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Vol. 75, No. 90 

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT 

National Commission on Fiscal 

Responsibility and Reform 

Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the National 

Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 

and Reform, authorized by Executive 

Order 13531, dated February 18, 2010, 

announces the following meetings for 

the remainder of calendar 2010: 

Time and Date: 

Wednesday, May 26, 9 a.m.–11:30 

p.m. EDT. 

Wednesday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 

p.m. EDT. 

Wednesday, July 28, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 

p.m. EDT. 

Wednesday, September 29, 9:30 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. EDT. 

Wednesday, November 10, 9:30 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. EST. 

Wednesday, December 1, 9:30 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. EST. 

Place: The meetings will be held in 

Washington, DC at locations to be 

determined and announced. The 

meeting address will be made publicly 

available approximately two weeks 

prior to each meeting on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.fiscalcommission.gov. 

Public Access: The meetings will be 

open to the public, but seating will be 

limited by the space available. If you 

would like to attend the next scheduled 

meeting of the Commission, please 

RSVP to the Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), Bruce Reed, at 

commission@fc.eop.gov. Registrations 

will be accepted until the space has 

reached capacity. 

Purpose: This notice announces the 

monthly meetings of the National 

Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 

and Reform (Commission). At these 

meetings the Commission will discuss 

the Nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. 

Additionally, the Commission will 

receive updates from its three 

subcommittees: Mandatory Spending 

Working Group, Discretionary Spending 

Working Group, and Tax Reform 

Working Group. A more complete 

agenda and any meeting materials will 

be made publicly available prior to each 

meeting at http:// 

www.fiscalcommission.gov. Also, each 

meeting will be available via 

simultaneous webcast at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/live. 

Contact Person for Additional 

Information: Please contact Bruce Reed 

for any additional information about a 

specific meeting at 

commission@fc.eop.gov. 

Public Comment: If you would like to 

submit written comments for 

distribution prior to the meeting, your 

comments should be received by the 

Commission no later than 10 days prior 

to the meeting concerned. The preferred 

written comment format is MS Word 

submitted to commission@fc.eop.gov. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meetings, please inform the DFO at 

commission@fc.eop.gov as soon as 

possible. 

Dated: May 5, 2010. 

Bruce Reed, 

Executive Director of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11213 Filed 5–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3160–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Center for Nutrition Policy and 

Promotion 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Current Collection: 

Comment Request—Innovations for 

Healthy Kids Challenge To Promote 

the Open Government Initiative; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Center for Nutrition Policy and 

Promotion, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy 

and Promotion published a document in 

the Federal Register on April 28, 2010, 

concerning requests for comments on 

the Innovations for Healthy Kids 

Challenge to Promote the Open 

Government Initiative. The document 

contained an incorrect Web address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Johnson-Bailey at 703–305–3300. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of April 28, 

2010, in FR/Vol. 75, No. 81 on page 

22357, the third column, correct the 

Web site to read: http:// 

www.appsforhealthykids.com/. 

Dated: May 4, 2010. 

Robert Post, 

Acting Executive Director, Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11055 Filed 5–10–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability; Inviting 

Applications for the Quality Samples 

Program 

Announcement Type: New. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.605. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) announces it is 

inviting proposals for the 2011 Quality 

Samples Program (QSP). The intended 

effect of this notice is to solicit 

applications from eligible applicants 

and award funds in October 2010. QSP 

is administered by personnel of the 

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). 

DATES: All applications must be 

received by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time, June 11, 2010. Applications 

received after this date will be 

considered only if funds are still 

available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Entities wishing to apply for funding 

assistance should contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Portals Office Building, Suite 400, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by e-mail: 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. Information is 

also available on the FAS Web site at 

http://www.fas.usda.gov/mos/programs/ 

QSP.asp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: QSP is authorized under 

Section 5(f) of the CCC Charter Act, 15 U.S.C. 

714c(f). 

Purpose: QSP is designed to 

encourage the development and 

expansion of export markets for U.S. 

agricultural commodities by assisting 

U.S. entities in providing commodity 

samples to potential foreign importers to 

promote a better understanding and 

appreciation for the high quality of U.S. 

agricultural commodities. 

