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exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within 15 days after the date of this 

published notice (see DATES), the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service receives 

written evidence and argument which 

establish that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7 (see ADDRESSES for 

submitting comments). 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209, 37 CFR 404.7. 

Signing Authority 

The Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Martha Williams, Principal Deputy 

Director Exercising the Delegated 

Authority of the Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, approved this 

document on June 21, 2021, for 

publication. 

Anissa Craghead, 

Acting Regulations and Policy Chief, Division 

of Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and 

Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13294 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[212A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900 253G] 

Advisory Board of Exceptional 

Children 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) is announcing that the 

Advisory Board for Exceptional 

Children (Advisory Board) will hold 

two separate online meetings. The 

purpose of the meetings are to meet the 

mandates of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act of 2004 

(IDEA) for Indian children with 

disabilities. Due to the COVID–19 

pandemic and for the safety of all 

individuals, it will be necessary to 

conduct online meetings. 

DATES: The first meeting will be a twoday online meeting on Wednesday, July 

28, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain 

Daylight Time (MDT) and Thursday, 

July 29, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

MDT. The second meeting will be oneday online meeting on Wednesday, 

September 22, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 4 

p.m. MDT. 

ADDRESSES: All BIE Advisory Board 

activities and meetings will be 

conducted online. See the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice for information on how to 

join the meetings. Public comments can 

be emailed to the DFO at 

Jennifer.davis@bie.edu; or faxed to (602) 

265–0293 Attention: Jennifer Davis, 

DFO; or mailed or hand delivered to the 

Bureau of Indian Education, Attention: 

Jennifer Davis, DFO, 2600 N. Central 

Ave., 12th floor, Suite 250, Phoenix, AZ 

85004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Davis, Designated Federal 

Officer, Bureau of Indian Education, 

2600 N. Central Ave., 12th floor, Suite 

250, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Jennifer.davis@

bie.edu, or (202) 860–7845 or (602) 240– 

8597. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the BIE is announcing 

the Advisory Board will hold its next 

two meetings online. The Advisory 

Board was established under the 

Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 

(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) to advise the 

Secretary of the Interior, through the 

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, on 

the needs of Indian children with 

disabilities. These meetings are open to 

the public. 

I. July 2021 Meeting of the BIE 

Advisory Board 

A. Agenda for July Meeting 

The following agenda items will be 

for the July 28, 2021 and July 29, 2021 

meeting. The BIE Advisory Board will 

hear report regarding special education 

topics from the: 

• BIE Central Office—Some questions 

that will be answered are: What are 

some of the challenges the BIE is facing 

regarding COVID related issues? What 

additional steps has the BIE taken to 

ensure the well-being of all students in 

BIE funded schools across the country? 

Are the schools using specific trauma 

informed curricula? 

• BIE/Division of Performance and 

Accountability (DPA)/Special Education 

Program—Some questions that will be 

answered are: For graduation rates and 

dropout rates, what progress has been 

made in graduation rates for SWD as 

compared to students without 

disabilities in BIE schools? Describe the 

Certification of Completion for SWD? 

• Miccosukee Indian School and 

Cheyenne Eagle Butte School—Two 

schools have been asked to provide their 

presentation by responding to several 

questions the Advisory Board has asked. 

Some of the questions are: Considering 

the impact of COVID–19 in the past 

year, how has your school addressed 

challenges related to academics, 

learning loss, student and educator 

wellness, resiliency and socialemotional learning, in general for all 

faculty, staff, and students and for 

students with disability, specifically? 

Instruction delivery—Can you describe 

the current status of instructional 

delivery? For example, is there adequate 

provision of broadband access, 

technology, adaptive equipment 

required to address the student’s needs 

and academic goals? 

