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application review from the ECA
program office coordinating this
competition.
VI.2. Administrative and National
Policy Requirements: Terms and
Conditions for the Administration of
ECA agreements include the following:
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Nonprofit Organizations.’’
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Educational Institutions.’’
OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles
for State, Local and Indian
Governments’’.
OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised),
Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Agreements with Institutions of
Higher Education, Hospitals, and
other Nonprofit Organizations.
OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform
Administrative Requirements for
Grants-in-Aid to State and Local
Governments.
OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of
States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations.
Please reference the following Web
sites for additional information:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.
https://exchanges.state.gov/education/
grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You
must provide ECA with a hard copy
original plus one copy of the following
reports:
(1) A final program and financial
report no more than 90 days after the
expiration of the award;
(2) Interim reports, as required in the
Bureau grant agreement.
Grantees will be required to provide
reports analyzing their evaluation
findings to the Bureau in their regular
program reports. (Please refer to IV.
Application and Submission
Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program
Monitoring and Evaluation information.
All data collected, including survey
responses and contact information, must
be maintained for a minimum of three
years and provided to the Bureau upon
request.
All reports must be sent to the ECA
Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer
listed in the final assistance award
document.
VI.4. Program Data Requirements:
Organizations awarded grants will be
required to maintain specific data on
program participants and activities in an
electronically accessible database format
that can be shared with the Bureau as
required. As a minimum, the data must
include the following:
(1) Name, address, contact
information and biographic sketch of all
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persons who travel internationally on
funds provided by the grant or who
benefit from the grant funding but do
not travel.
(2) Itineraries of international and
domestic travel, providing dates of
travel and cities in which any exchange
experiences take place. Final schedules
for in-country and U.S. activities must
be received by the ECA Program Officer
at least three workdays prior to the
official opening of the activity.
VII. Agency Contacts
For questions about this
announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz,
Program Officer, Youth Programs
Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), Room 568,
U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301
4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547,
Telephone (202) 203–7505, Fax (202)
203–7529, e-mail: LantzCS@state.gov.
All correspondence with the Bureau
concerning this RFGP should reference
the above title and number ECA/PE/C/
PY–06–21.
Please read the complete
announcement before sending inquiries
or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP
deadline has passed, Bureau staff may
not discuss this competition with
applicants until the proposal review
process has been completed.
VIII. Other Information
Notice: The terms and conditions
published in this RFGP are binding and
may not be modified by any Bureau
representative. Explanatory information
provided by the Bureau that contradicts
published language will not be binding.
Issuance of the RFGP does not
constitute an award commitment on the
part of the Government. The Bureau
reserves the right to reduce, revise, or
increase proposal budgets in accordance
with the needs of the program and the
availability of funds. Awards made will
be subject to periodic reporting and
evaluation requirements per section VI.3
above.
Dated: February 21, 2006.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5319]
Title: Summer Work/Travel 12-month
Pilot Program
AGENCY:
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Notice with Request for
Comment.
ACTION:
The Department will accept
comments from the public up to 60 days
from February 27, 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 intent to investigate the
possible adoption of a pilot program
that will provide foreign university
students an opportunity to work and
travel in the United States for up to 12
months.
The Conference Report (H. Rep. 108–
792) that accompanied The Departments
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Act, 2005, H.R. 4818,
Public Law 108–447, incorporated by
reference certain language set forth in S.
Rep. 108–344, that accompanied S.
2809. In that report, the Senate
Committee on Appropriations directed
the Department as follows:
DATES:
’’Working Exchanges—The Committee
directs the Department of State to work with
the Governments of Australia, Canada, and
New Zealand to establish bilateral exchange
programs that will allow young people from
these countries to visit the United States for
a period of up to 1 year for purposes of work
and travel and vice versa. The United States
has long enjoyed close and valuable
exchange relationships with Australia,
Canada, and New Zealand. The bilateral
relationships between the United States and
these countries would be further
strengthened by expanding opportunities for
young people to visit each other’s countries
for an extended period. The Committee
directs the Department to work within
current regulatory frameworks governing the
exchange visitor programs, and specifically
the summer work travel program,
administered by the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs. The Committee
recognizes the work of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Government of New
Zealand in raising the visibility of this
promising program called ‘‘Working Holiday
Schemes,’’ within the United States
Government.’’
To further the above stated directive
and better inform its decision making,
the Department hereby solicits comment
and proposals on the design of a pilot
program that will provide a 12-month
period of work and travel that will
operate within existing summer work
travel program regulations set forth at 22
CFR 62.32. Of specific interest to the
Department is the selection of eligible
university students and how their
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participation will affect their student
status in their home country. Also of
interest to the Department is the
placement and monitoring of
participants in a manner that will satisfy
the requirements of the PATRIOT Act.
Dated: February 21, 2006.
