. Christensen,

Associate Administrator for Investment.

[FR Doc. 97–22531 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

[Public Notice 2589]

Registration for the Diversity

Immigrant (DV–99) Visa Program

ACTION: Notice of registration period and

requirements for the fifth year of the

Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

This public notice provides

information on the procedures for

obtaining an opportunity to apply for

one of the 55,000 immigrant visas to be

made available in the DV category

during Fiscal Year 1999. This notice is

issued pursuant to 22 CFR 42.33, which

implements sections 201(a)(3), 201(e),

203(c) and 204(a)(1)(G) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (8

U.S.C. 1151(a)(3), 1153(c), and

1154(a)(1)(G)).

Entry Procedures for the 55,000

Immigrant Visas To Be Made Available

in the DV Category During Fiscal Year

1999

Sections 201(a)(3), 201(e), 203(c) and

204(a)(1)(G) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act, taken together

established, effective for Fiscal Year

1995 and thereafter, an annual

numerical limitation of 55,000 diversity

immigrant visas to be made available to

persons from countries that have had

low rates of immigration to the United

States. The DV–99 registration mail-in

period will last 31 days and will be held

from noon on October 24, 1997 through

noon on November 24, 1997. This will

give those eligible, both in the United

States and overseas, ample time to mail

in an entry.

How Visas Are Apportioned

The visas will be apportioned among

six geographic regions. A greater

number of visas will go to those regions

that have had lower immigration rates

as determined pursuant to INA 203(c).

There is, however, a limit of seven

percent (or 3,850) on the use of visas by

natives of any one foreign state. The

regions, along with their Fiscal Year

1999 allotments are:

Africa: 21,409; includes all countries

on the African continent and adjacent

islands.

Asia: 7,254; extends from Israel to the

northern Pacific Islands, including

Indonesia and Hong Kong, but excludes

China, both mainland and Taiwan born,

India, Philippines, South Korea, and

Vietnam.

Europe: 23,024; extends from

Greenland to Russia, including all

countries of the former USSR, but

excludes Great Britain (United

Kingdom) and its dependent territories

and Poland (Northern Ireland is

eligible).

North America: 8; the Bahamas is the

only eligible country this year (Canada

is not eligible).

Oceania: 837; includes Australia,

New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and

all countries and islands in the South

Pacific.

South America, Central America, and

the Caribbean: 2,468; extends from

Central America (Guatemala) and the

Caribbean nations to Chile but excludes

Colombia, Dominican Republic, El

Salvador, Jamaica, and Mexico.

Eligibility

Natives of ‘‘high admission’’ countries

are not eligible for the program. ‘‘High

admission’’ countries are defined as

those from which the United States has

received more than 50,000 immigrants

during the last five fiscal years for

which data are available in the

immediate relative, or family or

employment preference categories. [See

INA 203(c)(1)(A)]. Each year the

Immigration and Naturalization Services

adds the family and employment

immigrant admission figures for the

previous five fiscal years to identify the

countries that must be excluded from

the annual diversity lottery. For 1999,

‘‘high admission’’ and therefore

ineligible countries are:

Canada,

China (mainland and Taiwan born),

Colombia,

The Dominican Republic,

El Salvador,

India,

Jamaica,

Mexico,

The Philippines,

Poland,

South Korea,

United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland),

and its dependent territories, and

Vietnam.

Note that the Hong Kong Administrative

Region (SAR) is eligible; it is treated

separately from China pursuant to the

1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on

the Question of Hong Kong, the 1990

Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region of the People’s

Republic of China, and the 1991 U.S.-

Hong Kong Policy Act, 22 U.S.C. 5701

et seq. Northern Ireland is treated

separately pursuant to INA 203(c)(1)(F).

Requirements

To apply for the 1999 Diversity

Immigrant Visa Program an applicant

must properly claim nativity in a

qualifying country AND meet either the

education or training requirement of the

DV program.

Nativity in most cases is determined

by place of birth. However, any alien

born in a nonqualifying country may

claim his or her spouse’s birthplace

(alternate chargeability) if the spousal

relationship was established at the time

the application for DV registration was
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submitted. An alien born in a

nonqualifying country in which neither

parent was born nor resident at the time

of the alien’s birth, can also claim the

birthplace of either parent. (INA 202(b).)

Education or Training: To be eligible

to compete for consideration for a visa

under the diversity program an alien

must have EITHER a high school

education or its equivalent, defined as

successful completion of a 12-year

course of elementary or secondary

education in the United States OR two

years work experience within the past

five years in an occupation requiring at

least two years of training or experience.

Applicants who do not meet these

requirements SHOULD NOT submit an

entry for the DV program.

