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made regarding a claimant’s eligibility 

for benefits. By signing the CM–936 

form, the claimant authorizes 

physicians, hospitals, medical facilities 

or organizations, and the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health to release medical information 

about the miner to the Department of 

Labor’s Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. The form 

contains information required by 

medical institutions and private 

physicians to enable them to release 

pertinent medical information. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through November 30, 

2018. 

II. Review Focus: The Department of 

Labor is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

* Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

* evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

* enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

* minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions: The Department 

of Labor seeks approval for the 

extension of this currently-approved 

information collection in order to obtain 

claimant consent for the release of 

medical information for consideration 

by the Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs in their claim for benefits. 

Failure to gather this information would 

inhibit the adjudication of black lung 

claims because pertinent medical data 

would not be available for consideration 

during the processing of the claim. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Authorization for Release of 

Medical Information. 

OMB Number: 1240–0034. 

Agency Number: CM–936. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Respondents: 7,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 7,000. 

Average Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 583 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $7,420. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 27, 2018. 

Yoon Ferguson, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 18–11] 

Report on Countries That Are 

Candidates for Millennium Challenge 

Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019 

and Countries That Would Be 

Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 608(a) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 

requires the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation to publish a report that 

identifies countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for Millennium Challenge 

Account assistance during FY 2019. The 

report is set forth in full below. 

Dated: August 30, 2018. 

Jeanne M. Hauch, 

VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. 

Report on Countries That Are 

Candidates for Millennium Challenge 

Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019 

and Countries that would be 

Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions 

Summary 

This report to Congress is provided in 

accordance with section 608(a) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as 

amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the 

Act). 

The Act authorizes the provision of 

assistance for global development 

through the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC) for countries that 

enter into a Millennium Challenge 

Compact with the United States to 

support policies and programs that 

advance the progress of such countries 

to achieve lasting economic growth and 

poverty reduction. The Act requires 

MCC to take a number of steps in 

selecting countries with which MCC 

will seek to enter into a compact, 

including determining the countries that 

will be eligible countries for fiscal year 

(FY) 2019 based on (a) a country’s 

demonstrated commitment to (i) just 

and democratic governance, (ii) 

economic freedom, and (iii) investments 

in its people; and (b) the opportunity to 

reduce poverty and generate economic 

growth in the country, and (c) the 

availability of funds to MCC. These 

steps include the submission to the 

congressional committees specified in 

the Act and publication in the Federal 

Register of reports on the following: 

Æ The countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for FY 2019 based on their 

per capita income levels and their 

eligibility to receive assistance under 

U.S. law and countries that would be 

candidate countries but for specified 

legal prohibitions on assistance (section 

608(a) of the Act); 

Æ The criteria and methodology that 

the MCC Board of Directors (Board) will 

use to measure and evaluate the relative 

policy performance of the ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ consistent with the 

requirements of subsections (a) and (b) 

of section 607 of the Act in order to 

determine ‘‘eligible countries’’ from 

among the ‘‘candidate countries’’ 

(section 608(b) of the Act); and 

Æ The list of countries determined by 

the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for 

FY 2019, identification of such 

countries with which the Board will 

seek to enter into compacts, and a 

justification for such eligibility 

determination and selection for compact 

negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act). 

This report is the first of three 

required reports listed above. 

Candidate Countries for FY 2019 

The Act requires the identification of 

all countries that are candidate 

countries for FY 2019 and the 

identification of all countries that would 

be candidate countries but for specified 

legal prohibitions on assistance. Under 

sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act, 

candidate countries must qualify as low 

income or lower middle income 

countries as defined in the Act. 

Specifically, a country will be a 

candidate country in the low income 

category for FY 2019 if it: 

Æ Has a per capita income that is not 

greater than the World Bank’s lower 

middle income country threshold for 

such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national 

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Æ Is among the 75 countries identified 

by the World Bank as having the lowest 

per capita income; and 

Æ Is not ineligible to receive United 

States economic assistance under part I 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended (the Foreign Assistance 

Act), by reason of the application of the 

Foreign Assistance Act or any other 

provision of law. 

