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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11682] 

Determination Under Section 506(A)(1) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

To Provide Immediate Military 

Assistance to the Lebanese Armed 

Forces 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) (22 U.S.C. 

2318(a)(1)) and Presidential Delegation 

of Authority dated September 7, 2021, I 

hereby determine that an unforeseen 

emergency exists which requires 

immediate military assistance to the 

Lebanese Armed Forces. I further 

determine that these requirements 

cannot be met under the authority of the 

Arms Export Control Act or any other 

provision of law. 

I, therefore, direct the drawdown of 

up to $22 million in defense articles and 

services of the Department of Defense 

under the authority of section 506(a)(1) 

of the FAA to provide immediate 

assistance to the Lebanese Armed 

Forces. The Department of State will 

coordinate implementation of this 

drawdown. 

This determination shall be reported 

to Congress and published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: September 22, 2021. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary of State. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on March 11, 2022. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11681] 

Determination Under Section 552(C)(2) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

To Provide Commodities and Services 

for Assistance to the Lebanese Armed 

Forces 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) (22 U.S.C. 

2348a(c)(2)) and Presidential Delegation 

of Authority dated September 7, 2021, I 

hereby determine that, as the result of 

an unforeseen emergency, the 

immediate provision of assistance under 

chapter 6 of part II of the FAA in 

amounts in excess of funds otherwise 

available for such assistance is 

important to the national interests of the 

United States. 

I, therefore, direct the drawdown of 

up to $25 million in commodities and 

services from the inventory and 

resources of any agency of the U.S. 

government under the authority of 

section 552(c)(2) of the FAA to provide 

immediate assistance to the Lebanese 

Armed Forces. The Department of State 

will coordinate implementation of this 

drawdown. This determination shall be 

reported to Congress and published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: September 22, 2021. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary of State. 

Editorial note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on March 11, 2022. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11680] 

Update on Report to Congress 

Pursuant to Section 353(d)(1)(A) of the 

United States—Northern Triangle 

Enhanced Engagement Act 

ACTION: Notice of report. 

SUMMARY: This document, submitted to 

the Congress on March 9, 2022, provides 

an update to the State Department’s 

report to Congress regarding persons in 

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and 

Nicaragua: Foreign persons determined 

to have knowingly engaged in actions 

that undermine democratic processes or 

institutions; foreign persons determined 

to have knowingly engaged in 

significant corruption; and foreign 

persons determined to have knowingly 

engaged in obstruction of investigations 

into such acts of corruption, including 

the following: Corruption related to 

government contracts; bribery and 

extortion; the facilitation or transfer of 

the proceeds of corruption, including 

through money laundering; and acts of 

violence, harassment, or intimidation 

directed at governmental and 

nongovernmental corruption 

investigators. On November 10, 2021, 

the President signed the Reinforcing 

Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for 

Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act 

adding Nicaragua to the countries 

whose citizens are subject to the Section 

353 Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors 

list. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Update to Report to Congress on 

Foreign Persons who have Knowingly 

Engaged in Actions that Undermine 

Democratic Processes or Institutions, 

Significant Corruption, or Obstruction 

of Such Corruption in El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 

Pursuant to Section 353(b) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. FF, Pub. 

L. 116–260, as amended) Consistent 

with Section 353(b) of the United 

States—Northern Triangle Enhanced 

Engagement Act (Div. FF, Pub. L. 116– 

260) (the Act), as amended, this report 

update is being submitted to the House 

Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate 

Foreign Relations Committee, House 

Committee on the Judiciary, and the 

Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 

Section 353(b) requires the 

submission of a report that identifies the 

following persons in El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua: 

(1) Foreign persons determined to have 

knowingly engaged in actions that 

undermine democratic processes or 

institutions; (2) foreign persons 

determined to have knowingly engaged 

in significant corruption; and (3) foreign 

persons determined to have knowingly 

engaged in obstruction of investigations 

into such acts of corruption, including 

the following: Corruption related to 

government contracts; bribery and 

extortion; the facilitation or transfer of 

the proceeds of corruption, including 

through money laundering; and acts of 

violence, harassment, or intimidation 

directed at governmental and 

nongovernmental corruption 

investigators. On November 10, 2021, 

the President signed the Reinforcing 

Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for 

Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act, 

adding Nicaragua to the countries 

whose citizens are subject to Section 

353. 

Under Section 353, foreign persons 

identified under the Act are generally 

ineligible for visas and admission to the 

United States. Section 353 further 

requires that foreign persons identified 

under the Act shall have their visas 

revoked immediately and any other 

valid visa or entry documentation 

cancelled. Consistent with Section 

353(g), this report update will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

This report update includes 

individuals for whom the Department is 

aware of credible information or 

allegations of the conduct at issue, from 

media reporting and other sources. The 

Department will continue to review the 

individuals listed in the report and 

consider all available tools to deter and 

disrupt corrupt and undemocratic 

activity in El Salvador, Guatemala, 

Honduras, and Nicaragua. The 

Department also continues to actively 

review additional credible information 

and allegations concerning corruption 

or undemocratic activity and to utilize 


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all applicable authorities, as 

appropriate, to ensure corrupt or 

undemocratic officials are denied safe 

haven in the United States. In light of 

the new statutory authority provided by 

RENACER, this update to the report 

identifies individuals in Nicaragua 

specifically who have knowingly 

engaged in actions that undermine 

democratic processes or institutions. 

