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6199207. Leader/Host: Berthy De la 

Rosa-Aponte. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of meeting: On October 24, 2005, 

the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives 

Advisory Panel (the ‘‘Panel’’) will hold 

a teleconference. This teleconference 

meeting is open to the public. 

Purpose: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) announces this 

teleconference meeting of the Ticket to 

Work and Work Incentives Advisory 

Panel. Section 101(f) of Public Law 106–

170 establishes the Panel to advise the 

President, the Congress, and the 

Commissioner of SSA on issues related 

to work incentive programs, planning 

and assistance for individuals with 

disabilities as provided under section 

101(f)(2)(A) of the Act. The Panel is also 

to advise the Commissioner on matters 

specified in section 101(f)(2)(B) of that 

Act, including certain issues related to 

the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency 

Program established under section 

101(a). 

The interested public is invited to 

listen to the teleconference by calling 

the phone number listed above. Public 

testimony will not be taken. 

Agenda: The full agenda for the 

meeting will be posted on the Internet 

at http://www.ssa.gov/work/panel at 

least one week before the starting date 

or can be received, in advance, 

electronically or by fax upon request. 

Contact Information: Records are kept 

of all proceedings and will be available 

for public inspection by appointment at 

the Panel office. Anyone requiring 

information regarding the Panel should 

contact the staff by: 

• Mail addressed to the Social 

Security Administration, Ticket to Work 

and Work Incentives Advisory Panel 

Staff, 400 Virginia Avenue, SW, Suite 

700, Washington, DC 20024. 

• Telephone contact with Debra 

Tidwell-Peters at (202) 358–6430. 

• Fax at (202) 358–6440 or 

• E-mail to TWWIIAPanel@ssa.gov. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Chris Silanskis, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20397 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5205] 

Announcement of Meetings of the 

International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee 

SUMMARY: The International 

Telecommunication Advisory 

Committee announces meetings of ITAC 

Study Group A to debrief the recent 

meeting of ITU–T Study Group 3 

(Charging and accounting) and prepare 

for ITU–T Study Group 2 (Operational 

aspects of service provision, networks 

and performance). Members of the 

public may participate, and may join in 

the discussions. 

The International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet 

on Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 2–4 

p.m. There is one item on the agenda, 

a debrief of the outcome of the recentlycompleted meeting of ITU–T Study 

Group 3. Directions to the venue of the 

meeting may be obtained from Julian 

Minard, minardje@state.gov. 

The International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet 

by conference call on October 20, 2005 

at 2 p.m. to discuss a contribution to 

ITU–T Study Group 2. Information on 

the call in number and passcode may be 

obtained from Julian Minard, 

minardje@state.gov. 

The International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet 

on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 from 9 

a.m. to noon to discuss further 

contributions to ITU–T Study Group 2. 

Particulars on this meeting may be 

obtained from Julian Minard, 

minardje@state.gov. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Anne D. Jillson, 

Director, FACA Support, International 

Communications & Information Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–20548 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public 

comments on the Caribbean Basin 

Economic Recovery Act and the 

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership 

Act: Report to Congress 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) is seeking the views 

of interested parties on the operation of 

the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 

Act (CBERA), as amended by the 

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act 

(CBTPA) (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 

Section 212(f) of the CBERA, as 

amended, requires the President to 

submit a report to Congress regarding 

the operation of the CBERA and CBTPA 

(together commonly referred to as the 

Caribbean Basin Initiative, or CBI) on or 

before December 31, 2001, and every 

two years thereafter. The TPSC invites 

written comments concerning the 

operation of the CBI, including 

comments on the performance of each 

CBERA and CBTPA beneficiary country, 

as the case may be, under the criteria 

described in sections 212(b), 212(c), and 

213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA, as amended. 

This information will be used in the 

preparation of a report to the U.S. 

Congress on the operation of the 

program. 

DATES: Public comments are due at 

USTR no later than 5 p.m., November 4, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0529@USTR.EOP.GOV. 

Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. See requirements for 

submissions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Smith, Office of the Americas, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., 

Room 523, Washington, DC 20508. The 

telephone number is (202) 395–9450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to submit comments 

on any aspect of the program’s 

operation, including the performance of 

CBERA and CBTPA beneficiary 

countries, as the case may be, under the 

criteria described in sections 212(b), 

212(c), and 213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA, 

as amended, and provided below. Other 

issues to be examined in this report 

include: the CBI’s effect on the volume 

and composition of trade and 

investment between the United States 

and the Caribbean Basin beneficiary 

countries; and its effect in advancing 

U.S. trade policy goals as set forth in the 

CBTPA. The following countries are 

both CBERA and CBTPA beneficiary 

countries: Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, 

the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, 

Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint 

Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. 

