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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Meeting of the Compact Council for the 

National Crime Prevention and Privacy 

Compact 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to announce a meeting of the National 

Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact 

Council (Council) created by the 

National Crime Prevention and Privacy 

Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus 

far, the Federal Government and 29 

states are parties to the Compact which 

governs the exchange of criminal history 

records for licensing, employment, and 

similar purposes. The Compact also 

provides a legal framework for the 

establishment of a cooperative federalstate system to exchange such records. 

The United States Attorney General 

appointed 15 persons from state and 

federal agencies to serve on the Council. 

The Council will prescribe system rules 

and procedures for the effective and 

proper operation of the Interstate 

Identification Index system for 

noncriminal justice purposes. 

Matters for discussion are expected to 

include: 

(1) Rap Back. 

(2) Guiding principle documents 

outlining privacy rights for agencies and 

applicants use during fingerprint-based 

background checks. 

(3) The National Background Check 

System Task Force recommendation on 

potential reimbursable arrangements for 

National Fingerprint File participants. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public on a first-come, first-seated basis. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

file a written statement with the Council 

or wishing to address this session of the 

Council should notify the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Compact 

Officer, Mr. Gary S. Barron at (304) 625– 

2803, at least 24 hours prior to the start 

of the session. The notification should 

contain the requestor’s name and 

corporate designation, consumer 

affiliation, or government designation, 

along with a short statement describing 

the topic to be addressed and the time 

needed for the presentation. Requesters 

will ordinarily be allowed up to 15 

minutes to present a topic. 

DATES AND TIMES: The Council will meet 

in open session from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., 

on May 16–17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at The St. Anthony Hotel, 330 East 

Terrace, San Antonio, Texas, telephone 

(210) 227–4392. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries may be addressed to Mr. Gary 

S. Barron, FBI Compact Officer, Module 

D3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, 

Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, 

telephone (304) 625–2803, facsimile 

(304) 625–2868. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Gary S. Barron, 

FBI Compact Officer, Criminal Justice 

Information Services Division, Federal Bureau 

of Investigation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Meeting of the CJIS Advisory Policy 

Board 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation 

(FBI). 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to announce the meeting of the Criminal 

Justice Information Services (CJIS) 

Advisory Policy Board (APB). The CJIS 

APB is a federal advisory committee 

established pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). This 

meeting announcement is being 

published as required by Section 10 of 

the FACA. 

The CJIS APB is responsible for 

reviewing policy issues and appropriate 

technical and operational issues related 

to the programs administered by the 

FBI’s CJIS Division, and thereafter, 

making appropriate recommendations to 

the FBI Director. The programs 

administered by the CJIS Division are 

the Integrated Automated Fingerprint 

Identification System/Next Generation 

Identification, Interstate Identification 

Index, Law Enforcement Online, 

National Crime Information Center, 

National Instant Criminal Background 

Check System, National Incident-Based 

Reporting System, Law Enforcement 

National Data Exchange, and Uniform 

Crime Reporting. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public on a first come, first seated basis. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

file a written statement concerning the 

CJIS Division’s programs or wishing to 

address this session should notify the 

CJIS Designated Federal Officer, R. Scott 

Trent at (304) 625–5263 at least 72 

hours prior to the start of the session. 

The notification should contain the 

requestor’s name, corporate designation, 

and consumer affiliation or government 

designation along with a short statement 

describing the topic to be addressed and 

the time needed for the presentation. A 

requestor will ordinarily be allowed no 

more than 15 minutes to present a topic. 

Dates and Times: The APB will meet 

in open session from 8:30 a.m. until 5 

p.m., on June 6–7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at The Adams Mark Hotel, 120 Church 

Street, Buffalo, New York 14202, 

telephone (614) 228–5050. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries may be addressed to Ms. 

