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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agreement on Social Security Between
the United States and Japan; Entry Into
Force
AGENCY:
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Social Security Administration
(SSA).
ACTION:
Dated: January 13, 2006.
Jo Anne B. Barnhart,
Commissioner of Social Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Notice.
[Public Notice 5280]
SUMMARY: The Commissioner of Social
Security gives notice that an agreement
coordinating the United States (U.S.)
and Japanese social security programs
entered into force on October 1, 2005.
The agreement with Japan, which was
signed on February 19, 2004, is similar
to U.S. social security agreements
already in force with 20 other
countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Chile, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea
(South), Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Agreements of this type are authorized
by section 233 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 433).
Like the other agreements, the U.S.Japanese agreement eliminates dual
social security coverage—the situation
that exists when a worker from one
country works in the other country and
is covered under the social security
systems of both countries for the same
work. When dual coverage occurs, the
worker or the worker’s employer or both
may be required to pay social security
contributions to the two countries
simultaneously. Under the U.S.Japanese agreement, a worker who is
sent by an employer in one country to
work in the other country for 5 years or
less remains covered only by the
sending country. The agreement
includes additional rules that eliminate
dual U.S. and Japanese coverage in
other work situations.
The agreement also helps eliminate
situations where workers suffer a loss of
benefit rights because they have divided
their careers between the two countries.
Under the agreement, workers may
qualify for partial U.S. benefits or partial
Japanese benefits based on combined
(totalized) work credits from both
countries.
Individuals who wish to obtain copies
of the agreement or want more
information about its provisions may
write to the Social Security
Administration, Office of International
Programs, Post Office Box 17741,
Baltimore, MD 21235–7741 or visit the
Social Security Web site at https://
www.socialsecurity.gov/international.
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Title: Statement of Policy on J–1 Flight
Training Programs
Department of State.
Statement of policy.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Effective Date: This policy is
effective January 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley S. Colvin, Director, Office of
Exchange Coordination and
Designation, U.S. Department of State,
SA–44, 301 4th St., SW., Room 734,
Washington, DC 20547. E-mail:
jexchanges@state.gov; FAX: 202–203–
5087.
SUMMARY: The Department hereby
announces its policy regarding flight
training programs, which are governed
by the Department’s Exchange Visitor
Program regulations appearing in 22
CFR part 62.
Since 1949 the Department has
designated private sector and
governmental entities to conduct
training programs for eligible foreign
nationals. For the past twenty years,
flight training activities have been
authorized and currently, eight
organizations facilitate the entry into the
United States of some 350 foreign
nationals yearly for the purpose of flight
training. Flight training programs
utilizing the J visa are regulated by the
Department under the authority of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961, as amended
(Fulbright-Hays Act), 22 U.S.C. 2451 et
seq.; the Immigration and Naturalization
Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J); the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998, Public Law 105–277; as well as
other statutory enactments,
Reorganization Plans and Executive
Orders. Regulations dealing specifically
with flight training programs appear at
22 CFR 62.22(n). Certain flight training
programs also utilize the M visa, which
is regulated and administered by the
Department of Homeland Security’s U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS). Regulations governing the M
visa appear at 8 CFR 214.2(m).
The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (‘‘The
Uniting and Strengthening Act By
Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism’’),
Public Law 107–56, mandated that the
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Department of State, the Department of
Homeland Security, the Department of
Education, and the Attorney General, all
take cognizance of and undertake
certain actions regarding flight training
programs. The Department of State has
determined that it does not have the
expertise and resources to fully monitor
flight training programs and insure their
compliance with the national security
concerns expressed in the Patriot Act.
Consequently, as a matter of policy, the
Department of State will henceforth not
designate any new J visa flight training
programs, nor will it permit currentlydesignated flight training programs to
expand their programs, pending a
determination as to which Federal
agency ultimately will be tasked with
the administering and monitoring of
such programs. Redesignation of
programs will continue as required by
existing regulations.
Dated: January 18, 2006.
Stanley S. Colvin,
Director, Office of Exchange Coordination,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5262]
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Advisory Board (ACNAB) Meeting
Notice; Closed Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. app 2 section 10(a)(2), the
Department of State announces a
meeting of the Arms Control and
Nonproliferation Advisory Board
(ACNAB) to take place on January 30,
2006, at the Department of State,
Washington, DC.
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. app 2 section 10(d) and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(1), it has been determined that
this Board meeting will be closed to the
public in the interest of national defense
and foreign policy because the Board
will be reviewing and discussing
matters classified in accordance with
Executive Order 12958. The purpose of
the ACNAB is to provide the
Department with a continuing source of
independent advice on all aspects of
arms control, disarmament,
international security, and public
diplomacy. The Board will be briefed on
current U.S. policy and issues regarding
Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Counter-Terrorism, as well as issues
related to the Proliferation Security
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Initiative (PSI). The Board will also
review specific classified arms control
and nonproliferation issues as potential
first topics for the Board’s
consideration. In addition, the agenda
will include administrative matters
related to the Board’s first meeting.
For Further Information Contact:
Matthew Zartman, Deputy Executive
Director of the Arms Control and
Nonproliferation Advisory Board,
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520, phone: (202) 647–0440.
Dated: January 9, 2006.
George W. Look,
Executive Director of the Secretary’s Arms
Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5281]
Title: Statement of Policy on J–1
Agriculture Training Programs
Department of State.
