13296 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 57 / Thursday, March 26, 2009 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the Administrator’s disaster 

declaration in the State of Texas, dated 

03/10/2009, is hereby amended to 

establish the incident period for this 

disaster as beginning 02/28/2009 and 

continuing through 03/13/2009. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Darryl K. Hairston, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–6742 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs; Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice 

to announce the location, date, time, 

and agenda for the next meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, April 22, 

2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2), SBA announces the 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Veterans Business Affairs. The Advisory 

Committee on Veterans Business Affairs 

serves as an independent source of 

advice and policy recommendation to 

the Administrator of the U.S. Small 

Business Administration. 

The purpose of the meeting is 

scheduled as a full committee meeting. 

The agenda will include: The purpose 

for this meeting is to study, research, 

and recommend Veterans Business 

Development topics for the SBA’s 

Administrator, the Congress, and to the 

President. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

meeting is open to the public; however, 

advance notice of attendance is 

requested. Anyone wishing to attend 

and/or make a presentation to the 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs must contact Cheryl 

Simms, Program Liaison, by February 2, 

2009, by fax or e-mail in order to be 

placed on the agenda. Cheryl Simms, 

Program Liaison, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Office of Veterans 

Business Development, 409 3rd Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20416, Telephone 

number: (202) 619–1697, Fax number: 

202–481–6085, e-mail address: 

cheryl.simms@sba.gov. 

Additionally, if you need 

accommodations because of a disability 

or require additional information, please 

contact Cheryl Simms, Program Liaison 

at (202) 619–1697; e-mail address: 

cheryl.simms@sba.gov, SBA, Office of 

Veterans Business Development, 409 

3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. 

For more information, please visit our 

Web site at http://www.sba.gov/vets. 

Dated: March 11, 2009. 

Bridget E. Bean, 

Acting SBA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6744 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Small Business Size Standards: 

Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of periodic review of 

approved class waivers from the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for products in 

effect as of March 17, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is conducting a 

periodic review of approved class 

waivers from the Nonmanufacturer Rule 

for products in effect as of March 17, 

2009. The purpose of this notice is to 

determine if there are any small 

business manufacturers or processors 

for the products listed on the list of 

approved class waivers. The basis for a 

waiver is that no small business 

manufacturers are supplying these 

classes of products to the Federal 

government. The effect of a waiver 

would be to allow otherwise qualified 

small businesses dealers to supply the 

products of any manufacturer on a 

Federal contract set aside for small 

businesses, service-disabled veteranowned small businesses or participants 

in SBA’s 8(a) Business Development 

Program. 

DATES: Comments and source 

information must be submitted within 

April 27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edith G. Butler, Program Analyst, by 

telephone at (202) 619–0422; by FAX at 

(202) 481–1788; or my e-mail at 

Edith.Butler@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

8(a)(17) of the Small Business Act (Act), 

15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17), requires that 

recipients of Federal contracts set aside 

for small businesses, or SBA’s 8(a) 

Business Development Program provide 

the product of a small business 

manufacturer or processor, if the 

recipient is other than the actual 

manufacturer or processor of the 

product. SBA’s regulations provided the 

same for procurements set aside for 

service-disabled veteran-owned small 

business concerns 13 CFR 125.15. This 

requirement is commonly referred to as 

the Nonmanufacturer Rule. See 13 CFR 

121.406(b). Section 8(a)(17)(b)(iv) of the 

Act authorizes SBA to waive the 

Nonmanufacturer Rule for any ‘‘class of 

products’’ for which there are no small 

business manufacturers or processors 

available to participate in the Federal 

market. 

In order to be considered available to 

participate in the Federal market for a 

class of products, a small business 

manufacturer must have submitted a 

proposal for a contract solicitation or 

received a contract from the Federal 

government within the last 24 months. 

13 CFR 1202(c). The SBA defines ‘‘class 

of products’’ based on the Office of 

Management and Budget’s North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS), and product service 

codes. 

