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responsive. Those applications

determined to be acceptable and

responsive will then be evaluated by the

Director of MBDA. Final award

selections shall be based on the number

of points received, the demonstrated

responsibility of the applicant, and the

determination of those most likely to

further the purpose of the MBDA

program. Negative audit findings and

recommendations and unsatisfactory

performance under prior Federal awards

may result in an application not being

considered for award. The applicant

with the highest point score will not

necessarily receive the award. Periodic

reviews culminating in year-to-date

evaluations will be conducted to

determine if funding for the project

should continue. Continued funding

will be at the total discretion of MBDA

based on such factors as the MBDC’s

performance, the availability of funds

and Agency priorities.

The MBDC shall be required to

contribute at least 15% of the total

project cost through non-Federal

contributions. To assist in this effort, the

MBDC may charge client fees for

services rendered. Fees may range from

$10 to $60 per hour based on the gross

receipts of the client’s business.

Anticipated processing time of this

award is 120 days. Executive order

12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs,’’ is not applicable to

this program. Federal funds for this

project include audit funds for non-CPA

recipients. In event that a CPA firm

wins the competition, the funds

allocated for audits are not applicable.

Questions concerning the preceding

information can be answered by the

contact person indicated above, and

copies of application kits and applicable

regulations can be obtained at the above

address. The collection of information

requirements for this project have been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) and assigned OMB

control number 0640–0006.

Awards under this program shall be

subject to all Federal laws, and Federal

and Departmental regulations, policies,

and procedures applicable to Federal

financial assistance awards.

Pre-Award Costs—Applicants are

hereby notified that if they incur any

costs prior to an award being made, they

do so solely at their own risk of not

being reimbursed by the Government.

Notwithstanding any verbal assurance

that an applicant may have received,

there is no obligation on the part of the

Department of Commerce to cover preaward costs.

Outstanding Account Receivable—No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

an applicant who has an outstanding

delinquent Federal debt until either the

delinquent account is paid in full,

repayment schedule is established and

at least one payment is received, or

other arrangements satisfactory to the

Department of Commerce are made.

Name Check Policy—All non-profit

and for-profit applicants are subject to a

name check review process. Name

checks are intended to reveal if any key

individuals associated with the

applicant have been convicted of or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

applicant’s management honesty or

financial integrity.

Award Termination—The

Departmental Grants Officer may

terminate any grant/cooperative

agreement in whole or in part at any

time before the date of completion

whenever it is determined that the

award recipient has failed to comply

with the conditions of the grant/

cooperative agreement. Examples of

some of the conditions which can cause

termination are failure to meet costsharing requirements; unsatisfactory

performance of the MBDC work

requirements; and reporting inaccurate

or inflated claims of client assistance.

Such inaccurate or inflated claims may

be deemed illegal and punishable by

law.

False Statements—A false statement

on an application for Federal financial

assistance is grounds for denial or

termination of funds, and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

Primary Applicant Certifications—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying.’’

Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies.

Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.605) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

Subpart F, ‘‘Governmentwide

Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace

(Grants)’’ and the related section of the

certification form prescribed above

applies.

Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined at

15 CFR Part 28, Section 28.105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000 or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

Part 28, Appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

shall require applications/bidders for

subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or

other lower tier covered transactions at

any tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure form, SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SF–

LLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

Buy American-made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are hereby

notified that they are encouraged, to the

extent feasible, to purchase Americanmade equipment and products with

funding provided under this program in

accordance with Congressional intent as

set forth in the resolution contained in

Public Law 103–121, Sections 606 (a)

and (b).

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–5683 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Native American Business

Development Center Applications:

North Dakota

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: On page 9667, in the issue

dated February 21, 1995, first column,

second paragraph, the closing date for
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applications is corrected to read March

24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Demetrice Jenkins at (214) 767–8001.

11.801 Native American Program

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–5679 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Native American Business

Development Center Applications: New

Mexico

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: On page 9665, in the issue

dated February 21, 1995, third column,

second paragraph, the closing date for

applications is corrected to read March

24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Demetrice Jenkins at (214) 767–8001.

11.801 Native American Program

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–5678 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Native American Business

Development Center Applications:

Oklahoma

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: On page 9668, second

column, first paragraph, the closing date

for applications is corrected to read

March 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Demetrice Jenkins at (214) 767–8001.

11.801 Native American Program

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer; Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–5680 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of an Opportunity To

Join a Cooperative Research and

Development Consortium for

Alternative Approaches to NanometerLevel Overlay and CD Metrology for IC

Manufacturing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and

notice of Government owned invention

available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

invites interested parties to attend a

meeting on April 26, 1995 to discuss the

possibility of setting up a cooperative

research consortium to develop

innovative approaches to overlay and

CD metrology consistent with SIAprojected requirements. Parties

interested in participating in the

consortium should be prepared to invest

adequate resources in the collaboration

and be firmly committed to the goal of

developing innovative approaches.

The program will be within the scope

and confines of The Federal Technology

Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–

502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides

Federal laboratories including NIST,

with the authority to enter into

cooperative research agreements with

qualified parties. Under this law, NIST

may contribute personnel, equipment

and facilities—but no funds—to the

cooperative research program.

Members will be expected to make a

contribution to the consortium’s efforts

in the form of materials, equipment,

personnel, and/or funds. The program is

expected to last 18 months. This is not

a grant program.

DATES: Interested parties should contact

NIST to confirm their interest at the

address, telephone number or FAX

number shown below no later than

April 7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Technology Building, Room

B360, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael W. Cresswell, Telephone: 301–

975–2072; FAX: 301–948–4081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST) invites interested

parties to participate in a cooperative

research consortium to conduct

modeling of overlay detection by

electrostatic/magnetic sensors

interacting with optical metrology target

architectures commonly used in

advanced IC manufacturing, examine

enhancements deriving from targetgeometry modifications and sensor-head

innovations, design and evaluate a test

implementation using Maxwellequation-based simulation software and,

formulate specifications of a candidate

design for selected applications.

In conjunction with the opportunity

to join this Cooperative Research and

Development Consortium, the following

invention is available for licensing:

NIST Docket No. 94–040CIP

Title: Method and Reference

Standards for Measuring Overlay in

Multilayer Structures, and for

Calibrating Imaging Equipment as Used

in Semiconductor Manufacture.

Description: Imaging instruments for

overlay-measurement extraction from

partially-processed semiconductor

wafers, are calibrated by providing a

reference test structure having features

which can be located by electrical

measurements not subject to toolinduced shift and water-induced shift

experienced by the imaging instrument.

The reference test structure is first

qualified using electrical measurements,

and is then used to provided the effect

of the said shifts on the imaginginstrument measurements.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 95–5662 Filed 3–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Patent and Trademark Office

National Information Infrastructure

(NII) Copyright Awareness Campaign

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Working Group on

Intellectual Property Rights of the White

House Information Infrastructure Task

Force (IITF) issued a preliminary draft

of its report, ‘‘Intellectual Property and

the National Information

Infrastructure,’’ on July 7, 1994. One of

the Working Group’s findings

announced in the preliminary draft is

that effective education of the public

about intellectual property rights is

crucial to the successful development of

the NII. The Working Group recognizes

that the public’s awareness of their own

intellectual property rights, as well as

those of others, will lead to increased

respect for those rights.

In order to effectuate public

awareness of copyright, the preliminary

draft, on page 140, stated that the