• BIE Office of the Director/BIE 

Student Health Program—Some topics 

that will be addressed are: Provide an 

overview about the BIE’s Behavior 

Health Program (BHP), including the 

history, purpose of the program, staff 

working in the program, the location 

site(s), how and when the BHP program 

got started. Since the inception of the 

BIE’s BHP, provide an update about the 

projects that have taken place and the 

progress of these projects. 

• BIE Performance Office—Some 

topics that will be addressed are: 

Provide an update about the recent 

virtual monitoring for the six school 

sites that were monitored in spring of 

2021. Describe the process of providing 

technical assistance to the schools, the 

timeline to complete the follow-up with 

each school; and the overall finalization 

of the 2020–2021 virtual monitoring. 

B. Public Commenting Sessions for the 

July Meeting 

Four Public Commenting Sessions 

will be provided during the July 

meeting days. 

Æ On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 two 

sessions (15 minutes each) will be 

provided, 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. MDT 

and 1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. MDT. Public 

comments can be provided via webinar 

or telephone conference call. Please use 

the online access codes as listed below. 

Æ On Thursday, July 29, 2021 two 

sessions (15 minutes each) will be 

provided, 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. MDT 

and 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. MDT. 

Public comments can be provided via 

webinar or telephone conference call. 

Please use the online access codes as 

listed below. 

Æ Public comments can also be 

submitted to the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

C. To Access the Wednesday, July 28, 

2021 and Thursday, July 29, 2021 

Meeting 

You can join the July meeting through 

any of the following means: 


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• Join ZoomGov Meeting using: https:// 

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pwd=Q2ZOc0dNSkVlVi8rK0x

CendFNHl2dz09 

• One tap mobile: Meeting ID: 160 337 

5406 Passcode: 343566 

+16692545252,,1603375406#,,,,

*343566# US (San Jose) 

+16468287666,,1603375406#,,,,

*343566# US (New York) 

• Dial by your location: Meeting ID: 160 

337 5406 Passcode: 343566 

+1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose), +1 646 

828 7666 US (New York) 

+1 669 216 1590 US (San Jose), +1 551 

285 1373 US 

Find your local number: https://

www.zoomgov.com/u/abz0edJQ8o 

II. September 2021 Meeting of the BIE 

Advisory Board 

A. Agenda for September Meeting 

The following agenda items for the 

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 

meeting are: 

• BIE Advisory Board—The Board 

will be developing and finalizing the 

2021 Annual Report between the hours 

of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT. 

B. Public Commenting Sessions for the 

September Meeting 

Public Commenting Sessions will be 

provided during the meeting. 

Æ On Wednesday, September 22, 

2021 two sessions (15 minutes each) 

will be provided, 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

MDT and 1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. MDT. 

Public comments can be provided via 

webinar or telephone conference call. 

Please use the online access codes as 

listed below. 

Æ Public comments can also be 

submitted to the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

C. To Access the Wednesday, September 

22, 2021 Meeting 

You can join the meetings through 

any of the following means: 

• Join ZoomGov Meeting using: https:// 

www.zoomgov.com/j/1616957886?

pwd=WUphMHBGeEZ

kcWtlRmhxQU4yUUlVQT09 

• One tap mobile: Meeting ID: 161 695 

7886 Passcode: 010721 

+16692545252,,1616957886#,,,,

*010721# US (San Jose) 

+15512851373,,1616957886#,,,,

*010721# US 

• Dial by your location: Meeting ID: 161 

695 7886 Passcode: 010721 

+1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose), +1 646 

828 7666 US (New York) 

+1 669 216 1590 US (San Jose), +1 551 

285 1373 US 

Find your local number: https://

www.zoomgov.com/u/ad8eION8TN 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 5; 20 U.S.C. 

1400 et seq. 

Bryan Newland, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[212A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A51010.999900] 

Land Acquisitions; Confederated 

Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 

Flathead Reservation 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs 

has acquired all land comprising the 

National Bison Range, consisting of 

approximately 18,800.22 acres, more or 

less, into trust for the Confederated 

Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 

Flathead Reservation. 

