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through the use of an associate Power of

Attorney.

Examples

1. The following language would be

effective to appoint those attorneys and/

or agents individually listed, and

provide the correspondence address of

Payor Number 99,999.

I hereby appoint the following

practitioners to prosecute this application

and to transact all business in the Patent and

Trademark Office connected therewith:

John Doe, Registration No. 99,991, Jane

Doe, Registration No. 99,992 and Richard

Doe, Registration No. 99,993.

Address all correspondence to: Payor

Number 99,999.

2. The following language would be

effective to appoint those attorneys and/

or agents associated with, and provide

the correspondence address of, Payor

Number 99,999.

I hereby appoint the practitioners

identified with the Payor Number provided

below to prosecute this application and to

transact all business in the Patent and

Trademark Office connected therewith, and

direct that all correspondence be addressed

to that Payor Number:

Payor Number 99,999.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

[FR Doc. 95–11976 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Naval Research Advisory Committee;

Open Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given

that the Naval Research Advisory

Committee Panel on Life Cycle Cost

Reduction will meet on May 16, 17, 18,

and 19, 1995. The meeting will be held

at the Office of Naval Research, 800

North Quincy Street, Room 915,

Arlington, Virginia on May 16 and 17;

and the meeting will be held at the

Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic

Fleet, Maintenance Division Conference

Room, Norfolk, Virginia on May 18 and

19, 1995. The first session will

commence at 8:30 a.m. and terminate at

5:00 p.m. on May 16; the second session

will commence at 8:30 a.m. and

terminate at 5:30 p.m. on May 17; the

third session will commence at 8:30

a.m. and terminate at 5:00 p.m. on May

18; and the fourth session will

commence at 8:30 a.m. and terminate at

2:30 p.m. on May 19, 1995. All sessions

of the meeting will be open to the

public.

The purpose of the meeting is to

provide the Navy with an assessment of

the impact of science and technology on

life cycle cost initiatives of current

Department of the Navy systems and

projected acquisition programs.

The meeting will include briefings

and discussions relating to weapons

costs; life cycle costs initiatives by the

Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air

Systems Command, Naval Supply

Systems Command, and the Advanced

Research Projects Agency; regional

maintenance and condition based

maintenance; and shipyard design and

planning.

This Notice is being published late

because of administrative delays which

constitute an exceptional circumstance,

not allowing Notice to be published in

the Federal Register at least 15 days

before the date of the meeting.

For further information concerning

this meeting contact:Ms. Diane MasonMuir, Office of Naval Research, Ballston

Center Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, VA 22217-

5660,Telephone Number: (703) 696-

4870.

Dated: May 3, 1995

L. R. McNees,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–12069 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Intent To Repay to the Oregon

Department of Education Funds

Recovered as a Result of a Final Audit

Determination

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to award

grantback funds.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that under

section 459 of the General Education

Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1234h,

the U.S. Secretary of Education

(Secretary) intends to repay to the

Oregon Department of Education, the

State educational agency (SEA), an

amount nearly equal to 75 percent of the

principal amount of funds recovered by

the U.S. Department of Education

(Department) as a result of a final audit

determination. This notice describes the

SEA’s plan for the use of the repaid

funds and the terms and conditions

under which the Secretary intends to

make those funds available. The notice

invites comments on the proposed

grantback.

DATES: All comments must be received

on or before June 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the

grantback should be addressed to

William D. Tyrrell, Sr., U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW., room 3609, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–6132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William D. Tyrrell, Sr., U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW, room 3609, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–6132,

telephone: (202) 205–8825. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This notice is based on the

Department’s recovery of funds

following an independent audit of the

Klamath County School District (LEA)

for the school year 1989–90. The SEA

reviewed the audit and, on August 24,

1992, requested a refund of $23,760.91

of Chapter 1 Handicapped funds. The

LEA returned these Federal funds to the

SEA on September 1, 1992. On

September 15, 1992, the SEA returned

the Chapter 1 Handicapped funds, as

well as $42,634.31 of funds from other

Federal programs that are not part of

this grantback notice, to the U.S.

Department of Education. The audit

questioned the LEA’s use of $23,760.91

of Chapter 1 Handicapped funds to pay

91% and 50% of the salaries and fringe

benefits of two employees. These

charges were not supported by time

distribution records as required by

Federal regulations.

B. Authority for Awarding a Grantback

Section 459(a) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C.

1234h(a), provides that whenever the

Secretary has recovered program funds

following a final audit determination,

the Secretary may consider those funds

to be additional funds available for the

program and may arrange to repay to the

SEA or LEA affected by that

determination an amount not to exceed

75 percent of the recovered funds. The

Secretary may enter into this grantback

arrangement if the Secretary determines

that the—

(1) Practices or procedures of the SEA

or LEA that resulted in the audit

determination have been corrected, and

the SEA or LEA is, in all other respects,
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in compliance with the requirements of

the applicable program;

(2) SEA has submitted to the Secretary

a plan for the use of the funds to be

awarded under the grantback

arrangement that meets the

requirements of the program and, to the

extent possible, benefits the population

that was affected by the failure to

comply or by the misexpenditures that

resulted in the audit exception; and

(3) Use of funds to be awarded under

the grantback arrangement in

accordance with the SEA’s plan would

serve to achieve the purposes of the

program under which the funds were

originally granted.

