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Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

53048 (October 10, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–229

7. Docket No. NHTSA 3021

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994–1997

BMW R1100 Motorcycles

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1994–1997 BMW R1100

Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

54896 (October 22, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–231

[FR Doc. 97–33616 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Financial Management Service;

Proposed Collection of Information:

Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Financial Management

Service, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on a

continuing information collection. By

this notice, the Financial Management

Service solicits comments concerning

the form ‘‘Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.’’

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Financial Management Service, 3361–

L 75th Avenue, Landover, Maryland

20785.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form(s) and instructions

should be directed to the Cash

Management Directorate, 401–14th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20227,

(202) 874–6540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial

Management Service solicits comments

on the collection of information

described below.

Title: Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.

OMB Number: 1510–0059.

Form Number: SF 5510.

Abstract: This form is used to collect

information from remitters (individuals

and corporations) to authorize

electronic fund transfers from accounts

maintained at financial institutions to

collect monies for government agencies.

Current Actions: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25,000.

Comments: Comments submitted in

response to this notice will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology;

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up

costs and costs of operation,

maintenance and purchase of services to

provide information.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Mitchell A. Devine,

Assistant Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–33505 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Exchange Visitor Program; Skills List

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Amendment to delete the Czech

Republic from the Exchange Visitor

Skills List. Retroactive release from

Skills List obligation for all countries

without skills lists.

SUMMARY: The Exchange Visitor Skills

List is amended by deleting the fields of

specialization for the Czech Republic at

the request of the Government of the

Czech Republic. Also, in the case of all

governments which have requested

removal from the skills list, their

citizens are retroactively no longer

required, on the basis of the skills list,

to comply with the two-year home

residence requirement of 212(e) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act.

DATES: This amendment shall become

effective upon publication in the

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for

further information should be addressed

to: Patricia B. Gribben, Chief, Waiver

Review Branch, Exchange Visitor

Program Services, USIA, 301 Fourth

Street, SW, Suite 700, Washington, DC

20547, telephone (202) 401–9800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the provisions of section 212(e) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act, as

amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(E), The

Secretary of State designated on April

25, 1972, a list of fields of specialized

knowledge or skill (referred to as the

Exchange Visitor Skills List) and those

countries which clearly required the

services of persons engaged in one or

more of such fields. Any alien who was

a national or resident of one of those

countries and obtained an exchange

visitor visa and/or became a participant

in an Exchange Visitor Program

involving a designated field of

specialized knowledge or skill after the

effective date of that notice was subject

to the two-year home country physical

presence requirement of section 212(e)

of the Immigration and Nationality Act

and 22 CFR 41.65(b).

Pursuant to the provisions of

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,

section 217 of the United States

Information Agency Authorization Act

of August 24, 1982 (Pub. L. 97–241) and

Executive Order Nos. 12048 (March 27,

1978) and 12388 (October 14, 1982) the

Director, United States Information

Agency, on June 12, 1984 further

amended the 1972 Exchange Visitor

Skills list, as revised in 1978, to increase

the designated fields of specialized

knowledge of skills. The 1984

amendment gave notice of the addition

of China and the deletion of Cambodia,

Iran and Viet-Nam from the skills list as

well as the indefinite suspension of

Afghanistan. In September, 1986 an

amendment reflected the deletion of

South Africa, addition of Iraq and

changes in Group 4 for the People’s

Republic of China. It also clarifies that

the skills list for the People’s Republic

of China is not applicable to exchange

visitors from Taiwan. A February 1987

amendment gave notice of the indefinite

suspension of Libya and the addition of

two fields to Group (1) of the skills list

for the People’s Republic of China.

Amendments in March and April, 1987,

contained date corrections. An

amendment in December, 1988 added

additional fields to the skills list for the
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People’s Republic of China and in July,

1993 an amendment removed Spain

from the skills list.

A comprehensive revised Skills List

was published in the Federal Register

on January 16, 1997. This list became

effective March 17, 1997.

This notice amends FR Vol. 62, Doc.

97–677, January 16, 1997.

Accordingly, the Exchange Visitor

Skills List, is further amended by

deleting the Czech Republic from said

list. It also provides retroactive release

from the skills list obligation for citizens

of countries which are not listed on the

Exchange Visitor Skills List.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–33499 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Voice of America Seeks Private Sector

Partners, Joint Ventures & Corporate

Underwriting

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Seeking private sector partners,

joint ventures & corporate underwriting.

SUMMARY: The Voice of America (VOA)

is the United States Government’s

world-wide broadcasting service and a

major component of the U.S.

Information Agency’s (USIA)

International Broadcasting Bureau. VOA

has an unparalleled worldwide news

gathering service, with more than 25

bureaus around the globe; it produces a

wide variety of programming in 52

languages, including English, reaching

about 86 million people around the

globe; it has a 55-year worldwide

reputation for accuracy and excellence,

making it far and away the best known

and respected American source of news

and information in the world; millions

of people have learned English by

listening to the English teaching and

Special English programs of VOA; many

of its language services, such as the

Spanish and Portuguese Services for

Latin America (VOA Latin America),

now work with a strong line-up of about

107 local affiliate stations.

VOA is prepared to explore a variety

of possible arrangements with the

private sector and accept proposals for

joint ventures, corporate underwriting,

and other relationships designed to

further its mission while reducing the

expenditure of taxpayer dollars. The

Agency is authorized, pursuant to 22

U.S.C. 1437, to encourage and utilize

private agencies’ participation,

including existing American press,

publishing, radio, et. al., in carrying out

its mission.

Accordingly, the U.S. Information

Agency and its International

Broadcasting Bureau are seeking private

sector partners for its various VOA

programs and program services.

Agreements with more than one

organization could result from this

announcement. Written expressions of

interest should be submitted to John G.

Busch, Office of Contracts, 301 4th St.,

SW., Room M–22, Washington, DC

20547; telephone no. 202–205–5480; fax

no. 202–105–5466; or Internet:

JBUSCH@USIA.GOV. All

correspondence will be considered.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

John G. Busch,

Senior Contracting Officer, Office of

Contracts.

[FR Doc. 97–33568 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

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