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foreign sponsorship disclosure 

requirements in paragraph (j)(1) of this 

section apply at the time of the lease 

agreement and at any renewal thereof, 

including: 

(i) Informing the lessee of the foreign 

sponsorship disclosure requirement in 

paragraph (j)(1) of this section; 

(ii) Inquiring of the lessee whether the 

lessee falls into any of the categories in 

paragraph (j)(2) of this section that 

qualify the lessee as a foreign 

governmental entity; 

(iii) Inquiring of the lessee whether 

the lessee knows if anyone involved in 

the production or distribution of the 

programming that will be aired pursuant 

to the lease agreement, or a sub-lease, 

qualifies as a foreign governmental 

entity and has provided some type of 

inducement to air the programming; 

(iv) Independently confirming the 

lessee’s status, by consulting the 

Department of Justice’s FARA website 

and the Commission’s semi-annual U.S.- 

based foreign media outlets reports, if 

the lessee states that it does not fall 

within the definition of ‘‘foreign 

governmental entity’’ and that there is 

no separate need for a disclosure 

because no one further back in the chain 

of producing/transmitting the 

programming falls within the definition 

of ‘‘foreign governmental entity’’ and 

has provided an inducement to air the 

programming; and 

(v) Memorializing the inquiries in 

paragraphs (j)(3)(i) through (iv) of this 

section to track compliance therewith 

and retaining such documentation in 

the licensee’s records for either the 

remainder of the then-current license 

term or one year, whichever is longer, 

so as to respond to any future 

Commission inquiry. 

(4) In the case of any video 

programming, the foreign governmental 

entity and the country represented shall 

be identified with letters equal to or 

greater than four percent of the vertical 

picture height that air for not less than 

four seconds. 

(5) At a minimum, the announcement 

required by paragraph (j)(1) of this 

section shall be made at both the 

beginning and conclusion of the 

programming. For programming of 

greater than sixty minutes in duration, 

an announcement shall be made at 

regular intervals during the broadcast, 

but no less frequently than once every 

sixty minutes. 

(6) Where the primary language of the 

programming is other than English, the 

disclosure statement shall be made in 

the primary language of the 

programming. If the programming 

contains a ‘‘conspicuous statement’’ 

pursuant to the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 

614(b)), and such conspicuous 

statement is in a language other than 

English so as to conform to the Foreign 

Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 

U.S.C. 611 et seq.), an additional 

disclosure in English is not needed. 

(7) A station shall place copies of the 

disclosures required by this paragraph 

(j) and the name of the program to 

which the disclosures were appended in 

its online public inspection file on a 

quarterly basis in a standalone folder 

marked as ‘‘Foreign GovernmentProvided Programming Disclosures.’’ 

The filing must state the date and time 

the program aired. In the case of repeat 

airings of the program, those additional 

dates and times should also be 

included. Where an aural 

announcement was made, its contents 

must be reduced to writing and placed 

in the online public inspection file in 

the same manner. 

(k) The requirements in paragraph (j) 

of this section shall apply to programs 

permitted to be delivered to foreign 

broadcast stations under an 

authorization pursuant to the section 

325(c) of the Communications Act of 

1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(c)) if any part of the 

material has been sponsored, paid for, 

or furnished for free as an inducement 

to air on the foreign station by a foreign 

governmental entity. A section 325(c) 

permit holder shall place copies of the 

disclosures required along with the 

name of the program to which the 

disclosures were appended in the 

International Bureau’s public filing 

System (IBFS) under the relevant IBFS 

section 325(c) permit file. The filing 

must state the date and time the 

program aired. In the case of repeat 

airings of the program, those additional 

dates and times should also be 

included. Where an aural 

announcement was made, its contents 

must be reduced to writing and placed 

in the IBFS in the same manner. 

(l) Paragraphs (j) and (k) of this 

section contain information-collection 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Compliance with paragraphs (j) and (k) 

of this section shall not be required 

until after review by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The 

Commission will publish a document in 

the Federal Register announcing 

compliance dates and removing this 

paragraph (l) accordingly. 

■ 3. Amend § 73.3526 by adding 

paragraph (e)(19) to read as follows: 

§ 73.3526 Online public inspection file of 

commercial stations. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(19) Foreign sponsorship disclosures. 

Documentation sufficient to 

demonstrate that the station is 

continuing to meet the requirements set 

forth at § 73.1212(j)(7). 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 73.3527 by adding 

paragraph (e)(15) to read as follows: 

§ 73.3527 Online public inspection file of 

noncommercial educational stations. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(15) Foreign sponsorship disclosures. 

Documentation sufficient to 

demonstrate that the station is 

continuing to meet the requirements set 

forth at § 73.1212(j)(7). 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 665 

[RTID 0648–XB172] 

Pacific Island Fisheries; 2021 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

Lobster Harvest Guideline 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest 

guideline. 

SUMMARY: NMFS establishes the annual 

harvest guideline for the commercial 

lobster fishery in the Northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar 

year 2021 at zero lobsters. 

DATES: June 17, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark R. Fox, NMFS PIR Sustainable 

Fisheries, tel 808–725–5171. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the NWHI commercial lobster 

fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem 

Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. The 

regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require 

NMFS to publish an annual harvest 

guideline for lobster Permit Area 1, 

comprised of Federal waters around the 

NWHI. 

Regulations governing the 

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National 

Monument in the NWHI prohibit the 

unpermitted removal of monument 

resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish 

a zero annual harvest guideline for 

lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)). 

Accordingly, NMFS establishes the 


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harvest guideline for the NWHI 

commercial lobster fishery for calendar 

year 2021 at zero lobsters. Harvest of 

NWHI lobster resources is not allowed. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: June 14, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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