DATES: This trust transfer occurred on 

December 27, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sharlene M. Round Face, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Division of Real Estate 

Services, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 

Albuquerque, NM 87104, 

sharlene.roundface@bia.gov, (505) 563– 

3132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Departmental Manual, and is published 

in the Assistant Secretary’s discretion to 

inform the public and provide clarity 

regarding title of the National Bison 

Range. 

On the date listed in the DATES section 

of this notice, the President signed 

Public Law 116–260, which provides 

that all land comprising the National 

Bison Range are held in trust by the 

United States for the benefit of the 

Confederated Salish and Kootenai 

Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. The 

following land description is written in 

accordance with the Specifications for 

Descriptions of Land: Revised 2017: 

Principal Meridian, Montana. 

T. 18 N, R. 20 W, 

sec. 5, lot 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, 

and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

secs. 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, and 20; 

sec. 29, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, EXCEPTING THEREFROM 

Tracts A and B of Certificate of Survey 

No. 4432, Filed on November 13, 1990, 

in Lake County, MT., containing 41.54 

acres, more or less; 

sec. 30. 

T. 19 N, R. 20 W, 

sec. 31; 

sec. 32, 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4. 

T. 18 N, R. 21 W, 

secs. 1, 2, and 3; 

sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, 

Warranty Deed dated June 18, 1999, filed 

in Missoula County, Montana on 

Microfilm No. 27909, Tract No. 12, more 

particularly described as, that portion of 

government lots three (3) and six (6) 

lying East of Montana State Highway 

212, EXCEPTING that portion of Lot 

Three (3) conveyed to the State of 

Montana for State Highway Project as 

shown in Book 102 of Deeds, Page 477, 

Sanders County Records, containing 37 

acres, more or less, and 

Warranty Deed dated June 5, 2002, filed in 

Sanders County, Montana on Microfilm 

No. 37748, portion of Tract No. 13, more 

particularly described as, the East Half of 

the Southwest Quarter (E1⁄2SW1⁄4) 

EXCEPTING THEREFROM the Northeast 

Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 

(NE1⁄4SW1⁄4) of Section 4, a strip Sixty 

(60.00) feet wide as described in the 

instrument executed by Mart Sullivan to 

the Northern Pacific Railway Company, 

dated June 25, 1917, recorded July 17, 

1917, in Book 23 of Deeds, Page 281; 

ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM a strip 

one Hundred (100.00) feet wide as 

described in the instrument executed by 

Patrick Noon to the Northern Pacific 

Railway Company, dated September 29, 

1916, recorded October 23, 1916, in Book 

23 of Deeds, Page 123, also excepting 

therefrom that parcel conveyed to the 

state of Montana by that Bargain and 

Sale Deed recorded April 15, 1988, in 

Book 109 of Deeds, page 314, containing 

79.00 acres, more or less; 

sec. 9, NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

secs. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; 

sec. 16, E1⁄2; 

sec. 21, lot 1 and NE1⁄4; 

sec. 22, lots 1 and 4, N1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; 

secs. 23 and 24; 

sec. 25, lots 1 and 2, N1⁄2, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4; 

sec. 26, lot 1, N1⁄2, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4, together 

with a roadway-railway grade crossing, 

R.W. 7059, executed on March 13, 1967 

across that portion of the railway 

company’s main line right of way in the 

southwest quarter of the southeast 

quarter (SW1⁄4SE1⁄4) Section Twenty Six 

(26), Township Eighteen (18) North, 

Range Twenty One (21) West, Montana 

Principal Meridian, shown colored RED 

on the map, marked Exhibit ‘‘A’’, dated 

September 27, 1966, attached and made 

a part of the conveyance document; sec. 

27, N1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

T. 19 N, R. 21 W, 

sec. 26, Warranty Deed dated May 21, 

1997, filed in Lake County, Montana on 


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