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made regarding a claimant’s eligibility
for benefits. By signing the CM–936
form, the claimant authorizes
physicians, hospitals, medical facilities
or organizations, and the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health to release medical information
about the miner to the Department of
Labor’s Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs. The form
contains information required by
medical institutions and private
physicians to enable them to release
pertinent medical information. This
information collection is currently
approved for use through November 30,
2018.
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in
comments which:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
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III. Current Actions: The Department
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information collection in order to obtain
claimant consent for the release of
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by the Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs in their claim for benefits.
Failure to gather this information would
inhibit the adjudication of black lung
claims because pertinent medical data
would not be available for consideration
during the processing of the claim.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Authorization for Release of
Medical Information.
OMB Number: 1240–0034.
Agency Number: CM–936.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 7,000.
Total Annual Responses: 7,000.
Average Time per Response: 5
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 583
hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $7,420.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 27, 2018.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 18–11]
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
requires the Millennium Challenge
Corporation to publish a report that
identifies countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for Millennium Challenge
Account assistance during FY 2019. The
report is set forth in full below.
SUMMARY:
Dated: August 30, 2018.
Jeanne M. Hauch,
VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019
and Countries that would be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Summary
This report to Congress is provided in
accordance with section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the
Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of
assistance for global development
through the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) for countries that
enter into a Millennium Challenge
Compact with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
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to achieve lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires
MCC to take a number of steps in
selecting countries with which MCC
will seek to enter into a compact,
including determining the countries that
will be eligible countries for fiscal year
(FY) 2019 based on (a) a country’s
demonstrated commitment to (i) just
and democratic governance, (ii)
economic freedom, and (iii) investments
in its people; and (b) the opportunity to
reduce poverty and generate economic
growth in the country, and (c) the
availability of funds to MCC. These
steps include the submission to the
congressional committees specified in
the Act and publication in the Federal
Register of reports on the following:
Æ The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for FY 2019 based on their
per capita income levels and their
eligibility to receive assistance under
U.S. law and countries that would be
candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance (section
608(a) of the Act);
Æ The criteria and methodology that
the MCC Board of Directors (Board) will
use to measure and evaluate the relative
policy performance of the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ consistent with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
of section 607 of the Act in order to
determine ‘‘eligible countries’’ from
among the ‘‘candidate countries’’
(section 608(b) of the Act); and
Æ The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for
FY 2019, identification of such
countries with which the Board will
seek to enter into compacts, and a
justification for such eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three
required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2019
The Act requires the identification of
all countries that are candidate
countries for FY 2019 and the
identification of all countries that would
be candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance. Under
sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act,
candidate countries must qualify as low
income or lower middle income
countries as defined in the Act.
Specifically, a country will be a
candidate country in the low income
category for FY 2019 if it:
Æ Has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national
income per capita for FY 2019);
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Æ Is among the 75 countries identified
by the World Bank as having the lowest
per capita income; and
Æ Is not ineligible to receive United
States economic assistance under part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended (the Foreign Assistance
Act), by reason of the application of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law.
A country will be a candidate country
in the lower middle income category for
FY 2019 if it:
Æ Has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national
income per capita for FY 2019);
Æ Is not among the 75 countries
identified by the World Bank as having
the lowest per capita income; and
Æ Is not ineligible to receive United
States economic assistance under part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason
of the application of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any other provision of
law.
Under section 606(c) of the Act as
applied for FY 2019, a country with per
capita income changes from FY 2018 to
FY 2019 such that the country would be
reclassified from the low income
category to the lower middle income
category or vice versa will retain its
income status in its former category for
FY 2019 and two subsequent fiscal years
(FY 2020 and FY 2021). A country that
has transitioned to the upper middle
income category does not qualify as a
candidate country.
Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act,
the Board identified the following
countries as candidate countries under
the Act for FY 2019. In so doing, the
Board referred to the prohibitions on
assistance to countries for FY 2018
under the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2018.
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Candidate Countries: Low Income
Category
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Coˆte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
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Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Rwanda
Sa˜o Tome´ and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
El Salvador
Georgia
Kosovo
Mongolia
Tunisia
Countries That Would Be Candidate
Countries but for Legal Provisions That
Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered
candidate countries for FY 2019 but are
ineligible to receive United States
economic assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the
application of any provision of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law are listed below. This
list is based on legal prohibitions
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against economic assistance that apply
as of July 26, 2018.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income
Category
Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance pursuant to section 706(3) of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107–228),
regarding adherence to obligations
under international counternarcotics
agreements and other counternarcotics
measures.
Burma is ineligible to receive U.S.
economic assistance, absent special
authority, because of concerns relative
to its record on human rights.
Cambodia is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance pursuant to section
7043(b)(1) of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which restricts
assistance to the Government of
Cambodia unless the Secretary of State
certifies that the Government of
Cambodia is taking effective steps to
strengthen regional security and
stability and respect the rights and
responsibilities enshrined in the
Constitution of the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including due to its status as
a Tier III country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
The central Government of Nicaragua
is ineligible to receive foreign assistance
pursuant to section 7070(c) of the FY
2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits assistance for the central
government of a country that the
Secretary of State determines has
recognized the independence of, or has
established diplomatic relations with,
the Russian occupied Georgian
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
Region/South Ossetia.
