59654 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 96 

[Public Notice: PN–5200] 

RIN 1400–AC00 

International Trafficking in Persons: 

Interagency Sharing of Information and 

Coordination of Activities 

AGENCY: State Department. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule implements Section 

105 of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000, as amended by 

the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2003. In 

particular, this rule establishes 

guidelines to carry out the sharing of 

information on all matters relating to 

grants, grant policies, or other 

significant actions regarding the 

international trafficking in persons, to 

the extent permitted by law. The 

intended effect of this rule is to enhance 

interagency communication on policies 

and programs that address international 

trafficking in persons. 

DATES: This rule is effective September 

22, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: TIPprograms@state.gov You 

must include the RIN in the subject line 

of your message. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): Department of State, 

Office to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking in Persons (SA–22), 1800 G 

St. NW., Suite 2201, Washington, DC 

20520. 

• Fax: 202–312–9637 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 

Department of State, Office to Monitor 

and Combat Trafficking in Persons (SA–

22), 1800 G St. NW., Suite 2201, 

Washington, DC 20520. 

Persons with access to the internet 

may also view this notice by going to 

the regulations.gov web site at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/index.cfm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Department of State, Office to Monitor 

and Combat Trafficking in Persons (SA–

22), 1800 G St. NW., Suite 2201, 

Washington, DC 20520; 

TIPprograms@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2003 created a 

requirement that the President 

promulgate regulations to implement 

Section 105 of the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000, as amended 

(‘‘the Act’’). 

Section 105 of the Act calls for the 

President to establish an Interagency 

Task Force to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking and a Senior Policy 

Operating Group consisting of senior 

officials designated as representatives of 

the appointed members of the Task 

Force. By Executive Order 13257, dated 

February 13, 2002, the President 

established the President’s Interagency 

Task Force to Monitor and Combat 

Trafficking in Persons (‘‘the Task 

Force’’), which is chaired by the 

Secretary of State and includes the 

Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development, 

the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

Labor, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, the Director of Central 

Intelligence, and the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Executive Order 13257 lays out the 

responsibilities of the Task Force 

including, among other things, 

coordinating the implementation of the 

Act. The Secretary of Homeland 

Security was added to the Task Force by 

Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 

2003. The Task Force created the Senior 

Policy Operating Group on December 8, 

2003, to coordinate agency activities 

regarding policies, including grants and 

grant policies, involving the 

international trafficking in persons and 

the implementation of the Act. The 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2003 amended 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 

including by setting out the duties of the 

Senior Policy Operating Group and 

requiring the President to promulgate 

regulations to implement Section 105 

(22 U.S.C. 7103(f)(5)). 

Executive Order 13333 of March 18, 

2004 amends Executive Order 13257 

and delegates the task of issuing such 

regulations to the Secretary of State, and 

instructs the Senior Policy Operating 

Group to advise the Secretary of State as 

to what regulations may be necessary to 

implement Section 105, including such 

regulations as may be necessary to carry 

out the sharing of information on all 

matters relating to grants, grant policies, 

or other significant actions regarding the 

international trafficking in persons 

(Executive Order 13333, section 4(b)). 

Regulatory Findings 

Administrative Procedure Act 

This rule is exempt from notice-andcomment rulemaking in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), since it 

concerns ‘‘a matter relating to agency 

management or personnel or to public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, or 

contracts.’’

Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive 

Order 13272 

This rule falls outside the definition 

of ‘‘rule’’ set forth in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(2)) and 

incorporated in Executive Order 13272, 

Proper Consideration of Small Entities 

in Agency Rulemaking. Nevertheless, 

the Department of State has reviewed 

this rule in accordance with the criteria 

set forth in the Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)) and 

Section 3(b) of the Executive Order, and, 

by approving it, certifies that this rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

in any year and it will not significantly 

or uniquely affect small governments. 

Moreover, the rule falls outside the 

definition of ‘‘rule’’ set forth in the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1996 

(2 U.S.C. 658(10), incorporating the 

definition set forth in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. Therefore, no actions 

were deemed necessary under the 

provisions of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 

This rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2), for purposes 

of congressional review of agency 

rulemaking under the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996 (5 

U.S.C. 801–808). This rule will not 

result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more; a 

major increase in costs or prices for 

consumers, individual industries, 

Federal, State, or local government 

agencies, or geographic regions; or 

significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

companies to compete with foreign 

based companies in domestic and 

export markets. 

Executive Order 12866 

The Department of State does not 

consider this rule to be a ‘‘rule’’ within 

the meaning of section 3(d) of Executive 

Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, nor is it a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under Executive 

Order 12866, section 3(f). While this 

rulemaking is exempt from Executive 

Order 12866, the Department has 

nevertheless reviewed the rule to ensure 

its consistency with the regulatory 

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philosophy and principles set forth in 

that Executive Order. 