Statement of policy.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Effective Date: This policy is
effective January 24, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley S. Colvin, Director, Office of
Exchange Coordination and
Designation, U.S. Department of State,
SA–44, 301 4th St., SW., Room 734,
Washington, DC 20547. E-mail:
jexchanges@state.gov; FAX: 202–203–
5087.
SUMMARY: The Department hereby
announces its policy regarding
agriculture training programs, which are
governed by the Department’s Exchange
Visitor Program regulations appearing in
22 CFR part 62.
Since 1949 the Department has
permitted designated sponsors to
conduct programs designed to train
individuals in many industrial,
professional, agricultural, and other
occupational skills. Training programs
utilizing the J visa are regulated by the
Department under the authority of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961, as amended
(Fulbright-Hays Act), 22 U.S.C. 2451 et
seq.; the Immigration and Naturalization
Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J); the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998, Public Law 105–277; as well as
other statutory enactments,
Reorganization Plans and Executive
Orders. Regulations dealing with
training programs appear at 22 CFR
62.22.
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In 2005, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) examined
the Department’s management of the J
visa Summer Work Travel and Trainee
programs to ensure that only authorized
activities are carried out under the
programs and to identify potential risks
of the programs and the data available
to the Department to assess those risks.
(‘‘Stronger Action Needed to Improve
Oversight and Assess Risks of the
Summer Work Travel and Trainee
Categories of the Exchange Visitor
Program,’’ GAO–06–106, October 2005.)
Among other things, the GAO Report
found that there was a potential that the
trainee programs could be misused as
employment programs and that trainees
could be exploited by employers or
other third parties. Agricultural training
programs were found to be particularly
problematic because of the potential for
fraud. Abuses of the training regulations
were not hidden; there were cases
where there was not even an attempt to
represent jobs as training, and which
certain employers referred to their
program participants as employees,
rather than trainees. In one case cited,
four trainees were placed with dairy
farms that had an agreement with the
program sponsor. Only one of the
trainees had a firm grasp of English, and
only one of the four farms participating
in the program had a structured training
plan. There were questions as to
whether such programs were merely
utilizing trainees for cheap labor and
whether the trainees were simply
receiving enough training to perform
their work. (GAO Report, pp. 17, 21).
The Department has taken steps to
address these concerns. Among other
things, the Department has consulted
with the Department of Labor and the
Department of Agriculture in order to
develop ways to better monitor
agricultural training programs and to
determine whether such agriculture
training programs are subject to, and if
so, whether they are in compliance
with, existing statutes such as the Fair
Labor Standards Act, as amended, 29
U.S.C. 201, et seq., and the Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Protection Act, Public Law 97–470, 29
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Pending the Department’s resolution
of these outstanding issues, the
Department of State will not designate
any new J visa agricultural training
programs, nor will it permit currentlydesignated training programs offering
agricultural training to expand the
agricultural training component of their
programs. Redesignation of programs
will continue as required by existing
regulations.
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Dated: January 18, 2006.
Stanley S. Colvin,
Director, Office of Exchange Coordination,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Generalized System of Preferences
(GSP): Notice of Closure of Case 017–
CP–05, Protection of Intellectual
Property in Pakistan, in the 2005
Annual Country Practice Review
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces
closure of the review for case 017–CP–
05, Protection of Intellectual Property in
Pakistan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of
the GSP Program, Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR),
Room F–220, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The telephone
number is (202) 395–6971 and the
facsimile number is (202) 395–9481.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP
program provides for the duty-free
importation of designated articles when
imported from beneficiary developing
countries. The GSP program is
authorized by Title V of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as
amended (the ‘‘Trade Act’’), and is
implemented in accordance with
Executive Order 11888 of November 24,
1975, as modified by subsequent
Executive Orders and Presidential
Proclamations.
In the 2005 Annual Review, the GSP
Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) is reviewing
petitions concerning the country
practices of certain beneficiary
developing countries of the GSP
program. As a result of that review, the
TPSC has decided to close the review
for case 017–CP–05 regarding protection
of intellectual property rights in
Pakistan. The Petitioner was the
International Intellectual Property
Alliance (IIPA). The results of other
ongoing country practice reviews in the
2005 Annual Review will be announced
in the Federal Register at a later date.
Marideth J. Sandler,
Executive Director, GSP Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5262]
Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board (ACNAB) Meeting
Notice; Closed Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app 2 section 10(a)(2), the Department of State
announces a meeting of the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory
Board (ACNAB) to take place on January 30, 2006, at the Department of
State, Washington, DC.
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. app 2 section 10(d) and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), it has been
determined that this Board meeting will be closed to the public in the
interest of national defense and foreign policy because the Board will
be reviewing and discussing matters classified in accordance with
Executive Order 12958. The purpose of the ACNAB is to provide the
Department with a continuing source of independent advice on all
aspects of arms control, disarmament, international security, and
public diplomacy. The Board will be briefed on current U.S. policy and
issues regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter-Terrorism, as
well as issues related to the Proliferation Security
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Initiative (PSI). The Board will also review specific classified arms
control and nonproliferation issues as potential first topics for the
Board's consideration. In addition, the agenda will include
administrative matters related to the Board's first meeting.
For Further Information Contact: Matthew Zartman, Deputy Executive
Director of the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board,
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, phone: (202) 647-0440.
Dated: January 9, 2006.
George W. Look,
Executive Director of the Secretary's Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Advisory Board, Department of State.
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