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causality statements. The respondents 

mail the paper copy of the SSA–199 to 

SSA for consideration and approval of 

the claim for reimbursement of cost 

incurred for SSA beneficiaries. For 

claims certifying adherence to cost 

containment policies and procedures, or 

for preparing causality statements, state 

VR agencies submit written requests as 

stipulated in SSA’s regulations within 

the Code of Federal Regulations. In most 

cases, SSA requires adherence to cost 

containment policies and procedures as 

well as causality statements prior to 

determining whether to reimburse the 

state VR agencies. 

SSA uses the information on the 

SSA–199, along with the written 

documentation, to determine whether or 

not, and how much, to pay the state VR 

agencies under SSA’s VR program. 

Respondents are state VR agencies who 

offer vocational and employment 

services to Social Security and 

Supplemental Security Income 

recipients. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Collection instrument Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

a. Claiming Reimbursement on SSA–199—20 CFR 404.2108(b) & 

416.2208(b) .......................................................................................... 80 160 12,800 23 4,907 

b. Certifying Adherence to Cost Containment Policy and Procedures— 

20 CFR 404.2117(c)(1) & (2), 416.2217(c)(1) & (2) & 34 CFR 361 ... 80 1 80 60 80 

c. Preparing Causality Statements—20 CFR 404.2121(a), 404.2101(a), 

416.2201(a), & 416.2221(a) ................................................................. 80 2.5 200 100 333 

Totals ................................................................................................ 80 .................... 13,080 .................... 5,320 

II. 

SSA submitted the information 

collection below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding the 

information collection would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than 

September 19, 2012. Individuals can 

obtain copies of the OMB clearance 

package by writing to 

OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov. 

Integrated Registration Services (IRES) 

System—20 CFR 401.45—0960–0626. 

The IRES System verifies the identity of 

individuals, businesses, organizations, 

entities, and government agencies who 

use SSA’s eService Internet and 

telephone applications. Individuals 

need this verification to electronically 

request and exchange business data 

with SSA. Requestors provide SSA the 

information needed to establish their 

identities. Once SSA verifies identity, 

the IRES system issues the requestor a 

user identification number (User ID) and 

a password to conduct business with 

SSA. Respondents are employers and 

third party submitters of wage data, 

business entities providing taxpayer 

identification information, and data 

exchange partners conducting business 

in support of SSA programs. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Collection instrument Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

IRES Internet Registrations ............................................................................................. 724,581 1 5 60,382 

IRES Internet Requestors ................................................................................................ 7,987,763 1 2 266,259 

IRES CS (CSA) Registrations ......................................................................................... 25,221 1 11 4,624 

Totals ........................................................................................................................ 8,737,565 .................... .................... 331,265 

Dated: August 15, 2012. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Director, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20324 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority DA1–343] 

Re-Delegation by the Under Secretary 

for Management to the Comptroller of 

Authorities Relating to Administration 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

me by the Secretary of State, including 

by Delegation of Authority No. 198, 

dated September 16, 1992, and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463 (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix), and to the extent authorized 

by law, I hereby re-delegate to the 

Comptroller, the following functions 

and authorities: 

(1) Committee management, in 

accordance with Section 8 of FACA; and 

(2) The authority to make a written 

determination to close a meeting of an 

advisory committee to the public, 

pursuant to Section 10(d) of FACA. 

The Comptroller may re-delegate the 

function of Committee Management 

Officer. Any act, executive order, 

regulation or procedure subject to, or 

affected by, this delegation shall be 

deemed to be such act, executive order, 

regulation or procedure as amended 

from time to time. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources, and the 

Under Secretary for Management may at 

any time exercise any authority or 

function delegated by this delegation of 

authority. 

Delegations of Authority Nos. 157–1 

and 157–2 are revoked, except to the 

extent that they revoke other delegations 

of authority. This document shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

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50206 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 161 / Monday, August 20, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: August 3, 2012. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20419 Filed 8–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–35–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Public Hearing Concerning China’s 

Compliance With WTO Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of public hearing concerning 

China’s compliance with its WTO 

commitments. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a 

public hearing and seek public 

comment to assist the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) in the preparation of its annual 

report to the Congress on China’s 

compliance with the commitments 

made in connection with its accession 

to the World Trade Organization (WTO). 

DATES: Persons wishing to testify at the 

hearing must provide written 

notification of their intention, as well as 

a copy of their testimony, by noon, 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012. 

