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which counselors are aware of and 

being guided by the Lifeline’s imminent 

risk guidelines; counselors’ definitions 

of imminent risk; the rates of active 

rescue of imminent risk callers; types of 

rescue (voluntary or involuntary); 

barriers to intervention; circumstances 

in which active rescue is initiated, 

including the caller’s agreement to 

receive the intervention, profile of 

imminent risk callers; and the types of 

interventions counselors used with 

them. 

Clearance is being requested for one 

activity to assess the knowledge, 

actions, and practices of counselors to 

aid callers who are determined to be at 

imminent risk for suicide and who may 

require active rescue. This evaluation 

will allow researchers to examine and 

understand the actions taken by 

counselors to aid imminent risk callers, 

the need for active rescue, the types of 

interventions used, and, ultimately, 

improve the delivery of crisis hotline 

services to imminent risk callers. A total 

of eight new centers will participate in 

this evaluation. Thus, SAMHSA is 

requesting OMB review and approval of 

the National Suicide Prevention 

Lifeline—Imminent Risk Form-Revised. 

Crisis counselors at eight new 

participating centers will record 

information discussed with imminent 

risk callers on the Imminent Risk FormRevised, which does not require direct 

data collection from callers. As with 

previously approved evaluations, callers 

will maintain anonymity. Counselors 

will be asked to complete the form for 

100% of imminent risk callers to the 

eight centers participating in the 

evaluation. This form requests 

information in 15 content areas, each 

with multiple sub-items and response 

options. Response options include 

open-ended, yes/no, Likert-type ratings, 

and multiple choice/check all that 

apply. The form also requests 

demographic information on the caller, 

the identification of the center and 

counselor submitting the form, and the 

date of the call. Specifically, the form is 

divided into the following sections: (1) 

Counselor information, (2) center 

information, (3) call characteristics (e.g., 

line called, language spoken, 

participation of third party), (4) suicidal 

desire, (5) suicidal intent, (6) suicidal 

capability, (7) buffers to suicide, (8) 

interventions agreed to by caller or 

implemented by counselor without 

caller’s consent, (9) whether imminent 

risk was reduced enough such that 

active rescue was not needed, (10) 

interventions for third party callers 

calling about a person at imminent risk, 

(11) whether supervisory consultation 

occurred during or after the call, (12) 

barriers to getting needed help to the 

person at imminent risk, (13) steps 

taken to confirm whether emergency 

contact was made with person at risk, 

(14) outcome of attempts to rescue 

person at risk, and (15) outcome of 

attempts to follow-up on the case. The 

revised form reduces and streamlines 

responses options for intervention 

questions. It also adds information 

about the center, the call (e.g., language 

and military service), interventions (e.g., 

supervisor contact, rescue initiation), 

and follow-up/outcome. The form will 

take approximately 15 minutes to 

complete and may be completed by the 

counselor during or after the call. It is 

expected that a total of 750 forms will 

be completed by 132 counselors over 

the three-year data collection period. 

The estimated response burden to 

collect this information is annualized 

over the requested three-year clearance 

period and is presented below: 

TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED BURDEN: RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND HOURS

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Responses/ 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total hour 

burden 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline—Imminent Risk FormRevised ............................................................................. 132 1.9 250 .26 65 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a 

copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

by December 22, 2014. 

Summer King, 

Statistician. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Notice of Issuance of Final 

Determination Concerning Various 

Elliptical Exercise Machines and 

Option Package Kits 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) has issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of various elliptical exercise 

machines manufactured and distributed 

by Octane Fitness, and their option 

package kits that add from three 

products to the elliptical exercise 

machines. Based upon the facts 

presented, CBP has concluded that 

Taiwan is the country of origin of the 

elliptical exercise machines and two of 

the option package kits, and China for 

one option package kit, for purposes of 

U.S. Government procurement. 

