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1994, regarding the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and the
means of delivering them.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in the Annex to the
Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Attorney General, and
other relevant agencies, to have
engaged, or attempted to engage, in
activities or transactions that have
materially contributed to, or pose a risk
of materially contributing to, the
proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or their means of delivery
(including missiles capable of delivering
such weapons), including any efforts to
manufacture, acquire, possess, develop,
transport, transfer or use such items, by
any person or foreign country of
proliferation concern; (3) any person
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
and other relevant agencies, to have
provided, or attempted to provide,
financial, material, technological or
other support for, or goods or services
in support of, any activity or transaction
described in clause (2) above or any
person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the
Order; and (4) any person determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State,
the Attorney General, and other relevant
agencies, to be owned or controlled by,
or acting or purporting to act for or on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, any
person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the
Order.
On January 24th, 2013, the Director of
OFAC amended the designation record
for KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT
TRADING CORPORATION to include a
new alias. The updated entry on the
SDN List is as follows:
Entity:
1. KOREA MINING DEVELOPMENT
TRADING CORPORATION (a.k.a.
CHANGGWANG SINYONG
CORPORATION; a.k.a. EXTERNAL
TECHNOLOGY GENERAL
CORPORATION; a.k.a. KOREA
KUMRYONG TRADING COMPANY;
a.k.a. NORTH KOREAN MINING
DEVELOPMENT TRADING
CORPORATION; a.k.a. ‘‘KOMID’’),
Central District, Pyongyang, Korea,
North [NPWMD].
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Dated: January 24, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013–02472 Filed 2–4–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive
Order 13382
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury Department.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing on OFAC’s list
of Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) the names
of three entities and three individuals,
whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005,
‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Proliferators and Their
Supporters.’’ The designations by the
Director of OFAC, pursuant to Executive
Order 13382, were effective on January
24, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
Tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On June 28, 2005, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706)
(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order
13382 (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005) (the
‘‘Order’’), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on June 29, 2005. In the
Order, the President took additional
steps with respect to the national
emergency described and declared in
Executive Order 12938 of November 14,
1994, regarding the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and the
means of delivering them.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
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within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in the Annex to the
Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Attorney General, and
other relevant agencies, to have
engaged, or attempted to engage, in
activities or transactions that have
materially contributed to, or pose a risk
of materially contributing to, the
proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or their means of delivery
(including missiles capable of delivering
such weapons), including any efforts to
manufacture, acquire, possess, develop,
transport, transfer or use such items, by
any person or foreign country of
proliferation concern; (3) any person
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
and other relevant agencies, to have
provided, or attempted to provide,
financial, material, technological or
other support for, or goods or services
in support of, any activity or transaction
described in clause (2) above or any
person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the
Order; and (4) any person determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State,
the Attorney General, and other relevant
agencies, to be owned or controlled by,
or acting or purporting to act for or on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, any
person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the
Order.
On January 24, 2013, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Justice, and other
relevant agencies, designated one entity
and two individuals whose property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13382.
The list of additional designees is as
follows:
1. KIM, Kwang-Il, Beijing, China;
nationality Korea, North; Tanchon
Commercial Bank Deputy
Representative to Beijing, China
(individual) [NPWMD].
2. RA, Kyong-Su, Beijing, China;
Tanchon Commercial Bank
Representative to Beijing, China
(individual) [NPWMD].
3. LEADER (HONG KONG)
INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED
(a.k.a. LEADER INTERNATIONAL
TRADING LIMITED), Room 1610 Nan
Fung Tower, 173 Des Voeux Road, Hong
Kong [NPWMD].
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Dated: January 28, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013–02474 Filed 2–4–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning
Minimum Tax—Tax Benefit Rule.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 8, 2013 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulation should be
directed to Martha R. Brinson, at (202)
622–3869, or at Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or
through the Internet at
Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Minimum Tax—Tax Benefit
Rule.
OMB Number: 1545–1093. Regulation
Project Number: IA–56–87 and IA–53–
87 (TD 8416).
Abstract: Section 58(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code provides that the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe
regulations that adjust tax preference
items where such items provided no tax
benefit for any taxable year. This
regulation provides guidance for
situations where tax preference items
did not result in a tax benefit because
of available credits or refund of
minimum tax paid on such preferences.
Current Actions: There is no change to
this existing regulation.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 12
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 40.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of 1information
covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: January 19, 2013.
Yvette Lawrence,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–02437 Filed 2–4–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
SUMMARY:
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burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13(44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning
Employers’ Qualified Educational
Assistance Programs.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 8, 2013 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulation should be
directed to Martha R. Brinson at (202)
622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,
room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through
the internet at
Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Employers’ Qualified
Educational Assistance Programs.
OMB Number: 1545–0768.
Regulation Project Number: EE–178–
78 (TD 7898).
Abstract: Internal Revenue Code
section 127(a) provides that the gross
income of an employee does not include
amounts paid or expenses incurred by
an employer if furnished to the
employee pursuant to a qualified
educational assistance program. This
regulation requires that a qualified
educational assistance program must be
a separate written plan of the employer
and that employees must be notified of
the availability and terms of the
program. Also, substantiation may be
required to verify that employees are
entitled to exclude from their gross
income amounts paid or expenses
incurred by the employer.
Current Actions: There is no change to
this existing regulation.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,200.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 7
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 615.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of 1information
covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive Order 13382
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing on OFAC's list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') the names of three
entities and three individuals, whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28,
2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators
and Their Supporters.'' The designations by the Director of OFAC,
pursuant to Executive Order 13382, were effective on January 24, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On June 28, 2005, the President, invoking the authority, inter
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 13382 (70 FR 38567, July
1, 2005) (the ``Order''), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time
on June 29, 2005. In the Order, the President took additional steps
with respect to the national emergency described and declared in
Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, regarding the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other relevant
agencies, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or
transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of
materially contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or their means of delivery (including missiles capable of
delivering such weapons), including any efforts to manufacture,
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by
any person or foreign country of proliferation concern; (3) any person
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and other relevant agencies,
to have provided, or attempted to provide, financial, material,
technological or other support for, or goods or services in support of,
any activity or transaction described in clause (2) above or any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the
Order; and (4) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury,
in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and
other relevant agencies, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or
purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
the Order.
On January 24, 2013, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Justice, and other relevant agencies, designated
one entity and two individuals whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382.
The list of additional designees is as follows:
1. KIM, Kwang-Il, Beijing, China; nationality Korea, North; Tanchon
Commercial Bank Deputy Representative to Beijing, China (individual)
[NPWMD].
2. RA, Kyong-Su, Beijing, China; Tanchon Commercial Bank
Representative to Beijing, China (individual) [NPWMD].
3. LEADER (HONG KONG) INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED (a.k.a. LEADER
INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED), Room 1610 Nan Fung Tower, 173 Des Voeux
Road, Hong Kong [NPWMD].
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Dated: January 28, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-02474 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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