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2. P & B and its Members will comply

with requests made by the Secretary of

Commerce on behalf of the Secretary of

Commerce or the Attorney General for

information or documents relevant to

conduct under the Certificate. The

Secretary of Commerce will request

such information or documents when

either the Attorney General or the

Secretary of Commerce believes that the

information or documents are required

to determine that the Export Trade,

Export Trade Activities, and Methods of

Operation of a person protected by this

Certificate of Review continue to

comply with the standards of Section

303(a) of the Act.

Definitions

1. Export Intermediary means a

person who acts as a distributor, sales

representative, sales or marketing agent,

or broker, or who performs similar

functions, including providing or

arranging for the provision of Export

Trade Facilitation Services.

2. Supplier means a person, including

each Member, who produces, provides,

or sells a Product, Service, or Export

Trade Facilitation Services.

Protection Provided by the Certificate

This Certificate protects P & B, its

Members, and their employees acting on

their behalf from private treble damage

actions and government criminal and

civil suits under U.S. federal and state

antitrust laws for the export conduct

specified in the Certificate and carried

out during its effective period in

compliance with its terms and

conditions.

Effective Period of Certificate

This Certificate continues in effect

from the effective date indicated below

until it is relinquished, modified, or

revoked as provided in the Act and the

Regulations.

Other Conduct

Nothing in this Certificate prohibits P

& B and its Members from engaging in

conduct not specified in this Certificate,

but such conduct is subject to the

normal application of the antitrust laws.

Disclaimer

The issuance of this Certificate of

Review to P & B by the Secretary of

Commerce with the concurrence of the

Attorney General under the provisions

of the Act does not constitute, explicitly

or implicitly, an endorsement or

opinion by the Secretary or by the

Attorney General concerning either (a)

the viability or quality of the business

plans of P & B or (b) the legality of such

business plans of P & B under the laws

of the United States (other than as

provided in the Act) or under the laws

of any foreign country. The application

of this Certificate to conduct in export

trade where the United States

Government is the buyer or where the

United States Government bears more

than half the cost of the transaction is

subject to the limitations set forth in

Section V. (D.) of the ‘‘Guidelines for the

Issuance of Export Trade Certificates of

Review (Second Edition)’’, 50 Fed. Reg.

1786 (January 11, 1985).

A copy of this certificate will be kept

in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: January 4, 1995.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–582 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

AmeriCorps State and Direct Grant

Program, Learn and Serve America K–

12 Grant Program, and Learn and

Serve America Higher Ed Grant

Program 1995 Policies and

Preferences

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (the

Corporation) in the Federal Register of

October 27, 1994 (59 FR 53963)

proposed changes and invited

comments with regard to three of its

main programs: AmeriCorps*USA,

Learn & Serve America K–12, and Learn

& Serve America Higher Education. The

Corporation is now proposing

additional policy changes and program

preferences for funding for these three

programs. This notice addresses

previously established rules concerning

the percentage of time a program must

commit to direct service activity and a

new policy issue focusing on fee-forservice. Moreover, the Corporation has

decided to give special consideration for

programs that have received funding

from the Corporation in the past. The

Corporation invites all interested parties

to comment on the issues discussed in

this notice. Any comments received will

be given careful consideration in the

development of final FY 1995 policies

and grant applications.

DATES: Comments on the Corporation’s

proposal for Direct Service Time and

Special Consideration for Past

Corporation Funded Programs must be

received no later than January 25, 1995.

Comments specifically addressing the

Corporation’s proposal for Fee-forservice must be received no later than

March 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this notice

may be mailed to Ethan Kline of the

Office of General Counsel, Corporation

for National Service, 1201 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ethan Kline at (202) 606–5000 x. 467

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time. For individuals

with disabilities, information will be

made available in alternative formats,

upon request.

I. Policies and Guidelines

A. Direct Service Time

The Corporation’s position has been

that in order for programs to have direct

and demonstrable results in

communities, at least 80% of each

AmeriCorps Members required 1700

hours of service (1360 hours) must be

spent in direct service activities, with

no more than 20% of the required

service time (340 hours) spent in

training, education, and other nondirect service activities. In general,

eligible direct service activities are those

service activities that directly relate to a

programs Community Service

Objectives and may include on-site

training, specific instructions related to

a service project, developing relevant

lesson plans, and imparting specific

knowledge through workshops and

presentations. Eligible non-direct

service activities, including training and

education, are those that relate to the

fulfillment of a program’s Community

Building and Participant Development

Objectives, and may include meeting

with a community-based organization in

order to develop a relationship with that

organization or having Members attend

GED preparation classes.

