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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service (VETS), Department of 

Labor (DOL). 

ACTION: Notice of virtual open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the ACVETEO. 

The ACVETEO will discuss the DOL 

core programs and services that assist 

veterans seeking employment and raise 

employer awareness as to the 

advantages of hiring veterans. There 

will be an opportunity for individuals or 

organizations to address the committee. 

Any individual or organization that 

wishes to do so should contact Mr. 

Gregory Green at ACVETEO@dol.gov. 

Additional information regarding the 

Committee, including its charter, 

current membership list, annual reports, 

meeting minutes, and meeting updates 

may be found at https://www.dol.gov/ 

agencies/vets/about/advisorycommittee. 

This notice also describes the functions 

of the ACVETEO. This document is 

intended to notify the general public. 

DATES: Thursday, January 27, 2022 

beginning at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 

approximately 12:00 p.m.(EDT). 

ADDRESSES: This ACVETEO meeting 

will be held via TEAMS and 

teleconference. Meeting information 

will be posted at the link below under 

the Meeting Updates tab. https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/about/ 

advisorycommittee 

Notice of Intent to Attend the Meeting: 

All meeting participants should submit 

a notice of intent to attend by Friday, 

January 14, 2022, via email to Mr. 

Gregory Green at ACVETEO@dol.gov, 

subject line ‘‘January 2022 ACVETEO 

Meeting.’’ 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

and/or materials in alternative format) 

should notify the Advisory Committee 

no later than Friday, January 14, 2022 

by contacting Mr. Gregory Green at 

ACVETEO@dol.gov. Requests made after 

this date will be reviewed, but 

availability of the requested 

accommodations cannot be guaranteed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gregory Green, Designated Federal 

Official for the ACVETEO, ACVETEO@

dol.gov, (202) 693–4734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

ACVETEO is a Congressionally 

mandated advisory committee 

authorized under Title 38, U.S. Code, 

Section 4110 and subject to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, as amended. The ACVETEO is 

responsible for: Assessing employment 

and training needs of veterans; 

determining the extent to which the 

programs and activities of the U.S. 

Department of Labor meet these needs; 

assisting to conduct outreach to 

employers seeking to hire veterans; 

making recommendations to the 

Secretary, through the Assistant 

Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, with respect to 

outreach activities and employment and 

training needs of veterans; and carrying 

out such other activities necessary to 

make required reports and 

recommendations. The ACVETEO meets 

at least quarterly. 

Agenda 

10:00 a.m. Welcome and remarks, 

James Rodriguez, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service 

10:10 a.m. Administrative Business, 

Gregory Green, Designated Federal 

Official 

10:15 a.m. Discussion and review of 

Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report 

Recommendations Committee 

Chairman, Darrell Roberts 

10:45 a.m. Wounded Warriors and 

Caregiver Employment Workshop 

(WWCEW) brief 

11:15 a.m. Off-Base Transition 

Training (OBTT) brief 

11:45 a.m. Public Forum, Gregory 

Green, Designated Federal Official 

12:00 p.m. Adjourn 

Authority: Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

December 2021. 

James D. Rodriquez, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 

Veterans’ Employment and Training. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of a New System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act), the 

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board 

(MSPB) proposes to establish a new 

system of records titled ‘‘MSPB—3, 

Reasonable Accommodations.’’ This 

system of records includes information 

that MSPB collects, maintains, and uses 

on applicants for employment and 

employees who request and/or receive 

reasonable accommodations from MSPB 

for medical or religious reasons. 