QSP participants will be responsible 

for procuring (or arranging for the 

procurement of) commodity samples, 

exporting the samples, and providing 

the technical assistance necessary to 

facilitate successful use of the samples 

by importers. Participants that are 

funded under this announcement may 

seek reimbursement from QSP for the 

sample purchase price, the cost of 

transporting the samples domestically to 

the port of export, and then to the 

foreign port or point of entry. 

Transportation costs from the foreign 

port or point of entry to the final 

destination will not be eligible for 

reimbursement. CCC will not reimburse 

the costs incidental to purchasing and 

transporting samples, for example, 

inspection or documentation fees. 

Although providing technical assistance 

is required for all projects, QSP will not 

reimburse the costs of providing 

technical assistance. A QSP participant 

will be reimbursed after CCC reviews its 

reimbursement claim and determines 

that the claim is complete. 

General Scope of QSP Projects: QSP 

projects are the activities undertaken by 

a QSP participant to provide an 

appropriate sample of a U.S. agricultural 

commodity to a foreign importer, or a 

group of foreign importers, in a given 

market. The purpose of the project is to 

provide information to an appropriate 

target audience regarding the attributes, 

characteristics, and proper use of the 

U.S. commodity. A QSP project 

addresses a single market/commodity 

combination. 

As a general matter, QSP projects 

should conform to the following 

guidelines: 

• Projects should benefit the 

represented U.S. industry and not a 

specific company or brand; 

• Projects should develop a new 

market for a U.S. product, promote a 

new U.S. product, or promote a new use 

for a U.S. product, rather than promote 

the substitution of one established U.S. 

product for another; 

• Sample commodities provided 

under a QSP project must be in 

sufficient supply and available on a 

commercial basis; 

• The QSP project must either subject 

the commodity sample to further 

processing or substantial transformation 

in the importing country, or the sample 

must be used in technical seminars 

designed to demonstrate to an 

appropriate target audience the proper 

preparation or use of the sample in the 

creation of an end product; 

• Samples provided in a QSP project 

shall not be directly used as part of a 

retail promotion or supplied directly to 

consumers. However, the end product, 

that is, the product resulting from 

further processing, substantial 

transformation, or a technical seminar, 

may be provided to end-use consumers 

to demonstrate to importers consumer 

preference for that end product; and 

• Samples shall be in quantities less 

than a typical commercial sale and 

limited to the amount sufficient to 

achieve the project goal (e.g., not more 

than a full commercial mill run in the 

destination country). 

QSP projects shall target foreign 

importers and audiences who: 

• Have not previously purchased the 

U.S. commodity that will be transported 

under QSP; 

• Are unfamiliar with the variety, 

quality attribute, or end-use 

characteristic of the U.S. commodity; 

• Have been unsuccessful in previous 

attempts to import, process, and market 

the U.S. commodity (e.g., because of 

improper specification, blending, 

formulation, sanitary, or phytosanitary 

issues); 

• Are interested in testing or 

demonstrating the benefits of the U.S. 

commodity; or 

• Need technical assistance in 

processing or using the U.S. commodity. 

II. Award Information 

Under this announcement, the 

number of projects per participant will 

not be limited. However, individual 

projects will be limited to $75,000 of 

QSP reimbursement. Projects comprised 

of technical preparation seminars, that 

is, projects that do not include further 

processing or substantial 

transformation, will be limited to 

$15,000 of QSP reimbursement as these 

projects require smaller samples. 

Financial assistance will be made 

available on a reimbursement basis 

only; cash advances will not be made 

available to any QSP participant. 

All proposals will be reviewed against 

the evaluation criteria contained herein 

and funds will be awarded on a 

competitive basis. Funding for 

successful proposals will be provided 

through specific agreements between 

the applicant and CCC. These 

agreements will incorporate the 

proposal as approved by FAS. FAS must 

approve in advance any subsequent 

changes to the project. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Any United 

States private or Government entity 

with a demonstrated role or interest in 

exporting U.S. agricultural commodities 

may apply to the program. Government 

organizations consist of Federal, State, 

and local agencies. Private organizations 

include non-profit trade associations, 

universities, agricultural cooperatives, 

state regional trade groups (SRTGs), and 

profit-making entities. 

