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(12 with alumni and 6 with community 

members). With up to eight participants 

per focus group, there will be roughly 

144 focus group participants maximum 

in addition to the 80 interview 

participants, with a total of 

approximately 224 qualitative 

participants. Recruitment will ensure 

representation across cohort years as 

well as implementing partners and will 

attempt to have broad geographic 

coverage. 

Nini J. Forino, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2021–0015] 

Request for Written Comments 

Concerning China’s Compliance With 

WTO Commitments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of request for written 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The interagency Trade Policy 

Staff Committee (TPSC) invites written 

comments to assist the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) in the preparation of its annual 

report to Congress on China’s 

compliance with the commitments 

made in connection with its accession 

to the World Trade Organization (WTO). 

Due to COVID–19, the TPSC will foster 

public participation via written 

questions and responses relating to the 

comments received by the TPSC rather 

than an in-person hearing. This notice 

includes the schedule for submission of 

comments, questions and responses. 

DATES: 

September 15, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. 

EDT: Deadline for submission of written 

comments. 

September 29, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. 

EDT: Deadline for the TPSC to pose 

written questions on written comments. 

October 13, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EDT: 

Deadline for submission of commenters’ 

responses to written questions from the 

TPSC. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov (REGS.GOV). The 

instructions for submitting written 

submissions are in sections III and IV 

below. The docket number is USTR– 

2021–0015. For alternatives to online 

submissions, contact Spencer Smith at 

Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 

395–2974 before transmitting a 

submission and in advance of the 

relevant deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

submissions, contact Spencer Smith at 

Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 

395–2974. Direct all other questions to 

Tsering Dhongthog, Deputy Assistant 

U.S. Trade Representative for China 

Affairs, at (202) 395–3900, or Arthur N. 

Tsao, Chief Counsel for China 

Enforcement, at (202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

China became a Member of the WTO 

on December 11, 2001. In accordance 

with section 421 of the U.S.-China 

Relations Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–286), 

USTR is required to submit, on or about 

December 11 of each year, a report to 

Congress on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including 

both multilateral commitments and any 

bilateral commitments made to the 

United States. In accordance with 

section 421, and to assist it in preparing 

this year’s report, the TPSC is soliciting 

public comments. You can find last 

year’s report on USTR’s website at 

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/ 

reports/2020/2020USTRReportCongress

ChinaWTOCompliance.pdf. 

The terms of China’s accession to the 

WTO are contained in the Protocol on 

the Accession of the People’s Republic 

of China (including its annexes) 

(Protocol), the Report of the Working 

Party on the Accession of China 

(Working Party Report), and the WTO 

agreements. You can find the Protocol 

and Working Party Report on the WTO 

website at http://docsonline.wto.org 

(document symbols: WT/L/432, WT/ 

MIN(01)/3, WT/MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/ 

MIN(01)/3/Add.2). 

II. Topics on Which the TPSC Seeks 

Information 

The TPSC invites written comments 

on China’s compliance with 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO, including, but 

not limited to, commitments in the 

following areas: 

A. Trading rights. 

B. Import regulation (e.g., tariffs, 

tariff-rate quotas, quotas, import 

licenses). 

C. Export regulation. 

D. Internal policies affecting trade 

(e.g., subsidies, standards and technical 

regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary 

measures, government procurement, 

trade-related investment measures, taxes 

and charges levied on imports and 

exports). 

E. Intellectual property rights 

(including intellectual property rights 

enforcement). 

F. Services. 

G. Rule of law issues (e.g., 

transparency, judicial review, uniform 

administration of laws and regulations) 

and status of legal reform. 

H. Other WTO commitments. 

In addition, given the United States’ 

view that China should be held 

accountable as a full participant in, and 

beneficiary of, the international trading 

system, USTR requests that commenters 

specifically identify unresolved 

compliance issues that warrant review 

and evaluation by USTR’s China 

Enforcement Task Force. 

