Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, 52187-52188 [2020-18525]
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States, where the Department
determines that litigation is likely to
affect the Department or any of its
components.
(i) The National Archives and Records
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05FAM0440.html.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF
RECORDS:
Secretariat Contact Records
information is retrieved almost
exclusively through a name or phone
number search. Other fields, such as
address or title, are available for
retrieval, but are rarely used.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
Records are retired and destroyed in
accordance with published Department
of State Records Disposition Schedules
as approved by the National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA)
and outlined here https://foia.state.gov/
Learn/RecordsDisposition.aspx.
Secretariat Contact Records are
governed by Records Schedule A–03–
006–10 which covers temporary
customer/client records that may be
deleted when they are superseded,
become obsolete or the customer/client
requests the agency remove the records.
More specific information may be
obtained by writing to the following
address: U.S. Department of State;
Director, Office of Information Programs
and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street
NW; Room B–266; Washington, DC
20520.
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SAFEGUARDS:
All users are given cyber security
awareness training which covers the
procedures for handling Sensitive but
Unclassified information, including
personally identifiable information (PII).
Annual refresher training is mandatory.
In addition, all Foreign Service and
Civil Service employees and those
Locally Employed Staff who handle PII
are required to take the Foreign Service
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Institute’s distance learning course
instructing employees on privacy and
security requirements, including the
rules of behavior for handling PII and
the potential consequences if it is
handled improperly. Access to the
Department of State, its annexes and
posts abroad is controlled by security
guards and admission is limited to those
individuals possessing a valid
identification card or individuals under
proper escort. Access to computerized
files is password-protected and under
the direct supervision of the system
manager. The system manager has the
capability of printing audit trails of
access from the computer media,
thereby permitting regular and ad hoc
monitoring of computer usage. When it
is determined that a user no longer
needs access, the user account is
disabled.
Before being granted access to
Secretariat Contact Records, a user must
first be granted access to the Department
of State computer system. Remote
access to the Department of State
network from non-Department owned
systems is authorized only through a
Department approved access program.
Remote access to the network is
configured with the authentication
requirements contained in the Office of
Management and Budget Circular
Memorandum A–130. All Department of
State employees and contractors with
authorized access have undergone a
background security investigation.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Individuals who wish to gain access
to or to amend records pertaining to
themselves should write to U.S.
Department of State; Director, Office of
Information Programs and Services; A/
GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street, N.W; Room B–
266; Washington, DC 20520. The
individual must specify that he or she
wishes the Secretariat Contact Records
to be checked. At a minimum, the
individual must include: full name
(including maiden name, if appropriate)
and any other names used; current
mailing address and zip code; date and
place of birth; notarized signature or
statement under penalty of perjury; a
brief description of the circumstances
that caused the creation of the record
(including the city and/or country and
the approximate dates) which gives the
individual cause to believe that the
Secretariat Contact Records include
records pertaining to him or her.
Detailed instructions on Department of
State procedures for accessing and
amending records can be found at the
Department’s FOIA website located at
https://foia.state.gov/Request/
Guide.aspx.
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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Individuals who wish to contest
record procedures should write to U.S.
Department of State; Director, Office of
Information Programs and Services; A/
GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street NW; Room B–
266; Washington, DC 20520.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Individuals who have reason to
believe that this system of records may
contain information pertaining to them
may write to U.S. Department of State;
Director, Office of Information Programs
and Services; A/GIS/IPS; 2201 C Street
NW; Room B–266; Washington, DC
20520. The individual must specify that
he or she wishes the Secretariat Contact
Records to be checked. At a minimum,
the individual must include: full name
(including maiden name, if appropriate)
and any other names used; current
mailing address and zip code; date and
place of birth; notarized signature or
statement under penalty of perjury; a
brief description of the circumstances
that caused the creation of the record
(including the city and/or country and
the approximate dates) which gives the
individual cause to believe that the
Secretariat Contact Records include
records pertaining to him or her.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
None.
Dated: August 17, 2020.
