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coarse animal hair or man-made

filaments used in the manufacture of

women’s or girls’ tailored suit jackets

and suit-type jacksts;

(2) A woven fabric which contains

and exhibits properties of resiliency

which render the fabric especially

suitable for attachment by fusing with a

thermo-plastic adhesive to the coatfront, side body or back of women’s or

girls’ tailored suit jackets and suit-type

jackets.

Note that the amendment is not being

extended for weft-inserted warp knit

fabric which contains and exhibits

properties of elasticity and resilience

which render the fabric especially

suitable for attachement by fusing with

a thermo-plastic adhensive to the coatfront, side body or back of women’s or

girls’ tailored suit jackets and suit-type

jackets. These interlinings must be

formed and cut in the United States.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 11, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive amends

but does not cancel the directive issued to

you on June 26, 1997, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. That directive concerns the

foreign origin exception for findings and

trimmings under the Special Access Program.

Effective on December 23, 1997, by date of

export, you are directed to extend, for the

one-year period December 23, 1997 through

December 22, 1998, the amendment to treat

non-U.S. formed, U.S.-cut interlinings,

further described below, for women’s and

girls’ wool and man-made fiber suit jackets

and suit-type jackets in Categories 435, 444,

635 and 644 as qualifying for the exception

for findings and trimmings, including elastic

strips less than one inch in width, created

under the Special Access Program

established effective September 1, 1986 (see

51 FR 21208). In the aggregate, such

interlinings, findings and trimmings must not

exceed 25 percent of the cost of the

components of the assembled article.

The amendment implemented by this

directive shall be of a temporary nature. With

respect to women’s and girls’ suit jackets and

suit-type jackets in Categories 435, 444, 635

and 644, the amendment will terminate on

December 22, 1998, by date of export of the

assembled article.

As described above, non-U.S. formed, U.S.-

cut interlinings may be used in imports of

women’s or girls’ suit jackets and suit-type

jackets entered under the Special Access

Program (9802.00.8015) provided they are cut

in the United States and of a type described

below:

(1) A chest plate, ‘‘hymo’’ piece or ‘‘sleeve

header’’ of woven or weft-inserted warp knit

construction of coarse animal hair or manmade filaments used in the manufacture of

women’s or girls’ tailored suit jackets and

suit-type jackets;

(2) A woven fabric which contains and

exhibits properties of resiliency which render

the fabric especially suitable for attachment

by fusing with a thermo-plastic adhesive to

the coat-front, side body or back of women’s

or girls’ tailored suit jackets and suit-type

jackets.

This amendment is not being extended for

weft-inserted warp knit fabric which contains

and exhibits properties of elasticity and

resilience which render the fabric especially

suitable for attachment by fusing with a

thermo-plastic adhesive to the coat-front,

side body or back of women’s or girls’

tailored suit jackets and suit-type jackets.

These interlinings must be formed and cut in

the United States.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Satellite Reconnaissance

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Open Systems will meet

in closed session on December 17–18,

1997 and January 27–28, 1998 at

Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax

Drive, Arlington, Virginia. In order for

the Task Force to obtain time sensitive

classified briefings, critical to the

understanding of the issues, this

meeting is scheduled on short notice.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At these

meetings the Task Force will examine

the benefits of, criteria for, and obstacles

to the application of an open systems

approach to weapon systems, and to

make recommendations on revisions to

DoD policy, practice, or investment

strategies that are required to obtain

maximum benefit from adopting open

systems. The Task Force should

examine application to new defense

programs, to those that have already

made substantial investments in a

design, and to those that are already

fielded, across the spectrum of weapon

systems, not just those heavily

dependent on advanced computers and

electronics.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5

U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has been

determined that these DSB Task Force

meetings concern matters listed in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that

accordingly these meetings will be

closed to the public.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Advisory Committee on

Military Personnel Testing; Notice

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that a meeting of

the Defense Advisory Committee on

Military Personnel Testing is scheduled

to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

on February 26, 1998 and from 8:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. on February 27, 1998. The

meeting will be held at The Delta King

Hotel, Sacramento, California. The

purpose of the meeting is to review

planned changes and progress in

developing paper-and-pencil and

computerized enlistment tests as well as

renorming of those tests. Persons

desiring to make oral presentations or

submit written statements for

consideration at the Committee meeting

must contact Dr. Jane M. Arabian,

Assistant Director for Accession Policy,

Office of the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Force Management Policy),

Room 2B271, The Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–4000, telephone

(703) 697–9271, no later than January

23, 1998.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison,

Department of Defense

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