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interests deemed relevant in these 

consultations, that paragraphs (i)(VIII), 

(iv)(IV), (iv)(V), and (iv)(VI) of section 

212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B), shall not apply with 

respect to an, for solicitation of funds or 

other things of value for; solicitation of 

any individual for membership; the 

provision of material support to; who 

received military-type training from or 

on behalf of the Democratic Movement 

for the Liberation of Eritrean Kunama 

(DMLEK), provided that the alien 

satisfies the relevant agency authority 

that the alien: 

(a) is seeking a benefit or protection 

under the INA and has been determined 

to be otherwise eligible for the benefit 

or protection; 

(b) has undergone and passed all 

relevant background and security 

checks; 

(c) has fully disclosed, to the best of 

his or her knowledge, in all relevant 

applications and interviews with U.S. 

government representatives and agents, 

the nature and circumstances of each 

instance of military-type training, 

solicitation, and material support, and 

any other activity or association falling 

within the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) 

of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B); 

(d) has not participated in, or 

knowingly provided material support to, 

terrorist activities that targeted 

noncombatant persons or U.S. interests; 

(e) poses no danger to the safety and 

security of the United States; and 

(f) warrants an exemption from the 

relevant inadmissibility provision(s) in 

the totality of the circumstances. 

Implementation of this determination 

will be made by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), in 

consultation with U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. 

consular officers, as applicable, who 

shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, and 

in their discretion, that the particular 

applicant meets each of the criteria set 

forth above. 

This exercise of authority may be 

revoked as a matter of discretion and 

without notice at any time, with respect 

to any and all persons subject to it. Any 

determination made under this exercise 

of authority as set out above can inform 

but shall not control a decision 

regarding any subsequent benefit or 

protection application, unless such 

exercise of authority has been revoked. 

This exercise of authority shall not be 

construed to prejudice, in any way, the 

ability of the U.S. government to 

commence subsequent criminal or civil 

proceedings in accordance with U.S. 

law involving any beneficiary of this 

exercise of authority (or any other 

person). This exercise of authority 

creates no substantive or procedural 

right or benefit that is legally 

enforceable by any party against the 

United States or its agencies or officers 

or any other person. 

In accordance with section 

212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(ii), a report on the aliens 

to whom this exercise of authority is 

applied, on the basis of case-by-case 

decisions by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security or by the U.S. 

Department of State, shall be provided 

to the specified congressional 

committees not later than 90 days after 

the end of the fiscal year. 

This determination is based on an 

assessment related to the national 

security and foreign policy interests of 

the United States as they apply to the 

particular persons described herein and 

shall not have any application with 

respect to other persons or to other 

provisions of U.S. law. 

Dated: October 17, 2013. 

Rand Beers, 

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26263 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Exercise of Authority Under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i). 

Following consultations with the 

Secretary of State and the Attorney 

General, I hereby conclude, as a matter 

of discretion in accordance with the 

authority granted to me by section 

212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, as well as 

the foreign policy and national security 

interests deemed relevant in these 

consultations, that paragraphs (i)(VIII), 

(iv)(IV), (iv)(V), and (iv)(VI) of section 

212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B), shall not apply with 

respect to an alien who: 

(a) On or after January 1, 1980, 

solicited funds or other things of value 

for; solicited any individual for 

membership in; provided material 

support to; or received military-type 

training from or on behalf of the Eritrean 

Liberation Front (ELF); or 

(b) prior to January 1, 1980, engaged 

in the conduct described above with 

respect to the ELF and was previously 

granted asylum or admitted as a refugee 

under the INA on or before the date of 

this Exercise of Authority, or is the 

beneficiary of an I–730 Refugee/Asylee 

Relative Petition filed at any time by 

such an asylee or admitted refugee, 

provided that the alien satisfies the 

relevant agency authority that the alien: 

(a) Is seeking a benefit or protection 

under the INA and has been determined 

to be otherwise eligible for the benefit 

or protection; 

(b) has undergone and passed all 

relevant background and security 

checks; 

(c) has fully disclosed, to the best of 

his or her knowledge, in all relevant 

applications and interviews with U.S. 

government representatives and agents, 

the nature and circumstances of each 

instance of solicitation, material 

support, and military-type training, and 

any other activity or association falling 

within the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) 

of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B); 

(d) has not participated in, or 

knowingly provided material support to, 

terrorist activities that targeted 

noncombatant persons or U.S. interests; 

(e) poses no danger to the safety and 

security of the United States; and 

(f) warrants an exemption from the 

relevant inadmissibility provision(s) in 

the totality of the circumstances. 

