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disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA–

1612–DR ), dated 11/8/2005. 

Incident: Tornado and Severe Storms. 

Incident Period: 11/6/2005. 

Effective Date: 11/8/2005. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 1/9/2006. 

EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 

8/8/2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, National Processing 

and Disbursement Center, 14925 

Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street, Suite 6050, Washington, 

DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

11/8/2005, applications for disaster 

loans may be filed at the address listed 

above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Vanderburgh 

Warrick 

Contiguous Counties: Indiana 

Dubois, Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer 

Kentucky 

Daviess, Henderson 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 5.375 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 2.687 

Businesses With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 6.557 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 4.000 

Other (Including Non-profit Organizations) With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 4.750 

Businesses and Non-profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 10245C and for 

economic injury is 102460. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Herbert L. Mitchell, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 05–22735 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Advisory Committee on Veterans 

Business Affairs; Public Meeting 

The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA), pursuant to the 

Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small 

Business Development Act of 1999 (Pub. 

L. 106–50), Advisory Committee on 

Veterans Business Affairs will host a 

second public meeting on November 

15–17, 2005. The meeting will take 

place at the U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. The meeting on 

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 and 

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 will 

start at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., in the 

Eisenhower Conference Room, located 

on the 2nd floor. The meeting on 

Thursday, November 17, 2005 will start 

at 9 a.m. until noon, in the 

Administration’s Conference Room, 

located on the 7th floor. 

Anyone wishing to attend must 

contact Cheryl Clark in writing or by 

fax. Cheryl Clark, Program Liaison, 

Office of Veterans Business 

Development, 409 3rd Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 204165, phone (202) 

205–6773), fax: (202) 481–6085, e-mail: 

cheryl.clark@sba.gov. 

Matthew K. Becker, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22736 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5229] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Bellini 

and the East’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, 

as amended, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 

FR 19875], I hereby determine that the 

objects to be included in the exhibition 

‘‘Bellini and the East,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreements with the 

foreign lenders. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Isabella Stewart Gardner 

Museum, Boston, MA from on or about 

December 15, 2005 to on or about March 

26, 2006, and at possible additional 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. Public Notice of these 

determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, Department of State, 

(telephone: 202/453–8048). The address 

is Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 

20547–0001. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–22722 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5228] 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; 

Statutory Debarment Under the 

International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of State has imposed 

statutory debarment pursuant to Section 

127.7(c) of the International Traffic in 

Arms Regulations (‘‘ITAR’’) (22 CFR 

parts 120 to 130) on persons convicted 

of violating or conspiring to violate 

Section 38 of the Arms Export Control 

Act (‘‘AECA’’) (22 U.S.C. 2778). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: Date of conviction as 

specified for each person. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Trimble, Director, Office of 

Defense Trade Controls Compliance, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 

Department of State (202) 663–2700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

38(g)(4) of the AECA, 22 U.S.C. 2778, 

prohibits licenses and other approvals 

for the export of defense articles or 

defense services to be issued to persons, 

or any party to the export, who have 

been convicted of violating certain 

statutes, including the AECA. 

In implementing this section of the 

AECA, the Assistant Secretary for 

Political-Military Affairs is authorized 

by Section 127.7 of the ITAR to prohibit 

any person who has been convicted of 

violating or conspiring to violate the 

AECA from participating directly or 

indirectly in the export of defense 

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articles, including technical data or in 

the furnishing of defense services for 

which a license or other approval is 

required. This prohibition is referred to 

as ‘‘statutory debarment.’’

Statutory debarment is based solely 

upon conviction in a criminal 

proceeding, conducted by a United 

States Court, and as such the 

administrative debarment proceedings 

outlined in Part 128 of the ITAR are not 

applicable. 

The period for debarment will be 

determined by the Assistant Secretary 

for Political-Military Affairs based on 

the underlying nature of the violations, 

but will generally be for three years 

from the date of conviction. At the end 

of the debarment period, licensing 

privileges may be reinstated only at the 

request of the debarred person following 

the necessary interagency consultations, 

after a thorough review of the 

circumstances surrounding the 

conviction, and a finding that 

appropriate steps have been taken to 

mitigate any law enforcement concerns, 

as required by Section 38(g)(4) of the 

AECA. It should be noted, however, that 

unless licensing privileges are 

reinstated, the person remains debarred. 

Department of State policy permits 

debarred persons to apply to the 

Director of Defense Trade Controls 

Compliance for reinstatement beginning 

one year after the date of the debarment, 

in accordance with Section 38(g)(4) of 

the AECA and Section 127.11(b) of the 

ITAR. Any decision to grant 

reinstatement can be made only after the 

statutory requirements under Section 

38(g)(4) of the AECA have been 

satisfied. 