DATES: Please submit comments on or 

before January 24, 2022. This new 

system is effective upon publication in 

today’s Federal Register, with the 

exception of the routine uses, which are 

effective January 24, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments to the Office of the Clerk of 

the Board by email to privacy@mspb.gov 

or by mail to Clerk of the Board, U.S. 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20419. All 

comments must reference ‘‘MSPB—3, 

Reasonable Accommodations SORN.’’ 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to MSPB’s website (https://

www.mspb.gov) and will include any 

personal information you provide, such 

as your name, address, phone number, 

email address, or any other personally 

identifying information in your 

comment or materials. Therefore, any 

submissions will be made public and 

without change. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions or privacy issues, 

please contact: D. Fon Muttamara, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Office of the Clerk of 

the Board, 1615 M Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20419 at (202) 653– 

7200 or privacy@mspb.gov. Please 

include ‘‘Reasonable Accommodations 

SORN’’ with your question(s). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552a, the MSPB proposes to 

establish a new system of records titled 

‘‘MSPB—3, Reasonable 

Accommodations.’’ This system of 

records covers MSPB’s collection, 

maintenance, and use of records on 

applicants for employment and 

employees who request or receive 

reasonable accommodations or other 

appropriate modifications from MSPB 

for medical or religious reasons. 

Title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, prohibits 

discrimination in services and 

employment on the basis of disability, 

and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964 prohibits discrimination, 

including on the basis of religion. These 

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Federal agencies to provide reasonable 

accommodations to individuals with 

disabilities and those with sincerely 

held religious beliefs unless doing so 

would impose an undue hardship. In 

some instances, individuals may request 

modifications to their workspace, 

schedule, duties, or other requirements 

for documented medical reasons that 

may not qualify as a disability but may 

necessitate an appropriate modification 

to workplace policies and practices. In 

general, an accommodation is any 

change in the work environment or in 

the way things are customarily done 

that enables an individual with a 

disability to enjoy equal employment 

opportunities. Reasonable 

accommodations on the basis of 

disability typically fall into the 

following categories: (1) Modifications 

or adjustments to a job application 

process that enable a qualified applicant 

with a disability to be considered for a 

position; (2) modifications or 

adjustments to the work environment, 

or to the manner or circumstances under 

which the position held or desired is 

customarily performed, that enable a 

qualified individual with a disability to 

perform the essential functions of that 

position; and (3) modifications or 

adjustments that enable a qualified 

employee with a disability to enjoy 

equal benefits and privileges of 

employment as are enjoyed by other 

similarly-situated employees without 

disabilities. Applicants and employees 

may obtain exceptions to rules or 

policies in order to follow their religious 

beliefs or practices, and employers may 

grant certain accommodations for 

religious reasons but still refuse to grant 

them for secular reasons. 

MSPB’s Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity is responsible for 

processing requests for reasonable 

accommodations from applicants for 

employment and employees who seek 

an accommodation due to a medical or 

religious reason, as well as processing 

requests based on documented medical 

reasons that may not qualify as a 

disability but that may necessitate an 

appropriate modification to workplace 

policies and practices. 

The request and any related records 

provided to support the request, any 

evaluation conducted internally, or by a 

third party under contract with MSPB, 

the decision regarding whether to grant 

or deny a request, and the details and 

conditions of the reasonable 

accommodation are all included in this 

system of records, pursuant to the 

Privacy Act, which will be included in 

MSPB’s inventory. 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing how 

Federal agencies collect, maintain, use, 

and disseminate individuals’ records. 

The Privacy Act applies to records about 

individuals that are maintained in a 

‘‘system of records.’’ A system of 

records is a group of any records under 

the control of an agency from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to the individual. 

The Privacy Act defines an individual 

as a United States citizen or lawful 

permanent resident. Individuals may 

request access to their own records that 

are maintained in a system of records in 

the possession or under the control of 

MSPB by complying with MSPB Privacy 

Act regulations at 5 CFR part 1205, and 

following the procedures outlined in the 

Records Access, Contesting Record, and 

Notification Procedures sections of this 

notice. The Privacy Act requires each 

agency to publish in the Federal 

Register a description denoting the 

existence and character of each system 

of records that the agency maintains and 

the routine uses of each system. The 

new Reasonable Accommodations 

System of Records Notice is published 

in its entirety below. In accordance with 

the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), and 

OMB Circular A–108, ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, 

and Publication under the Privacy Act’’ 

(Dec. 2016), MSPB has submitted a 

report of a new system of records to the 

Office of Management and Budget and 

Congress. 