North Korea is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant to
section 7007 of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits
direct assistance to the government of
North Korea.
South Sudan is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant to
section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits,
with limited exceptions, assistance to
the central government of South Sudan
until the Secretary of State certifies and
reports to Congress that such
government is taking effective steps to
end hostilities and pursue good faith
negotiations for a political settlement of
the conflict; provide access for
humanitarian organizations; end the
recruitment and use of child soldiers;
protect freedoms of expression,
association, and assembly; reduce
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corruption related to the extraction and
sale of oil and gas; establish democratic
institutions; establish accountable
military and police forces under civilian
authority; and investigate and prosecute
individuals credibly alleged to have
committed gross violations of human
rights, including at the Terrain
compound in Juba, South Sudan on July
11, 2016.
Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including pursuant to
section 7042(i) of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits
(with limited exceptions) assistance to
the government of Sudan.
Syria is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including pursuant to
section 7007 of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits
direct assistance to the government of
Syria.
Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant to
section 7042(j)(2) of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits
(with limited exceptions) assistance for
the central government of Zimbabwe
unless the Secretary of State certifies
and reports to Congress that the rule of
law has been restored, including respect
for ownership and title to property, and
freedoms of expression, association, and
assembly.
Countries identified above as
candidate countries, as well as countries
that would be considered candidate
countries but for the applicability of
legal provisions that prohibit U.S.
economic assistance, may be the subject
of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country
circumstances, that affect their legal
eligibility for assistance under part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of
application of the Foreign Assistance
Act or any other provision of law for FY
2019.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; NCUA Call Report
and Profile
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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AGENCY:
The National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA), as part of a
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
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agencies to comment on the following
revision of a currently approved
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before November 5, 2018
to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the information collection to Dawn
Wolfgang, National Credit Union
Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Suite
5080, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; Fax
No. 703–519–8579; or Email at
PRAComments@NCUA.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Address requests for additional
information to the address above or
telephone 703–548–2279.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: 3133–0004.
Title: NCUA Call Report and Profile.
Forms: NCUA Form 5300 and 4501A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Sections 106 and 202 of the
Federal Credit Union Act require
federally insured credit unions to make
financial reports to the NCUA. Section
741.6 prescribes the method in which
federally insured credit unions must
submit this information to NCUA.
NCUA Form 5300, Call Report, is used
to file quarterly financial and statistical
data and NCUA Form 4501A, Credit
Union Profile, is used to obtain nonfinancial data relevant to regulation and
supervision such as the names of senior
management and volunteer officials,
and are reported through NCUA’s online
portal, Credit Unions Online.
The financial and statistical
information is essential to NCUA in
carrying out its responsibility for
supervising federal credit unions. The
information also enables NCUA to
monitor all federally insured credit
unions with National Credit Union
Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) insured
share accounts.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Notfor-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,530.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
22,120.
Estimated Burden Hours per
Response: 6.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 132,720.
Reason for Change: Revisions are
attributed to the issuance of accounting
standards codifications (ASC) by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board,
revised data selections to the current
products and services offered by credit
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unions, and the removal of other
elements deemed no longer necessary to
maintain proper credit union
supervision; including several pages of
Schedule D, Derivative Transactions
Report.
These revisions will not alter the
estimated burden hours necessary to
review the instructions and complete
the filing as the burden associated with
Schedule D affects less than one percent
of the credit unions and did not impact
the industry average burden hours. The
amount of data elements removed
compared to those added negates the
difference in burden.
The burden hours reflect an
adjustment to the number of
respondents due to the decline in the
number of federally insured credit
unions, which has averaged
approximately one percent per quarter.
Specifically, the number of federally
insured credit unions completing the
Call Report and Profile dropped from
5,954 to 5,530 (March 2018). The
reduction of 10,176 burden hours
reflects this adjustment.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. The
public is invited to submit comments
concerning: (a) Whether the collection
of information is necessary for the
proper execution of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board,
the National Credit Union Administration, on
August 30, 2018.
Dated: August 30, 2018.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
NCUA PRA Clearance Officer.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 18-11]
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that
identifies countries that are ``candidate countries'' for Millennium
Challenge Account assistance during FY 2019. The report is set forth in
full below.
Dated: August 30, 2018.
Jeanne M. Hauch,
VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries that would be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Summary
This report to Congress is provided in accordance with section
608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, 22 U.S.C.
