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obligations of digital broadcasters. The

Committee will study and recommend

which public interest obligations should

accompany broadcasters’ receipt of

digital television licenses. The President

designated the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration as secretariat for the

Committee.

AUTHORITY: Executive Order 13038,

signed by President Clinton on March

11, 1997.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, January 16, 1998 from 8:30 a.m.

until 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting is scheduled to

take place in the Lounge of the ExportImport Bank of the United States, 11th

Floor, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20571. This location

is subject to change. If the location

changes, another Federal Register

notice will be issued. Updates about the

location of the meeting will also be

available on the Advisory Committee’s

homepage at www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm or you may

call Karen Edwards at 202–482–8056.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Edwards, Designated Federal

Officer and Telecommunications Policy

Specialist, at the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.;

Washington, DC 20230. Telephone:

202–482–8056; Fax: 202–482–8058; Email: piac@ntia.doc.gov.

MEDIA INQUIRIES: Please contact Paige

Darden at the Office of Public Affairs, at

202–482–7002.

Agenda

Friday, January 16

Opening remarks

Briefings on the technology of digital

broadcasting and the implications

for new programming services

Briefings on educational programming

in the digital era

Public comment

Committee business

Closing remarks

This agenda is subject to change. For

an updated, more detailed agenda,

please check the Advisory Committee

homepage at www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm.

Public Participation

The meeting will be open to the

public, with limited seating available on

a first-come, first-served basis. Please

bring a form of picture identification

such as a driver’s license or passport for

clearance into the building on the day

of the meeting. This meeting is

physically accessible to people with

disabilities. Any member of the public

requiring special services, such as sign

language interpretation or other

ancillary aids, should contact Karen

Edwards at least five (5) working days

prior to the meeting at 202–482–8056 or

at piac@ntia.doc.gov.

Any member of the public may

submit written comments concerning

the Committee’s affairs at any time

before or after the meeting. The

Secretariat’s guidelines for public

comment are described below and are

available on the Advisory Committee

website (www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm) or by calling

202–482–8056.

Guidelines for Public Comment

The Advisory Committee on Public

Interest Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters welcomes public

comments.

Oral Comment: In general,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than five

(5) minutes per speaker and no more

than thirty (30) minutes total at each

meeting.

Written Comment: Written comments

must be submitted to the Advisory

Committee Secretariat at the address

listed below. Comments can be

submitted either by letter addressed to

the Committee (please place ‘‘Public

Comment’’ on the bottom left of the

envelope and submit at least thirty-five

(35) copies) or by electronic mail to

piac@ntia.doc.gov (please use ‘‘Public

Comment’’ as the subject line). Written

comments received within three (3)

workings days of a meeting and

comments received shortly after a

meeting will be compiled and sent as

briefing material to Committee members

prior to the next scheduled meeting.

Obtaining Meeting Minutes

Within thirty (30) days following the

meeting, copies of the minutes of the

meeting may be obtained over the

Internet at www.ntia.doc.gov/

pubintadvcom/pubint.htm, by phone

request at 202–482–8056 or 202–501–

6195, by email request at

piac@ntia.doc.gov or by written request

to Karen Edwards; Advisory Committee

on Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters; National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration; U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue N.W.; Washington,

DC 20230.

Shirl Kinney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Communications and Information.

[FR Doc. 97–34078 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of an Import Restraint

Limit and Guaranteed Access Level for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Honduras

December 23, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

an import limit and guaranteed access

level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limit and

guaranteed access level for textile

products in Categories 352/652,

produced or manufactured in Honduras

and exported during the period January

1, 1998 through March 26, 1998, are

based on limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC) and a Memorandum

of Understanding (MOU) dated

September 15, 1995 between the

Governments of the United States and

Honduras.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 1998 limit and guaranteed access

level.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel
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1Category 352–K: only HTS numbers

6107.11.0010, 6107.11.0020, 6108.19.9010,

6108.21.0010, 6108.21.0020, 6108.91.0005,

6108.91.0015, 6108.91.0025, 6109.10.0005,

6109.10.0007, 6109.10.0009, 6109.10.0037; Category

652–K: 6107.12.0010, 6107.12.0020, 6108.11.0010,

6108.11.0020, 6108.22.9020, 6108.22.9030,

6108.92.0005, 6108.92.0015, 6108.92.0025,

6109.90.1047 and 6109.90.1075.

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 62 FR 66057,

published on December 17, 1997).

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notices 51 FR 21208,

published on June 11, 1986; 52 FR

26057, published on July 10, 1987; 54

FR 50425, published on December 6,

1989; 61 FR 38236, published on July

23, 1996, and 62 FR 49206, published

on September 19, 1997.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 23, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 1998, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile

products in Categories 352/652, produced or

manufactured in Honduras and exported

during the period beginning on January 1,

1998 and extending through March 26, 1998

in excess of 2,634,919 dozen of which not

more than 1,941,519 dozen shall be in

Categories 352–K/652–K 1.

The limit set forth above is subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limit for that year (see

directive dated November 19, 1996) to the

extent of any unfilled balance. In the event

the limit established for that period has been

exhausted by previous entries, such products

shall be charged to the limit set forth in this

directive.

Also pursuant to the ATC and a

Memorandum of Understanding dated

September 15, 1995 between the

Governments of the United States and

Honduras; and under the Special Access

Program, as set forth in 51 FR 21208 (June

11, 1986), 52 FR 26057 (July 10, 1987), 54 FR

50425 (December 6, 1989), 61 FR 49439

(September 20, 1996), effective on January 1,

1998, a guaranteed access level of 11,643,836

dozen is being established for properly

certified textile products assembled in

Honduras from fabric formed and cut in the

United States in textile products in

Categories 352/652 which are re-exported to

the United States from Honduras during the

period January 1, 1998 through March 26,

1998.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification and

Export Declaration in accordance with the

provisions of the certification requirements

established in the directive of July 18, 1996

shall be denied entry unless the Government

of the Republic of Honduras authorizes the

entry and any charges to the appropriate

specific limit. Any shipment which is

declared for entry under the Special Access

Program but found not to qualify shall be

denied entry into the United States.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

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

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

[FR Doc. 97–34064 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Macau; Correction

December 24, 1997.

In the table on page 66055 of the

document published in the Federal

Register on December 17, 1997, second

column, add Category 464 to Group II.

The Group II designation should read as

follows: 400–431, 433–438, 440–448,

459pt., 464 and 469pt., as a group.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–34061 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in the Philippines;

Correction

December 23, 1997.

In the first column on page 64362 of

the document published in the Federal

Register on December 5, 1997, make the

following corrections:

1. Move Categories 361, 369–S and

611 from Group II to Group I. The limits

for Categories 361, 369–S and 611

remain unchanged.

2.The new Group II designation shall

be as follows:

200–227, 300–326, 332, 359–O, 360,

362, 363, 369–O, 400–414, 434–438,

440, 442, 444, 448, 459pt., 464, 469pt.,

600–607, 613–629, 644, 659–O, 666,

669–O, 670–O, 831, 833–838, 840–846,

850–858 and 859pt., as a group

3.Change the 1998 Group II limit from

189,927,480 square meters equivalent to

170,236,390 square meters equivalent.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–34063 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of the Paperless ELVIS

(Electronic Visa Information System)

Requirement for Certain Cotton, Wool

and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Singapore

December 23, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs eliminating

the paper visa requirement.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.