The following are products listed on 

SBA’s list of Approved Class Waivers in 

Effect as of March 17, 2009. 

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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING NONMANUFACTURER RULE; CLASS

WAIVER IN EFFECT AS OF MARCH 17, 2009 

Product Service 

Code 

Date in Federal 

Register NAICS Product 

210 .................... 3/21/2008 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (Indoor 

and Outdoor Electrical Lighting Fixtures). 

1395 .................. 7/2/2002 332995 AMMUNITION/OTHER ORDNANCES. 

2310 .................. 7/15/1998 336111 AUTOMOBILE MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTOR TRUCKS. 

2320 .................. 1/24/1992 333924 TRUCKS, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UTILITY. 

2330 .................. 12/5/2008 333924 Trailers and Heavy Truck Tractors. 

2420 .................. 2/24/1992 333111 TRACTOR, WHEELED. 

2620 .................. 5/18/1992 326211 TIRE, AIRCRAFT, PNEUMATIC. 

2835 .................. 7/15/1998 333611 TURBINES. 

3110 .................. 4/16/2001 332991 AEROSPACE BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS, CONSISTING OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANNULAR BALL BEARINGS, CYLINDRICAL BALL BEARINGS, LINEAR 

BALL BEARINGS, LINEAR ROLLER BEARINGS, NEEDLE ROLLER BEARINGS, 

BALL OR ROLLER BEARING RACES, ROLLER BEARINGS, TAPERED ROLLER 

BEARINGS AND THRUST ROLLER BEARINGS. 

3130 .................. 9/27/2002 332991 BEARINGS, MOUNTED. 

3610 .................. 7/27/1994 333315 COPIER/DUPLICATING MACHINES. 

3805 .................. 12/28/1989 333120 CONSTRUCTION, BACKHOE. 

3805 .................. 5/15/1991 333120/333131 SHOVEL LOADERS SCRAPER LOADERS. 

3805 .................. 12/28/1991 333120 CONSTRUCTION, ROAD GRADER. 

3805 .................. 12/28/1989 333120 CONSTRUCTION, SCRAPERS. 

3805 .................. 5/15/1991 333131 CONSTRUCTION, DRILL RIGS. 

3810 .................. 10/2/1991 333120 CONSTRUCTION, CRANE OVER 15 TON. 

3825 .................. 9/13/1990 333120 SWEEPERS, STREET. 

4710 .................. 5/15/1991 331491 PIPE & TUBING HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

5805 .................. 7/5/1991 334210 COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL EPBX EQUIP. 

5805 .................. 2/12/1997 334210 ROUTERS AND SWITCHES. 

5805 .................. 7/20/1998 334210 TELEGRAPH APPARATUS. 

5805 .................. 7/20/1998 334220 CELLULAR HANDSETS AND TELEPHONES. 

5805 .................. 7/201998 334220 RADIO TELEPHONE. 

5820 .................. 7/8/2008 334220 TELEVISIONS. 

5821 .................. 2/12/1997 334511 AIRBORNE INTEGRATED COMPONENTS. 

5836 .................. 2/8/1993 334310 VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER. 

5836 .................. 1/28/1997 333315 8MM TRI-DECK AIRBORNE RECORDER. 

5920 .................. 5/5/1997 335931 SURGE ARRESTERS. 

5925 .................. 5/5/1997 335313 POWER CIRCUIT BREAKERS. 

5950 .................. 5/5/1997 335311 CURRENT AND POTENTIAL TRANSFORMER AUTOTRANS-FORMER. 

5805 .................. 7/20/1998 334416 TOWERS. 

5999 .................. 11/2/2004 335999 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING. 

6015 .................. 6/13/2003 334417/335921 OVERHEAD FIBER OPTIC GROUNDWIRE & ANCILLARY HARDWARE COMPONENTS. 

6135 .................. 2/24/1992 335911 STORAGE BATTERIES. 