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The 

Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, 

Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, 

Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and 

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Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

currently receive benefits only under 

CBERA. When the Dominican 

Republic—Central America—United 

States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA–

DR) enters into force for one or more of 

the CBI beneficiary countries of Costa 

Rica, the Dominican Republic, El 

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or 

Nicaragua, that country will cease to be 

designated as a CBERA and CBTPA 

beneficiary country. 

Eligibility Criteria for CBTPA 

Beneficiary Countries (Section 

213(b)(5)(B) of CBERA) 

In determining whether to designate a 

country as a CBTPA beneficiary 

country, the President must take into 

account the criteria contained in 

sections 212(b) and (c) of CBERA, and 

other appropriate criteria, including the 

following: 

(1) Whether the beneficiary country 

has demonstrated a commitment to 

undertake its obligations under the 

WTO under or ahead of schedule and 

participate in negotiations toward the 

completion of the FTAA or another free 

trade agreement. 

(2) The extent to which the country 

provides protection of intellectual 

property rights consistent with or 

greater than the protection afforded 

under the Agreement on Trade-Related 

Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. 

(3) The extent to which the country 

provides internationally recognized 

worker rights including—

(I) The right of association; 

(II) The right to organize and bargain 

collectively; 

(III) A prohibition on the use of any 

form of forced or compulsory labor; 

(IV) A minimum age for the 

employment of children; and 

(V) Acceptable conditions of work 

with respect to minimum wages, hours 

of work, and occupational safety and 

health. 

(4) Whether the country has 

implemented its commitments to 

eliminate the worst forms of child labor. 

(5) The extent to which the country 

has met U.S. counter-narcotics 

certification criteria under the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961. 

(6) The extent to which the country 

has taken steps to become a party to and 

implement the Inter-American 

Convention Against Corruption. 

(7) The extent to which the country 

applies transparent, nondiscriminatory 

and competitive procedures in 

government procurement, and 

contributes to efforts in international 

fora to develop and implement rules on 

transparency in government 

procurement. 

Before a country can receive benefits 

under the CBTPA, the President must 

also determine that the country has 

satisfied the requirements of section 

213(b)(4)(A)(ii) of CBERA (19 U.S.C. 

2703(b)(4)(A)(ii)) relating to the 

implementation of procedures and 

requirements similar in all material 

aspects to the relevant procedures and 

requirements contained in chapter 5 of 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement. 

Requirements for Submissions 

Comments must be submitted in 

English by the deadline indicated above. 

In order to facilitate prompt processing 

of submissions, the Office of the United 

States Trade Representative strongly 

urges and prefers electronic (e-mail) 

submissions in response to this notice. 

In the event that an e-mail submission 

is impossible, submissions should be 

made by facsimile. Hand-delivered 

submissions will not be accepted. 

Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject 

line: ‘‘CBI Report to Congress.’’

Documents should be submitted as 

either WordPerfect, MSWord, or text 

(.TXT) files. Spreadsheets submitted as 

supporting documentation are 

acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel files. 

Persons who make submissions by email should not provide separate cover 

letters; information that might appear in 

a cover letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Written comments, notice of 

testimony, and testimony will be placed 

in a file open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except 

business confidential information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. 

Business confidential information 

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 

2003.6 must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

of each page, including any cover letter 

or cover page, and must be accompanied 

by a non-confidential version indicating 

where confidential information was 

redacted by inserting asterisks where 

material was deleted, as well as a nonconfidential summary of the 

confidential information. If any 

document submitted electronically 

contains business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC-,’’ and the 

file name of the public version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘P-.’’ The ‘‘P- 

’’ or ‘‘BC-’’ should be followed by the 

name of the submitter. All public 

documents and non-confidential 

summaries shall be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room. 

The USTR Reading Room is open to the 

public, by appointment only, from 10 

a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. An 

appointment to review the file must be 

scheduled at least 48 hours in advance 

and may be made by calling (202) 395–

6186. 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending September 23, 

2005 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22542. 

Date Filed: September 21, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: Mail Vote 456—Resolution 

010w. TC3 Within South East Asia 

Special Passenger Amending Resolution 

between China (excluding Hong Kong 

SAR, Macao SAR) and Russia (in Asia). 

Intended effective date: October 15, 

2005. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22564. 

Date Filed: September 23, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC1 Passenger Tariff Coordinating 

Conference Teleconference, July 

25–27, 2005. 

TC1 Longhaul (except between USA 

and Chile, Panama) Resolutions 

(Memo PTC1 0330). 

TC1 Passenger Tariff Coordinating 

Conference Teleconference, July 

25–27, 2005. 

TC1 Areawide Resolutions (PTC1 

0333). 

Minutes: TC1 Teleconference, July 

25–27, 2005 (Memo PTC1 338). 

Tables: TC1 Longhaul specified fare 

table (Memo PTC1 0104). 

Technical Correction: TC1 Passenger 

Tariff Coordinating Conference