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Women’s Business Council (NWBC) 

announces its first public meeting of 

Fiscal Year 2025. The 1988 Women’s 

Business Ownership Act established 

NWBC to serve as an independent 

source of advice and policy 

recommendations to the President, 

Congress, and the Administrator of the 

U.S. Small Business Administration 

(SBA) on issues of importance to 

women entrepreneurs. 

During this meeting the Council will 

present its 2024 policy 

recommendations and gather 

information to inform its exploration of 

topics to advance women’s business 

ownership in 2025. The public will 

have the opportunity to ask questions 

and provide comments following the 

presentations. Accommodation for ASL 

will be provided. Please request 

translation services and other 

accommodations during registration. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Andrienne Johnson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29541 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 12607] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Affidavit of Relationship 

(AOR) 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments up to January 

15, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Daniel Carson—2025 E Street, NW 

Washington DC, 20520 who may be 

reached on (202) 227–6016 or at 

carsondp@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Affidavit of Relationship (AOR). 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0206. 

• Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

previously approved collection. 

• Originating Office: PRM/A. 

• Form Number: DS–7656. 

• Respondents: A respondent in the 

United States completes the AOR to: (a) 

establish that he or she was admitted to 

the United States as a refugee or granted 

asylum; (b) provide a list of qualifying 

family members (spouse, unmarried 

children under 21, and parents) who 

may wish to apply for refugee 

resettlement to the United States; and 

(c) establish that the family members are 

nationals of qualifying countries under 

the P–3 program. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

300. 

• Average Time per Response: Ninety 

Minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 450 

hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain or Retain a Benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our time 

and cost burden estimate for this 

proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) is 

required by the Department of State to 

establish qualification for access to the 

Priority-3 (P–3) Family Reunification 

category of the United States Refugee 

Admissions Program (USRAP). The P–3 

category, along with the other categories 

of cases that have access to USRAP, is 

outlined in the annual Report to 

Congress on Proposed Refugee 

Admissions, which is submitted on 

behalf of the President in fulfillment of 

the requirements of section 207(d) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1157) and authorized by the 

annual Presidential Determination on 

Refugee Admissions. The P–3 category 

is available to qualifying family 

members of U.S.-based residents 

(persons already admitted to the U.S. as 

refugees or who were granted asylum in 

the United States, including persons 

who may now be lawful permanent 

residents or U.S. citizens). Qualifying 

family members of U.S.-based residents 

include spouses, unmarried children 

under age 21, and parents. Eligible P–3 

nationalities are determined on an 

annual basis by the President. 

In order to access the USRAP through 

P–3, an applicant must have an 

Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) filed on 

his or her behalf by a U.S-based family 

member. The AOR also informs the U.Sbased family member that DNA 

evidence of all claimed parent-child 

relationships between the U.S-based 

family member and parents and/or 

unmarried children under 21 is required 

as a condition of access to P–3 

processing; it further informs the U.Sbased family member that the costs of 

DNA testing will be borne by the U.S. 

government. DNA testing between the 

QFM and any derivative applicant(s) 

(unmarried child under the age of 21), 

to prove the existence of their claimed 

family relationship, will be at no 

expense to the U.S. government. 

Methodology 

This information collection currently 

involves the limited use of electronic 

techniques. An anchor may complete an 

AOR at any local office of a 

Resettlement Agency (RA) that has a 

cooperative agreement with the 

Department of State to assist refugees 

who have been resettled in the United 

States. In order to file an AOR, a U.Sbased family member must be at least 18 

years of age and have been admitted to 

the United States as a refugee or granted 

asylum in the United States no more 

than five years prior to the filing of the 

AOR. The AOR is available 

electronically, is completed 

electronically with the assistance of RA 

staff, and is submitted electronically by 

RA staff to a Department of Statecontracted facility, where it is manually 

uploaded into the USRAP case 

management system. In addition, the RA 


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local office prints a copy for the 

respondent’s ink signature, then submits 

the signed form to the RA headquarters. 

Kelly A Gauger, 

Deputy Director, PRM/A, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–33–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Modification: China’s Acts, 

Policies, and Practices Related to 

Technology Transfer, Intellectual 

Property, and Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice of modification of 

actions. 

SUMMARY: In a notice published on 

September 18, 2024, the U.S. Trade 

Representative proposed additional 

modifications to the actions taken in the 

Section 301 investigation of China’s 

acts, policies, and practices related to 

technology transfer, intellectual 

property, and innovation. Specifically, 

the U.S. Trade Representative proposed 

increasing Section 301 tariff rates on 

five subheadings of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) covering certain tungsten 

products, wafers, and polysilicon. In a 

notice published on September 24, 

2024, USTR announced the opening of 

an electronic portal for interested 

parties to submit comments on the 

proposed tariff increases. This notice 

announces the U.S. Trade 

Representative’s determination to 

modify the actions being taken in this 

investigation by increasing tariff rates 

on the five subheadings. 

DATES: January 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. 