A country will be a candidate country 

in the lower middle income category for 

FY 2019 if it: 

Æ Has a per capita income that is not 

greater than the World Bank’s lower 

middle income country threshold for 

such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national 

income per capita for FY 2019); 

Æ Is not among the 75 countries 

identified by the World Bank as having 

the lowest per capita income; and 

Æ Is not ineligible to receive United 

States economic assistance under part I 

of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason 

of the application of the Foreign 

Assistance Act or any other provision of 

law. 

Under section 606(c) of the Act as 

applied for FY 2019, a country with per 

capita income changes from FY 2018 to 

FY 2019 such that the country would be 

reclassified from the low income 

category to the lower middle income 

category or vice versa will retain its 

income status in its former category for 

FY 2019 and two subsequent fiscal years 

(FY 2020 and FY 2021). A country that 

has transitioned to the upper middle 

income category does not qualify as a 

candidate country. 

Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act, 

the Board identified the following 

countries as candidate countries under 

the Act for FY 2019. In so doing, the 

Board referred to the prohibitions on 

assistance to countries for FY 2018 

under the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2018. 

Candidate Countries: Low Income 

Category 

Afghanistan 

Angola 

Bangladesh 

Benin 

Bhutan 

Burkina Faso 

Burundi 

Cabo Verde 

Cameroon 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Comoros 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 

Congo, Republic of the 

Coˆte d’Ivoire 

Djibouti 

Egypt 

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) 

Ethiopia 

Gambia, The 

Ghana 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Haiti 

Honduras 

India 

Indonesia 

Kenya 

Kiribati 

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

Lesotho 

Liberia 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Mali 

Mauritania 

Micronesia, Federated States of 

Moldova 

Morocco 

Mozambique 

Nepal 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Philippines 

Rwanda 

Sa ̃o Tome ́ and Principe 

Senegal 

Sierra Leone 

Solomon Islands 

Somalia 

Sri Lanka 

Tajikistan 

Tanzania 

Timor-Leste 

Togo 

Uganda 

Ukraine 

Uzbekistan 

Vanuatu 

Vietnam 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Candidate Countries: Lower Middle 

Income Category 

El Salvador 

Georgia 

Kosovo 

Mongolia 

Tunisia 

Countries That Would Be Candidate 

Countries but for Legal Provisions That 

Prohibit Assistance 

Countries that would be considered 

candidate countries for FY 2019 but are 

ineligible to receive United States 

economic assistance under part I of the 

Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the 

application of any provision of the 

Foreign Assistance Act or any other 

provision of law are listed below. This 

list is based on legal prohibitions 

against economic assistance that apply 

as of July 26, 2018. 

Prohibited Countries: Low Income 

Category 

Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance pursuant to section 706(3) of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107–228), 

regarding adherence to obligations 

under international counternarcotics 

agreements and other counternarcotics 

measures. 

Burma is ineligible to receive U.S. 

economic assistance, absent special 

authority, because of concerns relative 

to its record on human rights. 

Cambodia is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance pursuant to section 

7043(b)(1) of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which restricts 

assistance to the Government of 

Cambodia unless the Secretary of State 

certifies that the Government of 

Cambodia is taking effective steps to 

strengthen regional security and 

stability and respect the rights and 

responsibilities enshrined in the 

Constitution of the Kingdom of 

Cambodia. 

Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance, including due to its status as 

a Tier III country under the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

The central Government of Nicaragua 

is ineligible to receive foreign assistance 

pursuant to section 7070(c) of the FY 

2018 Appropriations Act, which 

prohibits assistance for the central 

government of a country that the 

Secretary of State determines has 

recognized the independence of, or has 

established diplomatic relations with, 

the Russian occupied Georgian 

territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali 

Region/South Ossetia. 

North Korea is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7007 of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which prohibits 

direct assistance to the government of 

North Korea. 

