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of the Act. This List is published solely 

for the purpose of implementing the 

mandates cited above and does not 

reflect or prejudice any other regulation 

or prohibition that may apply with 

respect to trading, doing business, or 

engaging in any other transaction with 

any of the listed countries or entities. 

This list revises the previously 

published list of January 8, 2021 to 

reflect the addition of the Kyrgyz 

Republic, Mozambique, and Qatar as 

Participants. 

Angola—Ministry of Mineral Resources 

and Petroleum, Ministry of Trade. 

Armenia—Ministry of Economic 

Development and Investment. 

Australia—Department of Industry, 

Innovation and Science (Exporting 

Authority), Department of Home 

Affairs (Importing Authority). 

Bangladesh—Export Promotion Bureau. 

Belarus—Ministry of Finance—Precious 

Metals and Gemstones Department. 

Botswana—Ministry of Minerals, Green 

Technology and Energy Security— 

Diamond Hub. 

Brazil—Ministry of Mines and Energy— 

Secretariat of Geology, Mining and 

Mineral Processing—National Mining 

Agency. 

Cambodia—Ministry of Commerce. 

Cameroon—Ministry of Mines— 

National Permanent Secretariat for the 

Kimberley Process. 

Canada—Ministry of Natural Resources 

Canada. 

Central African Republic—Ministry of 

Mines, Energy and Hydraulics. 

China—General Administration of 

China Customs; in the Hong Kong 

Special Administrative Region: Trade 

and Industry Department (Exporting 

Authority), Customs and Exercise 

Department (Importing Authority). 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the— 

Ministry of Mines—The Center of 

Expertise, Evaluation and 

Certification of Precious and 

Semiprecious Mineral Substances. 

Congo, Republic of the—Ministry of 

Mines and Geology—Bureau of 

Expertise, Evaluation and 

Certification of Precious Mineral 

Substances. 

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)—General 

Directorate of Customs. 

Eswatini—Office of the Commissioner 

of Mines. 

European Union—European 

Commission—Foreign Policy 

Instruments; in Belgium: Federal 

Public Service of Economy; in the 

Czech Republic: General Directorate 

of Customs; in Germany: Main 

Customs Office (Exporting Authority), 

General Directorate for Management 

VI (Importing Authority); in Italy: 

Customs and Monopolies Agency, 

Anti-Fraud Office; in Ireland: the 

Kimberley Process and Responsible 

Minerals Authority—Exploration and 

Mining Division—Department of 

Communications, Climate Action and 

Environment; in Portugal: Tributary 

and Customs Authority—Licensing 

Services Directorate; in Romania: 

National Authority for Consumer 

Protection—General Department for 

Precious Metals, Precious Stones and 

the Kimberley Process. 

Gabon—Permanent Center for the 

Kimberley Process 

Ghana—Ministry of Lands and Natural 

Resources—Precious Minerals 

Marketing Company Limited. 

Guinea—Ministry of Mines and 

Geology. 

Guyana—Guyana Geology and Mines 

Commission. 

India—The Gem and Jewellery Export 

Promotion Council. 

Indonesia—Ministry of Trade—Director 

General for Foreign Trade. 

Israel—Ministry of Economy and 

Industry—Office of the Diamond 

Controller. 

Japan—Ministry of Economy, Trade and 

Industry—Agency for Natural 

Resources and Energy Trade and 

Economic Cooperation Bureau. 

Kazakhstan—Ministry for Investments 

and Development—Committee for 

Technical Regulation and Metrology. 

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)— 

Ministry of Trade, Industry and 

Energy. 

Kyrgyz Republic—Ministry of Economy 

and Finance. 

Laos—Ministry of Industry and 

Commerce—Department of Import 

and Export. 

Lebanon—Ministry of Economy and 

Trade. 

Lesotho—Ministry of Mining— 

Department of Mines—Diamond 

Control Office. 

Liberia—Ministry of Lands, Mines and 

Energy. 

Malaysia—Royal Malaysian Customs 

Department. 