Melody D. Cooper; Management and 

Program Assistant; CJIS Training and 

Advisory Process Unit, Resources 

Management Section; FBI CJIS Division, 

Module C2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, 

Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306–0149; 

telephone (304) 625–2601, facsimile 

(304) 625–5090. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

R. Scott Trent, 

CJIS Designated Federal Officer, Criminal 

Justice Information Services Division, Federal 

Bureau of Investigation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Final Determination Revising 

the List of Products Requiring Federal 

Contractor Certification as to Forced 

or Indentured Child Labor Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13126 

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This final determination 

revises the list required by Executive 

Order 13126 (‘‘Prohibition of 

Acquisition of Products Produced by 

Forced or Indentured Child Labor’’), in 

accordance with the ‘‘Procedural 

Guidelines for the Maintenance of the 

List of Products Requiring Federal 

Contractor Certification as to Forced or 

Indentured Child Labor Under 48 CFR 

Subpart 22.15 and E.O. 13126.’’ This 

notice revises the list by adding three 

products, Bricks from Afghanistan and 

Cassiterite and Coltan from the 

Democratic Republic of the Congo, that 

the Departments of Labor, State and 

Homeland Security believe might have 

been mined, produced, or manufactured 

by forced or indentured child labor. 

Under a final rule of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulatory Councils, 

published January 18, 2001 (at 48 CFR 

Subpart 22.15), which also implements 

Executive Order 13126, federal 

contractors who supply products which 

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appear on this list are required to 

certify, among other things, that they 

have made a good faith effort to 

determine whether forced or indentured 

child labor was used to mine, produce, 

or manufacture the item. 

DATES: This document is effective 

immediately upon publication of this 

notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Revised List of Products 

On October 4, 2011, the Department 

of Labor (DOL), in consultation and 

cooperation with the Department of 

State (DOS) and the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), published a 

Notice of Initial Determination in the 

Federal Register proposing to revise the 

List of Products Requiring Federal 

Contractor Certification as to Forced or 

Indentured Child Labor (‘‘the EO List’’) 

(76 FR 61384). The notice invited public 

comment through December 3, 2011. 

The initial determination can be 

accessed on the Internet at http:// 

www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/ 

main.htm or can be obtained from: 

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and 

Human Trafficking (OCFT), Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs, Room 

S–5317, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–4843; 

fax (202) 693–4830. 

Of the public comments that were 

received, only one discussed the 

revisions to the EO List proposed in the 

initial determination. The comment 

expressed support for all three proposed 

revisions to the EO List. No new 

information was provided through 

public comments to negate the basis for 

the proposed revisions in the initial 

determination. 

Accordingly, based on recent, 

credible, and appropriately corroborated 

information from various sources, DOL, 

DOS, and DHS have concluded that 

there is a reasonable basis to believe that 

the following products, identified by 

their countries of origin, might have 

been mined, produced, or manufactured 

by forced or indentured child labor: 

Product Country 

Bricks .......................... Afghanistan. 

Cassiterite ................... Democratic Republic 

of the Congo. 

Coltan ......................... Democratic Republic 

of the Congo. 

The bibliographies providing the basis 

for the three agencies’ decisions on each 

product are available on the Internet at 

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/ 

main.htm. 

II. Background 

EO 13126, which was published in 

the Federal Register on June 16, 1999 

(64 FR 32383), declared that it was ‘‘the 

policy of the United States Government 

* * * that the executive agencies shall 

take appropriate actions to enforce the 

laws prohibiting the manufacture or 

importation of good, wares, articles, and 

merchandise mined, produced or 

manufactured wholly or in part by 

forced or indentured child labor.’’ 

Pursuant to EO 13126, and following 

public notice and comment, DOL 

published in the January 18, 2001 

Federal Register a list of products, 

identified by their country of origin, that 

DOL, in consultation and cooperation 

with DOS and the Department of the 

Treasury [relevant responsibilities now 

within DHS] had a reasonable basis to 

believe might have been mined, 

produced or manufactured by forced or 

indentured child labor (66 FR 5353). 