DATES: The final determination was 

issued on October 16, 2014. A copy of 

the final determination is attached. Any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of 

this final determination within 

November 24, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Antonio J. Rivera, Valuation and Special 

Programs Branch, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

(202) 325–0226. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on October 16, 2014 

pursuant to subpart B of Part 177, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection 

Regulations (19 CFR part 177, subpart 

B), CBP has issued a final determination 

concerning the country of origin of 

various elliptical exercise machines, 

and their option package kits, 

manufactured and distributed by Octane 

Fitness, which may be offered to the 

U.S. Government under an 

undesignated government procurement 

contract. This final determination, HQ 

H248696, was issued under procedures 

set forth at 19 CFR Part 177, subpart B, 

which implements Title III of the Trade 

Agreement Act of 1979, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2511–18). In the final 

determination, CBP concluded that, 

based upon the facts presented, the 

assembly operations for the elliptical 

exercise machines performed in Taiwan, 

using a majority of Taiwanese 

components, substantially transformed 

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the components into the various 

elliptical exercise machines. Therefore, 

the country of origin of the elliptical 

exercise machines is Taiwan for 

purposes of U.S. Government 

procurement. Furthermore, CBP 

concluded that the three option package 

kits for the elliptical exercise machines 

retained their respective countries of 

origin because the three kits were 

already in their final form before being 

packaged into the option kit. Therefore, 

for U.S. Government procurement 

purposes, the country of origin is 

Taiwan for two option package kits, and 

China for the other option package kit. 

Section 177.29, CBP Regulations (19 

CFR 177.29), provides that a notice of 

final determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register within 60 days 

of the date the final determination is 

issued. Section 177.30, CBP Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.30), provides that any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of a 

final determination within 30 days of 

publication of such determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: October 16, 2014. 

Glen E. Vereb, 

Acting Executive Director, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade. 

HQ H248696 

October 16, 2014 

OT:RR:CTF:VS H248696 AJR 

CATEGORY: Country of Origin 

Mr. Peter Joseph Hammond 

Director of Operations 

Octane Fitness 

7601 Northland Drive 

North Suite 100 

Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 

RE: U.S. Government Procurement; Title III, 

Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 

§ 2511); Subpart B, Part 177, CBP 

Regulations; Country of Origin; 23 

Variations of Elliptical Exercise 

Machines and Option Package Kits 

Dear Mr. Hammond: 

This is in response to your letter dated 

September 30, 2013, forwarded to us from the 

National Commodity Specialist Division in 

New York, requesting a final determination 

on behalf of Octane Fitness (‘‘Octane’’) 

pursuant to subpart B of part 177, Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) Regulations 

(19 C.F.R. § 177.21 et seq.). Under the 

pertinent regulations, which implement Title 

III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. § 2511 et seq.), CBP 

issues country of origin advisory rulings and 

final determinations as to whether an article 

is or would be a product of a designated 

country or instrumentality for the purpose of 

granting waivers of certain ‘‘Buy American’’ 

restrictions in U.S. law or practice for 

products offered for sale to the U.S. 

Government. 

This final determination concerns the 

country of origin of 23 variations of elliptical 

exercise machines (‘‘Elliptical(s)’’) and 

option package kits. We note that Octane is 

a party-at-interest within the meaning of 19 

C.F.R. § 177.22(d)(1) and is entitled to request 

this final determination. 

FACTS: 

You describe the pertinent facts as follows. 

The items at issue consist of 23 Ellipticals 

produced in Taiwan by Octane. Three option 

package kits (‘‘Option(s)’’) can be added onto 

certain Ellipticals. You advise that each of 

the Ellipticals, without the Options, consist 

of two main assemblies: a base assembly and 

a console assembly. A significant majority of 

the components comprising the base and the 

console are stated to originate from Taiwan. 

