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poverty reduction, livelihoods, family 

planning and reproductive health, 

macroeconomic growth (including anticorruption efforts), helping victims of 

trafficking and combatting trafficking, 

and advancing biodiversity and wildlife 

conservation, as well as the 

continuation of assistance that would 

have a significant adverse effect on 

vulnerable populations if suspended, is 

in the national interest of the United 

States. I thereby waive with respect to 

Zimbabwe the application of section 

7012 of the FY 2024 SFOAA with 

respect to such assistance. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, along with 

the accompanying memorandum of 

justification, shall be transmitted to 

Congress. 

Dated: August 28, 2024. 

Richard R. Verma, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12577] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘The Dead 

Sea Scrolls’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘The Dead Sea Scrolls’’ at the 

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and 

Museum, Simi Valley, California; the 

Museum of the Bible, Washington, 

District of Columbia; and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, are of cultural 

significance, and, further, that their 

temporary exhibition or display within 

the United States as aforementioned is 

in the national interest. I have ordered 

that Public Notice of these 

determinations be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The action of the United States in this 

matter, and the immunity based on the 

application of the provisions of law 

involved, does not imply any view of 

the United States concerning the 

ownership of the exhibit objects. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW, (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12574] 

Determination Under Section 7012 of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2024 Relating to 

Assistance to Yemen 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by section 7012 of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 

(Div. F, Pub. L. 118–47) (FY 2024 

SFOAA), Executive Order 12163, as 

amended by Executive Order 13346, and 

Department of State Delegation of 

Authority 513, I hereby determine that 

assistance for Yemen is in the national 

interest of the United States and thereby 

waive the application of section 7012 of 

the FY 2024 SFOAA with respect to 

such assistance to Yemen. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, along with 

the accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be reported to 

Congress. 

Dated: April 30, 2024. 

Richard R. Verma, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources, Department of State. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on October 31, 2024. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12567] 

Exchange Visitor Program 

ACTION: Notice of an agreement between 

the Government of the United States 

and the Swiss Federal Council and 

modification of certain regulatory 

requirements. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Exchange Visitor 

Program (EVP) regulations, the Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), 

U.S. Department of State, has modified 

certain regulatory provisions to permit 

Swiss citizens aged 18 to 35 who are 

enrolled in or have graduated from a 

technical, vocational (apprenticeship), 

or professional training program or postsecondary institution to participate in 

the EVP’s Intern and Trainee categories. 

The Swiss Federal Council has 

established a reciprocal program for 

U.S. citizens aged 18 to 35 who wish to 

obtain further training in their field. 

DATES: This action is effective 

November 30, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Pasini, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Private Sector Exchange at 

2200 C Street NW, SA–5, 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20522 via telephone: 

(202) 826–4364, or via email at 

jexchanges@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs has concluded an agreement 

between the United States and the Swiss 

Federal Council in accordance with 

existing EVP regulations (22 CFR part 

62), including regulations applying to 

the Intern and Trainee categories (22 

CFR 62.22). The program supports the 

purposes of the Fulbright-Hays Act by 

increasing Swiss J-visa participants’ 

understanding of U.S. culture and 

society and enhancing U.S citizens’ 

knowledge of Swiss culture and society 

through an open interchange of ideas. A 

key goal of the Fulbright-Hays Act, 

which authorizes the Intern and Trainee 

categories, is that exchange visitors will 

return to their home countries and share 

their experiences in the United States. 

The goals of the agreement, signed on 

October 11, 2024, are to give eligible 

Swiss and U.S. citizens the opportunity 

to acquire hands-on professional 

experience in their field of study; 

improve their knowledge of U.S and 

Swiss languages, cultures, and skills; 

and encourage participant mobility at 

the start of their careers in order to 

foster mutual understanding between 

the two countries. Permitting Swiss 


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citizens enrolled in or graduated from 

technical, vocational (apprenticeship), 

or professional training programs to 

participate in a J-visa intern/trainee 

program provides an opportunity to 

expand the diversity of exchange 

visitors and is representative of efforts 

to ensure J-visa programs are more 

inclusive. The agreement intends to 

open the EVP Intern and Trainee 

categories to a new demographic of 

exchange visitors and educational 

institutions. 

The Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) 

currently offers hundreds of Swiss 

exchange visitors the opportunity to 

teach, study, train, and conduct research 

in the United States. However, some 

Swiss graduates of technical, vocational 

(apprenticeships), or professional 

training programs are currently 

ineligible to participate in the Intern 

and Trainee categories of the EVP. 