Jennifer Everling, 

Acting Clerk of the Board, U.S. Merit Systems 

Protection Board. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

MSPB—3, Reasonable 

Accommodations. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained by the Office 

of Equal Employment Opportunity, U.S. 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20419. 

Records may be located in locked 

cabinets and offices, on MSPB’s local 

area network, or in designated U.S. data 

centers for cloud service providers 

certified by the Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program or 

FedRAMP. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Director of the Office of Equal 

Employment Opportunity, U.S. Merit 

Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20419, 

accommodation@mspb.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 

U.S.C. 701, 791, 794; Title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 

2000e; 29 CFR 1605 (Guidelines on 

Discrimination Because of Religion); 29 

CFR 1614 (Federal Sector Equal 

Employment Opportunity); 29 CFR 1630 

(Regulations To Implement the Equal 

Employment Provisions of the 

Americans With Disabilities Act); 

Executive Order 13164, Requiring 

Federal Agencies to Establish 

Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of 

Reasonable Accommodation (July 26, 

2000); and Executive Order 13548, 

Increasing Federal Employment of 

Individuals with Disabilities (July 26, 

2010). 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The purpose of this system of records 

is to allow MSPB to collect and 

maintain records on applicants for 

employment and employees who 

request or receive reasonable 

accommodations or other appropriate 

modifications from MSPB for medical or 

religious reasons; to process, evaluate, 

and make decisions on individual 

requests; and to track and report the 

processing of such requests MSPB-wide 

to comply with applicable requirements 

in law, regulation, and policy, and to 

maintain the confidentiality of the 

information provided in support of the 

accommodation. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Applicants for MSPB employment 

and former and current MSPB 

employees who requested and/or 

received reasonable accommodations or 

other appropriate modifications from 

MSPB for medical or religious reasons. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

1. Requester status (applicant or 

former or current employee); 

2. Requester name; 

3. Date of request; 

4. Employee’s position title, grade, 

series, step, and agency component; 

5. Position title, grade, series, step of 

the position, and agency component the 

requester is applying for (if applicable); 

6. Requester’s contact information 

(addresses, phone numbers, and email 

addresses); 

7. Name and contact information of 

medical professionals or religious or 

spiritual advisors or institutions; 

8. Description of the requester’s 

medical condition or disability and any 

medical documentation provided in 

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9. Requester’s statement of a sincerely 

held religious belief and any additional 

information provided concerning that 

religious belief and the need for an 

accommodation to exercise that belief; 

10. Description of the accommodation 

being requested; 

11. Description of previous requests 

for accommodation and dispositions; 

12. Documentation by an MSPB 

official concerning whether the 

disability is obvious, and the 

accommodation is obvious and 

uncomplicated, whether medical 

documentation is required to evaluate 

the request, whether research is 

necessary regarding possible 

accommodations, and any extenuating 

circumstances that prevent the MSPB 

official from meeting the relevant 

timeframe; 

13. Whether the request for reasonable 

accommodation was granted or denied, 

and if denied the reason(s) for denial; 

14. The identity of the decision-maker 

for the request; 

15. The number of days taken to 

process the request; 

16. The sources of technical 

assistance consulted in trying to identify 

a possible reasonable accommodation; 

17. Any reports or evaluations 

prepared in determining whether to 

grant or deny the request; and 

18. Any other information collected or 

developed in connection with the 

request for a reasonable 

accommodation. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from 

applicants for employment and 

employees who request and/or receive a 

reasonable accommodation or other 

appropriate modification from MSPB, 

directly or indirectly from an 

individual’s medical provider or 

another medical professional who 

evaluates the request, directly or 

indirectly from an individual’s religious 

or spiritual advisors or institutions, and 

from management officials. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside MSPB as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

a. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including Offices of the U.S. Attorneys; 

or another Federal agency conducting 

litigation or in proceedings before any 

court, adjudicative, or administrative 

body; another party or potential party or 

the party’s or potential party’s 

authorized representative in litigation 

before a court, adjudicative, or 

administrative body; or to a court, 

adjudicative, or administrative body. 