Mali—Ministry of Mines—Office of 

Expertise, Evaluation and 

Certification of Rough Diamonds. 

Mauritius—Ministry of Industry, 

Commerce and Consumer 

Protection—Trade Division. 

Mexico—Ministry of Economy— 

Directorate-General for International 

Trade in Goods. 

Mozambique—Ministry of Mineral 

Resources and Energy. 

Namibia—Ministry of Mines and 

Energy—Directorate of Diamond 

Affairs. 

New Zealand—New Zealand Customs 

Service. 

Norway—Norwegian Customs Service. 

Panama—National Customs Authority. 

Qatar—Qatar Free Zones. 

Russia—Ministry of Finance. 

Sierra Leone—National Minerals 

Agency, National Revenue Authority. 

Singapore—Ministry of Trade and 

Industry, Singapore Customs. 

South Africa—South African Diamond 

and Precious Metals Regulator. 

Sri Lanka—National Gem and Jewellery 

Authority. 

Switzerland—State Secretariat for 

Economic Affairs. 

Taipei—Ministry of Economic Affairs— 

Bureau of Foreign Trade—Import/ 

Export Administration Division. 

Tanzania—Ministry of Energy and 

Minerals—Commissioner for 

Minerals. 

Thailand—Ministry of Commerce— 

Department of Foreign Trade. 

Togo—Ministry of Mines and Energy— 

Head Office of Mines and Geology. 

Turkey—Borsa Istanbul Precious Metals 

and Diamond Market. 

Ukraine—Ministry of Finance—State 

Gemmological Centre of Ukraine. 

United Arab Emirates—Dubai Multi 

Commodities Center Authority— 

U.A.E. Kimberley Process Office in 

the Dubai Airport Free Zone. 

United Kingdom—Foreign, 

Commonwealth & Development 

Office—Government Diamond Office 

United States of America—United States 

Census Bureau (Exporting Authority), 

United States Customs and Border 

Protection (Importing Authority). 

Venezuela—Central Bank of Venezuela 

(Exporting Authority), National 

Customs and Tax Administration 

Integrated Service (Importing 

Authority). 

Vietnam—Ministry of Industry and 

Trade—Import Export Management 

Divisions in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh 

City. 

Zimbabwe—Minerals Marketing 

Corporation of Zimbabwe (Exporting 

Authority), Zimbabwe Revenue 

Authority (Importing Authority). 

Ramin Toloui, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and 

Business Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–AE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11704] 

Designation of Katibat al Tawhid wal 

Jihad as a Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist 

Acting under the authority of and in 

accordance with section 1(a)(ii)(A) of 


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E.O. 13224 of September 23, 2001, as 

amended by E.O. 13268 of July 2, 2002, 

E.O. 13284 of January 23, 2003, and E.O. 

13886 of September 9, 2019, (‘‘E.O. 

13224’’), I hereby determine that the 

person known as Katibat al Tawhid wal 

Jihad (also known as KTJ, Khatiba alTawhid wal-Jihad, Jannat Oshiklari, and 

Tawhid and Jihad Brigade) is a foreign 

person that has committed and poses a 

significant risk of committing acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of E.O. 13224 that prior 

notice to persons determined to be 

subject to the Order who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectual the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously, I 

determine that no prior notice needs to 

be provided to any person subject to 

these determinations who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States, because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register. 

Authority: E.O. 13224, Section 1(a)(ii). 

Dated: February 22, 2022. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07304 Filed 4–5–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–AD–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Continuation and Request for 

Nominations for the Intergovernmental 

Policy Advisory Committee on Trade 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

establishing a new four-year charter 

term and accepting applications from 

qualified individuals interested in 

serving as a member of the 

Intergovernmental Policy Advisory 

Committee on Trade (IGPAC). The 

IGPAC is a trade advisory committee 

that provides general policy advice and 

guidance to the U.S. Trade 

Representative on trade policy and 

development matters that have a 

significant relationship to the affairs of 

U.S. state and local governments. 