2. Cost Sharing: FAS considers the 

applicant’s willingness to contribute 

resources, including cash, goods, and 

services of the U.S. industry and foreign 

third parties, when determining which 

proposals are approved for funding. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Organizations are strongly 

encouraged to submit their QSP 

applications to the FAS through the 

Uniform Export Strategy (UES) 

application Internet Web site. The UES 

allows applicants to submit a single 

consolidated and strategically 

coordinated proposal that incorporates 

requests for funding and 

recommendations for virtually all of the 

FAS marketing programs, financial 

assistance programs, and market access 

programs. The suggested UES format 

encourages applicants to examine the 

constraints or barriers to trade that they 

face, identify activities that would help 

overcome such impediments, consider 

the entire pool of complementary 

marketing tools and program resources, 

and establish realistic export goals. 

Applicants planning to use the 

Internet-based system must contact the 

FAS/Program Operations Division to 

obtain Web site access information. The 

Internet-based application may be found 

at the following URL address: https:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/ues/webapp/. 

Although the FAS highly 

recommends applying via the Internetbased application as this format 

virtually eliminates paperwork and 

expedites the FAS processing and 

review cycle, applicants also have the 

option of submitting an electronic 

version of their application to FAS at 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: To be considered for QSP, 

an applicant must submit to FAS 

information detailed in this notice. 

Additionally, in accordance with the 


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Office of Management and Budget’s 

policy directive regarding the need to 

identify entities that are receiving 

government awards, all applicants must 

submit a Dun and Bradstreet Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS) 

number. An applicant may request a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS number 

request line at (866) 705–5711. 

Incomplete applications and 

applications that do not otherwise 

conform to this announcement will not 

be accepted for review. 

FAS recommends that proposals 

contain, at a minimum, the following: 

(a) Organizational information, 

including: 

• Organization’s name, address, Chief 

Executive Officer (or designee), Federal 

Tax Identification Number (TIN), and 

DUNS number; 

• Type of organization; 

• Name, telephone number, fax 

number, and e-mail address of the 

primary contact person; 

• A description of the organization 

and its membership; 

• A description of the organization’s 

prior export promotion experience; and 

• A description of the organization’s 

experience in implementing an 

appropriate trade/technical assistance 

component; 

(b) Market information, including: 

• An assessment of the market; 

• A long-term strategy in the market; 

and 

• U.S. export value/volume and 

market share (historic and goals) for 

2004–2010; 

(c) Project information, including: 

• A brief project title; 

• Amount of funding requested; 

• A brief description of the specific 

market development trade constraint or 

opportunity to be addressed by the 

project, performance measures for the 

years 2011–2013 which will be used to 

measure the effectiveness of the project, 

a benchmark performance measure for 

2009, the viability of long term sales to 

this market, the goals of the project, and 

the expected benefits to the represented 

industry; 

• A description of the activities 

planned to address the constraint or 

opportunity, including how the sample 

will be used in the end-use performance 

trial, the attributes of the sample to be 

demonstrated and its end-use benefit, 

and details of the trade/technical 

servicing component (including who 

will provide and who will fund this 

component); 

• A sample description (i.e., 

commodity, quantity, quality, type, and 

grade), including a justification for 

selecting a sample with such 

characteristics (this justification should 

explain in detail why the project could 

not be effective with a smaller sample); 

• An itemized list of all estimated 

costs associated with the project for 

which reimbursement will be sought; 

• Beginning and end dates for the 

proposed project; and 

• The importer’s role in the project 

regarding handling and processing the 

commodity sample; 

(d) Information indicating all funding 

sources and amounts to be contributed 

by each entity that will supplement 

implementation of the proposed project. 

This may include the organization that 

submitted the proposal, private industry 

entities, host governments, foreign third 

parties, CCC, FAS, or other Federal 

agencies. Contributed resources may 

include cash, goods or services. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: All 

applications must be received by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time, June 11, 2010. 

Applications received after this date 

will be considered only if funds are still 

available. 