6145 .................. 12/5/2008 335931 Control Cable and Conductors. 

6145 .................. 12/5/2008 335932 Line Hardware (insulator Strings). 

6525 .................. 12/20/2007 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing. 

6525 .................. 12/26/2007 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing. 

6525 .................. 12/20/2007 334510 Electromedical/Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (Diagnostic equipment, 

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), manufacturing; Magnetic resonance imaging 

(MRI) medical diagnostic equipment manufacturing; Medical ultrasound equipment 

manufacturing; MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) medical diagnostic equipment 

manufacturing; Patient monitoring equipment (e.g., intensive care coronary care 

unit) manufacturing; PET (positron emission equipment tomography) scanners manufacturing; and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanners manufacturing). 

6525 .................. 12/26/2007 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (X-Ray Equipment/Supplies). 

6525 .................. 01/29/2008 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (Computerized axial tomography (CT/CAT) scanners manufacturing; CT/CAT (computerized axial tomography) scanners manufacturing; Fluoroscopes manufacturing; Fluoroscopic X-ray apparatus and tubes manufacturing; Generators, X-ray, manufacturing; Irradiation equipment manufacturing; Xray generators manufacturing; and X-ray irradiation equipment manufacturing). 

6240 .................. 01/28/2008 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment/Component Manufacturing (Fluorescent 

Lamps, Incandescent Lamps, etc.). 

6250 .................. 01/28/2008 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment/Component Manufacturing (Electric 

Lamp Starters/Lamp Holders, etc.). 

6770 .................. 11/15/2005 325992 Photo-film, paper, plate & Chem. Manufacturing. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 324110 REFINERY GASES MADE IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 CRYOGENIC TANK, HEAVY GAUGE METAL, MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 LIQUID OXYGEN TANKS MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) CYLINDERS MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 BULK STORAGE TANKS, HEAVY GAUGE METAL, MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 GAS STORAGE TANKS, HEAVY GAUGE METAL MANUFACTURING. 

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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING NONMANUFACTURER RULE; CLASS

WAIVER IN EFFECT AS OF MARCH 17, 2009—Continued 

Product Service 

Code 

Date in Federal 

Register NAICS Product 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 332420 CYLINDERS, PRESSURE, HEAVY GAUGE METAL, MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 04/27/2006 325120 INDUSTRIAL GASES MANUFACTURING. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325181 CAUSTIC SODA. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325181 SODA ASH. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325181 SODIUM HYDROXIDE. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325188 ACID, BORIC. 

6810 .................. 4/24/1992 325188 ACID, ENRICHED BORIC. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325188 ACID, HYDROCHLORIC. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325188 ACID, HYDROFLUORIC. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325188 CALCIUM NITRATE (UNCOATED). 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325110 HEPTANE HPCL. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325188 N-DODECANE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 ETHYL ACETATE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325110 BENZENE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325110 TOLUENE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325191/325199 ACETATE NATURAL SYNTHETIC. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325311 AMMONIUM SULFATE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325191/325199 ACETONE. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 325199 METHYLENE CHLORIDE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 NN-DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 PROPYLENE GLYCOL. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 METHANOL. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325311 NITRIC ACID. 

6810 .................. 10/21/1996 325199 PURIFIED TEREPHATHALIC ACID GROUND. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 PTAU. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325199 TRICHLORETHANE. 

6810 .................. 5/15/1991 325311 AMMONIUM SULFATE. 

6810 .................. 2/24/1992 324110 HYDROCARBON DILUENT. 

7021 .................. 8/28/1991 334111 MAINFRAME COMPUTERS AND PERIPHERALS*. 

7025 .................. 8/8/1991 334119 COMPUTER LASER PRINTER. 

7110 .................. 6/27/2006 337215 Furniture Frames and Parts, Metal Manufacturing. 

7110 .................. 6/27/2006 337215 Furniture, Frames, Wood, Manufacturing. 