The submitted bill of materials, stated to 

reflect an accurate proportion of materials 

used to produce the Ellipticals, lists 461 

component items for the base assembly and 

33 component items for the console 

assembly. This bill of materials shows that 

the base is comprised of 450 Taiwanese 

components, 10 Chinese components, and 1 

U.S. component, while the console is 

comprised of 31 Taiwanese components and 

2 Chinese components. You state that the 

base and the console are produced in 

Taiwanese factories through an extensive 

assembly process. Once the assembly process 

is complete, the bases and consoles are 

brought together and tested in Taiwan, then 

packaged separately in Taiwan to facilitate 

shipment, before being imported from 

Taiwan to Octane’s U.S. warehouses. 

Along with the submitted bill of materials 

reflecting the country of origin of the 

components, you submitted a list describing 

the Ellipticals and photos illustrating the 

step-by-step assembly process in Taiwan. 

A. The 23 Variations of Ellipticals 

The Ellipticals are presented in charts 

titled ‘‘GSA Elliptical Cross Trainer Model 

(and Description).’’ The Ellipticals are further 

‘‘grouped into like categories’’: ten 

‘‘Standing’’ Ellipticals, nine ‘‘Seated’’ 

Ellipticals, and four ‘‘Lateral’’ Ellipticals. 

The ten Standing Ellipticals include two 

commercial grade Ellipticals (PRO310 and 

PRO370) and eight heavy commercial grade 

Ellipticals (PRO3700 and PRO4700). The 

PRO3700 and the PRO4700 come in four 

different models: (1) the Touch Integrated 15′′ 

LCD TV embedded with Netpulse package; 

(2) the Attached Flat Screen TV package; (2) 

the 900 MHz Keypad package; and (4) the 

basic package, which is without the LCD TV, 

flat screen TV, or keypad. 

The nine Seated Ellipticals, known under 

their trade name ‘‘xRide,’’ include eight 

heavy commercial grade Ellipticals (xR5000 

and xR6000) and one commercial grade 

Elliptical (xR650), which has total body 

seating and moving arms. The xR5000 has 

only lower body seating, while the xR6000 

has total body seating and moving arms. The 

xR5000 and the xR6000 come in four 

different models: (1) the Touch Integrated 15′′ 

LCD TV embedded with Netpulse package; 

(2) the Attached Flat Screen TV package; (3) 

the 900 MHz Keypad package; and (4) the 

basic package, which is without the LCD TV, 

flat screen TV, or keypad. 

The four Lateral Ellipticals, known under 

their trade name ‘‘LateralX,’’ are all heavy 

commercial grade Ellipticals under the 

LX8000 series, which is a total body 

Elliptical that is laterally adjustable. The 

LX8000 comes in four different models: (1) 

the Touch Integrated 15′′ LCD TV embedded 

with Netpulse package; (2) the Attached Flat 

Screen TV package; (3) the 900 MHz Keypad 

package; and (4) the basic package, which is 

without the LCD TV, flat screen TV, or 

keypad. 

These Ellipticals are described to have a 

similar base and console assembly process, 

which takes about eight weeks to 

manufacture in factories located in Taiwan 

with over 100 workers assembling the mostly 

Taiwanese components, one-by-one, until the 

product is completed. 

B. The Base Assembly Process 

The base assembly process takes place in 

Taiwan and is described as follows: 

1. Obtaining over 80 feet of steel tubes and 

sheet metal; 

2. Cutting the steel tubes with an 

automated sawing machine into about 20 

pieces; 

3. Cutting holes in some of the steel tubes 

using automated equipment in machining 

workshop; 

4. Bending some of the steel tubes into 

precise shapes using automated tube bending 

machines; 

5. Attaching the separate steel and metal 

pieces into subassemblies in a welding 

workshop using automated welding 

machines; 

6. Powder coating process to clean, heat, 

paint, and dry the parts; 

7. Cleaning and heating through a variety 

of chemical baths and preparing the parts for 

painting; 

8. Painting and drying; and 

9. Assembling the final base product. 

C. The Console Assembly Process 

The console assembly process takes place 

in Taiwan. The Taiwanese components 

consist of a circuitboard assembly, plastic 

components, cable assemblies, and a keypad. 