Pursuant to Section 3 of EO 13126, 

the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 

Councils published a final rule in the 

Federal Register on January 18, 2001 

providing, amongst other requirements, 

that federal contractors who supply 

products that appear on the EO List 

published by DOL must certify to the 

contracting officer that the contractor, 

or, in the case of an incorporated 

contractor, a responsible official of the 

contractor, has made a good faith effort 

to determine whether forced or 

indentured child labor was used to 

mine, produce, or manufacture any 

product furnished under the contract 

and that, on the basis of those efforts, 

the contractor is unaware of any such 

use of child labor. See 48 CFR Subpart 

22.15. 

DOL also published on January 18, 

2001 ‘‘Procedural Guidelines for the 

Maintenance of the List of Products 

Requiring Federal Contractor 

Certification as to Forced or Indentured 

Child Labor’’ (‘‘Procedural Guidelines’’), 

which provide for maintaining, 

reviewing, and, as appropriate, revising 

the EO List (66 FR 5351). The 

Procedural Guidelines provide that the 

List may be revised either through 

consideration of submissions by 

individuals or on DOL’s own initiative. 

In either event, when proposing to 

revise the EO List, DOL must publish in 

the Federal Register a notice of initial 

determination, which includes any 

proposed alteration to the List. DOL will 

consider all public comments prior to 

the publication of a final determination 

of a revised list, which is made in 

consultation and cooperation with DOS 

and DHS. 

On September 11, 2009, DOL 

published an initial determination in 

the Federal Register proposing to revise 

the List to include 29 products from 21 

countries. (74 FR 46794). The Notice 

requested public comments for a period 

of 90 days. Public comments were 

received and reviewed by all relevant 

agencies, and a final determination was 

issued on July 20, 2010 that included all 

products proposed in the initial 

determination except for carpets from 

India. (75 FR 42164). 

On December 16, 2010, DOL, in 

consultation and cooperation with DOS 

and DHS, published an initial 

determination in the Federal Register 

proposing to revise the EO List (75 FR 

78755). The notice explained how the 

initial determination was made and 

invited public comment through 

February 15, 2011. Public comments 

were received and reviewed by all 

relevant agencies, and a final 

determination was issued on May 31, 

2011 that incorporated all revisions 

proposed in the initial determination. 

(76 FR 31365). 

III. Summary and Discussion of 

Significant Comments 

The Bureau of International Labor 

Affairs (ILAB) received 4,151 public 

comments. Of these, 4,141 were 

identical comments from members of 

the public sent as part of an email 

campaign. Three of the remaining 

comments were from the Apparel 

Export Promotion Council of India 

(AEPC); the Child Labor Coalition 

(CLC); and a group of organizations 

including the American Federation of 

Labor-Congress of International 

Organizations (AFL–CIO), the American 

Federation of Teachers, Cal Poly 

Chocolates, the CLC, the Center for 

Reflection, Education and Action, Ethix 

Ventures, Equal Exchange, the Fair 

Trade Federation, the Fair Trade 

Resource Network, the Fair World 

Project, Global Exchange, Green 

America, the International Labor Rights 

Forum (ILRF), the Labor-Religion 

Coalition of New York State, Media Fair 

Trade/Untours, the Organic Consumers 

Association, Presbyterian Church 

(USA), the Office of Public Witness, 

Project Hope and Fairness, Stop the 

Traffik, SweatFree Communities, Sweet 

Earth Organic Chocolates, the Unitarian 

Universalist Service Committee, the 

United Methodist Board of Church and 

Society, and United Students for Fair 

Trade. The remaining seven comments 

had been mistakenly sent to ILAB and 

were actually intended to respond to an 

unrelated DOL Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking; ILAB forwarded these 

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comments to the appropriate DOL 

agency. 

All submissions, including a sample 

of the identical emails, are available for 

public viewing at www.regulations.gov 

(reference Docket ID No. DOL–2011– 

0006). After the closure of the public 

comment period, ILAB met with the 

AEPC at its request, and a record of that 

meeting is also available for public 

viewing under the same docket. 