7110 .................. 6/27/2006 337215 Furniture Parts, Finished Metal Manufacturing. 

7110 .................. 6/27/2006 337215 Furniture Parts, Finished Plastics, Manufacturing. 

7110 .................. 6/27/2006 337127 Furniture, Factory-type (e.g., cabinets, stools, tool stands, work benches) Manufacturing. 

7195 .................. 6/27/206 339111 Furniture, hospital (e.g., hospital beds, operating room furniture), Manufacturing. 

7195 .................. 6/27/2006 339111 Furniture, Laboratory-type (e.g., benches, cabinets, stools, tables) Manufacturing. 

7220 .................. 1/15/1991 314110 CARPET TILE. 

7220 .................. 5/15/1991 314110 CARPET, WOVEN, 6–FT VINYL BACK BROADLOOM. 

7220 .................. 1/15/1991 314110 CARPET, 6 FT VINYL BACK BROADLOOM. 

7220 .................. 5/15/1991 326192 TILE AND ROLL, VINYL SURFACE. 

7290 .................. 11/15/2005 333415 COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR EQUIPMENT. 

7320 .................. 11/15/2005 335221 HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR EQUIPMENT. 

7290 .................. 10/21/2005 333312 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT. 

7320 .................. 10/21/2005 335522 HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR EQUIPMENT. 

7320 .................. 10/21/2005 335221 HOUSEHOLD COOKING EQUIPMENT. 

7510 .................. 1/12/2006 335222, 339940, 

325992, 322231, 

339940 

OFFICE SUPPLIES, PAPER & TONER. 

7610 .................. 8/3/1990 323117 THESAURUSES & DICTIONARIES. 

7730 .................. 7/27/1994 334310 DISC PLAYERS, COMPACT. 

7730 .................. 7/27/1994 334310 TELEVISION RECEIVING SETS. 

8040 .................. 02/09/2005 325520 ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS MANUFACTURING. 

8905 .................. 10/2/1991 311711 TUNA, CANNED. 

8915 .................. 9/23/1991 311421 APRICOTS, CANNED. 

8915 .................. 10/2/1991 311421 CITRUS SECTIONS, CANNED. 

8915 .................. 10/2/1991 311421 SPINACH, CANNED. 

8915 .................. 9/23/1991 311421 TOMATO PASTE, CANNED. 

8925 .................. 10/2/1991 311312 SUGAR, GRANULATED & BROWN. 

9310 .................. 10/2/1991 322224 PAPER BAGS (SMALL HARDWARE TYPE). 

9510 .................. 5/15/1991 331491 BARS & ROD, HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

9515 .................. 5/15/1991 331491 PLATE, SHEET, STRIP & FOIL; STAINLESS STEEL & HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

9515 .................. 9/25/1990 331315 PLATE, SHEET, STRIP, FOIL & WIRE; HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

9520 .................. 5/15/1991 331111 STAINLESS STEEL SHAPES. 

9525 .................. 5/15/1991 331491 WIRE, NONELECTRICAL HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

9530 .................. 5/15/1991 331491 BARS & RODS, HIGH NICKEL ALLOY. 

9530 .................. 8/23/1991 331491 ALUMINUM. 

9530 .................. 8/23/1991 331312 NICKEL-COPPER NICKEL. 

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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING NONMANUFACTURER RULE; CLASS

WAIVER IN EFFECT AS OF MARCH 17, 2009—Continued 

Product Service 

Code 

Date in Federal 

Register NAICS Product 

9535 .................. 6/8/2004 331315 ALUMINUM, SHEET, PLATE AND FOIL MANUFACTURING. 

9650 .................. 9/25/1990 331411 COPPER & NICKEL CATHODES. 

9650 .................. 9/25/1990 331411 COPPER CATHODES. 

9650 .................. 9/25/1990 331419 NICKEL BRICKETTES. 

9999 .................. 8/11/2004 333415 ICE MAKING MACHINERY MANUFACTURING. 