The Chinese components consist of a power 

supply and power cord. The process is 

described as follows: 

1. Wave soldering electronic components 

to a circuit board using surface mount 

technology; 

2. Molding the plastic components by 

injecting Taiwanese material into a mold 

machine; 

3. Assembling Taiwanese wires and 

connectors for the cable assemblies; and 

4. Assembling the keypad. 

Once complete, the consoles provide the 

Ellipticals with automated control by 

adjusting the motion of the hand and foot 

pedals; fluctuating resistance to the pedals to 

vary workouts; and tracking the time 

exercised, calories burned, and heart rate of 

the Elliptical’s user. 

Lastly, the final assembly brings together 

the base assembly and console assembly. The 

bases and consoles are then packaged 

separately and imported from Taiwan to 

Octane’s U.S. warehouses. 

D. The Assembly Process for the Options 

You advise that three Options are 

available: stationary side steps; a ‘‘Cross 

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Circuit Pro kit,’’ consisting of adjustable 

dumbbells and stationary side steps; and an 

upper body lockout kit. Minor variations of 

the Options are available depending on the 

model of Elliptical machine they serve. 

The stationary side steps Option is 

available for the PRO3700 and PRO4700 

Ellipticals. It allows users to step onto 

platforms on each side of the machine. The 

stationary side steps undergo an assembly 

process similar to the base assembly process, 

where a Taiwanese factory takes steel and 

sheet metal through automated machines and 

conveyer systems to cut, bend, weld, clean, 

heat, paint, and then dry the final stationary 

side steps product. Under this Option, the 

stationary side steps product is shipped by 

itself from Taiwan to Octane’s U.S. 

warehouses. 

The Cross Circuit Pro kit Option provides 

the stationary side steps and the adjustable 

dumbbells in a package for the PRO3700, 

PRO4700, and LX8000 Ellipticals. Unlike the 

stationary side steps assembly process, the 

adjustable dumbbells are first made in China 

before being brought to Taiwan. In Taiwan, 

the adjustable dumbbells are packaged 

together with the stationary side steps as the 

Cross Circuit Pro kit. This kit is imported as 

one unit from Taiwan to Octane’s U.S. 

warehouses. 

The upper body lockout kit Option is 

available for the PRO370, PRO3700, and 

PRO4700 Ellipticals. It allows users to isolate 

lower body exercises by preventing upper 

body movements. The upper body lockout kit 

undergoes a similar assembly to the base and 

the stationary side steps assemblies. Here, a 

Taiwanese steel tube is processed through a 

Taiwanese supplier that also uses automated 

machines and conveyer systems to cut, bend, 

weld, clean, heat, paint, and then dry the 

final upper body lockout kit. This kit is 

imported from Taiwan as a unit to Octane’s 

U.S. warehouses. 

ISSUE: 

What is the country of origin of the 

Ellipticals and the Options for the purpose of 

U.S. Government procurement? 

LAW AND ANALYSIS: 

Pursuant to subpart B of part 177, 19 C.F.R. 

§ 177.21 et seq., which implements Title III 

of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. § 2511 et seq.), CBP 

issues country of origin advisory rulings and 

final determinations as to whether an article 

is or would be a product of a designated 

country or instrumentality for the purposes 

of granting waivers of certain ‘‘Buy 

American’’ restrictions in U.S. law or 

practice for products offered for sale to the 

U.S. Government. 

Under the rule of origin set forth under 19 

U.S.C. § 2518(4)(B): 

An article is a product of a country or 

instrumentality only if (i) it is wholly the 

growth, product, or manufacture of that 

country or instrumentality, or (ii) in the case 

of an article which consists in whole or in 

part of materials from another country or 

instrumentality, it has been substantially 

transformed into a new and different article 

of commerce with a name, character, or use 

distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was so transformed. 