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132: 

Federalism 

This rule will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Nor would the 

rule have federalism implications 

warranting the application of Executive 

Orders 12372 and 13132. 

Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice 

Reform 

The Department of State has reviewed 

this rule in light of sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 to 

eliminate ambiguity, minimize 

litigation, establish clear legal 

standards, and reduce burden. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not impose any new 

reporting or record-keeping 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

List of Subjects 

Administrative practice and 

procedure. 

■ Accordingly, for the reasons set forth 

in the preamble, 22 CFR Part 96 is 

added to read as follows: 

PART 96—INTERNATIONAL 

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: 

INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF 

ACTIVITIES AND SHARING OF 

INFORMATION 

Sec. 

96.1 Coordination of Implementation of the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, as amended. 

96.2 Sharing of Information Regarding 

International Trafficking in Persons. 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7103(f)(5); Executive 

Order 13257 (as amended by Executive Order 

13333). 

§ 96.1 Coordination of Implementation of 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000, as amended. 

The Director of the Office to Monitor 

and Combat Trafficking in Persons of 

the Department of State, who is the 

Chairperson of the Senior Policy 

Operating Group of the President’s 

Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons, shall call 

meetings of the Senior Policy Operating 

Group on a regular basis to coordinate 

activities of Federal departments and 

agencies regarding policies (including 

grants and grant policies) involving the 

international trafficking in persons and 

the implementation of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000, as 

amended. 

§ 96.2 Sharing of Information Regarding 

International Trafficking in Persons. 

Each Federal Department or agency 

represented on the Senior Policy 

Operating Group shall, to the extent 

permitted by law, share information on 

all matters relating to grants, grant 

policies, or other significant actions 

regarding the international trafficking in 

persons. In its coordinating role, the 

Senior Policy Operating Group shall 

establish appropriate mechanisms to 

effect such information sharing. 

Dated: September 22, 2005. 

Robert B. Zoellick, 

Deputy Secretary of State, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 05–20549 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[CGD09–05–081] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Fox River, Green Bay, WI and DePere, 

WI 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is revising 

the operating regulations for highway 

drawbridges to establish permanent 

winter operating hours, and to establish 

operating regulations for two Canadian 

National Railway drawbridges, all 

located over the Fox River in Green Bay 

and DePere, WI. The revised regulation 

establishes permanent winter operating 

schedules for all drawbridges during 

winter months while still providing for 

the reasonable needs of navigation. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 

documents indicated in this preamble as 

being available in the docket, are part of 

docket [CGD09–05–081] and are 

available for inspection or copying at 

Commander (obr), Ninth Coast Guard 

District, 1240 E. Ninth Street, Room 

2025, Cleveland, Ohio 44199–2060, 

between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scot 

M. Striffler, Bridge Management 

Specialist, Ninth Coast Guard District, at 

(216) 902–6087. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory History 

On August 10, 2005, we published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

entitled, ‘‘Drawbridge Operation 

Regulations; Fox River, Green Bay, WI 

and DePere, WI,’’ in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 46441). We received no 

letters commenting on the proposed 

rule. No public meeting was requested, 

and none was held. 

Background and Purpose 

The U.S. Coast Guard, at the request 

of Wisconsin Department of 

Transportation (WI–DOT), is modifying 

the existing operating schedule of the 

Main Street, Walnut Street, Mason 

Street (Tilleman Memorial), and George 

Street highway drawbridges between 

miles 1.58 and 7.27, and the two 

Canadian National Railway drawbridges 

at miles 1.03 and 3.31, respectively, 

over Fox River. The modified regulation 

primarily establishes permanent winter 

operating schedules for each drawbridge 

in lieu of the annual winter 

authorization granted by Commander, 

Ninth Coast Guard District, under the 

authority of 33 CFR 117.45. 

All highway drawbridges are 

currently required to operate year-round 

and open on signal, except between the 

hours of 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., 12 noon to 1 

p.m., and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Saturday, except for Federal 

holidays. This schedule does not apply 

to public vessels, tugs, and commercial 

vessels with a cargo capacity of 300 

short tons or over, which are passed at 

all times. As noted, these drawbridges 

were granted yearly authorization to 

alter their operating schedules between 

December 15 and April 1 since 

approximately 1992. 

The railroad drawbridges operated by 

Canadian National Railway at miles 1.03 

and 3.31 over Fox River are swing 

bridges and currently have no 

permanent operating regulations, which 

requires the drawbridges to open on 

signal for vessels year-round, 24 hours 

per day. The Ninth Coast Guard District 

has also granted a yearly winter 

operating schedule for the railroad 

drawbridges from December 15 to April 

1 each year since approximately 1992. 

WI–DOT requested that the Coast 

Guard implement a permanent winter 

operating schedule for the Walnut Street 

and Mason Street (Tilleman Memorial) 

drawbridges between December 1 and 

April 1 each year. The Coast Guard 

expanded the review of all drawbridge 

regulations on Fox River to include the