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on April 18, 1996 and extends through April

17, 1997.

Effective on April 24, 1996, you are

directed to cancel the limit established for

Category 435 for the period April 18, 1996

through April 17, 1997.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C.553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Naval Health

Research Center announces the

collection of information for research on

the health of Gulf War veterans and

seeks public comments on the

provisions thereof. Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (c)

ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents;

including the use of automated data

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received BY June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to:

Commander, Naval Health Research

Center, Box 85122, San Diego, CA

92186–5122.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and the

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

Commander Greg Gray, M.C., U.S.N. at

(619) 553–9967.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Epidemiological Studies of

Morbidity Among Gulf War Veterans: A

Search for Etiologic Agents and Risk

Factors-Seabee Health Study (Study #5),

Seabee Health Study Questionnaire,

OMB Number 0720-(To be added).

Needs and Uses: This information is

necessary to provide the DOD with

information to evaluate whether Gulf

War veterans have greater frequency of

symptoms and illnesses than other

veterans of the Gulf War era.

Information from this study may assist

the DoD and the Department of Veterans

Affairs in defining unexplained

symptomatology.

Affected Public: Current and former

members of US Navy Seabee Battalions.

Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Frequency: Phase I: 98% of the study

respondents will fill out the

questionnaire once in 1996 (Phase I) and

once in 2001, 2006, and 2011 (Phase II).

Two percent of the study respondents

will be re-surveyed in 1996, 2001, 2006,

and 2011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Respondents are current and former

members of US Navy Seabee Battalions.

This form will be used to provide the

Department of the Navy with

information on the prevalence of

symptoms and illnesses, and exposures

associated with military service in the

Gulf War.

Dated: April 24, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title: Department of Defense Domestic

Dependent Elementary and Secondary

Schools (DDESS): 1996 Impact Aid

Funding Surveys.

Type of Request: New collection.

Number of Respondents: 127.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 127.

Average Burden per Response: 34

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 71.

Needs and Uses: Historically, the

Federal Government has recognized its

responsibility to compensate

communities for the education of family

members who reside on Federal

installations. Funding declines in the

Federal Impact Aid Program have led

Congress to request data to determine

the effect of the military presence on

Local Education Agency (LEA) funding

levels, as well as the appropriate

Federal Government role in

compensating LEAs for this effect.

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal

governments.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William

Pearce.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215

Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204,

Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: April 23, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Information Warfare Defense

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

meeting.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Information Warfare

Defense will meet in closed session on

May 9–10, 1996 at Science Applications

International Corporation, McLean,

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 this meeting

the Task Force will focus on protection

of information interests of national

importance through establishment and

maintenance of a credible information