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85136 

Vol. 89, No. 207 

Friday, October 25, 2024 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development. 

ACTION: Request for public comment and 

notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States Agency for 

International Development (USAID) 

announces a public meeting, and 

requests public comment for the sixth 

meeting of the Partnership for Peace 

Fund (PPF) Advisory Board to receive 

updates on progress and changes to 

USAID programming under MEPPA 

following the terrorist attacks of October 

7, 2023, and discuss recommendations 

for the strategic direction of MEPPA one 

year later. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

November 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EST. 

The public meeting will take place on 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EST via the WebEx 

platform (https://usaid.webex.com/ 

usaid/j.php?MTID=ma3abcea1c0e636

b33b35abe43d844958). 

The meeting does not require preregistration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

regarding the work of the PPF Advisory 

Board by email to MEPPA@usaid.gov. 

Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 19’’ 

in the subject line. All public comments 

and questions will be included in the 

official record of the meeting and posted 

publicly on the USAID website. 

Please email MEPPA@usaid.gov to 

request reasonable accommodations for 

the public meeting. Include ‘‘Request for 

Reasonable Accommodation, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 19’’ 

in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

McDonald, 202–712–4965, meppa@

usaid.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

December 2020, Congress passed the 

Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership 

for Peace Act, or MEPPA, with 

bipartisan support. The Act directs 

USAID and the U.S. International 

Development Finance Corporation 

(DFC), in coordination with the 

Department of State, to program $250 

million over five years to build the 

foundation for peaceful coexistence 

between Israelis and Palestinians 

through a new PPF, managed by USAID, 

and a Joint Investment Initiative, 

managed by the DFC. 

MEPPA serves as a recognition that 

economic, social, and political 

connections between Israelis and 

Palestinians are the best way to foster 

mutual understanding and provide the 

strongest basis for a sustainable, twostate solution. USAID’s Middle East 

Bureau has been working with Congress, 

interagency colleagues, and partners in 

Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza to 

implement the Act. MEPPA also calls 

for the establishment of a board to 

advise USAID on the strategic direction 

of the PPF. 

Composed of up to 15 members, the 

PPF Advisory Board includes 

development experts, private sector 

leaders and faith-based leaders who are 

appointed by members of Congress and 

the USAID Administrator. As stated in 

its charter, the Board’s role is purely 

advisory and possesses no enforcement 

authority or power to bind USAID. 

Duties of the Board and individual 

members are restricted to providing 

information and making 

recommendations to USAID on matters 

and issues relating to the types of 

projects USAID should seek to support 

to further the purposes of the People-toPeople Partnership for Peace Fund and 

partnerships with foreign governments 

and international organizations to 

leverage the impact of the Fund. 

The following are the current 

members of the Advisory Board: 

Chair: The Honorable George R. Salem 

The Honorable Elliott Abrams 

Farah Bdour 

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl 

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen 

Sander Gerber 

Ambassador Mark Green (ret.) 

Hiba Husseini 

Heather Johnston 

Harley Lippman 

The Honorable Nita M. Lowey 

Dina Powell McCormick 

Nickolay Mladenov 

Jen Stewart 

The Honorable Robert Wexler 

PPF Advisory Board meetings are 

held twice a year and are public. More 

information about how USAID is 

implementing MEPPA to increase 

people-to-people partnerships between 

Israelis and Palestinians is available at: 

https://www.usaid.gov/west-bank-andgaza/meppa. 

The purpose of this meeting is for the 

Advisory Board to gain a better 

understanding of the progress so far to 

program funds under the PPF to bring 

Israelis and Palestinians together to 

increase understanding and advance the 

goal of a two-state solution. 

During this meeting, the Board will 

(1) receive updates on progress and 

changes to USAID programming under 

MEPPA following the terrorist attacks of 

October 7, 2023, and (2) discuss 

recommendations for the strategic 

direction of MEPPA one year later. 

