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24 42 USC 406(a)(1). See also 20 CFR 404.1745 

and 416.1545 (‘‘When we have evidence that a 

representative . . . has violated the rules governing 

dealings with us, we may begin proceedings to 

suspend or disqualify that individual from acting in 

a representational capacity before us.’’) 

25See 20 CFR 404.935 and 416.1435. 

26Sections 223(d)(5)(B) and 1614(a)(3)(H)(i) of the 

Act, 42 USC 423(d)(5)(B) and 1382c(a)(3)(H)(i); 20 

CFR 404.1512(b) and 416.912(b). 

27 20 CFR 404.1512(b)(1) and 416.912(b)(1). 

28 20 CFR 404.1512(b)(1)(i), 404.1593(b), 

416.912(b)(1)(i), and 416.993(b). 

submit or inform us about written 

evidence unless they have compelling 

reasons for the delay (e.g., it was 

impractical to submit the evidence 

earlier because it was difficult to obtain 

or the representative was not aware of 

the evidence at an earlier date). In 

addition, it is only acceptable for a 

representative to inform us about 

evidence without submitting it if the 

representative shows that, despite good 

faith efforts, he or she could not obtain 

the evidence. Simply informing us of 

the existence of evidence without 

providing it or waiting until 5 days 

before a hearing to inform us about or 

provide evidence when it was otherwise 

available, may cause unreasonable delay 

to the processing of the claim, without 

good cause, and may be prejudicial to 

the fair and orderly conduct of our 

administrative proceedings. As such, 

this behavior could be found to violate 

our rules of conduct and could lead to 

sanction proceedings against the 

representative. 

Pursuant to the Act, we may, after due 

notice and opportunity for hearing, 

suspend or prohibit from further 

practice before the Commissioner a 

representative who refuses to comply 

with our rules and regulations or who 

violates any provision for which a 

penalty is prescribed.24

We will evaluate each circumstance 

on a case-by-case basis to determine 

whether to refer a possible violation of 

our rules to our Office of the General 

Counsel (OGC). For example, in 

accordance with the regulatory 

interpretation discussed above, we may 

refer a possible violation of rules to OGC 

when: 

• A representative informs us about 

written evidence but refuses, without 

good cause, to make good faith efforts to 

obtain and timely submit the evidence; 

• a representative informs us about 

evidence that relates to a claim instead 

of acting with reasonable promptness to 

help obtain and timely submit the 

evidence to us; 

• the representative waits until 5 days 

before a hearing to provide or inform us 

of evidence when the evidence was 

known to the representative or available 

to provide to us at an earlier date; 

• the clients of a particular 

representative have a pattern of 

informing us about written evidence 

instead of making good-faith efforts to 

obtain and timely submit the evidence; 

or 

• any other occasion when a 

representative’s actions with regard to 

the submission of evidence may violate 

our rules for representatives. 

When we refer a possible violation to 

OGC, it does not change our duties with 

respect to the development of the 

evidence.25

4. Our Duty To Assist Claimants in 

Developing Written Evidence 

Before we make a determination that 

an individual is not disabled, we must 

develop the individual’s complete 

medical history, generally for at least 12 

months preceding the month in which 

he or she applied for benefits.26 We will 

make every reasonable effort to help 

individuals obtain medical evidence 

from their own medical sources and 

entities that maintain medical evidence 

when the individual gives us 

permission to request the information.27

Every reasonable effort means that we 

will make an initial request for evidence 

from the medical source or entity that 

maintains the medical evidence, and, at 

any time between 10 and 20 calendar 

days after the initial request, if the 

evidence has not been received, we will 

make a follow-up request to obtain the 

medical evidence necessary to make a 

determination.28

We will assist with developing the 

record and may request existing 

evidence directly from a medical source 

or entity that maintains the evidence if: 

• We were informed about the 

evidence (in the manner explained 

above) no later than 5 business days 

before the date of the scheduled hearing; 

or 

• we were not informed about the 

evidence at least 5 business days before 

the date of the scheduled hearing, but 

one of the circumstances listed in 20 

CFR 404.935(b) or 416.1535(b) applies. 

We will first ask the individual or 

representative to submit the evidence. 

However, if the individual or 

representative shows that he or she is 

unable to obtain the evidence despite 

good faith efforts or for reasons beyond 

his or her control, we may request the 

evidence directly from the medical 

source or entity that maintains the 

evidence. 