Implementation of this determination 

will be made by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), in 

consultation with U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. 

consular officers, as applicable, who 

shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, and 

in their discretion, that the particular 

applicant meets each of the criteria set 

forth above. 

This exercise of authority may be 

revoked as a matter of discretion and 

without notice at any time, with respect 

to any and all persons subject to it. Any 

determination made under this exercise 

of authority as set out above can inform 

but shall not control a decision 

regarding any subsequent benefit or 

protection application, unless such 

exercise of authority has been revoked. 

This exercise of authority shall not be 

construed to prejudice, in any way, the 

ability of the U.S. government to 

commence subsequent criminal or civil 

proceedings in accordance with U.S. 

law involving any beneficiary of this 

exercise of authority (or any other 

person). This exercise of authority 

creates no substantive or procedural 

right or benefit that is legally 

enforceable by any party against the 

United States or its agencies or officers 

or any other person. 

In accordance with section 

212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 


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1182(d)(3)(B)(ii), a report on the aliens 

to whom this exercise of authority is 

applied, on the basis of case-by-case 

decisions by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security or by the U.S. 

Department of State, shall be provided 

to the specified congressional 

committees not later than 90 days after 

the end of the fiscal year. 

This determination is based on an 

assessment related to the national 

security and foreign policy interests of 

the United States as they apply to the 

particular persons described herein and 

shall not have any application with 

respect to other persons or to other 

provisions of U.S. law. 

Dated: October 17, 2013. 

Rand Beers, 

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26262 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Critical Infrastructure Partnership 

Advisory Council (CIPAC); Correction. 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of an open Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting; Corrections. 

SUMMARY: The National Protection and 

Programs Directorate published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

September 19, 2013, concerning the 

Critical Infrastructure Partnership 

Advisory Council (CIPAC) Plenary 

Meeting on November 5, 2013. The 

document contained incorrect dates in 

two locations described below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Murphy, Critical Infrastructure 

Partnership Advisory Council Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer, telephone 

(703) 235–3999. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

19, 2013, in FR Vol. 78, No. 182, on 

page 57644, in the second column, 

correct the ADDRESSES caption to read: 

Written comments are welcome at any time 

prior to or following the meeting. Written 

comments may be sent to Renee Murphy, 

Department of Homeland Security, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 245 

Murray Lane, SW., Mail Stop 0607, 

Arlington, VA 20598–0607. For consideration 

in the CIPAC deliberations, written 

comments must be received by Renee 

Murphy by no later than 12:00PM on 

November 4, 2013, identified by Federal 

Register Docket Number DHS–2013–0050 

and may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

19, 2013, in FR Vol. 78, No. 182, on 

page 57644, in the third column, correct 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption 

to read: 

CIPAC represents a partnership between 

the Federal Government and critical 

infrastructure owners and operators, and 

provides a forum in which they can engage 

in a broad spectrum of activities to support 

and coordinate critical infrastructure security 

and resilience. The November 5, 2013, 

meeting will include topic-specific 

discussions focused on partnership efforts to 

enhance critical infrastructure resilience. 

Topics, such as Critical Infrastructure 

Security and Resilience and Cybersecurity, 

will be discussed. 

Dated: October 28, 2013. 

Larry May, 

Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26246 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4145– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2013–0001] 

Colorado; Amendment No. 8 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Colorado (FEMA–4145–DR), 

dated September 14, 2013, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 21, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Colorado is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of September 14, 2013. 

Fremont County for Individual Assistance. 

Morgan County for Individual Assistance 

(already designated for Public Assistance). 

Arapahoe County for Public Assistance 

(already designated for Individual 

Assistance). 

Crowley, Denver, Fremont, Gilpin, Lake, 

Lincoln, Sedgwick Counties for Public 

Assistance. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2013–26243 Filed 11–1–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U. S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Application for Exportation 

of Articles Under Special Bond 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; Extension of an existing 

information collection: 1651–0004. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security will be submitting 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act: Application for 

Exportation of Articles under Special 

Bond (CBP Form 3495). This is a 

proposed extension of an information 

collection that was previously 

approved. CBP is proposing that this 

information collection be extended with 

no change to the burden hours. This 

document is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on August 15, 2013 

(Volume 78, Page 47761), allowing for a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 4, 2013 

to be assured of consideration. 


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