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to pre-register by contacting Ms. Terri 

Joya at (202) 401–1282, by fax at (202) 

401–1782 or by email to tjoya@nifa.

usda.gov. Participants may reserve one 

5-minute comment period. More time 

may be available, depending on the 

number of people wishing to make a 

presentation. Reservations will be 

confirmed on a first-come, first-served 

basis. All other participants may 

provide comments during the webbased listening session if time permits, 

or submit written comments. All written 

comments must be received by close of 

business July 30, 2013, to be considered. 

All comments and the official transcript 

of the meeting, when they become 

available, may be reviewed on the NIFA 

Web page, http://www.nifa.usda.gov/ 

funding/afri/afri_listen_session.html for 

six months. Additional AFRI Programspecific web-based listening sessions 

may occur after July 16, 2013 to obtain 

public comments for use in developing 

other AFRI RFAs. Dates and times will 

be posted to the following URL: http:// 

www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/afri/

afri_faq_webinars.html. 

Background and Purpose 

Significant variations from the 

historical rate of water supply and 

availability are projected to have major 

impacts on agricultural, forest, and 

range production systems. The new 

water program area within AFRI will be 

coordinated with, and leverage, efforts 

in other AFRI challenge areas, such as 

the Food Security, Food Safety, Climate 

Variability and Change and Sustainable 

Bioenergy challenge areas, and help 

solve critical water resource problems in 

rural and agricultural watersheds across 

the United States. The program will 

focus on developing solutions for water 

management that link food, water, 

climate change, energy, and 

environmental issues. Funding will be 

used to develop and transfer 

management practices, technologies, 

and tools for farmers, ranchers, forest 

owners and managers, and citizens to 

improve water resource quantity and 

quality. NIFA’s approach will link 

social, economic, and behavioral 

sciences with traditional biophysical 

sciences and engineering to address 

watershed- or aquifer-scale problems. 

NIFA has tentatively identified three 

critical topics that warrant immediate, 

comprehensive, and coordinated efforts 

in research, education, and extension. 

These three topics are: (1) Ensuring 

agricultural water security, addressing 

surface water, groundwater and 

reclaimed water needed to produce a 

wide array of agricultural goods and 

services now and into the future; (2) 

Improving nutrient management in 

agricultural landscapes with focus on 

nitrogen and phosphorous; and (3) 

Reducing impacts of chemicals of 

emerging concern and the presence and 

movement of waterborne pathogens in 

the landscape. Information regarding the 

AFRI program can be found at http:// 

www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/afri/ 

afri.html. AFRI grants are authorized for 

FYs 2009–2013, of which the Secretary 

may retain no more than 4 percent for 

administrative costs. Grants will be 

awarded on the basis of merit, quality, 

and relevance and may have terms of up 

to 10 years. Subject to the availability of 

appropriations to carry out the research 

component of the AFRI program, the 

Secretary may award grants to State 

agricultural experiment stations; 

colleges and universities; university 

research foundations; other research 

institutions and organizations; Federal 

agencies; national laboratories; private 

organizations or corporations; 

individuals; or any group consisting of 

two or more of the aforementioned 

entities. The integrated component of 

the AFRI program, the Secretary may 

awards grants to colleges and 

universities; 1994 Land-Grant 

Institutions; and Hispanic-serving 

agricultural colleges and universities. 

Implementation Plans 

NIFA plans to consider stakeholder 

input received from this web-based 

listening session as well as other written 

comments in developing the FY 2014 

solicitations for this program. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

June, 2013. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2013–16204 Filed 7–5–13; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

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AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights 

ACTION: Revised Notice of Business 

Meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 12, 2013; 

9:30 a.m. EST 

PLACE: 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425 

MEETING AGENDA

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning 

• Approval of Final Draft of 2013 

Statutory Enforcement Report 

• Discussion re: Proposed Findings and 

Recommendations for the 2013 

Statutory Enforcement Report 

• Status Update on the Sex Trafficking: 

A Gender-Based Violation of Civil 

Rights Report 

• Status Update on the Federal Civil 

Rights Engagement with Arab and 

Muslim American Communities Post 

9/11 Report 

III. Management and Operations 

• Staff Director’s report 

• Acting Chief of Regional Programs’ 

report 

IV. Approval of State Advisory 

Committee Appointment Slates 

• Kentucky 

• Maine 

• Minnesota 

• New Hampshire 

• New York 

V. Adjourn Meeting 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

PERSON: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Dated: July 3, 2013. 

TinaLouise Martin, 

Director of Management/Human Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Direct Investment 

Surveys: BE–577, Quarterly Survey of 

U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: 

Transactions of U.S. Reporter With 

Foreign Affiliate 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

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