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regulated areas during the enforcement 

period unless authorized by the Captain 

of the Port Charleston or a designated 

representative. The operator of any 

vessel in the regulated area must 

comply with instructions from the Coast 

Guard or designated representative. 

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 

100.704, Table 1 to § 100.704, Items No. 

(7) and (8), will be enforced at various 

times from July 16, 2021 through July 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, call or email Lieutenant 

Commander Chad Ray, Sector 

Charleston Office of Waterways 

Management, Coast Guard; telephone 

(843) 740–3184, email Chad.L.Ray@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce the two annual 

recurring marine events listed in 33 CFR 

100.704, Table 1 to § 100.704, Items No. 

(7) and (8), for the Beaufort Water 

Festival and Air Show. The Coast Guard 

will enforce these two annual recurring 

marine events on July 16, 2021, from 9 

p.m. until 10:30 p.m., on July 17, 2021, 

from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., on July 18, 

2021, from 12:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., 

and on July 24, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. 

until 4:30 p.m. This action is being 

taken to provide for the safety of life on 

navigable waterways during this event. 

The regulations in § 100.704, Table 1 to 

§ 100.704, Items No. (7) and (8), specify 

the locations of the regulated areas for 

the Beaufort Water Festival, which 

encompass a portion of the Beaufort 

River in Beaufort, South Carolina. 

During the enforcement periods, as 

reflected in § 100.704(c)(1), if you are 

the operator of a vessel in the regulated 

area you must comply with directions of 

the COTP Charleston or from his 

designated representative, including the 

Patrol Commander or any Official Patrol 

displaying a Coast Guard ensign. 

In addition to this notice of 

enforcement in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard plans to provide 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners, 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners, and onscene designated representatives. 

Dated: June 25, 2021. 

J.D. Cole, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Charleston. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 21–128; RM–11895; DA 21– 

695; FR ID 34434] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Bristol, Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On April 5, 2021, the Media 

Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) in response to a petition for 

rulemaking filed by Sinclair Licensee, 

LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WCYB– 

TV, channel 5 (NBC), Bristol, Virginia, 

requesting the substitution of channel 

35 for channel 5 at Bristol in the DTV 

Table of Allotments. For the reasons set 

forth in the Report and Order referenced 

below, the Bureau amends FCC 

regulations to substitute channel 35 for 

channel 5 at Bristol. 

DATES: Effective July 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule was published at 86 FR 

21681 on April 23, 2021. The Petitioner 

filed comments in support of the 

petition reaffirming its commitment to 

apply for channel 35. No other 

comments were filed. The Petitioner 

states that VHF channels have certain 

propagation characteristics which may 

cause reception issues for some viewers. 

In addition, WCYB–TV has received 

numerous complaints from viewers 

unable to receive the Station’s over-theair signal, despite being able to receive 

signals from other stations. While the 

proposed channel 35 noise limited 

contour does not completely encompass 

the relevant channel 5 noise limited 

contour, WCYB–TV is an NBC affiliate 

and there are six other NBC affiliated 

stations that serve some portion of the 

loss area, which, in the aggregate, serve 

the entire area of the channel 5 noise 

limited contour not encompassed by the 

proposed channel 35 contour, so that no 

one would lose NBC network service if 

channel 35 was substituted for channel 

5. As the Bureau explained in the 

NPRM, it used the technical parameters 

of WCYB–TV’s original post-transition 

digital channel 5 facility (File No. 

BPCDT–20080327AFS) in determining 

any predicted loss which may occur. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 21–128; RM–11895; DA 21– 

695, adopted June 15, 2021, and 

released June 15, 2021. The full text of 

this document is available for download 

at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601– 

612, do not apply to this proceeding. 

The Commission will send a copy of 

this Report and Order in a report to be 

sent to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Final Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. In § 73.622(i), amend the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments, 

under Virginia, by revising the entry for 

Bristol to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 501, 552 and 570 

[GSAR Case 2021–G527; Docket No. GSA– 

GSAR–2021–0014; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AK44 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Immediate and 

Highest Level Owner for High-Security 

Leased Space 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Interim rule. 

SUMMARY: GSA is amending the General 

Services Administration Acquisition 

Regulation (GSAR) to implement 

Section 3 and Section 5 requirements of 

the Secure Federal Leases from 

Espionage and Suspicious Entanglement 

Act (the Act or Secure Federal LEASEs 

Act). The Act addresses the risks of 

foreign ownership of Governmentleased real estate and requires the 

disclosure of ownership information for 

high-security space leased to 

accommodate a Federal agency. 