III. Public Participation 

Due to COVID–19, the TPSC will 

foster public participation via written 

submissions rather than an in-person 

hearing on China’s compliance with the 

commitments made in connection with 

its accession to the WTO. In accordance 

with the schedule set out in the Dates 

section above, USTR invites written 

comments from the public. The TPSC 

will review the written comments and 

may pose written clarifying questions to 

the commenters. The TPSC will post the 

written questions on the public docket, 

other than questions that include 

properly designated business 

confidential information (BCI). USTR 

will send questions that include 

properly designated BCI to the relevant 

commenters by email and will not post 

these questions on the public docket. 

Written responses to questions that 

contain BCI must follow the procedures 

in section IV below. 

IV. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to be assured of 

consideration, we must receive your 

written comments in English by 11:59 

p.m. EDT on September 15, 2021. USTR 

strongly encourages commenters to 

make online submissions, using 

REGS.GOV. On the first page, please 

identify the submission as ‘China’s 

WTO Compliance.’ 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2021–0015 on the home 

page and click ‘search.’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice and click 

on the link entitled ‘comment now’. For 

further information on using 

REGS.GOV, please consult the resources 

provided on the website by clicking on 

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bottom of the home page. USTR will not 

accept hand-delivered submissions. 

REGS.GOV allows users to submit 

comments by filling in a ‘type comment’ 

field or by attaching a document using 

the ‘upload file’ field. USTR prefers that 

you submit comments in an attached 

document. If you attach a document, it 

is sufficient to type ‘see attached’ in the 

‘type comment’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If you use an 

application other than those two, please 

indicate the name of the application in 

the ‘type comment’ field. 

Filers submitting comments that do 

not include BCI should name their file 

using the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing BCI, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘BCI. Any page 

containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ on the top 

of that page. Filers of submissions 

containing BCI also must submit a 

public version of their comments that 

we will place in the docket for public 

inspection. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘P. The ‘BCI’ and ‘P’ should be followed 

by the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file submissions through 

REGS.GOV. You must make any 

alternative arrangements with Spencer 

Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov 

or (202) 395–2974 before transmitting a 

submission and in advance of the 

relevant deadline. 

USTR will post written submissions 

in the docket for public inspection, 

except BCI. You can view written 

submissions on REGS.GOV by entering 

docket number USTR–2021–0015 in the 

search field on the home page. General 

information concerning USTR is 

available at www.ustr.gov. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17606 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0068] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: FAA Entry 

Point Filing Form—International 

Registry 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on January 

28, 2021. The information to be 

collected will be used to obtain a unique 

authorization code for transmitting 

information to the International Registry 

in Dublin, Ireland. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by September 16, 2021. 

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: 

Bonnie Lefko by email at: bonnie.lefko@

faa.gov; phone: 405–954–7461. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0697. 

Title: FAA Entry Point Filing Form— 

International Registry. 

Form Numbers: AC Form 8050–135. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on January 28, 2021 (86 FR 7453). The 

information collected is necessary to 

obtain an authorization code for 

transmission of information to the 

International Registry. The Convention 

on International Interest in Mobile 

Equipment, as modified by the Protocol 

to the Convention on International 

Interests in Mobile Equipment on 

Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment 

(Cape Town Treaty), provides for the 

creation and sustainment of the 

International Registry. The International 

Registry is an electronic registry system 

that works in tandem with the current 

system operated by the FAA Civil 

Aviation Registry (Registry) for the 

United States. 

Congress has designated the Registry 

as the exclusive United States Entry 

Point for transmissions to the 

International Registry. To transmit 

certain types of interests or prospective 

interests to the International Registry, 

interested parties must file a completed 

FAA Entry Point Filing Form— 

International Registry, AC Form 8050– 

135, with the Registry. Upon receipt of 

the completed form, the Registry issues 

a unique authorization code. The 

submission of the information in 

question is not an FAA requirement for 

aircraft registration. Its sole purpose is 

to create authorization for filing with 

the International Registry. 

Respondents: Anyone wanting to file 

an interest on the International Registry. 

The FAA estimates up to 15,000 filed 

annually. 

Frequency: As desired by parties with 

an interest in mobile equipment. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

Based on FY2020 data of 14,360 filings, 

the estimated annual burden is 7,180 

hours. 

Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on July 28, 

2021. 

Bonnie Lefko, 

Program Analyst, FAA Civil Aviation Registry, 

Aircraft Registration Branch, AFB–711. 

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