Fee and Form

There is no fee and no special petition

form that must be completed to enter.

The entry must be typed or clearly

printed in the English alphabet on a

sheet of plain paper and must include

the information below (preferably in the

following order):

1. Applicant’s full name.

Last Name (Surname/Family Name),

First Name, and Middle Name (The Last

Name/Surname/Family Name should be

italicized.)

Example: Public, George James or

Public, Sara Jane or Lopez, Juan

Antonio.

2. Applicant’s date and place of birth.

Date of birth: Day, Month, Year

Example: 15 November 1961

Place of birth: City/Town, District/

County/Province, Country

Example: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Please use the current name of the

country (e.g. Kazakstan, Russia, Croatia,

Slovakia, Eritrea, etc.), if different from

the name in use at the time of birth.

3. Applicant’s native country if

different from country of birth.

If an alien is claiming nativity in a

country other than his or her place of

birth, this country (instead of the

country of birth) must be clearly

indicated on the entry as well as in the

upper left corner of the entry envelope.

4. Name, date and place of birth of

applicant’s spouse and minor children,

if any.

The spouse and child(ren) of an

applicant who is registered for DV–99

status are automatically entitled to the

same status. To obtain a visa on the

basis of this derivative status, a child

must be under 21 years of age and

unmarried. NOTE: Do Not list parents as

they are not entitled to derivative status.

5. Applicant’s mailing address (and

phone number, if possible).

The mailing address must be clear

and complete, since it will be to that

address that the notification letter for

the persons who are registered will be

sent. A telephone number is optional

but useful.

6. A recent (preferably less than 6

months old) 1 1/2 inch (37 mm) square

photograph of the principal applicant:

The applicant’s name must be printed

across the back of the photograph,

which must be taped to the application

with clear tape, not attached by staples

or paper clips, which can jam the mail

processing equipment. Photocopies are

not acceptable.

7. Principal applicant’s signature is

required on the entry: The applicant

must personally sign (preferably in the

native alphabet) the entry using his or

her normal signature, regardless of

whether the entry is prepared and

submitted by the applicant or someone

else. Failure of the principal applicant

to personally sign the entry will result

in disqualification. (Only the principal

applicant, not the spouse and children,

needs to submit a signature and

photograph.)

This information must be sent by

regular mail or air mail to the postal

addresses in Portsmouth, New

Hampshire, designated for the principal

applicant’s native region (see addresses

below). Entries must be mailed in

envelopes [between 6 and 10 inches (15

to 25 cm) long and 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches

(9 to 11 cm) wide]. Postcards are not

acceptable, nor are envelopes inside

express mail packets. The upper lefthand corner of the envelope must show

the country to which the applicant is

claiming nativity (or the country to

which the alien is claiming entitlement),

full name, and complete mailing

address typed or clearly printed in the

English alphabet.

Only one entry for each applicant may

be submitted during the registration

period. Duplicate or multiple entries

will disqualify individuals from

registration for this program. [See INA

204(a)(1)(6)(i)]. Entries received before

or after the specified registration dates

regardless of when they are postmarked

and entries sent to an address other than

one of those indicated below are void.

All qualifying envelopes received

during the registration period will be

individually numbered and entries will

be selected at random by computer

regardless of time of receipt during the

mail-in period. Selected entries will be

registered and then notified as specified

below.

Where Entries Should Be Sent

Note Carefully the Importance of

Using the Correct Postal ZIP Code for

Each Region.

Asia:

DV–99 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00210, USA

South America, Central America, and

the Caribbean:

DV–99 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00211, USA

Europe:

DV–99 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00212, USA

Africa:

DV–99 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00213, USA

Oceania:

DV–99 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00214, USA

North America:

DV–97 Program, National Visa Center,

Portsmouth, NH 00215, USA

Outside Attorneys or Consultants

The decision to hire an attorney or

consultant is entirely up to the

applicant. Procedures for entering the

Diversity Lottery can be completed

without assistance following these

simple instructions. However, if

applicants prefer to use outside

assistance, that is their choice. There are

many legitimate attorneys and

immigration consultants assisting

applicants for reasonable fees, or in

some cases for free. Unfortunately, there

are other persons who are charging

exorbitant rates and making unrealistic

claims.

Selection of Winners

The selection of winners is made at

random and no outside service can

legitimately improve an applicant’s

chances of being chosen or guarantee

that an entry will win. Any service that

claims it can improve an applicant’s

odds is promising something it cannot

lawfully deliver.