Such disclosure is permitted only when 

it is relevant or necessary to the 

litigation or proceeding, and one of the 

following is a party to the litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation: 

(1) MSPB, or any component thereof; 

(2) Any employee or former employee 

of MSPB in his or her official capacity; 

(3) Any employee or former employee 

of MSPB in his or her individual 

capacity where the Department of 

Justice or MSPB has agreed to represent 

the employee; or 

(4) The United States, a Federal 

agency, or another party in litigation 

before a court, adjudicative, or 

administrative body, upon the MSPB 

General Counsel’s approval, pursuant to 

5 CFR part 1216 or otherwise. 

b. To the appropriate Federal, State, 

or local agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, when a record, either on its 

face or in conjunction with other 

information, indicates or is relevant to 

a violation or potential violation of civil 

or criminal law or regulation. 

c. To a member of Congress or the 

White House from the record of an 

individual in response to an inquiry 

made at the request of the individual to 

whom the record pertains. 

d. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) in 

records management inspections 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

e. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) MSPB suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records; (2) 

MSPB has determined that as a result of 

the suspected or confirmed breach there 

is a risk of harm to individuals, MSPB 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the Federal 

Government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with MSPB’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

f. To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when MSPB determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

g. To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, or volunteers performing or 

working on a contract, service, grant, 

cooperative agreement, or other 

assignment for MSPB when MSPB 

determines that it is necessary to 

accomplish an agency function related 

to this system of records. Individuals 

provided information under this routine 

use are subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to MSPB 

employees. 

h. To another Federal agency or 

commission with responsibility for 

labor or employment relations or other 

issues, including equal employment 

opportunity and reasonable 

accommodation issues, when that 

agency or commission has jurisdiction 

over reasonable accommodation. 

i. To an authorized appeal grievance 

examiner, formal complaints examiner, 

administrative judge or administrative 

law judge, equal employment 

opportunity investigator, arbitrator, or 

other duly authorized official engaged 

in investigation or settlement of a 

grievance, complaint, or appeal filed by 

an individual who requested a 

reasonable accommodation or other 

appropriate modification. 

j. To another Federal agency, 

including but not limited to the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

and the Office of Special Counsel, to 

obtain advice regarding statutory, 

regulatory, policy, and other 

requirements related to requests for 

reasonable accommodation, and to 

evaluate and report on the agency’s 

performance responding to requests for 

reasonable accommodation. 

k. To a Federal agency or entity 

authorized to procure assistive 

technologies and services in response to 

a request for reasonable 

accommodation. 

l. To first aid, medical, and safety 

personnel if the individual’s medical 

condition requires emergency treatment. 

m. To another Federal agency or 

oversight body charged with evaluating 

MSPB’s compliance with the laws, 

regulations, and policies governing 

reasonable accommodation requests. 

n. To another Federal agency 

pursuant to a written agreement with 

MSPB to provide services (such as 

medical evaluations), when necessary, 

in support of reasonable 

accommodation decisions. 


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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

The records in this system are stored 

electronically on MSPB’s local area 

network or with FedRAMP-authorized 

cloud service providers. Access is 

limited to a small number of authorized 

personnel at MSPB. In addition, if paper 

records exist, they are stored in locked 

file cabinets in access-restricted offices. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records may be retrieved by name or 

other unique personal identifier. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

The records maintained in this system 

of records are subject to NARA General 

Records Schedule (GRS) 2.3 (Employee 

Relations Records), Item 20 (Reasonable 

accommodation case files). NARA GRS 

2.3 instructs disposition three years 

after employee separation from the 

agency or all appeals are concluded, 

whichever is later, but longer retention 

is authorized if required for business 

use. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in the system are protected 

from unauthorized access and misuse 

through various administrative, 

technical, and physical security 

measures, such as access controls, 

mandatory security and privacy 

training, encryption, multi-factor 

authentication, security guards, and 

locked offices. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to their records in this 

system of records may submit a request 

in writing to the Office of the Clerk of 

the Board, U.S. Merit Systems 

Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20419. Individuals 

requesting access must comply with 

MSPB’s Privacy Act regulations 

regarding verification of identity and 

access to records (5 CFR part 1205). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals may request that records 

about them be amended by writing to 

the Office of the Clerk of the Board, U.S. 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20419. 