Under current EVP regulations (22 CFR 

62.22(d)(2)), trainees must be foreign 

nationals who have either a degree or 

professional certificate from a foreign 

post-secondary academic institution and 

at least one year of prior related work 

experience in their occupational field 

acquired outside the United States, or 

five years of work experience in their 

occupational field acquired outside the 

United States. Under current regulations 

(22 CFR 62.22(d)(3)), intern exchange 

visitors must be enrolled in an 

accredited foreign degree- or certificategranting post-secondary academic 

institution or have recently graduated 

(within 12 months of program start date) 

from such an institution. 

Switzerland offers vocational 

education and training programs for 

approximately 250 different professions. 

Swiss vocational education and training 

are predominantly based on a dual 

education system: practical training 

(apprenticeships) on three to four days 

per week at a training institution 

supplemented by theoretical classes on 

one to two days per week. In addition, 

such students attend inter-company 

courses. These programs would not 

meet existing education and training 

regulatory requirements for the Intern 

and Trainee categories of the EVP. 

Under the agreement between the 

United States and Switzerland, Swiss 

participants who have a technical, 

vocational, or professional training 

(apprenticeship) or a post-secondary 

background may conduct a four to 18 

month-long internship or training 

program in the United States under the 

EVP. Under the reciprocal agreement, 

U.S. participants may train under a 

work contract in Switzerland for four 

and 18 months. 

Under the agreement, exchange 

visitors in the U.S. program must be 

citizens of Switzerland between the ages 

of 18 and 35. They must wish to obtain 

training in their field in order to support 

their career development through a prearranged placement at a U.S. private 

sector or non-profit organization. Under 

the agreement, participants in the Swiss 

program must be U.S. citizens aged 18 

to 35 and wish to obtain further training 

in their field through a contract of 

employment in Switzerland. 

Interns from Switzerland on the U.S. 

program must be enrolled in or have 

graduated within 12 months of their 

program start date from a technical, 

vocational, or professional training 

(apprenticeship) program or postsecondary institution located outside 

the United States. Trainees from 

Switzerland must have graduated from 

a technical, vocational, or professional 

training (apprenticeship) program 

located outside the United States and 

have at least one year of prior related 

work experience in their occupational 

field acquired outside the United States 

or have five years of work experience in 

their occupational field acquired 

outside the United States. U.S. 

participants on the Swiss program must 

be enrolled for at least two years in or 

graduated from a technical, vocational, 

or professional training (apprenticeship) 

program or post-secondary institution in 

the United States or have graduated 

from a technical, vocational, or 

professional training (apprenticeship) 

program or post-secondary institution in 

the United States. 

Scott D. Weinhold, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Finding of 

No Significant Impact for the I–84/US– 

89 Interchange Reconstruction in Utah 

and Final Federal Agency Actions 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice 

of limitations on claims for judicial 

review of actions. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

UDOT, is issuing this notice to 

announce the availability of the Finding 

of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

Interstate 84 (I–84)/US–89 Interchange 

Reconstruction in South Weber City, 

Uintah City, and South Ogden City, in 

Weber and Davis Counties, Utah. In 

addition, this notice is being issued to 

announce actions taken by UDOT that 

are final Federal agency actions related 

to the project referenced above. Those 

actions grant licenses, permits and/or 

approvals for the project. The Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) provides 

details on the Selected Alternative for 

the proposed improvements. 

DATES: This decision became operative 

on October 11, 2024. By this notice, 

FHWA, on behalf of UDOT, is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the Federal 

agency actions on the highway project 

will be barred unless the claim is filed 

on or before April 4, 2025. If the Federal 

law that authorizes judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 150 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyler Allen, Environmental Program 

Manager, UDOT Environmental 

Services, P.O. Box 143600, Salt Lake 

City, UT 84114; (801) 997–0080; email: 

tylerallen@utah.gov. UDOT’s normal 

business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(mountain time zone), Monday through 

Friday, except State and Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review, consultation, and 

other actions required by applicable 

Federal environmental laws for this 

action are being, or have been, carried 

out by UDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 

and a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU) dated May 26, 2022, and 

executed by FHWA and UDOT. Actions 

taken by UDOT on FHWA’s behalf 

pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 constitute 

Federal agency actions for purposes of 

Federal law. Notice is hereby given that 

UDOT has taken final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 

licenses, permits, and/or approvals for 

the I–84/US–89 Interchange 

Reconstruction project in the State of 

Utah. 

The project proposes to reconstruct 

and reconfigure the I–84/US–89 

interchange, constructing a bypass route 

on US–89 from South Weber Drive (SR– 

60) to Skyline Drive, constructing a 

flyover for southbound Harrison 

Boulevard (SR–203) to US–89, and to 

improve multimodal transportation 

networks in the area. The purpose of the 

project is to provide better mobility by 

addressing current and future travel 

demand, improve safety and operations, 

improve multimodal connectivity routes 


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