Nicaragua 

Cairo Melvin Amador, current Vice 

President of the Supreme Electoral 

Council (CSE), undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by conspiring 

with the Ortega-Murillo regime to 

undermine Nicaragua’s political 

institutions and subvert the November 

2021 national election by disqualifying 

legitimate opposition parties and 

candidates on spurious grounds. 

Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker, 

current member of CSE and Acting 

President of the CSE from 2018 until 

May 2021, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by conspiring 

with the Ortega-Murillo regime to 

undermine Nicaragua’s political 

institutions and subvert the November 

2021 national election by disqualifying 

legitimate opposition parties and 

candidates on spurious grounds. 

Edwin Ramon Castro Rivera, member 

of the Nicaraguan National Assembly 

since 1997 and head of the FSLN caucus 

since 2007, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by ensuring 

Ortega-Murillo loyalists won all 

magistrate positions in the CSE and 

ensuring the passage of extremely broad 

legislation that the Ortega-Murillo 

regime used to exclude opposition 

candidates and parties and harass and 

jail political opponents. 

Karen Vanessa Chavarria Morales, 

current judge in the ninth district in 

Managua, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by abusing her 

authority and subverting legal processes 

to take action against political 

opponents of the Ortega-Murillo regime 

and disqualify opposition candidates 

from the November 2021 election. 

Walmaro Antonio Gutierrez Mercado, 

current member of the Nicaraguan 

National Assembly, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

giving the Ortega-Murillo regime the 

tools to conduct its brazen assault on 

democracy by stacking the CSE with 

FSLN members loyal to Ortega and by 

helping ensure the passage of extremely 

broad legislation that the regime used to 

exclude opposition candidates and 

parties and harass and jail political 

opponents. 

Carlos Wilfredo Navarro Moreira, 

current member of the Nicaraguan 

National Assembly, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

giving the Ortega-Murillo regime the 

tools to conduct a brazen assault on 

democracy by stacking the CSE with 

FSLN members loyal to Ortega and by 

helping ensure the passage of extremely 

broad legislation that the regime has 

used to exclude opposition candidates 

and parties and harass and jail political 

opponents. 

Maria Haydee Osuna Ruiz, current 

member of the Nicaraguan National 

Assembly, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by conspiring 

with the Ortega-Murillo regime to 

subvert the November 2021 Nicaraguan 

national elections by signing a spurious 

complaint that served as pretext for the 

government to disqualify the last 

remaining legitimate opposition party 

and hound its leader into exile. 

Gustavo Eduardo Porras Cortes, 

current President of the Nicaraguan 

National Assembly, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

giving the Ortega-Murillo regime the 

tools to conduct its brazen assault on 

democracy by stacking the CSE with 

Sandinista members loyal to Ortega and 

by helping ensure the passage of 

extremely broad legislation that the 

Ortega-Murillo regime used to exclude 

opposition candidates and parties and 

harass and jail political opponents. 

Brenda Isabel Rocha Chacon, current 

President of the CSE, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

conspiring with the Ortega-Murillo 

regime to undermine Nicaragua’s 

political institutions and subvert the 

November 2021 national election by 

disqualifying legitimate opposition 

parties and candidates on spurious 

grounds. 

Dated: March 8, 2022. 

Brian P. McKeon, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of submission of 

information collection renewal approval 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection renewal described below will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The Tennessee 

Valley Authority is soliciting public 

comments on this proposed collection 

renewal. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for information, 

including copies of the information 

collection proposed and supporting 

documentation, should be directed to 

the Public Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Jennifer A. Wilds, 

Specialist, Records Compliance, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 W 

Summit Hill Dr., CLK–320, Knoxville, 

TN 37902–1401; telephone (865) 632– 

6580 or by email pra@tva.gov. 

DATES: Comments should be sent to the 

Public Information Collection Clearance 

Officer no later than May 16, 2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of Request: Renewal with minor 

modification. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Section 26a Permit Application. 

OMB Control Number: 3316–0060. 

Current Expiration Date: June 30, 

2022. 

Frequency of Use: On occasion. 

Type of Affected Public: Individuals 

or households, state or local 

governments, farms, businesses, or other 

for-profit, Federal agencies or 

employees, non-profit institutions, 

small businesses or organizations. 

Small Businesses or Organizations 

Affected: Yes. 

Federal Budget Functional Category 

Code: 455. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,600. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,200. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Response: 2.0. 

Need For and Use of Information: 

TVA Land Management activities and 

Section 26a of the Tennessee Valley 

Authority Act of 1933, as amended, 

require TVA to collect information 

relevant to projects that will impact 

TVA land and land rights and review 

and approve plans for the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of any dam, 

appurtenant works, or other obstruction 

affecting navigation, flood control, or 

public lands or reservations across, 

along, or in the Tennessee River or any 

of its tributaries. The information is 

collected via paper forms and/or 

electronic submissions (e.g., Joint 

Application Form (TVA Form 17423), 

Section 26a Permit and Land Use 

Application: Applicant Disclosure Form 

(TVA Form 17423A), Tennessee Valley 

Authority Floating Cabin Registration 

Form (TVA Form 21158), Tennessee 

Valley Authority Floating Cabin 

Electrical Inspection Form (TVA Form 

21382), and Tennessee Valley Authority 


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