See also, 19 C.F.R. § 177.22(a). 

In rendering advisory rulings and final 

determinations for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement, CBP applies the 

provisions of subpart B of part 177 consistent 

with the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 

See 19 C.F.R. § 177.21. In this regard, CBP 

recognizes that the Federal Acquisition 

Regulations restrict the U.S. Government’s 

purchase of products to U.S.-made or 

designated country end products for 

acquisitions subject to the TAA. See 48 

C.F.R. § 25.403(c)(1). The Federal Acquisition 

Regulations defines ‘‘designated country end 

product’’ through the following relevant 

defintions: 

Designated country end product means a 

WTO GPA country end product, an FTA 

country end product, a least develop country 

end product, or a Caribbean Basin country 

end product. 

World Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country 

means any of the following countries: 

Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 

Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, 

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, 

Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, 

Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic 

of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, 

Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, 

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, 

Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 

Switzerland, Taiwan, or United Kingdom. 

WTO GPA country end product means an 

article that— 

(1) Is wholly the growth, product, or 

manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or 

(2) In the case of an article that consists in 

whole or in part of materials from another 

country, has been substantially transformed 

in a WTO GPA country into a new and 

different article of commerce with a name, 

character, or use distinct from that of the 

article or articles from which it was 

transformed. The term refers to a product 

offered for purchase under a supply contract, 

but for purposes of calculating the value of 

the end product includes services (except 

transportation services) incidental to the 

article, provided that the value of those 

incidental services does not exceed that of 

the article itself. 

48 C.F.R. § 25.003. 

In determining whether the combining of 

parts or materials constitutes a substantial 

transformation, the determinative issue is the 

extent of operations performed and whether 

the parts lose their identity and become an 

integral part of the new article. Belcrest 

Linens v. United States, 573 F. Supp. 1149 

(Ct. Int’l Trade 1983), aff’d, 741 F.2d 1368 

(Fed. Cir. 1984). Assembly operations that are 

minimal or simple, as opposed to complex or 

meaningful, will generally not result in a 

substantial transformation. Factors which 

may be relevant in this evaluation may 

include the nature of the operation 

(including the number of components 

assembled), the number of different 

operations involved, and whether a 

significant period of time, skill, detail, and 

quality control are necessary for the assembly 

operation. See C.S.D. 80–111, C.S.D. 85–25, 

C.S.D. 89–110, C.S.D. 89–118, C.S.D. 90–51, 

and C.S.D. 90–97. If the manufacturing or 

combining process is a minor one which 

leaves the identity of the article intact, a 

substantial transformation has not occurred. 

Uniroyal, Inc. v. United States, 3 CIT 220, 

542 F. Supp. 1026 (1982), aff’d 702 F. 2d 

1022 (Fed. Cir. 1983). In a number of rulings 

(e.g. Headquarters Ruling Letter (‘‘HQ’’) 

732498, dated October 3, 1989, and HQ 

732897, dated June 6, 1990), CBP stated, 

‘‘merely packaging parts of a kit together does 

not constitute a substantial transformation.’’ 

In order to determine whether a substantial 

transformation occurs when components of 

various origins are assembled into completed 

products, CBP considers the totality of the 

circumstances and makes such 

determinations on a case-by-case basis. The 

country of origin of the item’s components, 

extent of the processing that occurs within a 

country, and whether such processing 

renders a product with a new name, 

character, and use are primary considerations 

in such cases. Additionally, factors such as 

the resources expended on product design 

and development, extent and nature of postassembly inspection and testing procedures, 

and the degree of skill required during the 

actual manufacturing process may be 

relevant when determining whether a 

substantial transformation has occurred. No 

one factor is determinative. 

In HQ 735608, dated April 27, 1995 and 

HQ 559089, dated August 24, 1995, CBP has 

stated: ‘‘in our experience these inquiries are 

highly fact and product specific; 

generalizations are troublesome and 

potentially misleading.’’ 