The Corporation now proposes to

refine this policy and apply the ‘‘80/20’’

Rule to the general design of the

AmeriCorps program, not to each

individual Member. This change allows

for variances among the individual

Members (some of whom will spend

more time performing direct service

while others will spend more time in

education, training, or other non-direct

service activities) and for variances

throughout the course of the year (a

program may choose to spend more time

in training sessions at the beginning of

the year rather than at the end of the

year). The 80/20 Rule will apply only to

the required minimum of 1700 hours,
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and if a program exceeds 1700 hours,

the extra hours will not fall under these

guidelines. For example, if a program is

designed so that Members complete an

average of 1900 hours of service, an

average of 1360 of those hours must be

spent in direct service and 540 hours

may be spent on eligible non-direct

service activities such as training and

education.

B. Fee-for-Service Definition

The Corporation recognizes that feefor-service is a term that changes within

the specific context of a program.

Therefore, for purposes of discussion

and potential future policy guidance,

the Corporation defines Fee-for-service

as specific time-limited activities

undertaken by an AmeriCorps program

for which the program charges the

organization for which the activity is

undertaken. This could result from a bid

the AmeriCorps program placed in an

RFP process or a cooperative agreement

with other agencies. Typically, the

agreement or contract specifies a scope

of work and the fee to be charged for the

activity.

For future policy guidance, the

Corporation is considering setting

quality parameters relative to fee-forservice activities and limiting the scope

of fee-for-service work that can be

applied to the state and local match

requirements of AmeriCorps. This

would not limit the fee-for-service

activity a program could accomplish

with participants other than

AmeriCorps Members.

Possible ways of limiting fee-forservice activity could include:

restrictions on the percentage of the

total budget or the total non-Corporation

budget that may be derived from fees for

service; restrictions on the abilities of

programs to conduct fee-for-service

projects using Corporation support or to

count fee-for-service activities toward

required service hours; and restrictions

on the project selection process (e.g.

require programs to demonstrate that

the availability of fees did not enter into

the project selection process).

II. Special Consideration for Past

Corporation Funded Programs

The following programs were funded

previously by the Corporation, but due

to regulatory changes they are no longer

eligible to apply directly to the

Corporation and thus they might elect to

apply through the state process. Because

their current funding is based upon

priorities established for the 1994 grant

cycle, they may apply under either 1994

priorities or the new 1995 priorities, but

they are encouraged to use those for

1995. These programs will apply to the

state using the application instructions

for new programs. If these programs

meet quality standards, they will receive

preference over other new program

applications in the Corporation

selection process:

A. Defense Conversion Assistance

programs.

B. Summer of Safety Continuation

Programs.

C. Subtitle D programs originally

funded for two year grants under the

National and Community Service Act of

1990. These programs did not compete

under the 1994 funding cycle.

D. Subtitle H Programs of the

National and Community Service Act of

1993 renewed from Subtitle E, which

were programs under the National and

Community Service Act of 1990.

Dated: January 4, 1995

Terry Russell,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 95–532 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Conference Meeting of the National

Advisory Panel on the Education of

Handicapped Dependents

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

Dependents Schools.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Advisory Panel on the Education of

Handicapped Dependents. This notice

describes the functions of the Panel.

Notice of this meeting is required under

the National Advisory Act.

DATES: February 1–2, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Office of Dependents

Education (ODE), 4040 N. Fairfax Dr.,

Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Rebecca Posante, Special Education

Coordinator, ODE, (703) 696–4493,

extension 147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Advisory Panel on the

Education of Handicapped Dependents

is established under the Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act (20

U.S.C., sections 1400 et seq.) The Panel

is directed to: (1) review information

regarding improvements in services

provided to students with disabilities in

DoDDS; (2) receive and consider the

views of various parents, students,

individuals with disabilities, and

professional groups; (3) review the

finding of fact and decision of each

impartial due process hearing; (4) assist

in developing and reporting such

information and evaluations as may aid

DoDDS in the performance of its duties;

(5) make recommendations based on

program and operational information for

changes in the budget, organization, and

general management of the special

education program, and in policy and

procedure; (6) comment publicly on

rules or standards regarding the

education of children with disabilities;

(7) submit an annual report of its

activities and suggestions to the

Director, DoDDS, by July 31 of each

year. The Panel will review the

following areas: the proposed revision

of the Department of Defense Instruction

1342.12, Education of Handicapped

Children in the DoD Dependents

Schools (codified at 32 CFR, part 57),

the comprehensive system of personnel

development, and the DoDDS approach

to inclusive education practices (least

restrictive environment). This meeting

is open to the public; however due to

space constraints, anyone wishing to

attend should contact the ODE special

education coordinator.

Dated: January 3, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–475 Filed 1–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Cost Reduction Strategies for V–22

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Cost Reduction Strategies

for V–22 will meet in closed session on

January 18, February 21, and March 20,

1995 at the Pentagon, Arlington,

Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At these

meetings the Task Force will address

promising cost reduction strategies and

their impact on our cost estimating

methodologies. The V–22 will be the

model and initial focus of this review.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1988)), it has been determined

that these DSB Task Force meetings,

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c) (1) and (4) (1988), and that