DATES: USTR will accept nominations 

on a rolling basis for membership on the 

IGPAC for the four-year charter term 

beginning in April 2022. To ensure 

consideration before the new charter 

term, you should submit your 

application by May 4, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sophia Sokolowski, Director for 

Intergovernmental Affairs and Public 

Engagement, Sophia.P.Sokolowski@

ustr.eop.gov, or 202–881–6968. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Section 135(c)(1) of the Trade Act of 

1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)(1)), 

authorizes the President to establish 

individual general trade policy advisory 

committees for industry, labor, 

agriculture, services, investment, 

defense, small business, and other 

interests, as appropriate, to provide 

general policy advice. The President 

delegated that authority to the U.S. 

Trade Representative in Executive Order 

11846, section 4(d), issued on March 27, 

1975. With limited statutory exceptions, 

the TACA is subject to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Pursuant to these authorities, the U.S. 

Trade Representative intends to 

establish a new four-year charter term 

for the IGPAC, which will begin in April 

2022. 

The IGPAC is a discretionary trade 

advisory committee established to 

provide general policy advice to the 

U.S. Trade Representative on trade 

policy and development matters that 

have a significant relationship to the 

affairs of U.S. state and local 

governments. More specifically, the 

IGPAC provides general policy advice 

on issues that may affect U.S. state and 

local governments including: (1) 

Negotiating objectives and bargaining 

positions before entering into trade 

agreements; (2) the impact of the 

implementation of trade agreements; (3) 

matters concerning the operation of any 

trade agreement once entered into; and 

(4) other matters arising in connection 

with the development, implementation, 

and administration of the trade policy of 

the United States. 

The IGPAC meets as needed, at the 

call of the U.S. Trade Representative or 

their designee, or two-thirds of the 

IGPAC members, depending on various 

factors such as the level of activity of 

trade negotiations and the needs of the 

U.S. Trade Representative. 

II. Membership 

The IGPAC is composed of not more 

than 35 members who have expertise in 

general trade, investment and 

development issues and are appointed 

from U.S. states and localities, and other 

non-Federal governmental entities. 

Members represent the executive and 

legislative branches of state, county, and 

municipal governments and may hold 

elective or appointive office. Fostering 

diversity, equity, inclusion and 

accessibility (DEIA) is one of the top 

priorities. 

The U.S. Trade Representative 

appoints IGPAC members for a term that 

will not exceed the duration of this 

charter. IGPAC members must be able to 

obtain and maintain a security clearance 

in order to serve and have access to 

classified and trade sensitive 

documents. They must meet the 

eligibility requirements described below 

at the time of appointment and at all 

times during their term of service. 

Members serve at the discretion of the 

U.S. Trade Representative. Individuals 

can be reappointed for any number of 

terms. 

The U.S. Trade Representative is 

committed to a trade agenda that 

advances racial equity and supports 

underserved communities and will seek 

advice and recommendations on trade 

policies that eliminate social and 

economic structural barriers to equality 

and economic opportunity, and to better 

understand the projected impact of 

proposed trade policies on communities 

of color and underserved communities. 

The U.S. Trade Representative strongly 

encourages diverse backgrounds and 

perspectives and makes appointments to 

the IGPAC without regard to political 

affiliation and in accordance with equal 

opportunity practices that promote 

diversity, equity, inclusion, and 

accessibility. USTR strives to ensure 

balance in terms of sectors, 

demographics, regional diversity, and 

other factors relevant to USTR’s needs. 

IGPAC members serve without either 

compensation or reimbursement of 

expenses. Members are responsible for 

all expenses they incur to attend 

meetings or otherwise participate in 

IGPAC activities. 

The U.S. Trade Representative 

appoints IGPAC members to represent 

the executive and legislative branches of 

state, county, and municipal 

governments. USTR’s foremost 

consideration for applicants is their 

ability to carry out the goals of section 

135(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended. Other criteria include the 

applicant’s knowledge of and expertise 

in international trade issues as relevant 

to the work of the IGPAC and USTR. 

III. Request for Nominations 

USTR is soliciting nominations for 

membership on the IGPAC. To apply for 


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