All comments have been carefully 

reviewed and considered, as discussed 

below. 

A. Comments on Forced Child Labor in 

the Production of Cotton in Uzbekistan 

and Cocoa in Cote d’Ivoire 

One commenter provided recent 

documentation on forced child labor in 

the production of cotton in Uzbekistan 

and cocoa in Cote d’Ivoire, both of 

which are currently included in the EO 

List. DOL appreciates receiving this 

documentation. 

B. Comments on Alleged Forced Child 

Labor in the Harvesting and Processing 

of Cottonseed From Uzbekistan 

One commenter stated that forced 

child labor is occurring in the 

harvesting and processing of cottonseed 

from Uzbekistan. DOL would appreciate 

receiving documentation that may 

provide further information about this 

issue. 

C. Comments on Alleged Forced Child 

Labor in the Production of Carpets in 

India 

One commenter noted that carpets 

from India had ‘‘disappeared’’ from the 

EO List, and recommended that they be 

added to the List. DOL wishes to clarify 

that although carpets from India were 

included in an Initial Determination 

released to the public on September 11, 

2009 (74 FR 46794), this product and 

country of origin were not included on 

the EO List in the Final Determination 

published on July 20, 2010 (75 FR 

42164). At that time, available 

information about forced child labor in 

carpets was determined to be 

insufficient to place the product on the 

List. However, DOL appreciates the 

additional information provided by this 

commenter. DOL is considering this 

information and conducting additional 

relevant research. 

D. Request That Garments and 

Embroidered Textiles (Zari) From India 

Be Removed From the EO List 

One commenter requested the 

deletion of Embroidered Textiles (Zari) 

and Garments from India from the EO 

List. DOL is carefully reviewing this 

request and conducting additional 

research. DOL has received substantial 

additional information on the 

production of these goods and continues 

to analyze all available information 

against the criteria established in its 

Procedural Guidelines. DOL will 

consider all available information for 

the purpose of future revisions to the 

list. 

E. Comments Related to the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

List of Goods Made With Child Labor or 

Forced Labor (TVPRA List) 

One commenter included information 

that addressed goods named on the list 

of products DOL maintains under the 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA), 

codified at 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C). DOL 

would like to clarify that the EO List 

and the TVPRA List are produced under 

separate mandates and the public 

comment period identified for 

submissions relevant to the EO List 

initial determination did not apply to 

the TVPRA List. EO 13126 limitations 

on Federal procurement apply only to 

the products on the EO List, not to those 

on the TVPRA List. DOL considered all 

information received during the EO List 

public comment period addressing 

goods named on the TVPRA List as an 

official TVPRA List submission and will 

consider that information in the ongoing 

process of updating the TVPRA List. 

Additional information on the TVPRA 

List can be found at http://www.dol.gov/ 

ILAB/programs/ocft/tvpra.htm. 

Because some products appear on 

both the TVPRA List and the EO List, 

one commenter suggested that the 

separate standards for inclusion on 

these Lists are being improperly 

applied. This commenter also argued 

that the standard for inclusion on the 

EO List is impermissibly vague and may 

‘‘lead to chaos.’’ The EO List includes 

products that DOL, in consultation with 

DOS and DHS, has ‘‘a reasonable basis 

to believe might have been mined, 

produced, or manufactured by forced or 

indentured child labor.’’ Sec. 2. DOL, 

DOS, and DHS (formerly the 

Department of the Treasury) have 

administered the EO List for more than 

a decade. In this time period, there has 

been no indication that the EO 

definitions have caused confusion in 

discerning appropriate country and 

products. Products are placed on the EO 

List only after careful consideration of 

the factors set forth in the Procedural 

Guidelines, namely ‘‘the nature of 

information describing the use of forced 

or indentured child labor; the source of 

the information; the date of the 

information; the extent of corroboration 

of the information by appropriate 

sources; whether the information 

involved more than an insolated 

incident; and whether recent and 

credible efforts are being made to 

address forced or indentured child labor 

in a particular industry.’’ (66 FR 5351). 