*This waiver covers only peripheral equipment when purchasing a mainfame computer (PSC 7021). 

The public is invited to provide 

comments to SBA on the periodic 

review of approved class waivers in 

effect as of March 17, 2009 under the 

above mentioned class of NAICS codes 

within 30 days after date of publication 

in the Federal Register. 

Dated: March 20, 2009. 

Karen C. Hontz, 

Director for Government Contracting. 

[FR Doc. E9–6741 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6560] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) 

Request for Grant Proposals: Youth 

Leadership Programs: South Asia and 

Southeast Asia. 

Announcement Type: New Grants. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–09–39. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 19.415. 

Application Deadline: May 14, 2009. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for two Youth Leadership 

Programs, one for 21 exchange 

participants from three countries in 

South Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the 

Maldives) and one for 50–60 

participants from countries in Southeast 

Asia that are members of the 

Association of South East Asian Nations 

(Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, 

Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, 

Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). 

Public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit 

proposals to conduct 25-day U.S.-based 

exchanges program for high school 

students and teachers from one of these 

regions. The activities will focus on 

civic education, leadership, diversity, 

and community activism, which will 

prepare participants to conduct projects 

at home that serve a community need. 

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 Fulbright-Hays 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 and the people of other 

countries * * *; to strengthen the ties which 

unite us with other nations by demonstrating 

the educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other nations 

* * * and thus to assist in the development 

of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful 

relations between the United States and the 

other countries of the world.’’ The funding 

authority for the program above is provided 

through legislation. 

Purpose: The Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is supporting 

two new Youth Leadership Programs, 

one with three countries in South Asia 

(Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives) 

and one with up to ten countries in 

Southeast Asia, member states of the 

Association of South East Asian Nations 

(ASEAN). Each program will feature 

exchanges to the United States that are 

25-days-long for teenagers (ages 15–17) 

and adult educators. The grant 

recipients will design and implement 

the U.S. exchange activities. U.S. 

Embassies in the participating countries 

will recruit, screen, and select the 

participants; arrange international travel 

to the United States; and work with 

alumni. 

These programs are designed to 

promote high-quality leadership, civic 

responsibility, and civic activism among 

our countries’ future leaders. They will 

offer a practical examination of the 

principles of democracy and civil 

society as practiced in the United States 

and provide participants with training 

that allows them to develop their 

leadership skills. The applicant should 

present a program plan that allows the 

participants to thoroughly explore civic 

education in the United States in a 

creative, memorable, and practical way. 

Activities should be designed to be 

replicable and provide practical 

knowledge and skills that the 

participants can apply to school and 

civic activities at home. The Englishspeaking participants will live with 

American families for the majority of 

the exchange period. Multiple 

opportunities for participants to interact 

with American youth and educators 

must be included. 

The goals of the program are: 

(1) To promote mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of the partner countries; 

(2) To develop a sense of civic 

responsibility and commitment to 

community development among youth; 

(3) To develop leadership skills 

among secondary school students 

appropriate to their needs; and 

(4) To foster relationships among 

youth from different ethnic, religious, 

and national groups. 

A successful program will be one that 

nurtures a cadre of students and 

teachers to be actively engaged in 

addressing issues of concern in their 

schools and communities upon their 

return home and that equips them with 

the knowledge, skills, and confidence to 

become citizen activists. 

The Bureau anticipates providing two 

grants to support two discrete Youth 

Leadership Programs, one for each 

region. Note that the grant funds 

available through this solicitation are 

not intended to cover the international 

airfare for the exchange participants. 

Organizations may submit only one 

proposal, for either the South Asia 

program or the Southeast Asia program. 

The two programs will be judged 

independently and proposals will be 

compared only to proposals for the same 

region. ECA intends to award only one 

grant for each program. 

Project A: South Asia Youth Leadership 

Program 

One grant. Funding for this grant is 

approximately $95,000. 

The program will be offered for 21 

participants—six students and one