Written comments are due by noon, 

Monday, September 24, 2012. A hearing 

will be held in Washington, DC, on 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Notifications of intent to 

testify and written comments should be 

submitted electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.regulations.gov. For 

alternatives to on-line submissions, 

please contact Donald W. Eiss, Trade 

Policy Staff Committee, at (202) 395– 

3475. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments or participation in the public 

hearing, contact Donald W. Eiss, (202) 

395–3475. All other questions should be 

directed to Terrence J. McCartin, Deputy 

Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for China Enforcement, 

(202) 395–3900, or Katherine C. Tai, 

Chief Counsel for China Enforcement, 

(202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

China became a Member of the WTO 

on December 11, 2001. In accordance 

with section 421 of the U.S.-China 

Relations Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–286), 

USTR is required to submit, by 

December 11 of each year, a report to 

Congress on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including 

both multilateral commitments and any 

bilateral commitments made to the 

United States. In accordance with 

section 421, and to assist it in preparing 

this year’s report, the TPSC is hereby 

soliciting public comment. Last year’s 

report is available on USTR’s Internet 

Web site (http://www.ustr.gov/ 

webfm_send/3189). 

The terms of China’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Protocol on 

the Accession of the People’s Republic 

of China (including its annexes) 

(Protocol), the Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of China 

(Working Party Report), and the WTO 

agreements. The Protocol and Working 

Party Report can be found on the 

Department of Commerce Web page, 

http://www.mac.doc.gov/China/ 

WTOAccessionPackage.htm, or on the 

WTO Web site, http:// 

docsonline.wto.org (document symbols: 

WT/L/432, WT/MIN(01)/3, WT/ 

MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/MIN(01)/3/ 

Add.2). 

2. Public Comment and Hearing 

USTR invites written comments and/ 

or oral testimony of interested persons 

on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: (a) Trading rights; (b) 

import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariff-rate 

quotas, quotas, import licenses); (c) 

export regulation; (d) internal policies 

affecting trade (e.g., subsidies, standards 

and technical regulations, sanitary and 

phytosanitary measures, government 

procurement, trade-related investment 

measures, taxes and charges levied on 

imports and exports); (e) intellectual 

property rights (including intellectual 

property rights enforcement); (f) 

services; (g) rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations) 

and status of legal reform; and (h) other 

WTO commitments. In addition, given 

the United States’ view that China 

should be held accountable as a full 

participant in, and beneficiary of, the 

international trading system, USTR 

requests that interested persons 

specifically identify unresolved 

compliance issues that warrant review 

and evaluation by USTR’s China 

Enforcement Task Force. 

Written comments must be received 

no later than noon, Monday, September 

24, 2012. 

A hearing will be held on Wednesday, 

October 3, 2012, in Room 1, 1724 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20508. If 

necessary, the hearing will continue on 

the next business day. Persons wishing 

to testify orally at the hearing must 

provide written notification of their 

intention by noon, Wednesday, 

September 19, 2012. The notification 

should include: (1) The name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

presenting the testimony; and (2) a short 

(one or two paragraph) summary of the 

presentation, including the 

commitments at issue and, as 

applicable, the product(s) (with HTSUS 

numbers), service sector(s), or other 

subjects to be discussed. A copy of the 

testimony must accompany the 

notification. Remarks at the hearing 

should be limited to no more than five 

minutes to allow for possible questions 

from the TPSC. 

All documents should be submitted in 

accordance with the instructions in 

section 3 below. 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

Persons submitting a notification of 

intent to testify and/or written 

comments must do so in English and 

must identify (on the first page of the 

submission) ‘‘China’s WTO 

Compliance.’’ 

In order to ensure the most timely and 

expeditious receipt and consideration of 

comments, USTR has arranged to accept 

on-line submissions via http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2012–0020 on the home 

page and click ‘‘Comment Now!’’. (For 

further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov <http:// 

www.regulations.gov/> Web site, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site provides the option of making 

submissions by filling in a ‘‘type 

comment’’ field, or by attaching a 

document using the ‘‘upload file(s) 

field. We prefer submissions to be 

provided in an attached document. If a 

document is attached, it is sufficient to 

type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘type 

comment’’ field. 

Submit any documents containing 

business confidential information with a 

file name beginning with the characters 

‘‘BC’’. Submit, as a separate submission, 

a public version of the submission with 

a file name beginning with the character 

‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be 

followed by the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. 

Electronic submissions should not 

attach separate cover letters; rather, 

information that might appear in a cover 

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