The TVPRA List includes goods that 

ILAB ‘‘has reason to believe are 

produced by forced labor or child labor 

in violation of international standards.’’ 

22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C). As there is a 

reasonableness standard for inclusion 

on both the EO and TVPRA Lists, and 

DOL considers similar published factors 

in determining which goods appear on 

the Lists, it is not surprising that a 

number of products appear on both 

Lists. (66 FR 5351; 72 FR 73374). 

F. Comment Questioning Whether the 

List Is in Accord With International Law 

One commenter expressed concerns 

about whether the EO is consistent with 

international law, including the General 

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Oct. 

30, 1947, 61 Stat. A–11, T.I.A.S. 1700, 

55 U.N.T.S. 194 (‘‘GATT’’). 

This comment raised concerns that (1) 

the EO List improperly acts as a ‘‘nontariff barrier’’ to trade and (2) the EO 

should not exclude from its provisions 

the products of a party to the North 

American Free Trade Agreement or the 

Agreement on Government Procurement 

without excluding all parties to the 

GATT. This comment appears to 

misunderstand the EO List, which does 

not act to restrict the importation of 

goods. The listing of products, and their 

respective countries of origin, and the 

requirement for procurement purposes 

of a good faith certification that 

products appearing on the EO List were 

not mined, produced or manufactured 

with forced or indentured child labor, 

does not constitute a barrier to trade. 

The commenter’s argument that the 

exclusions referenced are inconsistent 

with the non-discrimination obligations 

in the GATT is directed at the EO itself, 

rather than its implementation, and thus 

may not be responsive to the 

Department’s request for comments. 

However, the exclusions referenced by 

the commenter are not inconsistent with 

these obligations. 

This commenter also suggested that it 

is improper to define ‘‘child’’ under the 

EO as any person under the age of 18. 

See EO 13126, Sec. 6(c). This definition 

is in accordance with international law, 

and particularly International Labour 

Organization Convention 182, Worst 

Forms of Child Labour. Convention 182 

defines ‘‘child’’ as ‘‘all persons under 

the age of 18.’’ Art. 2. The Convention 

goes on to define the worst forms of 

child labor to include ‘‘all forms of 

slavery or practices similar to slavery, 

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such as the sale and trafficking of 

children, debt bondage and serfdom and 

forced or compulsory labour, including 

forced or compulsory recruitment of 

children for use in armed conflict.’’ Art. 

3(a). Accordingly, the worst forms of 

child labor under Convention 182 

necessarily encompass the EO definition 

of forced or indentured child labor, 

which includes ‘‘all work or service: (1) 

Extracted from any person under the age 

of 18 under the menace of any penalty 

for its non-performance and for which 

the worker does not offer himself 

voluntarily; or (2) performed by any 

person under the age of 18 pursuant to 

a contract the enforcement of which can 

be accomplished by process or 

penalties.’’ EO 13126, Sec. 6(c). 

Therefore, the commenter’s suggestion 

is based on an incorrect understanding 

of the definition under international 

law. 

G. Comments Related to the Stage of 

Production at Which Forced or 

Indentured Child Labor Might Have 

Been Used 

Comments were received suggesting 

that the EO List be expanded to include 

‘‘end products’’ if there is a reasonable 

basis to believe the component parts of 

those products might have been mined, 

produced, or manufactured by forced or 

indentured child labor, regardless of the 

stage in the supply chain at which there 

is reason to believe such child labor 

might have been used. DOL is 

considering these comments and will 

consult and coordinate as appropriate 

with DOS, DHS and other Federal 

agencies. 