Eric F. Stein,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Global
Information Services, Bureau of
Administration, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11188]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign
Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the
Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States including the Foreign
Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.)
and delegated pursuant to Department
of State Delegation of Authority No. 214
of September 20, 1994, I hereby
determine that the Confucius Institute
United States Center, and any successor
entity, including their real property and
personnel, is a foreign mission within
the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3).
Furthermore, I hereby determine it to
be reasonably necessary to protect the
interests of the United States to require
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the representative offices and operations
in the United States of the above noted
entities, and their agents or employees
acting on their behalf, to comply with
the terms and conditions specified by
the Department of State’s Office of
Foreign Missions relating to the above
noted entities’ activities in the United
States.
At a minimum such terms and
conditions shall include a requirement
for the Confucius Institute United States
Center, and its successor entity, to:
1. By October 31, 2020, prepare a
report detailing all financial and other
support that CIUS has provided or will
provide to Confucius Institutes,
Confucius Classrooms, or other
educational institutions in the United
States in calendar years 2018, 2019, and
2020. This report must be updated and
submitted bi-annually every April 30
and October 31.
2. By October 31, 2020, provide a list
of all PRC citizens referred or assigned
by CIUS to a Confucius Institute or
Confucius Classroom in the United
States since 2016, their current
citizenship or visa status, and whether
and where they are currently assigned
in the United States. This report must be
updated and submitted bi-annually
every April 30 and October 31.
3. Provide OFM with 60 days notice
prior to dispersing funds, personnel, or
other resources in support of new
Confucius Institutes or other
educational organizations in the United
States.
4. By October 31, 2020, provide OFM
with courtesy copies of curriculum
materials that CIUS has provided to
individual Confucius Institutes and
other U.S.-based educational
institutions for use in calendar years
2016–2020. Courtesy copies of future
curricular materials must be submitted
to OFM as they are distributed.
Finally, I determine that the
requirements established by Designation
2020–2, dated June 5, 2020, will not be
applied to the above-referenced entities
unless and until further notice.
Clifton C. Seagroves,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Missions,
Department of State.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Product Exclusions and
Amendments: China’s Acts, Policies,
and Practices Related to Technology
Transfer, Intellectual Property, and
Innovation
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of product exclusions
and amendments.
AGENCY:
In September 2018, the U.S.
Trade Representative imposed
additional duties on goods of China
with an annual trade value of
approximately $200 billion as part of
the action in the Section 301
investigation of China’s acts, policies,
and practices related to technology
transfer, intellectual property, and
innovation. The U.S. Trade
Representative initiated a product
exclusion process in June 2019, and
interested persons have submitted
requests for the exclusion of specific
products. This notice announces the
U.S. Trade Representative’s
determination to grant certain
exclusions and make technical
amendments to previously announced
exclusions.
DATES: As stated in the September 20,
2019 notice, product exclusions will
apply from September 24, 2018 to
August 7, 2020. The amendments
announced in this notice are retroactive
to the date the original exclusions were
published and do not extend the period
for the original exclusions. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will
issue instructions on entry guidance and
implementation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions about this notice,
contact Associate General Counsel
Philip Butler or Megan Grimball, or
Director of Industrial Goods Justin
Hoffmann at (202) 395–5725. For
specific questions on customs
classification or implementation of the
product exclusions identified in the
Annex to this notice, contact
traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
A. Background
For background on the proceedings in
this investigation, please see the prior
notices including 82 FR 40213 (August
24, 2017), 83 FR 14906 (April 6, 2018),
83 FR 28710 (June 20, 2018), 83 FR
33608 (July 17, 2018), 83 FR 38760
(August 7, 2018), 83 FR 47974
(September 21, 2018), 83 FR 49153
(September 28, 2018), 83 FR 65198
(December 19, 2018), 84 FR 7966 (March
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5, 2019), 84 FR 20459 (May 9, 2019), 84
FR 29576 (June 24, 2019), 84 FR 38717
(August 7, 2019), 84 FR 46212
(September 3, 2019), 84 FR 49591
(September 20, 2019), 84 FR 57803
(October 28, 2019), 84 FR 61674
(November 13, 2019), 84 FR 65882
(November 29, 2019), 84 FR 69012
(December 17, 2019), 85 FR 549 (January
6, 2020), 85 FR 6674 (February 5, 2020),
85 FR 9921 (February 20, 2020), 85 FR
15015 (March 16, 2020), 85 FR 17158
(March 26, 2020), 85 FR 23122 (April
24, 2020), 85 FR 27489 (May 8, 2020),
85 FR 32094 (May 28, 2020), 85 FR
38000 (June 24, 2020), and 85 FR 42968
(July 15, 2020).
