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Street NW., Washington, DC. The 

meeting will be hosted by the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Economic and 

Business Affairs, Charles H. Rivkin, and 

Committee Chair Ted Kassinger. The 

ACIEP serves the U.S. government in a 

solely advisory capacity, and provides 

advice concerning topics in 

international economic policy. The 

October 28 meeting topic will be the 

U.S.-Africa trade and investment 

relationship. 

This meeting is open to public 

participation, though seating is limited. 

Entry to the building is controlled; to 

obtain pre-clearance for entry, members 

of the public planning to attend should 

provide their name, professional 

affiliation, valid government-issued ID 

number (i.e., U.S. Government ID, U.S. 

military ID, passport [country], or 

driver’s license [state]), date of birth, 

and citizenship, to Gregory Maggio by 

email (MaggioGF@state.gov), fax: (202) 

647–5953, or telephone (202) 647–2231. 

This information must be provided no 

later than Tuesday, October 21. All 

persons wishing to attend the meeting 

must use the 21st Street entrance (not 

the ‘‘jogger’s entrance’’ or the C Street 

entrance) of the State Department. 

Although, there is currently 

construction at the 21st Street entrance, 

it is still open. Because of escorting 

requirements, non-U.S. government 

attendees should plan to arrive no later 

than 15 minutes before the meeting 

begins. Requests for reasonable 

accommodation should be made to 

Gregory Maggio before Tuesday, October 

21. Requests made after that date will be 

considered, but might not be possible to 

fulfill. 

Personal data is requested pursuant to 

Public Law 99–399 (Omnibus 

Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 

107–56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and 

Executive Order 13356. The purpose of 

the collection is to validate the identity 

of individuals who enter Department 

facilities. The data will be entered into 

the Visitor Access Control System 

(VACS–D) database. Please see the 

Security Records System of Records 

Notice (State-36) at http://

www.state.gov/documents/organization/

103419.pdf for additional information. 

If you have questions, please contact 

Gregory Maggio, Office of Economic 

Policy Analysis and Public Diplomacy, 

Bureau of Economic and Business 

Affairs, at tel: (202) 647–2231 or 

MaggioGF@state.gov. 

Dated: October 8, 2014. 

Gregory F. Maggio, 

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24529 Filed 10–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Agreement on Government 

Procurement: Effective Date of 

Amendments for the Netherlands With 

Respect to Aruba 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: For the purpose of U.S. 

Government procurement that is 

covered by Title III of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979, the effective 

date of the Protocol Amending the 

Agreement on Government 

Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 

March 2012, World Trade Organization 

(WTO), for the Netherlands with respect 

to Aruba (Aruba) is October 31, 2014. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street 

NW., Washington DC 20508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pietan ((202) 395–9646), Director 

of International Procurement Policy, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., 

Washington DC 20508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 12260 (December 31, 1980) 

implements the 1979 and 1994 

Agreement on Government 

Procurement, pursuant to Title III of the 

Trade Agreements Act of 1979 as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 2511–2518). In 

section 1–201 of Executive Order 12260, 

the President delegated to the United 

States Trade Representative the 

functions vested in the President by 

sections 301, 302, 304, 305(c) and 306 

of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 

U.S.C. 2511, 2512, 2514, 2515(c) and 

2516). 

The Protocol Amending the 

Agreement on Government 

Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 

March 2012 (‘‘Protocol’’), entered into 

force on April 6, 2014 for the United 

States and the following Parties: 

Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, 

Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, European 

Union, Iceland, and Singapore. See 

Federal Register 2014–05719. The 

Protocol entered into force on April 16, 

2014 for Japan. See Federal Register 

2014–08927. 

The Protocol provides that following 

its entry into force, the Protocol will 

enter into force for each additional Party 

to the 1994 Agreement 30 days 

following the date on which the Party 

deposits its instrument of acceptance. 

On June 4, 2014, Aruba deposited its 

instrument of acceptance to the 

Protocol. Effective October 31, 2014 for 

Aruba, all references in Title III of the 

Trade Agreement Act of 1979 and in 

Executive Order 12260 to the Agreement 

on Government Procurement shall refer 

to the 1994 Agreement as amended by 

the Protocol. 

With respect to those Parties which 

have not deposited their instruments of 

acceptance, all references in Title III of 

the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 and in 

Executive Order 12260 to the Agreement 

on Government Procurement shall 

continue to refer to the 1994 Agreement 

until 30 days following the deposit by 

such Party of its instrument of 

acceptance of the Protocol. 

For the full text of the Government 

Procurement Agreement as amended by 

the Protocol and the new annexes that 

set out the procurement covered by all 

of the Government Procurement 

Agreement Parties, see GPA–113: 

http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/

GPA%20113%20Decision%20on

%20the%20outcomes%20of%20the

%20negotiations%20under%20Article

%20XXIV%207.pdf. 

Michael B.G. Froman, 

United States Trade Representative. 

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BILLING CODE 3290–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Tier 2 Environmental Impact 

Statement: Morgan, Johnson and 

Marion Counties, Indiana 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public about the 

resumption of environmental activities 

leading to a Tier 2 Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

Section 6 of I–69, located in Morgan, 

Johnson and Marion Counties, Indiana, 

of the Evansville-to-Indianapolis 

Interstate 69 (I–69) highway. This 

Notice of Intent (NOI) updates the NOI 

published in the April 29, 2004 Federal 

Register. The purpose of this NOI is to 

advise that pursuant to the March 24, 

2004 Tier 1 Record of Decision (ROD) 

for this project, a range of alternatives 


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