H. Comments Related to the 

Procurement of Products Named on the 

List 

Comments were received requesting 

that federal contracting officers use the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Guidelines for Eliminating Child and 

Forced Labor in Agricultural Supply 

Chains (‘‘USDA Guidelines’’), set forth 

at 76 FR 20305, to evaluate whether a 

contractor has made a good faith effort 

to verify that forced or indentured child 

labor was not used to mine, produce, or 

manufacture any item on the EO List. 

The USDA Guidelines were published 

on April 12, 2011 under the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 

Public Law 110–246, 122 Stat. 1651 

(2008), and Section 105 of the TVPRA 

as a ‘‘voluntary initiative to enable 

entities to reduce the likelihood that 

agricultural products or commodities 

imported into the United States are 

produced by forced labor or child 

labor.’’ (76 FR 20305). These guidelines, 

however, are not intended to be used by 

the government for enforcement 

purposes. Further, the current General 

Services Administration (GSA) 

regulations applicable to procurements 

affected by the EO do not permit good 

faith to be evaluated in the manner 

suggested. The GSA regulations state 

that ‘‘[a]bsent any actual knowledge that 

the [good faith] certification is false, the 

contracting officer must rely on the 

offerors’ certifications in making award 

decisions.’’ 48 CFR 22.1503(d). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

March 2012. 

Sandra Polaski, 

Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs; 

Labor Advisory Committee for Trade 

Negotiations and Trade Policy 

ACTION: Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the Labor 

Advisory Committee for Trade 

Negotiation and Trade Policy. 

Date, Time, Place: May 14, 2012; 

2 p.m.–4 p.m.; U.S. Department of 

Labor, Secretary’s Conference Room, 

200 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. 

Purpose: The meeting will include a 

review and discussion of current issues 

which influence U.S. trade policy. 

Potential U.S. negotiating objectives and 

bargaining positions in current and 

anticipated trade negotiations will be 

discussed. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2155(f) 

it has been determined that the meeting 

will be concerned with matters the 

disclosure of which would seriously 

compromise the Government’s 

negotiating objectives or bargaining 

positions. Accordingly, the meeting will 

be closed to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Zollner, Division Chief, Trade 

Policy and Negotiations, Office of Trade 

and Labor Affairs; Phone: (202) 693– 

4890. 

Signed at Washington, DC, the 28th day of 

March 2012. 

Sandra Polaski, 

Deputy Undersecretary, International Affairs. 

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Office of the Federal Register 

Agreements in Force as of December 

31, 2011, Between the American 

Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States 

AGENCY: Office of the Federal Register, 

NARA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

agreements. 

SUMMARY: The American Institute in 

Taiwan has concluded a number of 

agreements with the Taipei Economic 

and Cultural Representative Office in 

the United States (formerly the 

Coordination Council for North 

American Affairs) in order to maintain 

cultural, commercial and other 

unofficial relations between the 

American people and the people of 

Taiwan. The Director of the Federal 

Register is publishing the list of these 

agreements on behalf of the American 

Institute in Taiwan in the public 

interest. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cultural, 

commercial and other unofficial 

relations between the American people 

and the people of Taiwan are 

maintained on a non-governmental basis 

through the American Institute in 

Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit 

corporation created under the Taiwan 

Relations Act (Pub. L. 96–8; 93 Stat. 14). 

The Coordination Council for North 

American Affairs (CCNAA) was 

established as the nongovernmental 

Taiwan counterpart to AIT. On October 

10, 1995, the CCNAA was renamed the 

Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States (TECRO). 

Under section 12 of the Act, 

agreements concluded between AIT and 

TECRO (CCNAA) are transmitted to the 

Congress, and according to sections 6 

and 10(a) of the Act, such agreements 

have full force and effect under the law 

of the United States. The texts of the 

agreements are available from the 

American Institute in Taiwan, 1700 

North Moore Street, Suite 1700, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22209. For further 

information, please telephone (703) 

525–8474, or fax (703) 841–1385. 

Following is a list of agreements 

between AIT and TECRO (CCNAA) 

which were in force as of December 31, 

2011. 

For the American Institute in Taiwan. 

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