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diplomatic or consular purposes, or for 

the official business of an international 

organization, is committed to the sole 

discretion of the Department of State. 

Such determinations are communicated 

by letter from OFM to the relevant state, 

county, municipal or territorial revenue 

authorities. 

• All such letters will be signed by 

the Director of OFM’s Office of 

Diplomatic Property, Tax, Services and 

Benefits (OFM/PTSB), or a successor 

office. 

• Such letters serve as official notice 

to the relevant state, county, 

municipality, or territory that the 

described property or transaction is or is 

not entitled to an exemption from real 

estate taxes on the basis of the 

property’s authorized use for diplomatic 

or consular purposes or for the official 

business of an international 

organization. 

• States, counties, municipalities, and 

territories are prohibited from extending 

to a foreign mission or international 

organization an exemption from real 

estate taxes associated with a property 

on the basis of the property’s authorized 

use for diplomatic or consular purposes 

or for the official business of the 

international organization, except on the 

basis of written authorization from 

OFM. 

• Conversely, on the basis of a letter 

as described above, states, counties, 

municipalities, and territories are 

required to extend to a foreign mission 

or international organization an 

exemption from real estate taxes to 

which OFM determines a foreign 

mission or international organization is 

entitled. If a state, county, municipality 

or territory has concerns regarding the 

extension of such exemption benefits, it 

should raise the matter directly with 

OFM. 

• Unless otherwise determined by 

OFM, the effective date of OFM’s 

authorization of an exemption from real 

estate taxes is the date the property deed 

in question is signed or transferred. 

• States, counties, municipalities, and 

territories may establish additional 

procedures to ensure the proper 

extension of such exemption benefits, 

provided that: 

Æ such procedures, including the 

establishment and use of any forms, 

serve only to facilitate the state, county, 

municipality, or territory’s extension of 

exemption benefits to a foreign mission 

or international organization and not as 

a means to determine the foreign 

mission’s or international organization’s 

entitlement to the exemption benefit 

associated with a property on the basis 

of the property’s authorized use for 

diplomatic or consular purposes or for 

the official business of the international 

organization, which determination is 

committed to the sole discretion of the 

Department of State; and 

Æ the state, county, municipality, or 

territory obtain written approval from 

the Director of OFM/PTSB confirming 

that the proposed procedural 

requirements do not violate or infringe 

on any benefits, privileges, or 

immunities enjoyed by foreign missions 

or international organizations. 

Finally, I further determine that any 

state or local laws to the contrary are 

hereby preempted. 

The exemption from real estate taxes 

provided by this designation and 

determination shall apply to taxes that 

have been or will be assessed against 

any foreign mission or international 

organization with respect to property 

subject to this determination and shall 

nullify any existing tax liens with 

respect to any covered property. This 

determination shall not require the 

refund of any taxes previously paid by 

any foreign mission or international 

organization regarding such property. 

These actions are not exclusive and are 

independent of alternative legal grounds 

that support the tax exemption afforded 

herein. 

The actions taken in this Designation 

and Determination are necessary to 

facilitate relations between the United 

States and foreign states, protect the 

interests of the United States, adjust for 

costs and procedures of obtaining 

benefits for missions of the United 

States abroad, and carry out the policy 

set forth in 22 U.S.C. 4301(b). 

This action supersedes the 

Designation and Determination under 

the Foreign Missions Act made by the 

Deputy Secretary of State for 

Management and Resources on June 23, 

2009. 

Dated: January 8, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00735 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee Meeting on Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting via teleconference of the 

FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) Transport Airplane 

and Engine (TAE) Subcommittee to 

discuss TAE issues. 

DATES: The teleconference is scheduled 

for Monday, February 10, 2014, starting 

at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST. The 

public must make arrangements by 

February 5, 2014, to present oral 

statements at the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: N/A. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralen Gao, Office of Rulemaking, ARM– 

209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3168, FAX (202) 267–5075, or 

email at ralen.gao@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 5 U.S.C. app. 2), notice is given of 

an ARAC Subcommittee meeting via 

teleconference to be held February 10, 

2014. 

The agenda for the meeting is as 

follows: 

• Flight Controls Working Group Report 

Participation is open to the public, 

but will be limited to the availability of 

teleconference lines. 

To participate, please contact the 

person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by email or phone 

for the teleconference call-in number 

and passcode. Please provide the 

following information: Full legal name, 

country of citizenship, and name of 

your industry association, or applicable 

affiliation. If you are participating as a 

public citizen, please indicate so. 

Anyone calling from outside the 

Arlington, VA, metropolitan area will be 

responsible for paying long-distance 

charges. 

The public must make arrangements 

by February 5, 2014, to present oral or 

written statements at the meeting. 

Written statements may be presented to 

the Subcommittee by providing a copy 

to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Copies of 

the documents to be presented to the 

Subcommittee may be made available 

by contacting the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

If you need assistance or require a 

reasonable accommodation for the 

meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 10, 

2014. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00700 Filed 1–15–14; 8:45 am] 

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