Persons who think they have been

cheated by a U.S. company or

consultant in connection with the

Diversity Visa Lottery may wish to

contact their local consumer affairs

office or the National Fraud Information

Center at 1–800–876–7060 or 1–202–

835–0159 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

(EST), Monday through Friday or (202)

835–0159; Internet address: http://

www/fraud.org. The U.S. Department of

State does not investigate consumer

complaints against businesses in the

United States.

Notifying Winners

Only successful entrants will be

notified. They will be notified by mail

between April and July of 1998 at the

address listed on their entry. Winners

will also be sent instructions on how to

apply for an immigrant visa, including

information on the fee for immigrant

visas and a separate visa lottery
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surcharge. Successful entrants must

complete the immigrant visa application

process and meet all eligibility

requirements under U.S. law to be

issued a visa.

Being selected as a winner in the DV

Lottery does not automatically

guarantee being issued a visa even if the

applicant is qualified, because the

number of entries selected and

registered is greater than the number of

immigrant visas available. Those

selected will, therefore, need to

complete and file their immigrant visa

applications quickly. Once all 55,000

visas have been issued or on September

30, 1999, whichever is sooner, the DV

Program for Fiscal Year 1999 will end.

Obtaining Instructions on Entering the

DV Lottery

The above information on entering the

DV–99 program is also available 24

hours a day to persons within the

United States by calling the Department

of State’s Visa Lottery Information

Center at 1–900–884–8840 at a flat rate

of $5.10 per call. Callers will first hear

some basic information about the DV

Lottery and will be requested to provide

their name and address so that printed

instructions can be mailed to them.

Applicants overseas may continue to

contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or

Consulate for instructions on the DV

Lottery.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Mary A. Ryan,

Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–22256 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Opportunity to Apply for

Nomination to the World Trade

Organization Dispute Settlement

Roster of Panel Candidates—

Extension of Time

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for applications from the public.

By Federal Register Notice of July 10,

1997 (62 FR 37112) the Office of the

U.S. Trade Representative announced

the opportunity to apply for nomination

by the United States to the World Trade

Organization (WTO) indicative list of

non-governmental persons for potential

service as a panelist in settlement of

WTO trade disputes. The application

deadline cited was August 10, 1997. The

deadline has been extended to

September 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information concerning the form of the

application appears at 62 FR 37112–4.

For further information on the form of

the application, contact Ileana Falticeni,

Litigation Assistant, USTR Office of

Monitoring and Enforcement, (202) 395–

3582. For information concerning WTO

procedures or the duties involved,

contact Amelia Porges, Senior Counsel

for Dispute Settlement, (202) 395–7305

or Rebecca Reese, Director for

Government Procurement, (202) 395–

3063.

Frederick L. Montgomery,

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–22467 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Notice of Meeting of the Industry

Functional Advisory Committee for

Customs Matters (IFAC 1)

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Industry Functional

Advisory Committee for Customs

Matters (IFAC 1) will hold a meeting on

September 18, 1997 from 9:30 a.m. to

12:45 p.m. The meeting will be open to

the public from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

and closed to the public from 9:30 a.m.

to 11:30 a.m.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

September 18, 1997, unless otherwise

notified.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Department of Commerce in Room

1414, located at 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC, unless otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Gardner, Department of Commerce, 14th

St. and Constitution Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–3681

or Bill Daley, Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th St. NW.,

Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–6120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IFAC

1 will hold a meeting on September 18,

1997 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The

meeting will include a review and

discussion of current issues which

influence U.S. trade policy. Pursuant to

Section 2155(f)(2) of Title 19 of the

United Sates Code and Executive Order

11846 of March 27, 1975, the Office of

the U.S. Trade Representative has

determined that part of this meeting will

be concerned with matters the

disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the development by the

United States Government of trade

policy, priorities, negotiating objectives

or bargaining positions with respect to

the operation of any trade agreement

and other matters arising in connection

with the development, implementation

and administration of the trade policy of

the United States. During the discussion

of such matters, the meeting will be

closed to the public from 9:30 a.m. to

11:30 a.m. The meeting will be open to

the public and press from 11:30 a.m. to

12:45 p.m. when other trade policy

issues will be discussed. Presently

scheduled are agenda items on Customs

Automation and a Report on Regional

Customs Meetings. Attendance during

this part of the meeting is for

observation only. Individuals who are

not members of the committee will not

be invited to comment.

Phyllis Shearer Jones,

Assistant United States Trade Representative,

Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison.

[FR Doc. 97–22540 Filed 8–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval. The ICR describe

the nature of the information collection

and its expected burden. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment

period soliciting comments was

published on June 11, 1997 (62 FR

31862).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel

Richard, Maritime Administration,

MAR–120, Room 7210, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Title: Inventory of American

Intermodal Equipment.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0503.