Request for Public Comment: To 

inform the direction and advice of the 

Board, USAID invites written comments 

from the public on areas for focus and 

strategies for people-to-people 

peacebuilding under the PPF. 

Written comments and information 

are requested on or before Monday, 

November 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. 

Include ‘‘Public Comment, PPF 

Advisory Board Meeting, November 11’’ 

in the subject line. Please submit 

comments and information as a Word or 

PDF attachment to your email. You are 

encouraged to submit written comments 

even if you plan to attend the public 

meeting. All public comments and 

questions will be included in the official 

record of the meeting and posted 

publicly on the USAID website. 

Public Meeting: A public meeting will 

take place Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 

from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. This meeting 

is free and open to the public. Persons 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

use the following link: (https://

usaid.zoomgov.com/j/ 

1606503264?pwd=ZVpXSW

pnYnBoTHFIVFEwYTR5QTVTUT09). 

Requests for reasonable 

accommodations should be directed to 

Daniel McDonald at MEPPA@usaid.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Request for Reasonable 

Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board 


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Meeting, November 19’’ in the subject 

line. 

John Walsh, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for the PPF 

Advisory Board, Bureau for the Middle East, 

U.S. Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24830 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LP–24–0064] 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Agricultural 

Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for an 

extension of the currently approved 

information collection ‘‘Plan for 

Estimating Daily Livestock Slaughter 

Under Federal Inspection’’ (OMB 0581– 

0050). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 24, 2024 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice online using the electronic 

process available at https://

www.regulations.gov. Comments may 

also be submitted to Russell Avalos, 

Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market 

News Division, Livestock and Poultry 

Program, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

STOP 0252; 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW; Room 2619–S; Washington, DC 

20250–0252. All comments should 

reference docket number AMS–LP–24– 

0064 and note the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be posted without change, 

including any personal information 

provided, at https://

www.regulations.gov/, and become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Avalos, Livestock, Poultry, and 

Grain Market News Division, AMS, 

USDA, by telephone at (202) 738–2112, 

or via email at Russell.Avalos@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Plan for Estimating Daily 

Livestock Slaughter Under Federal 

Inspection. 

OMB Number: 0581–0050. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), 

section 203(g), directs and authorizes 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) to collect and disseminate 

marketing information including 

adequate outlook information, on a 

market area basis, for the purpose of 

anticipating and meeting consumer 

requirements, aiding in the maintenance 

of farm income, and to bring about a 

balance between production and 

utilization. 

Under this Market News program, 

AMS issues a Market News report 

estimating daily livestock slaughter 

under Federal inspection. This report is 

compiled by AMS on a voluntary basis 

in cooperation with the livestock and 

meat industry. Market News reporting 

must be timely, accurate, and 

continuous if it is to be useful to 

producers, processors, and the trade in 

general. The daily livestock slaughter 

estimates are provided at the request of 

industry and are used to make 

production and marketing decisions. 

The Daily Estimated Livestock 

Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 

Report is used by a wide range of 

industry contacts, including packers, 

processors, producers, brokers, and 

retailers of meat and meat products. The 

livestock and meat industry requested 

that AMS issue slaughter estimates 

(daily and weekly), by species, for 

cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep in order 

to assist them in making immediate 

production and marketing decisions and 

as a guide to the volume of meat in the 

marketing channel. The information 

requested from respondents includes 

their estimation of the current day’s 

slaughter at their plant(s) and the actual 

slaughter for the previous day. Also, the 

Government is a large purchaser of meat 

and related products and this report 

assists other Government agencies in 

providing timely information on the 

quantity of meat entering the processing 

channels. 

The aforementioned information must 

be collected, compiled, and 

disseminated by an impartial thirdparty, in a manner which protects the 

confidentiality of the reporting entity. 

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service 

is in the best position to provide this 

service. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .0333 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, individuals or 

households, farms, and the Federal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

69. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

17,940. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 260. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 597 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) 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; 

(2) 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; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24844 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 


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