In HQ 735368, dated June 30, 1994, CBP 

held that the country of origin of a bicycle 

assembled in Taiwan with components made 

in several countries was Taiwan. CBP stated 

that because the bicycle was assembled in 

Taiwan and one of the bicycle’s most 

significant components, the frame, was made 

in Taiwan, the country of origin of the 

bicycle was Taiwan. Although the other 

components came from several different 

countries, when they were assembled 

together in Taiwan, they each lost their 

separate identity and became an integral part 

of a new article of commerce, a bicycle. 

In the instant case, the assembly of the 

Ellipticals is comprised of two major 

assemblies, the base assembly and the 

console assembly. The base and console for 

each of the Ellipticals are produced through 

separate, extensive assembly processes that 

occur entirely in Taiwan. With regard to the 

generalized base assembly, approximately 

461 components, from which 450 originate 

from Taiwan, are transformed into the final 

base product by cutting, bending, welding, 

painting, and further assembling these 

components into bases for the Ellipticals. 

With regard to the generalized console 

assembly, approximately 33 components, 

from which 31 originate from Taiwan, are 

transformed into the final console product by 

wave soldering, molding, and further 

assembling these components into consoles 

for the Ellipticals. Though the base and 

console are shipped separately to Octane’s 

U.S. warehouses, the base and console are 

first brought together in Taiwan for a 

complete machine test that ensures the 

machine is working properly. We find that 

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under the described assembly process, the 

components from China and the U.S. lose 

their individual identities and become an 

integral part of the articles, the Ellipticals, 

possessing a new name, character and use. 

The assembly process that occurs in Taiwan 

is complex and meaningful, requiring the 

assembly of various components into a base 

and a console, which are then further 

assembled into the final Elliptical product for 

testing before shipment from Taiwan. 

Additionally, aside from the significant 

number of components that originate from 

Taiwan, the Elliptical’s most significant 

components, the base and the console, were 

made from start to finish in Taiwan, which 

was an important consideration in HQ 

735368. Moreover, the base and the console 

are combined for testing as the full Elliptical 

product in Taiwan. Thus, even though the 

base and the console are shipped separately 

from Taiwan to the U.S., the identity of the 

product as an Elliptical is already intact in 

Taiwan during testing, and before shipment 

to the U.S. where any later combination in 

the U.S. should be seen as a minimal 

assembly process that does not result in a 

substantial transformation. 

Similarly, the assembly of two of the 

Options, the stationary side steps and the 

upper body lockout kit, are entirely produced 

in Taiwan from starting components to 

finished products. Conversely, the adjustable 

dumbbells are made into their final form in 

China before reaching Taiwan. We find that 

under the described assembly processes, the 

side stationary steps and the upper body 

lockout kit are products originating from 

Taiwan because their components, 

Taiwanese metals, and manufacturing 

processes wholly originate and take place in 

Taiwan. However, we find that the adjustable 

dumbbells originate from China since 

packaging the adjustable dumbbells with the 

stationary side steps in the Cross Circuit Pro 

kit in Taiwan does not substantially 

transform the adjustable dumbbells into a 

new article of commerce having a new name, 

character or use. As noted in HQ 732498 and 

HQ 732897, the repackaging of the adjustable 

dumbbells and the stationary side steps is not 

a substantial transformation because the 

separate items are already in their finished 

forms, not modified or affixed to each other, 

or combined in a permanent matter. 

Accordingly, the individual products which 

make up these Options retain their 

individual countries of origin, such that the 

adjustable dumbbells in the Cross Circuit Pro 

kit are not considered products of Taiwan, 

but rather products of China. 

Therefore, based upon the information 

before us, we find that the country of origin 

of the Ellipticals, the stationary side steps, 

and the upper body lockout kit is Taiwan for 

U.S. Government procurement purposes. 

