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worker will pay taxes. The agreements
further dictate that, upon the request of
the worker or employer, the country
under whose system the period of work
is covered will issue a certificate of
coverage. The certificate serves as proof
of exemption from coverage and
taxation under the system of the other
country. The information we collect
assists us in determining a worker’s
coverage and in issuing a U.S. certificate
of coverage as appropriate. Per our
agreements, we ask a set number of
questions to the workers and employers
prior to issuing a certificate of coverage;
however, our agreements with Denmark,
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Requests via Letter—Individuals (minus
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden) ....................................
Requests
via
Internet—Individuals
(minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden) .......................
Requests via Letter—Individuals in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden
Requests via Letter—Individuals in Poland .......................................................
Requests via Internet—Individuals in
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden .................................................
Requests via Internet—Individuals in Poland .......................................................
Requests via Letter—Employers (minus
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Sweden) ....................................
Requests
via
Internet—Employers
(minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, & Sweden) ......................
Requests via Letter—Employers in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden
Requests via Letter—Employers in Poland .......................................................
Requests via Internet—Employers in
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden .................................................
Requests via Internet—Employers in Poland .......................................................
Totals .......................................................
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden
require us to ask more questions in
those countries. Respondents are
workers and employers wishing to
establish exemption from foreign Social
Security taxes.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount (dollars)*
Total annual
opportunity
cost (dollars) **
5,833
1
40
3,889
$28.01 *
$108,931 **
9,761
1
40
6,507
28.01 *
182,261 **
284
1
44
208
28.01 *
5,826 **
16
1
41
11
28.01 *
308 **
427
1
44
313
28.01 *
8,767 **
25
1
41
17
28.01 *
476 *
26,047
1
40
17,365
28.01 *
486,394 **
39,096
1
40
26,064
28.01*
730,053**
1,137
1
44
834
28.01 *
23,360 **
57
1
41
39
28.01 *
1,092 **
1,704
1
44
1,250
28.01 *
35,013 **
86
1
41
59
28.01 *
1,653 **
84,473
........................
........................
56,556
........................
1,584,134 **
* We based this figure on average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: October 7, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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[Public Notice: 11887]
Imposition of Nonproliferation
Measures Against Foreign Persons,
Including a Ban on United States
Government Procurement
Bureau of International
Security and Nonproliferation, State
Department.
AGENCY:
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A determination has been
made that a number of foreign persons
have engaged in activities that warrant
the imposition of measures pursuant to
section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and
Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act
provides for sanctions on foreign
entities and individuals for the transfer
to or acquisition from Iran since January
1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition
from Syria since January 1, 2005; or the
transfer to or acquisition from North
Korea since January 1, 2006, of goods,
services, or technology controlled under
multilateral control lists (Missile
Technology Control Regime, Australia
Group, Chemical Weapons Convention,
Nuclear Suppliers Group, Wassenaar
Arrangement) or otherwise having the
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potential to make a material
contribution to the development of
weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or
cruise or ballistic missile systems. The
latter category includes (a) items of the
same kind as those on multilateral lists
but falling below the control list
parameters when it is determined that
such items have the potential of making
a material contribution to WMD or
cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b)
items on U.S. national control lists for
WMD/missile reasons that are not on
multilateral lists, and (c) other items
with the potential of making such a
material contribution when added
through case-by-case decisions.
DATES:
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On
general issues: Pam Durham, Office of
Missile, Biological, and Chemical
Nonproliferation, Bureau of
International Security and
Nonproliferation, Department of State,
Telephone (202) 647–4930. For U.S.
Government procurement ban issues:
Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement
Executive, Department of State,
Telephone: (703) 875–4079.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 3, 2022, the U.S. Government
applied the measures authorized in
section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and
Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109–
353) against the following foreign
persons identified in the report
submitted pursuant to section 2(a) of the
Act:
Beijing J&A Industry & Trade Co. Ltd.
(People’s Republic of China); and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Linda Zhai (PRC individual);
Synnat Pharma Pvt Ltd (India) and
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
OTOBOT Project Group (Turkey) and
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 3 of
the Act, the following measures are
imposed on these persons:
1. No department or agency of the
U.S. government may procure or enter
into any contract for the procurement of
any goods, technology, or services from
these foreign persons, except to the
extent that the Secretary of State
otherwise may determine;
2. No department or agency of the
U.S. government may provide any
assistance to these foreign persons, and
these persons shall not be eligible to
participate in any assistance program of
the U.S. government, except to the
extent that the Secretary of State
otherwise may determine;
3. No U.S. government sales to these
foreign persons of any item on the
United States Munitions List are
permitted, and all sales to these persons
of any defense articles, defense services,
or design and construction services
under the Arms Export Control Act are
terminated; and
4. No new individual licenses shall be
granted for the transfer to these foreign
persons of items the export of which is
controlled under the Export Control
Reform Act of 2018 or the Export
Administration Regulations, and any
existing such licenses are suspended.