EST: Tariff increases on the tariff 

subheadings set out in the Annex to this 

notice are applicable with respect to 

products that are entered for 

consumption, or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption, on or after 

January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this notice, 

contact Philip Butler and Megan 

Grimball, Chairs of the Section 301 

Committee at 202.395.5725. For specific 

questions on customs classification, 

contact traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

For background on the proceedings in 

this investigation, please see the prior 

notices including 82 FR 40213 (August 

24, 2017), 83 FR 14906 (April 6, 2018), 

83 FR 28710 (June 20, 2018), and 83 FR 

40823 (August 16, 2018). 

On September 8, 2022, USTR 

announced that in accordance with 

Section 307(c)(3) of the Trade Act (19 

U.S.C. 2417(c)(3)), the U.S. Trade 

Representative would conduct a review 

of the two actions taken, as modified, in 

this investigation. See 87 FR 55073. 

Based on information obtained during 

the review, USTR, in consultation with 

the Section 301 Committee, prepared a 

comprehensive report that included 

findings on the effectiveness of the 

actions taken in this investigation in 

achieving the objectives of the 

investigation, other actions that could 

be taken, and the effects of such actions 

on the United States economy, 

including consumers. The report, FourYear Review of Actions Taken in the 

Section 301 Investigation: China’s Acts, 

Policies, and Practices Related to 

Technology Transfer, Intellectual 

Property, and Innovation (Report), was 

published on May 14, 2024, and is 

available on the USTR website. 

On May 14, 2024, taking into 

consideration the U.S. Trade 

Representative’s findings in the Report 

and recommendations, the President 

issued a Memorandum (President’s 

Memorandum) that directed the U.S. 

Trade Representative to: ‘‘maintain, as 

appropriate and consistent with this 

memorandum, the ad valorem rates of 

duty and lists of products subject to the 

[actions] taken under the Section 301 

investigation’’ and ‘‘[t]o further 

encourage China to eliminate the acts, 

policies, and practices at issue, and to 

counteract the burden or restriction of 

these acts, policies, and practices, the 

Trade Representative shall modify the 

[actions taken in the investigation] to 

increase Section 301 ad valorem rates of 

duty’’ for certain specified products of 

China. See https://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

briefing-room/presidential-actions/ 

2024/05/14/memorandum-on-actionsby-the-united-states-related-to-thestatutory-4-year-review-of-the-section301-investigation-of-chinas-actspolicies-and-practices-related-totechnology-transfer-intellectua/. In 

particular, the President’s Memorandum 

specified 14 categories of products for 

proposed tariff increases, tariff rates for 

those products, and year for tariff 

increases. 

Consistent with the President’s 

direction, USTR issued a Federal 

Register notice with proposed 

modifications, including proposed 

increases in Section 301 duties on 382 

HTSUS subheadings and 5 statistical 

reporting numbers of the HTSUS, with 

an approximate annual trade value of 

$18 billion (2023). See 89 FR 46252 

(May 28, 2024) (May 28 notice). In 

accordance with Section 307(a)(2) of the 

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2417(a)(2)), USTR 

invited comments from interested 

persons and opened a 30-day docket on 

May 29, 2024 (USTR–2024–0007). See 

May 28 notice. 

On September 18, 2024, the U.S. 

Trade Representative announced 

modifications to the actions, including 

certain adjustments to the modifications 

proposed in the May 28 notice. See 89 

FR 76581 (September 18, 2024) 

(September 18 notice). Additionally, 

and based on comments requesting that 

certain HTSUS subheadings be added to 

the 382 HTSUS subheadings proposed 

for tariff increases, the U.S. Trade 

Representative proposed increasing 

Section 301 duties on 5 additional 

HTSUS subheadings covering certain 

tungsten products, wafers, and 

polysilicon. 

In accordance with Section 307(a)(2) 

of the Trade Act, USTR invited 

comments from interested persons and 

opened a 30-day docket on September 

24, 2024 (USTR–2024–0016). See 89 FR 

77958 (September 24, 2024) (September 

24 notice). 

B. Determination To Modify the Actions 

Pursuant to Sections 307(c) and 

307(a)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 

2417(c), (a)(1)), the U.S. Trade 

Representative may modify or terminate 

any action, subject to the specific 

direction, if any, of the President with 

respect to such action, that is being 

taken under Section 301 if the burden 

or restriction on U.S. commerce of the 

acts, policies, and practices that are the 

subject of such action has increased or 

decreased, or such action is being taken 

under Section 301(b) and no longer is 

appropriate. 

As previously discussed, modification 

of the actions is warranted under 

Section 307(a)(1)(B) and Section 

307(a)(1)(C). See 89 FR 76581 

(September 18, 2024). The modifications 

to the actions are set out in the Annex 

to this notice. The U.S. Trade 

Representative’s determination takes 

account of the public comments, the 

President’s Memorandum and the 

policy rationale underlying the 

President’s direction, as well as the 

advice of the interagency Section 301 

committee and appropriate advisory 

committees. 

Any product listed in the Annex to 

this notice, which is subject to the 

additional duties imposed by this 

determination, and that is admitted into 

a U.S. foreign trade zone, except any 

product that is eligible for admission 

under ‘‘domestic status’’ as defined in 

19 CFR 146.43, only may be admitted as 


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