Stanley S. Colvin,
Director, Office of Exchange Coordination
and Designation, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA),
as Amended: Notice Regarding the
2004 and 2005 Annual Reviews
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
received petitions in September 2005 to
review certain practices in certain
beneficiary developing countries to
determine whether such countries are in
compliance with the ATPA eligibility
criteria. USTR published a list of
responsive petitions that were accepted
for review in a notice published on
November 22, 2005 (70 FR 70652). This
notice specifies the results of the
preliminary review of those petitions as
well as the status of the petitions filed
in 2004 that have remained under
review.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bennett M. Harman, Deputy Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Latin
America, at (202) 395–9446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ATPA
(19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), as renewed and
amended by the Andean Trade
Promotion and Drug Eradication Act of
2002 (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act of
2002 (Public Law 107–210), provides
trade benefits for eligible Andean
countries. Pursuant to section 3103(d) of
the ATPDEA, USTR promulgated
regulations (15 CFR part 2016) (68 FR
43922) regarding the review of
eligibility of countries for the benefits of
the ATPA, as amended.
USTR announced initiation of the
2005 ATPA Annual Review with a
deadline of September 19, 2005 for the
filing of petitions (70 FR 48622). Several
of these petitions that USTR received
requested the review of certain practices
in certain beneficiary developing
countries regarding compliance with the
eligibility criteria set forth in sections
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203(c) and (d) and section 204(b)(6)(B)
of the ATPA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
3203(c) and (d); 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)).
In a notice dated November 22, 2005,
USTR published a list of the responsive
petitions filed pursuant to the
announcement of the annual review (70
FR 70652). The Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) has conducted a
preliminary review of these petitions. It
has determined that due to
developments in the matter raised by
Exxon Mobil, concerning Peru, that
petition does not require further action,
and the TPSC is terminating its review.
With respect to the remaining 2005
petitions, the TPSC is modifying the
schedule for this review, in accordance
with 15 CFR 2016.2(b). The results of
this review will be announced on or
about May 31, 2006.
With respect to the 2004 petition
submitted by Electrolux Home Products
Inc. concerning Ecuador, the TPSC has
determined that the petition does not
require further action, and is
terminating its review. The TPSC is
modifying the date of the announcement
of the results of preliminary review for
the remaining 2004 petitions to May 31,
2006. Following is the list of all
petitions that remain under review:
Peru: Parsons Corporation;
Peru: Engelhard;
Peru: Princeton Dover;
Peru: LeTourenau;
Peru: Duke Energy;
Ecuador: AFL–CIO; Human Rights
Watch; and US/LEAP;
Ecuador: Chevron Texaco.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review, Request for
Comments; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection Activity,
Agricultural Aircraft Operator
Certificate Application
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) renewal of a current information
collection. The Federal Register Notices
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
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comments on the following collection of
information was published on
November 16, 2005, vol. 70 #220, page
69624. Standards have been established
for the operation of agricultural aircraft
and for the dispensing of chemicals,
pesticides, and toxic substances.
Information collected shows applicant
compliance and eligibility for
certification by FAA.
DATES: Please submit comments by
March 29, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy
Street on (202) 267–9895.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Agricultural Aircraft Operator
Certificate Application.
Type of Request: Renewal of an
approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0049.
Forms(s): FAA Form 8710–3.
Affected Public: A total of 3980
Respondents.
Frequency: The information is
collected on an as-needed basis.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Response: Approximately 30 minutes
per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 14,037 hours annually.
Abstract: Standards have been
established for the operation of
agricultural aircraft and for the
dispensing of chemicals, pesticides, and
toxic substances. Information collected
show applicant compliance and
eligibility for certification by FAA.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention FAA
Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16,
2006.
Judith D. Street,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Information Systems and Technology
Services Staff, ABA–20.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5319]
Title: Summer Work/Travel 12-month Pilot Program
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice with Request for Comment.
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DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to 60
days from February 27, 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 intent to investigate the
possible adoption of a pilot program that will provide foreign
university students an opportunity to work and travel in the United
States for up to 12 months.
The Conference Report (H. Rep. 108-792) that accompanied The
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriation Act, 2005, H.R. 4818, Public Law 108-447,
incorporated by reference certain language set forth in S. Rep. 108-
344, that accompanied S. 2809. In that report, the Senate Committee on
Appropriations directed the Department as follows:
''Working Exchanges--The Committee directs the Department of
State to work with the Governments of Australia, Canada, and New
Zealand to establish bilateral exchange programs that will allow
young people from these countries to visit the United States for a
period of up to 1 year for purposes of work and travel and vice
versa. The United States has long enjoyed close and valuable
exchange relationships with Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The
bilateral relationships between the United States and these
countries would be further strengthened by expanding opportunities
for young people to visit each other's countries for an extended
period. The Committee directs the Department to work within current
regulatory frameworks governing the exchange visitor programs, and
specifically the summer work travel program, administered by the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Committee recognizes
the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of New
Zealand in raising the visibility of this promising program called
``Working Holiday Schemes,'' within the United States Government.''
To further the above stated directive and better inform its
decision making, the Department hereby solicits comment and proposals
on the design of a pilot program that will provide a 12-month period of
work and travel that will operate within existing summer work travel
program regulations set forth at 22 CFR 62.32. Of specific interest to
the Department is the selection of eligible university students and how
their
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participation will affect their student status in their home country.
Also of interest to the Department is the placement and monitoring of
participants in a manner that will satisfy the requirements of the
PATRIOT Act.
Dated: February 21, 2006.
Stanley S. Colvin,
Director, Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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