4. Funding Restrictions: Proposals 

that request more than $75,000 of CCC 

funding for individual projects will not 

be considered. Projects comprised of 

technical preparation seminars will be 

limited to $15,000 in QSP funding. CCC 

will not reimburse expenditures made 

prior to approval of a proposal or 

unreasonable expenditures. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria and Review Process: 

Following is a description of the FAS 

process for reviewing applications and 

the criteria for allocating available QSP 

funds. 

FAS will use the following criteria in 

evaluating proposals: 

• The ability of the organization to 

provide an experienced staff with the 

requisite technical and trade experience 

to execute the proposal; 

• The extent to which the proposal is 

targeted to a market in which the United 

States is generally competitive; 

• The potential for expanding 

commercial sales in the proposed 

market; 

• The nature of the specific market 

constraint or opportunity involved and 

how well it is addressed by the 

proposal; 

• The extent to which the importer’s 

contribution in terms of handling and 

processing enhances the potential 

outcome of the project; 

• The amount of reimbursement 

requested and the organization’s 

willingness to contribute resources, 

including cash, goods and services of 

the U.S. industry, and foreign third 

parties; and 

• How well the proposed technical 

assistance component assures that 

performance trials will effectively 

demonstrate the intended end-use 

benefit. 

Proposals will be evaluated by the 

applicable FAS Commodity Branches in 

the Cooperator Programs Division. The 

Commodity Branches will review each 

proposal against the factors described 

above. The purpose of this review is to 

identify meritorious proposals, 

recommend an appropriate funding 

level for each proposal based upon these 

factors, and submit proposals and 

funding recommendations to the Deputy 

Administrator, Office of Trade 

Programs. 

2. Anticipated Announcement Date: 

Announcements of funding decisions 

for QSP are anticipated during October 

2010. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: FAS will notify 

each applicant in writing of the final 

disposition of its application. FAS will 

send an approval letter and agreement 

to each approved applicant. The 

approval letter and agreement will 

specify the terms and conditions 

applicable to the project, including the 

levels of QSP funding, and any costshare contribution requirements. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: The agreements will 

incorporate the details of each project as 

approved by FAS. Each agreement will 

identify terms and conditions pursuant 

to which CCC will reimburse certain 

costs of each project. Agreements will 

also outline the responsibilities of the 

participant, including, but not limited 

to, procurement (or arranging for 

procurement) of the commodity sample 

at a fair market price, arranging for 

transportation of the commodity sample 

within the time limit specified in the 

agreement (organizations should 

endeavor to ship commodities within 

six months of effective date of 

agreement), compliance with cargo 

preference requirements (shipment on 

United States flag vessels, as required), 

compliance with the Fly America Act 

requirements (shipment on United 

States air carriers, as required), timely 

and effective implementation of 

technical assistance, and submission of 

a written evaluation report within 90 

days of expiration of the agreement. 

QSP projects are subject to review and 

verification by the FAS Compliance, 

Security and Emergency Planning 

Division. Upon request, a QSP 

participant shall provide to CCC the 

original documents that support the 

participant’s reimbursement claims. 

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reimbursement if the claim is not 

supported by adequate documentation. 

3. Reporting: A written evaluation 

report must be submitted within 90 days 

of the expiration of each participant’s 

QSP agreement. Evaluation reports 

should address all performance 

measures that were presented in the 

proposal. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

For additional information and 

assistance, contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Portals 

Office Building, Suite 400, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by e-mail: 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on May 4, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

and Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting 

Applications for the Emerging Markets 

Program 

Announcement Type: New. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.603. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) announces that it is 

inviting proposals for the 2011 

Emerging Markets Program (EMP). The 

intended effect of this notice is to solicit 

applications from the private sector and 

from government agencies for FY 2011. 

The EMP is administered by personnel 

of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

(FAS). 

DATES: All proposals must be received 

by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, June 

11, 2010. Applications received after 

this time will be considered only if 

funds are still available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Entities wishing to apply for funding 

assistance should contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Portals Office Building, Suite 400, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, or by phone: (202) 720–4327, 

or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by e-mail: 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. Information is 

also available on the Foreign 

Agricultural Service Web site at http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/mos/em-markets/emmarkets.asp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: The EMP is authorized by 

section 1542(d)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (The 

Act), as amended. The EMP regulations 

appear at 7 CFR part 1486. 

