Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 42 / Thursday, March 4, 2010 / Notices 9997 

fee withholding and direct payment of 

fees under both Titles II and XVI. SSA 

uses the information obtained through 

this demonstration project to administer 

fee withholding and direct payment to 

certain non-attorney representatives. 

Respondents are non-attorneys who are 

eligible to receive direct payment of fees 

for representing individuals before SSA. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Regulation section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

404.1730(c)(2)(i) ................................................................................. 841 10/year ............ 30 4,205 

404.1730(c)(2)(ii) ................................................................................ 600 1 ...................... 3 30 

416.1530(c)(2)(i) ................................................................................. 561 10/year ............ 30 2,805 

416.1530(c)(2)(ii) ................................................................................ 400 1 ...................... 3 20 

Totals ........................................................................................... 2,402 ......................... ............................ 7,060 

Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4448 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6913] 

Determination and Waiver Regarding 

the Sixth Proviso under the Heading 

‘‘Economic Support Funds’’ in the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div. H, Pub. 

L. 111–8) Relating to Assistance for 

Afghanistan 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

as Secretary of State, including by 

Presidential Delegation No. 2007–29 of 

August 27, 2007, I hereby determine 

that it is in the national security 

interests of the United States to make 

available $200,000,000 appropriated 

under the heading Economic Support 

Funds in the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Div. H, Pub. L. 111–8), without regard 

to the restriction in the sixth proviso 

under that heading. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress promptly and published 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: October 15, 2009. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4604 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6911] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals (RFGP): One-time 

Competitive Grants Program— 

Competition A—Academic Programs 

Announcement Type: New Grant 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

A–10–One-time-Comp–A 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.014 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: April 12, 2010 

Executive Summary: This competition 

is one of two competitions that the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs is conducting in accordance with 

the Conference Report (House Report 

111–366) accompanying the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117) under Division F of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations and Related Programs 

Appropriation Act 2010, ‘‘Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ in 

support of an $8 million ‘‘One-Time 

Competitive Grants Program.’’ All 

applications must be submitted by 

public or private non-profit 

organizations, meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). Total 

funding for this ‘‘One-Time Competitive 

Grants Program’’ is $8 million. Four 

million dollars will be dedicated to 

Competition A—Academic Programs 

One-time Grants Program—reference 

number ECA/A–10–One-time-Comp-A, 

and $4 million will be dedicated to and 

announced simultaneously in a separate 

RFGP Competition B—Professional, 

Cultural and Youth One-time Grants 

Program—reference number ECA/PE/C– 

10–One-time-Comp-B. Please note: The 

Bureau reserves the right to reallocate 

funds it has initially allocated to each of 

these two competitions, based upon 

factors such as the number of 

applications received and 

responsiveness to the review criteria 

outlined in each of the solicitations. 

Applicants may submit only one 

proposal (total) to one of the two 

competitions referenced above. In 

addition, applicants under this 

competition (ECA/A–10–One-timeComp-A) may apply to administer only 

one of the listed activities (total). If 

multiple proposals are received from the 

same applicant, all submissions will be 

declared technically ineligible and will 

be given no further consideration in the 

review process. Eligible applicants are 

strongly encouraged to read both RFGPs 

thoroughly, prior to developing and 

submitting proposals, to ensure that 

proposed activities are appropriate and 

responsive to the goals, objectives and 

criteria outlined in the solicitations. 

As further directed by the Congress, 

‘‘The program shall be only for the 

actual exchange of people and should 

benefit a population that is not being 

addressed through existing authorized 

exchanges.’’ 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs announces a 

competition for grants that support 

international exchanges in order to 

increase mutual understanding and 

build relationships, through individuals 

and organizations, between the people 

of the United States and their 

counterparts in other countries. The 

Bureau welcomes proposals from 

organizations that have not received a 

previous grant from the Bureau as well 

as from those which have; see eligibility 

information below and in section III. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as 

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

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