Exceptions, also known as transaction 

exceptions, may be made to this 

debarment determination on a case-bybase basis at the discretion of the 

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs. However, such an 

exception would be granted only after a 

full review of all circumstances, paying 

particular attention to the following 

factors: whether an exception is 

warranted by overriding U.S. foreign 

policy or national security interests; 

whether an exception would further law 

enforcement concerns that are 

consistent with the foreign policy or 

national security interests of the United 

States; or whether other compelling 

circumstances exist that are consistent 

with the foreign policy or national 

security interests of the United States, 

and that do not conflict with law 

enforcement concerns. Even if 

exceptions are granted, the debarment 

continues until subsequent 

reinstatement. 

Pursuant to Section 38 of the AECA 

and Section 127.7 of the ITAR, the 

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs has statutorily debarred 

the following persons for a period of 

three years following the date of their 

AECA conviction: 

(1) Guillermo Cardoso-Arias, April 1, 

2005, U.S. District Court, Southern 

District of Florida (Ft. Lauderdale), Case 

#: 0:04CR60262–COHN 

(2) Davilyn, Inc., June 27, 2005, U.S. 

District Court, Central District of 

California (Los Angeles), Case #: CR 05–

00432–RMT 

(3) Carlos Gamarra-Murillo, August 9, 

2005, U.S. District Court, Middle 

District of Florida (Tampa), Case #: 

8:04–CR–349–T–27EAJ 

(4) Xiuwen Liang also known as 

(a.k.a.) Jennifer Liang and Jennifer 

Zhuang, April 14, 2005, U.S. District 

Court, Central District of California (Los 

Angeles), Case #: CR03–138–SVW 

(5) Jinghua Zhuang a.k.a. Jackey 

Zhuang, January 6, 2004, U.S. District 

Court, Central District of California (Los 

Angeles), Case #: CR03–138–SVW. 

As noted above, at the end of the threeyear period, the above named persons/ 

entities remain debarred unless 

licensing privileges are reinstated. 

Debarred persons are generally 

ineligible to participate in activity 

regulated under the ITAR (see e.g., 

sections 120.1(c) and (d), and 127.11(a)). 

The Department of State will not 

consider applications for licenses or 

requests for approvals that involve any 

person who has been convicted of 

violating or of conspiring to violate the 

AECA during the period of statutory 

debarment. Persons who have been 

statutorily debarred may appeal to the 

Under Secretary for Arms Control and 

International Security for 

reconsideration of the ineligibility 

determination. A request for 

reconsideration must be submitted in 

writing within 30 days after a person 

has been informed of the adverse 

decision, in accordance with 22 CFR 

127.7(d) and 128.13(a). 

This notice is provided for purposes 

of making the public aware that the 

persons listed above are prohibited from 

participating directly or indirectly in 

any brokering activities and in any 

export from or temporary import into 

the United States of defense articles, 

related technical data, or defense 

services in all situations covered by the 

ITAR. Specific case information may be 

obtained from the Office of the Clerk for 

the U.S. District Courts mentioned 

above and by citing the court case 

number where provided. 

This notice involves a foreign affairs 

function of the United States 

encompassed within the meaning of the 

military and foreign affairs exclusion of 

the Administrative Procedure Act. 

Because the exercise of this foreign 

affairs function is discretionary, it is 

excluded from review under the 

Administrative Procedure Act. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

John Hillen, 

Assistant Secretary for Political-Military 

Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–22721 Filed 11–15–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Request for Comments Concerning 

Compliance With Telecommunications 

Trade Agreements 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and reply comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 1377 of 

the Omnibus Trade and 

Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 

3106) (‘‘section 1377’’), the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(‘‘USTR’’) is reviewing and requests 

comments on: The operation, 

effectiveness, and implementation of 

and compliance with WTO agreements 

affecting market opportunities for 

telecommunications products and 

services of the United States; the 

telecommunications provisions of the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(‘‘NAFTA’’), the Chile, Singapore, and 

Australia Free Trade Agreements 

(‘‘FTA’’) and any other FTA coming into 

force on or before January 1, 2006; and 

other telecommunications trade 

agreements. The USTR will conclude 

the review by March 31, 2006. 

DATES: Comments are due by noon on 

December 9, 2005 and Reply Comments 

by noon on January 6, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Gloria Blue, Executive 

Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

ATTN: Section 1377 Comments, Office 

of the United States Trade 

Representative, 1724 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arrow Augerot, Office of Industry, 

Market Access, and 

Telecommunications (202) 395–6099; or 

Amy Karpel, Office of the General 

Counsel (202) 395–5804. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1377 requires the USTR to review 

annually the operations and 

effectiveness of all U.S. trade 

agreements regarding