70382 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 22, 2000 / Notices

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Decided: November 15, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29731 Filed 11–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service; Meeting

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date, time, and location for the first

meeting of the renewed term of the

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations (COAC), and

the provisional agenda for consideration

by the Committee.

DATES: The next meeting of the Treasury

Advisory Committee on Commercial

Operations of the U.S. Customs Service

will be held on Friday, December 1,

2000 at 9 a.m. at the Department of the

Treasury, Secretary’s Conference Room

(Rm. 3327), located at 15th Street and

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC. The duration of the

meeting will be approximately four

hours, starting at 9 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

P. Simpson, Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Regulatory, Tariff and Trade

Enforcement), Office of the Under

Secretary (Enforcement), telephone—

(202) 622–0230.

At this meeting, the Advisory

Committee is expected to pursue the

following agenda. The agenda may be

modified prior to the meeting.

Agenda

(1) Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)

(Legislative Principles and Conditions

for Renewal of MPF)

(2) Office of Regulations and Rulings

(OR&R) (Proposed Prototype for 3rd

Party (HQ) Rulings)

(3) Compliance Assessment Team

(CAT): (Status of Discussions Between

the Trade and Customs on Issues Raised

by the Subcommittee’s Position Paper)

(4) Treasury Study on Customs Data

and Record Keeping Requirements

(5) Current or Proposed Customs

Programs (Publication of 592 Violators;

Entry Revisions Project ‘‘ERP–2’’;

Resource Allocation Model ‘‘RAM’’;

Post Entry Amendment Process

‘‘PEAP’’; Importer Compliance

Measurement Project ‘‘ICMP’’;

Commissioner’s Trade Symposium

Proposals)

(6) G–7 Customs Automated

Reporting Standardization and

Simplification Initiative

(7) Future Meeting Dates and Venues

for 7th Term

(8). Agenda Items for Next Meeting

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting is open to the public; however,

participation in the Committee’s

deliberations is limited to Committee

members, Customs and Treasury

Department staff, and persons invited to

attend the meeting for special

presentations. A person other than an

Advisory Committee member who

wishes to attend the meeting should

contact Theresa Manning at (202) 622–

0220 or Helen Belt at (202) 622–0230 for

pre-clearance.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Timothy E. Skud,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary

(Regulatory, Tariff, and Trade Enforcement).

[FR Doc. 00–29816 Filed 11–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Payments to Persons Who Hold

Certain Categories of Judgments

Against Cuba or Iran

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury;

Office of Foreign Assets Control.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice specifies the

procedures necessary for persons to

establish eligibility for payments

authorized by section 2002 of the

Victims of Trafficking and Violence

Protection Act of 2000 (Act), Public Law

No. 106–386 (‘‘Section 2002’’). Section

2002 directs the Secretary of the

Treasury to make payments to persons

who hold certain categories of

judgments against Cuba or Iran in suits

brought under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7).

DATES: This Notice is effective

November 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions regarding submission of

applications, Rochelle E. Stern,

Transactions Analysis Officer, Office of

Foreign Assets Control. For legal

questions, Brett D. Barkey, AttorneyAdvisor, Office of the Chief Counsel

(Foreign Assets Control). Both

individuals can be reached at 202–622–

2671 (not a toll free call).

Part 1. Availability of Funds

Section 2002 specifies the source and

amount of funds available for the

payments authorized by that Section.

See section 2002(b). The Department of

the Treasury will make a payment to an

applicant promptly after determining (a)

that an application for payment,

containing all necessary information

and documentation specified in Part 2

below, has been received by the

Department of the Treasury, and (b) that

sufficient funds are available from the

sources identified in section 2002(b).

For purposes of funding payments in

connection with judgments and

sanctions against Cuba, section 2002

provides that the President shall vest

and liquidate up to and not exceeding

the amount of property of the

Government of Cuba and sanctioned

entities in the United States or any

commonwealth, territory, or possession

thereof that has been blocked pursuant

to section 5(b) of the Trading with the

Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)),

sections 202 and 203 of the

International Emergency Economic

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1702), or

any other proclamation, order, or

regulation issued thereunder. It further

provides that for the purposes of paying

amounts for judicial sanctions, payment

shall be made from funds or accounts

subject to sanctions as of April 18, 2000,

or from blocked assets of the

Government of Cuba. See section

2002(b)(1).

For purposes of funding payments in

connection with judgments against Iran,

Section 2002 provides that the

Department of the Treasury shall make

payments from amounts paid and

liquidated from (a) rental proceeds

accrued on the date of the enactment of

the Act from Iranian diplomatic and

consular property located in the United

States, and (b) funds not otherwise

made available in an amount not to

exceed the total of the amount in the

Iran Foreign Military Sales Program

account within the Foreign Military

Sales Fund on the date of the enactment

of the Act. See section 2002(b)(2). The

amount of funds made available by (a),

above, will be determined based in part

on information provided by the

Department of State. The amount of

funds made available by (b), above, will

be determined based on information

provided by the Department of Defense.

Part 2. Applications for Payment

Applications for payment under

section 2002 must be sent to Office of

Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department

of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Annex, Second Floor,