These measures shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies of the U.S. government and
will remain in place for two years from
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the effective date, except to the extent
that the Secretary of State may
subsequently determine otherwise.
These measures are independent of and
in addition to any other sanctions
imposed on such entities and/or
individuals by other federal agencies
under separate legal authorities.
Choo S. Kang,
Assistant Secretary for International Security
and Nonproliferation, Department of State.
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Waybill Sample. A copy of this request
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Board’s Office of Economics within 14
calendar days of the date of this notice.
The rules for release of waybill data are
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Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202)
245–0319.
Regena Smith-Bernard,
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Conforming Amendments:
China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices
Related to Technology Transfer,
Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) has implemented
certain changes to the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) to reflect Harmonized System
modifications adopted by the World
Customs Organization and changes to
statistical categories. This notice
announces conforming amendments to
legal note provisions in the HTSUS
associated with the actions in the
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section 301 investigation of China’s
Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual
Property, and Innovation.
DATES: The conforming amendments
announced in Annex I to this notice are
applicable as of October 14, 2022. The
conforming amendments announced in
Annex II to this notice apply as of July
1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions about this notice,
contact Associate General Counsel
Philip Butler, Assistant General Counsel
Rachel Hasandras, or Assistant General
Counsel David Salkeld 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:
A. Background
The U.S. Trade Representative has
taken actions under section 301 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, in the
form of additional duties on products of
China in the investigation of China’s
Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual
Property, and Innovation. The China
301 actions are set out in notes to the
HTSUS. See, e.g., 87 FR 26797 (section
A—summarizing the trade actions and
modifications).
In Presidential Proclamation 10326 of
December 23, 2021, the President
directed the USITC to implement
certain changes in tariff subheadings of
the HTSUS, consistent with
Harmonized System amendments
adopted by the World Customs
Organization. The changes were
effective January 27, 2022. Additionally,
the USITC implemented changes to
certain ten-digit statistical categories
approved by the Committee for
Statistical Annotation of Tariff
Schedules (formulated pursuant to
section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (19 U.S.C. 1484(f)), effective
July 1, 2022.
B. Conforming Amendments
To maintain the pre-existing product
coverage of the China 301 actions,
conforming amendments to the
corresponding note provisions in the
HTSUS are required.
Annex I to this notice makes
conforming amendments to a U.S. note
in ch. 99 of the HTSUS in light of the
changes in tariff subheadings made by
the USITC in accordance with
Presidential Proclamation 10326. In
particular, this notice makes conforming
amendments to U.S. note 20
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11887]
Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons,
Including a Ban on United States Government Procurement
AGENCY: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, State
Department.
SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons
have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures
pursuant to section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria
Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for sanctions on foreign
entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran
since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since
January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea
since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled
under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime,
Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group,
Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a
material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category
includes (a) items of the same kind as those on multilateral lists but
falling below the control list parameters when it is determined that
such items have the potential of making a material contribution to WMD
or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) items on U.S. national
control lists for WMD/missile reasons that are not on multilateral
lists, and (c) other items with the potential of making such a material
contribution when added through case-by-case decisions.
DATES: Applicable October 3, 2022.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Pam Durham, Office
of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of
International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State,
Telephone (202) 647-4930. For U.S. Government procurement ban issues:
Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State,
Telephone: (703) 875-4079.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 2022, the U.S. Government
applied the measures authorized in section 3 of the Iran, North Korea,
and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109-353) against the following
foreign persons identified in the report submitted pursuant to section
2(a) of the Act:
Beijing J&A Industry & Trade Co. Ltd. (People's Republic of China);
and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Linda Zhai (PRC individual);
Synnat Pharma Pvt Ltd (India) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof;
OTOBOT Project Group (Turkey) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 3 of the Act, the following
measures are imposed on these persons:
1. No department or agency of the U.S. government may procure or
enter into any contract for the procurement of any goods, technology,
or services from these foreign persons, except to the extent that the
Secretary of State otherwise may determine;
2. No department or agency of the U.S. government may provide any
assistance to these foreign persons, and these persons shall not be
eligible to participate in any assistance program of the U.S.
government, except to the extent that the Secretary of State otherwise
may determine;
3. No U.S. government sales to these foreign persons of any item on
the United States Munitions List are permitted, and all sales to these
persons of any defense articles, defense services, or design and
construction services under the Arms Export Control Act are terminated;
and
4. No new individual licenses shall be granted for the transfer to
these foreign persons of items the export of which is controlled under
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 or the Export Administration
Regulations, and any existing such licenses are suspended.
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments
and agencies of the U.S. government and will remain in place for two
years from the effective date, except to the extent that the Secretary
of State may subsequently determine otherwise. These measures are
independent of and in addition to any other sanctions imposed on such
entities and/or individuals by other federal agencies under separate
legal authorities.
Choo S. Kang,
Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation,
Department of State.
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