1. Purpose. The EMP assists U.S. 

entities in developing, maintaining, or 

expanding exports of U.S. agricultural 

commodities and products by funding 

activities that improve emerging 

markets’ food and rural business 

systems, including reducing potential 

trade barriers in such markets. The EMP 

is intended primarily to support export 

market development efforts of the 

private sector, but EMP resources may 

also be used to assist public 

organizations. 

All U.S. agricultural commodities, 

except tobacco, are eligible for 

consideration. Agricultural product(s) 

should be comprised of at least 50 

percent U.S. origin content by weight, 

exclusive of added water, to be eligible 

for funding. Proposals that seek support 

for multiple commodities are also 

eligible. EMP funding may only be used 

to develop, maintain, or expand 

emerging markets for U.S. agricultural 

commodities and products through 

generic activities. EMP funding may not 

be used to support the export of another 

country’s products to the United States, 

or to promote the development of a 

foreign economy as a primary objective. 

Funding provided for government 

participation may only be used to 

support the activities of government 

officials expert in assessing the food and 

rural business systems of other 

countries. 

2. Appropriate Activities. All EMP 

projects must fall into at least one of the 

following four categories: 

(a) Assistance to U.S. individuals 

expert in assessing the food and rural 

business systems of other countries. 

This type of EMP project must include 

all three of the following: 

• Conduct an assessment of the food 

and rural business system needs of an 

emerging market; 

• Make recommendations on 

measures necessary to enhance the 

effectiveness of these systems; and 

• Identify opportunities and projects 

to enhance the effectiveness of the 

emerging market’s food and rural 

business systems. 

(b) To be eligible, such proposals 

must clearly demonstrate that experts 

are primarily agricultural consultants, 

farmers, government officials, and other 

persons from the private sector, and that 

they have expertise in assessing the food 

and rural business systems of other 

countries. 

(c) Assistance to enable individuals 

from emerging markets to travel to the 

United States so that these individuals 

can, for the purpose of enhancing the 

food and rural business systems in their 

countries, become familiar with U.S. 

technology and agribusiness and rural 

enterprise operations by consulting with 

food and rural business system experts 

in the United States. 

(d) Assistance to enable U.S. 

agricultural producers and other 

individuals knowledgeable in 

agricultural and agribusiness matters to 

travel to emerging markets to assist in 

transferring their knowledge and 

expertise to entities in emerging 

markets. Such travel must be to 

emerging markets. Travel to developed 

markets is not eligible under the 

program even if the traveler’s targeted 

market is an emerging market. 

(e) Technical assistance to implement 

the recommendations, projects, and/or 

opportunities identified by assistance 

under (1) above. Technical assistance 

that does not implement the 

recommendations, projects, and/or 

opportunities identified by assistance 

under (1) above is not eligible under the 

EMP. 

Proposals that do not fall into one or 

more of the four categories above, 

regardless of previous guidance 

provided regarding the EMP, are not 

eligible for consideration under the 

program. 

EMP funds may not be used to 

support normal operating costs of 

individual organizations, nor as a source 

to recover pre-award costs or prior 

expenses from previous or ongoing 

projects. Proposals that counter national 

strategies or duplicate activities planned 

or already underway by U.S. non-profit 

agricultural commodity or trade 

associations (‘‘cooperators’’) will not be 

considered. Other ineligible 

expenditures include: branded product 

promotions (in-store, restaurant 

advertising, labeling, etc.); advertising, 

administrative, and operational 

expenses for trade shows; Web site 

development; equipment purchases; and 

the preparation and printing of 

brochures, flyers, and posters (except in 

connection with specific technical 

assistance activities such as training 

seminars.). For a more complete 

description of ineligible expenditures, 

please refer to the EMP regulations. 

3. Eligible Markets. The Act defines 

an emerging market as any country that 

the Secretary of Agriculture determines: 


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