South Sudan is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which prohibits, 

with limited exceptions, assistance to 

the central government of South Sudan 

until the Secretary of State certifies and 

reports to Congress that such 

government is taking effective steps to 

end hostilities and pursue good faith 

negotiations for a political settlement of 

the conflict; provide access for 

humanitarian organizations; end the 

recruitment and use of child soldiers; 

protect freedoms of expression, 

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corruption related to the extraction and 

sale of oil and gas; establish democratic 

institutions; establish accountable 

military and police forces under civilian 

authority; and investigate and prosecute 

individuals credibly alleged to have 

committed gross violations of human 

rights, including at the Terrain 

compound in Juba, South Sudan on July 

11, 2016. 

Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7042(i) of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which prohibits 

(with limited exceptions) assistance to 

the government of Sudan. 

Syria is ineligible to receive foreign 

assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7007 of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which prohibits 

direct assistance to the government of 

Syria. 

Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive 

foreign assistance, including pursuant to 

section 7042(j)(2) of the FY 2018 

Appropriations Act, which prohibits 

(with limited exceptions) assistance for 

the central government of Zimbabwe 

unless the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to Congress that the rule of 

law has been restored, including respect 

for ownership and title to property, and 

freedoms of expression, association, and 

assembly. 

Countries identified above as 

candidate countries, as well as countries 

that would be considered candidate 

countries but for the applicability of 

legal provisions that prohibit U.S. 

economic assistance, may be the subject 

of future statutory restrictions or 

determinations, or changed country 

circumstances, that affect their legal 

eligibility for assistance under part I of 

the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of 

application of the Foreign Assistance 

Act or any other provision of law for FY 

2019. 

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BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; NCUA Call Report 

and Profile 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA), as part of a 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the following 

revision of a currently approved 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 5, 2018 

to be assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the information collection to Dawn 

Wolfgang, National Credit Union 

Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Suite 

5080, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; Fax 

No. 703–519–8579; or Email at 

PRAComments@NCUA.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Address requests for additional 

information to the address above or 

telephone 703–548–2279. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: 3133–0004. 

Title: NCUA Call Report and Profile. 

Forms: NCUA Form 5300 and 4501A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Sections 106 and 202 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act require 

federally insured credit unions to make 

financial reports to the NCUA. Section 

741.6 prescribes the method in which 

federally insured credit unions must 

submit this information to NCUA. 

NCUA Form 5300, Call Report, is used 

to file quarterly financial and statistical 

data and NCUA Form 4501A, Credit 

Union Profile, is used to obtain nonfinancial data relevant to regulation and 

supervision such as the names of senior 

management and volunteer officials, 

and are reported through NCUA’s online 

portal, Credit Unions Online. 

The financial and statistical 

information is essential to NCUA in 

carrying out its responsibility for 

supervising federal credit unions. The 

information also enables NCUA to 

monitor all federally insured credit 

unions with National Credit Union 

Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) insured 

share accounts. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: Notfor-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,530. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

22,120. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 6. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 132,720. 

Reason for Change: Revisions are 

attributed to the issuance of accounting 

standards codifications (ASC) by the 

Financial Accounting Standards Board, 

revised data selections to the current 

products and services offered by credit 

unions, and the removal of other 

elements deemed no longer necessary to 

maintain proper credit union 

supervision; including several pages of 

Schedule D, Derivative Transactions 

Report. 

These revisions will not alter the 

estimated burden hours necessary to 

review the instructions and complete 

the filing as the burden associated with 

Schedule D affects less than one percent 

of the credit unions and did not impact 

the industry average burden hours. The 

amount of data elements removed 

compared to those added negates the 

difference in burden. 

The burden hours reflect an 

adjustment to the number of 

respondents due to the decline in the 

number of federally insured credit 

unions, which has averaged 

approximately one percent per quarter. 

Specifically, the number of federally 

insured credit unions completing the 

Call Report and Profile dropped from 

5,954 to 5,530 (March 2018). The 

reduction of 10,176 burden hours 

reflects this adjustment. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit comments 

concerning: (a) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper execution of the function of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of the 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board, 

the National Credit Union Administration, on 

August 30, 2018. 

Dated: August 30, 2018. 

Dawn D. Wolfgang, 

NCUA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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