Effective September 24, 2018, the U.S.
Trade Representative imposed
additional 10 percent ad valorem duties
on goods of China classified in 5,757
full and partial subheadings of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), with an
approximate annual trade value of $200
billion. See 83 FR 47974, as modified by
83 FR 49153. In May 2019, the U.S.
Trade Representative increased the
additional duty to 25 percent. See 84 FR
20459. On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Trade
Representative established a process by
which stakeholders could request
exclusion of particular products
classified within an eight-digit HTSUS
subheading covered by the $200 billion
action from the additional duties. See 84
FR 29576 (the June 24 notice).
Under the June 24 notice, requests for
exclusion had to identify the product
subject to the request in terms of the
physical characteristics that distinguish
the product from other products within
the relevant eight-digit HTSUS
subheading covered by the $200 billion
action. Requestors also had to provide
the ten-digit HTSUS subheading most
applicable to the particular product
requested for exclusion, and could
submit information on the ability of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to
administer the requested exclusion.
Requestors were asked to provide the
quantity and value of the Chinese-origin
product that the requestor purchased in
the last three years. With regard to the
rationale for the requested exclusion,
requests had to address the following
factors:
• Whether the particular product is
available only from China and,
specifically, whether the particular
product and/or a comparable product is
available from sources in the United
States and/or third countries.
• Whether the imposition of
additional duties on the particular
product would cause severe economic
harm to the requestor or other U.S.
interests.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11188]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the
laws of the United States including the Foreign Missions Act (22 U.S.C.
4301 et seq.) and delegated pursuant to Department of State Delegation
of Authority No. 214 of September 20, 1994, I hereby determine that the
Confucius Institute United States Center, and any successor entity,
including their real property and personnel, is a foreign mission
within the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(3).
Furthermore, I hereby determine it to be reasonably necessary to
protect the interests of the United States to require
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the representative offices and operations in the United States of the
above noted entities, and their agents or employees acting on their
behalf, to comply with the terms and conditions specified by the
Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions relating to the above
noted entities' activities in the United States.
At a minimum such terms and conditions shall include a requirement
for the Confucius Institute United States Center, and its successor
entity, to:
1. By October 31, 2020, prepare a report detailing all financial
and other support that CIUS has provided or will provide to Confucius
Institutes, Confucius Classrooms, or other educational institutions in
the United States in calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020. This report
must be updated and submitted bi-annually every April 30 and October
31.
2. By October 31, 2020, provide a list of all PRC citizens referred
or assigned by CIUS to a Confucius Institute or Confucius Classroom in
the United States since 2016, their current citizenship or visa status,
and whether and where they are currently assigned in the United States.
This report must be updated and submitted bi-annually every April 30
and October 31.
3. Provide OFM with 60 days notice prior to dispersing funds,
personnel, or other resources in support of new Confucius Institutes or
other educational organizations in the United States.
4. By October 31, 2020, provide OFM with courtesy copies of
curriculum materials that CIUS has provided to individual Confucius
Institutes and other U.S.-based educational institutions for use in
calendar years 2016-2020. Courtesy copies of future curricular
materials must be submitted to OFM as they are distributed.
Finally, I determine that the requirements established by
Designation 2020-2, dated June 5, 2020, will not be applied to the
above-referenced entities unless and until further notice.
Clifton C. Seagroves,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Missions, Department of State.
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