However, the packaging of the Cross Circuit 

Pro kit is not sufficient to change the country 

of origin for the adjustable dumbbells from 

China to Taiwan, and the adjustable 

dumbbells remain a product of China. 

HOLDING: 

The components that are used to 

manufacture the Ellipticals are substantially 

transformed as a result of the assembly 

operations performed in the Taiwan. 

Therefore, the country of origin of the 

Ellipticals for U.S. Government procurement 

purposes is Taiwan. The Options for the 

Ellipticals retain their respective country of 

Origin because repackaging these products 

into Option kits for the Ellipticals does not 

substantially transform these products from 

their already final product form. Therefore, 

the countries of origin for U.S. Government 

procurement purposes of the stationary side 

steps, adjustable dumbbells, and upper body 

lockout kits are Taiwan, China, and Taiwan, 

respectively. 

Notice of this final determination will be 

given in the Federal Register, as required by 

19 C.F.R. § 177.29. Any party-at-interest other 

than the party which requested this final 

determination may request, pursuant to 19 

C.F.R. § 177.31, that CBP reexamine the 

matter anew and issue a new final 

determination. Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 

§ 177.30, any party-at-interest may, within 30 

days after publication of the Federal Register 

notice referenced above, seek judicial review 

of this final determination before the Court 

of International Trade. 

Sincerely, 

Glen E. Vereb, 

Acting Executive Director, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5824–FA–01] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 

Housing (HUD–VASH) Program for 

Fiscal Years (FY) 2012 and 2013 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of Funding 

Awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department for the FY 2012 

and 2013 HUD–VASH program. This 

announcement contains the 

consolidated names and addresses of 

those award recipients selected for 

funding under the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2012 (‘‘2012 Appropriations Act’’) and 

the Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 

(‘‘2013 Appropriations Act’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael S. Dennis, Director, Housing 

Voucher Programs, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 4228, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone number 202–402– 

4059. For the hearing or speech 

impaired, this number may be accessed 

via TTY (text telephone) by calling the 

Federal Relay Service at telephone 

number 800–877–8339. (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, these telephone 

numbers are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2012 

and 2013 Appropriations Acts made $75 

million available each year for HUD– 

VASH, an initiative that combines HUD 

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental 

assistance for homeless veterans with 

case management and clinical services 

provided by the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) at its medical centers and 

in the community. The HCV program is 

authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937. The 

2012 and 2013 Appropriations Acts 

require HUD to distribute assistance 

without competition, to public housing 

agencies (PHAs) that partner with 

eligible Veterans Affairs Medical 

Centers (VAMCs) or other entities as 

designated by the VA. As required by 

statute, selection was based on 

geographical need for such assistance, 

PHA performance, and other factors as 

specified by HUD in consultation with 

the VA. Geographic need was identified 

by using HUD’s point-in-time data 

submitted by Continuums of Care 

(CoCs), as well as VAMC data on the 

number of contacts with homeless 

Veterans. After determining which areas 

of the country had the highest number 

of homeless Veterans, the VA Central 

Office identified VA facilities in the 

corresponding communities and HUD 

then invited PHAs near the identified 

VA facilities to apply for the vouchers, 

taking into consideration the PHAs’ 

administrative performance. 

On May 6, 2008 (73 FR 25026), HUD 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice that set forth the policies and 

procedures for the administration of 

tenant-based Section 8 HCV rental 

assistance under the HUD–VASH 

program administered by local PHAs 

that have partnered with local VA 

medical centers. On May 19, 2008 (73 

FR 28863), HUD corrected the May 6, 

2008 notice. On March 23, 2012, HUD 

published a revised implementation 

notice in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545), 

today’s Federal Register publication 

lists the names of the PHAs awarded FY 

2012 (Appendix A) and 2013 HUD– 

VASH vouchers (Appendix B), the 

partnering VAMC, the number of 

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