At the Appeals Council level of 

review, development of evidence is 

more limited. The Appeals Council will 

not obtain or evaluate additional 

evidence when deciding whether to 

grant review unless: 

• One of the circumstances listed in 

20 CFR 404.970(b) or 416.1470(b) 

applies and the individual or his or her 

representative shows that the evidence 

is related to the period on or before the 

date of the hearing level decision; or 

• the claim is a title XVI claim that 

is not based on an application for 

benefits (e.g., an age-18 

redetermination). 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 10152] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: Exhibition 

of Paintings by Women Artists in Paris 

Between 1850 and 1900 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the traveling exhibition 

identified under the titles below, 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, 

under the title ‘‘Her Paris: Women 

Artists in the Age of Impressionism,’’ 

from on or about October 22, 2017, until 

on or about January 14, 2018; at the 

Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 

Kentucky, under the title ‘‘Women 

Artists in the Age of Impressionism,’’ 

from on or about February 17, 2018, 

until on or about May 13, 2018; at The 

Sterling and Francine Clark Art 

Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 

under the title ‘‘Women Artists in Paris 

1850–1900,’’ from on or about June 9, 

2018, until on or about September 3, 

2018; and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu 

in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 


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985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority: 438] 

Delegation of Authority: Nuclear NonProliferation Act and Atomic Energy 

Act 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including by 22 U.S.C. 

2651a, I hereby delegate to the Assistant 

Secretary for International Security and 

Nonproliferation, to the extent 

authorized by law, the following 

functions conferred upon the Secretary 

by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 

1978, Public Law 95–242 (hereinafter 

referred to as the ‘‘Act’’), and the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Public Law 

83–703, as amended (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Atomic Energy Act’’): 

(1) Those under section 102, 402 (a), 

502(c), 602(c) of the Act; 

(2) Those under sections 57(b)(2), 109, 

111(b)(1), and 131 of the Atomic Energy 

Act; 

(3) Those under section 126 of the 

Atomic Energy Act, except for the 

function of making recommendations to 

the President on functions reserved to 

him; 

(4) Those under section 123 of the 

Atomic Energy Act, subject to the 

Department of State’s Circular 175 

procedure and except for the function of 

making recommendations to the 

President on functions reserved to him; 

and 

(5) Those delegated by paragraphs (a), 

(b), and (c) of section 2 of Executive 

Order 12058 of May 11, 1978, provided 

that the negotiation and conclusion of 

international agreements shall remain 

subject to the Department of State 

Circular 175 procedure. 

Any act, executive order, regulation, 

or procedure subject to, or affected by, 

this delegation shall be deemed to be 

such act, executive order, regulation, or 

procedure as amended from time to 

time. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, and the Under Secretary for 

Arms Control and International Security 

may at any time exercise any authority 

or function delegated by this delegation 

of authority. Delegation of Authority 

Nos. 140, 140–1, 140–2, 140–3, 140–4, 

and 140–5 are hereby rescinded. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Rex W. Tillerson, 

Secretary of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 10154] 

Department of State FY 2016 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of release of the 

Department of State’s FY 2016 Service 

Contract Inventory. 

SUMMARY: Acting in compliance with 

Section 743 of Division C of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–117), the Department 

of State is publishing this notice to 

advise the public of the availability of 

the FY 2016 Service Contract Inventory. 

The FY 2016 Service Contract Inventory 

includes the FY 2016 Planned Analysis, 

and the FY 2015 Meaningful Analysis. 

The inventory was developed in 

accordance with guidance issued by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy (OFPP). The Department of State 

has posted its FY 2016 Service Contract 

Inventory at the following link: http://

csm.state.gov/content.asp?content_

id=135&menu_id=71. 

DATES: The inventory is available on the 

Department’s Web site as of September 

18, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlon Henry, Management and 

Program Analyst, A/EX/CSM, 202–485– 

7210, HenryMD@state.gov. 

Marlon Henry, 

Management and Program Analyst, 

Collaborative Strategy and Management 

Division, Bureau of Administration, 

Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 10151] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Veronese 

in Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance 

Masterpieces Restored’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that two objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Veronese in 

Murano: Two Venetian Renaissance 

Masterpieces Restored,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at The Frick 

Collection, New York, New York, from 

on or about October 24, 2017, until on 

or about March 11, 2018, at the New 

Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 

Louisiana, from on or about April 19, 

2018, until on or about September 3, 

2018, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu 

in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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