C. Plan for Use of Funds Awarded

Under a Grantback Arrangement

Pursuant to section 459(a)(2) of GEPA,

the SEA has applied for a grantback

totaling $17,820, which is slightly less

than 75 percent of the principal amount

recovered by the Department, and has

submitted a plan on behalf of the LEA

for use of the grantback funds to meet

the special education needs of children

with disabilities. Under section 459(c)

of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1234h(c), these

funds are available for expenditure until

September 30, 1995. According to the

plan, the LEA will use grantback funds

to supplement its current program of

providing instructional assistants

assigned to eligible students in either

one-on-one or small groups. This allows

many students more opportunities for

further participation with their nondisabled peers. The LEA already

supplements the related services for the

students in the areas of counseling,

speech, occupational and physical

therapy. The grantback funds will

provide for the acquisition of

augmentative communication devices,

adaptive equipment, and materials to

allow these children enhanced

opportunities to participate with their

non-disabled peers to the maximum

extent appropriate.

D. The Secretary’s Determinations

The Secretary has carefully reviewed

the plan submitted by the SEA. Based

upon that review, the Secretary has

determined that the conditions under

section 459 of GEPA have been met.

These determinations are based upon

the best information available to the

Secretary at the present time. If this

information is not accurate or complete,

the Secretary may take appropriate

administrative action. In finding that the

conditions of section 459 of GEPA have

been met, the Secretary makes no

determination concerning any pending

audit recommendations or final audit

determinations.

E. Notice of the Secretary’s Intent To

Enter Into a Grantback Arrangement

Section 459(d) of GEPA requires that,

at least 30 days before entering into an

arrangement to award funds under a

grantback, the Secretary must publish in

the Federal Register a notice of intent

to do so, and the terms and conditions

under which the payment will be made.

In accordance with section 459(d) of

GEPA, notice is hereby given that the

Secretary intends to make funds

available to the SEA under a grantback

arrangement. The grantback award

would be in the amount of $17,820.

F. Terms and Conditions Under Which

Payments Under a Grantback

Arrangement Would Be Made

The SEA and LEA agree to comply

with the following terms and conditions

under which payments under a

grantback arrangement would be made:

(1) The funds awarded under the

grantback must be spent in accordance

with—

(a) All applicable statutory and

regulatory requirements;

(b) The plan that the SEA submitted

and any amendments to that plan that

are approved in advance by the

Secretary; and

(c) The budget that was submitted

with the plan and any amendments to

the budget that are approved in advance

by the Secretary.

(2) All funds received under the

grantback arrangement must be

obligated by September 30, 1995, in

accordance with section 459(c) of GEPA;

(3) The SEA, on behalf of the LEA,

will, not later than December 31, 1995,

submit a report to the Secretary that—

(a) Indicates that the funds awarded

under the grantback have been spent in

accordance with the proposed plan and

approved budget; and

(b) Describes the results and

effectiveness of the project for which the

funds were spent.

(4) Separate accounting records must

be maintained documenting the

expenditures of funds awarded under

the grantback arrangement.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.027, Handicapped State Grants

and 84.009, State Operated Programs for the

Handicapped)

Dated: May 10, 1995.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 95–11970 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

Advisory Committee on Student

Financial Assistance; Meeting

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on

Student Financial Assistance,

Education.

ACTION: Notice of upcoming meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting sponsored by the

Advisory Committee on Student

Financial Assistance. This notice also

describes the functions of the

Committee. This document is intended

to notify the general public.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, June 8,

1995, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending

at 5 p.m. and Friday, June 9, 1995,

beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 12

noon.

ADDRESSES: The University of South

Carolina-Aiken, the Etherredge Center

Building, Room 125, 171 University

Parkway, Aiken, South Carolina 29801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff Director,

Advisory Committee on Student

Financial Assistance, 1280 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Suite 601, Washington,

DC 20202–7582 (202) 708–7439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Committee on Student

Financial Assistance is established

under Section 491 of the Higher

Education Act of 1965 as amended by

Public Law 100–50 (20 U.S.C. 1098).

The Advisory Committee is established

to provide advice and counsel to the

Congress and the Secretary of Education

on student financial aid matters,

including providing technical expertise

with regard to systems of need analysis

and application forms, making

recommendations that will result in the

maintenance of access to postsecondary

education for low- and middle-income

students, conducting a study of

institutional lending in the Stafford

Student Loan Program and an in-depth

study of student loan simplification. As

a result of passage of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of

1993, Congress assigned the Advisory

Committee the major task of evaluating

the Ford Federal Direct Loan Program

(FDLP) and the Federal Family

Education Loan Program (FFELP). The

Committee will report to the Secretary

and Congress on not less than an annual

basis on the operation of both programs

and submit a final report by January 1,

1997.

The Advisory Committee will meet in

Aiken, South Carolina on June 8, 1995,

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on June 9,

from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

The proposed agenda will consist of

member discussion sessions on the