7701, 7707(a) (the Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of assistance for global
development through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for
countries that enter into a Millennium Challenge Compact with the
United States to support policies and programs that advance the
progress of such countries to achieve lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires MCC to take a number of steps in
selecting countries with which MCC will seek to enter into a compact,
including determining the countries that will be eligible countries for
fiscal year (FY) 2019 based on (a) a country's demonstrated commitment
to (i) just and democratic governance, (ii) economic freedom, and (iii)
investments in its people; and (b) the opportunity to reduce poverty
and generate economic growth in the country, and (c) the availability
of funds to MCC. These steps include the submission to the
congressional committees specified in the Act and publication in the
Federal Register of reports on the following:
[cir] The countries that are ``candidate countries'' for FY 2019
based on their per capita income levels and their eligibility to
receive assistance under U.S. law and countries that would be candidate
countries but for specified legal prohibitions on assistance (section
608(a) of the Act);
[cir] The criteria and methodology that the MCC Board of Directors
(Board) will use to measure and evaluate the relative policy
performance of the ``candidate countries'' consistent with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 607 of the Act in
order to determine ``eligible countries'' from among the ``candidate
countries'' (section 608(b) of the Act); and
[cir] The list of countries determined by the Board to be
``eligible countries'' for FY 2019, identification of such countries
with which the Board will seek to enter into compacts, and a
justification for such eligibility determination and selection for
compact negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2019
The Act requires the identification of all countries that are
candidate countries for FY 2019 and the identification of all countries
that would be candidate countries but for specified legal prohibitions
on assistance. Under sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act, candidate
countries must qualify as low income or lower middle income countries
as defined in the Act.
Specifically, a country will be a candidate country in the low
income category for FY 2019 if it:
[cir] Has a per capita income that is not greater than the World
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year
($3,895 gross national income per capita for FY 2019);
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[cir] Is among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as
having the lowest per capita income; and
[cir] Is not ineligible to receive United States economic
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended (the Foreign Assistance Act), by reason of the application of
the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law.
A country will be a candidate country in the lower middle income
category for FY 2019 if it:
[cir] Has a per capita income that is not greater than the World
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year
($3,895 gross national income per capita for FY 2019);
[cir] Is not among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as
having the lowest per capita income; and
[cir] Is not ineligible to receive United States economic
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the
application of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of
law.
Under section 606(c) of the Act as applied for FY 2019, a country
with per capita income changes from FY 2018 to FY 2019 such that the
country would be reclassified from the low income category to the lower
middle income category or vice versa will retain its income status in
its former category for FY 2019 and two subsequent fiscal years (FY
2020 and FY 2021). A country that has transitioned to the upper middle
income category does not qualify as a candidate country.
Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act, the Board identified the
following countries as candidate countries under the Act for FY 2019.
In so doing, the Board referred to the prohibitions on assistance to
countries for FY 2018 under the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018.
Candidate Countries: Low Income Category
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Rwanda
S[atilde]o Tom[eacute] and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
El Salvador
Georgia
Kosovo
Mongolia
Tunisia
Countries That Would Be Candidate Countries but for Legal Provisions
That Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered candidate countries for FY 2019
but are ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the application of
any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of
law are listed below. This list is based on legal prohibitions against
economic assistance that apply as of July 26, 2018.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income Category
Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant to
section 706(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
2003 (P.L. 107-228), regarding adherence to obligations under
international counternarcotics agreements and other counternarcotics
measures.
Burma is ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance, absent
special authority, because of concerns relative to its record on human
rights.
Cambodia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant to
section 7043(b)(1) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which restricts
assistance to the Government of Cambodia unless the Secretary of State
certifies that the Government of Cambodia is taking effective steps to
strengthen regional security and stability and respect the rights and
responsibilities enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including due
to its status as a Tier III country under the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
The central Government of Nicaragua is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance pursuant to section 7070(c) of the FY 2018
Appropriations Act, which prohibits assistance for the central
government of a country that the Secretary of State determines has
recognized the independence of, or has established diplomatic relations
with, the Russian occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
North Korea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits direct assistance to the government of North Korea.
South Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits, with limited exceptions, assistance to the central
government of South Sudan until the Secretary of State certifies and
reports to Congress that such government is taking effective steps to
end hostilities and pursue good faith negotiations for a political
settlement of the conflict; provide access for humanitarian
organizations; end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; protect
freedoms of expression, association, and assembly; reduce
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corruption related to the extraction and sale of oil and gas; establish
democratic institutions; establish accountable military and police
forces under civilian authority; and investigate and prosecute
individuals credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of
human rights, including at the Terrain compound in Juba, South Sudan on
July 11, 2016.
Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7042(i) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits (with limited exceptions) assistance to the government of
Sudan.
Syria is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits direct assistance to the government of Syria.
Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7042(j)(2) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which
prohibits (with limited exceptions) assistance for the central
government of Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of State certifies and
reports to Congress that the rule of law has been restored, including
respect for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of
expression, association, and assembly.
Countries identified above as candidate countries, as well as
countries that would be considered candidate countries but for the
applicability of legal provisions that prohibit U.S. economic
assistance, may be the subject of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country circumstances, that affect their
legal eligibility for assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act by reason of application of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law for FY 2019.
[FR Doc. 2018-19196 Filed 8-30-18; 4:15 pm]
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