DATES: Effective: June 30, 2021. 

Applicability: This interim rule 

applies to new lease awards, the 

exercise of options for current leases, 

lease extensions, and ownership 

changes for high-security leased space. 

Except where otherwise provided, the 

Act’s disclosure requirements shall 

apply with respect to any lease or 

novation agreement entered into on or 

after June 30, 2021, involving highsecurity leased space. That includes 

new, renewal, succeeding, expansion, 

superseding, extension, and replacing 

leases and novations. 

Comment Date: Interested parties 

should submit written comments to the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at the 

address shown below on or before 

August 30, 2021 to be considered in the 

formation of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to GSAR Case 2021–G527 to 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘GSAR Case 2021– 

G527’’. Follow the instructions provided 

at the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’ on 

your attached document. If your 

comment cannot be submitted using 

https://www.regulations.gov, call or 

email the points of contact in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘GSAR Case 2021–G527’’ 

in all correspondence related to this 

case. Comments received generally will 

be posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check https://www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Carroll, Procurement Analyst, 

at 817–253–7858 or GSARPolicy@

gsa.gov, for clarification of content. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Please cite GSAR Case 2021–G527. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On Dec. 31, 2020, the then president 

signed into law the Secure Federal 

Leases from Espionage and Suspicious 

Entanglements Act (Secure Federal 

LEASEs Act), (Pub. L. 116–276, 134 

Stat. 3362). The Act imposes disclosure 

requirements regarding the foreign 

ownership, particularly ‘‘beneficial 

ownership,’’ of prospective lessors of 

‘‘high-security leased space’’ (i.e., 

property leased to the Federal 

government having a security level of III 

or higher). Section 3 and Section 5 of 

the Act regarding immediate and 

highest-level ownership applies to a 

lease or lease novation for high-security 

leased space entered into six months 

after the date of the enactment of the 

Act. GSA will modify existing leases to 

reflect the requirements of the Act when 

any of the various actions highlighted in 

the Applicability section arise. 

These requirements of the statute are 

applicable to leases by the U.S. General 

Services Administration (GSA), the 

Architect of the Capitol, ‘‘or the head of 

any Federal agency, other than the 

Department of Defense (DOD), that has 

independent statutory leasing 

authority’’ (Federal lessees). The Act is 

not applicable to DOD or to the 

intelligence community. In that regard, 

Section 2876 of the FY 2018 National 

Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 

(Pub. L. 115–91) already provides DOD 

similar authority to obtain ownership 

information with respect to its highsecurity leased space. GSA’s regulatory 

action applies to GSA and to agencies 

relying upon GSA’s leasing authority. 

The Act addresses national security 

risks identified in the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) report, 

GSA Should Inform Tenant Agencies 

When Leasing High-Security Space from 

Foreign Owners, dated January 2017 

(GAO–17–195). This report found 

certain high-security Federal agencies 

were in buildings owned or controlled 

by foreign entities. According to the 

report, most Federal tenants were 

unaware the spaces GAO identified 

were subject to foreign ownership or 

control, exposing these agencies to the 

heightened risk of surreptitious physical 

or cyber espionage by foreign actors. 

The report also noted GAO could not 

identify the owners of approximately 

one-third of the Federal government’s 

high-security leases because such 

ownership information was unavailable 

for those buildings. 

As the US Government’s ‘‘landlord,’’ 

GSA serves as the central leasing agent 

for Federal leases and is responsible for 

managing and obtaining space on behalf 

of multiple Federal agencies. When GSA 

enters into a leasing agreement, the 

agency becomes the ‘‘tenant’’ of GSA, 

with GSA acting as the lessee of the 

property. GSA currently uses 

information contained in the System for 

Award Management (SAM) to collect 

foreign ownership information for 

potential lessors, including immediate 

or highest-level owners. However, as 

Congress recognized in the Act, SAM 

does not capture more nuanced forms of 

foreign control such as entities involved 

in financing properties or beneficial 

ownership. 

GSA is currently reviewing and 

investigating potential future 

implementation steps and potential 

updates through electronic means to 

implement the requirements of the Act, 

including externally (System for Award 

Management) or internally (GSA’s Lease 

Offer Platform). As these alternatives are 

not yet available, this interim rule will 

require reporting on an action-by-action 

basis. 

What is ‘‘high-security leased space’’? 

The statute defines ‘‘high security 

leased space’’ as ‘‘space leased by a 

Federal lessee that—(A) will be 

occupied by Federal employees for 

nonmilitary activities; and (B) has a 

facility security level of III, IV or V, as 


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