Individuals requesting amendment must 

follow MSPB’s Privacy Act regulations 

regarding verification of identity and 

amendment to records (5 CFR part 

1205). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

See Record Access Procedures above. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 7400–01–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 21–13] 

Report on the Selection of Eligible 

Countries for Fiscal Year 2022 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This report is provided in 

accordance with the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003, as amended. The 

report is set forth in full below. 

Authority: Section 608(d)(2) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as 

amended, 22 U.S.C. 7707(d)(2) (the Act). 

Dated: December 20, 2021. 

Thomas G. Hohenthaner, 

Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate 

Secretary. 

Report on the Selection of Eligible 

Countries for Fiscal Year 2022 

Summary 

This report is provided in accordance 

with section 608(d)(1) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as 

amended (the Act) (22 U.S.C. 

7707(d)(1)). 

The Act authorizes the provision of 

assistance under section 605 of the Act 

(22 U.S.C. 7704) to countries that enter 

into compacts with the United States to 

support policies and programs that 

advance the progress of such countries 

in achieving lasting poverty reduction 

through economic growth, and are in 

furtherance of the Act. The Act requires 

the Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) to determine the countries that 

will be eligible to receive assistance for 

the fiscal year, based on their 

demonstrated commitment to just and 

democratic governance, economic 

freedom, and investing in their people, 

as well as on the opportunity to reduce 

poverty through economic growth in the 

country. The Act also requires the 

submission of reports to appropriate 

congressional committees and the 

publication of notices in the Federal 

Register that identify, among other 

things: 

1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for assistance for fiscal year 

(FY) 2022 based on their per-capita 

income levels and their eligibility to 

receive assistance under U.S. law, and 

countries that would be candidate 

countries, but for specified legal 

prohibitions on assistance (section 

608(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(a))); 

2. The criteria and methodology that 

the Board of Directors of MCC (the 

Board) used to measure and evaluate the 

policy performance of the ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ consistent with the 

requirements of section 607 of the Act 

in order to determine ‘‘eligible 

countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act (22 

U.S.C. 7707(b))); and 

3. The list of countries determined by 

the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for 

FY 2022, with justification for eligibility 

determination and selection for compact 

negotiation, including with which of the 

eligible countries the Board will seek to 

enter into compacts (section 608(d) of 

the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(d))). 

This is the third of the abovedescribed reports by MCC for FY 2022. 

It identifies countries determined by the 

Board to be eligible under section 607 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY 2022 

with which the MCC will seek to enter 

into compacts under section 609 of the 

Act (22 U.S.C. 7708), as well as the 

justification for such decisions. The 

report also identifies countries selected 

by the Board to receive assistance under 

MCC’s threshold program pursuant to 

section 616 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7715). 

Eligible Countries 

The Board met on December 14, 2021 

to select those eligible countries with 

which the United States, through MCC, 

will seek to enter into a Millennium 

Challenge Compact pursuant to section 

607 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706). The 

Board selected the following eligible 

countries for such assistance for FY 

2022: Belize and Zambia. The Board 

also selected the following previously 

selected countries for compact 

assistance for FY 2022: Benin, Burkina 

Faso, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Lesotho, 

Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra 

Leone, and Timor-Leste. 

Criteria 

In accordance with the Act and with 

the ‘‘Report on the Criteria and 

Methodology for Determining the 

Eligibility of Candidate Countries for 

Millennium Challenge Account 

Assistance in Fiscal Year 2022’’ 

formally submitted to Congress on 

September 29, 2021, selection was based 

primarily on a country’s overall 

performance in three broad policy 

categories: Ruling Justly, Encouraging 

Economic Freedom, and Investing in 

People. The Board relied, to the fullest 

extent possible, upon transparent and 


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