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Administrator’s disaster declaration,
applications for disaster loans may be
submitted online using the MySBA
Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or
other locally announced locations.
Please contact the SBA disaster
assistance customer service center by
email at disastercustomerservice@
sba.gov or by phone at 1–800–659–2955
for further assistance.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties: Chester.
Contiguous Counties:
Pennsylvania: Berks, Delaware,
Lancaster, Montgomery.
Delaware: New Castle.
Maryland: Cecil.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Homeowners without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Businesses without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations with
Credit Available Elsewhere ...
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural
Cooperatives without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
5.000
2.500
8.000
4.000
2.375
2.375
2.375
Isabella Guzman,
Administrator.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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Isabella Casillas Guzman,
Administrator.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
4.000
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Senior Executive Service and Senior
Level: Performance Review Board
Members
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of appointees to the
Performance Review Board.
AGENCY:
17:18 Oct 30, 2023
Members
1. Victor Parker (Chair), Deputy
Associate Administrator, Office of
Field Operations
2. Christina Hale, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Women’s
Business Ownership, Office of
Entrepreneurial Development
3. Claire Ehmann, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of
International Trade
4. George Holman, Associate
Administrator, Office of
Congressional and Legislative
Affairs
5. John Miller, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Capital
Access
6. Yvette T. Collazo Reyes, Deputy
Associate Administrator, Office of
Entrepreneurial Development
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).
[FR Doc. 2023–23973 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am]
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 200165 and for
economic injury is 200170.
The States which received an EIDL
Declaration are Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania.
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Agencies are required to
publish notification of the appointment
of individuals who may serve as
members of that agency’s Performance
Review Board (PRB). The following
individuals have been designated to
serve on the PRB for the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
SUMMARY:
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[Disaster Declaration #20030 and #20031;
COLORADO Disaster Number CO–20001]
Administrative Disaster Declaration of
a Rural Area for the State of Colorado
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is a notice of an
Administrative disaster declaration of a
rural area for the State of Colorado dated
10/25/2023.
Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding and
Tornadoes.
Incident Period: 06/08/2023 through
06/23/2023.
DATES: Issued on 10/25/2023.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 12/26/2023.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 07/25/2024.
ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan
Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to
apply for a disaster assistance loan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster
Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street
SUMMARY:
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SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416,
(202) 205–6734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
Administrator’s disaster declaration of a
rural area, applications for disaster
loans may be submitted online using the
MySBA Loan Portal https://
lending.sba.gov or other locally
announced locations. Please contact the
SBA disaster assistance customer
service center by email at
disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by
phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further
assistance.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties: El Paso, Elbert,
Lincoln, Logan.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Homeowners without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ......................
Businesses without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations with
Credit Available Elsewhere ...
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural
Cooperatives without Credit
Available Elsewhere ..............
Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere .....................................
5.000
2.500
8.000
4.000
2.375
2.375
4.000
2.375
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 20030B and for
economic injury is 200310.
The State which received an EIDL
Declaration is Colorado.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Isabella Guzman,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023–24020 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12249]
Exchange Visitor Program
Special Student Relief
Notification: extension of temporary
waiver and modification of certain
regulatory requirements.
ACTION:
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In accordance with the
General Provisions of the Exchange
Visitor Program regulations, the
Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department
of State extends the waiver and
modification of certain regulatory
requirements with respect to a
temporary educational and cultural
exchange program established pursuant
to an arrangement between the
Government of the United States and
the Government of Ukraine. Under the
original arrangement for Special Student
Relief, eligible Ukrainian college and
university students on J–1 visas who
have continuously resided in the United
States since April 11, 2022, could carry
lighter course loads and work full- or
part- time, on or off campus until
October 23, 2023. Under the modified
and extended arrangement, eligible
Ukrainian college and university
students on J–1 visas who have
continuously resided in the United
States since August 16, 2023, may carry
lighter course loads and work full- or
part-time, on or off campus until April
19, 2025. This arrangement was
established to ameliorate these students’
financial and other hardships due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
DATES: The extension and modification
of SSR was effective on October 20,
2023 and will now remain in effect until
April 19, 2025, unless the U.S.
Government unilaterally ends the
arrangement early or the U.S.
Government and the Government of
Ukraine together extend its termination
date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca A. Pasini, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Directorate of Private Sector
Exchange, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, at 2200 C Street NW,
SA–5, Washington, DC 20522 or by
telephone at (202) 826–4364 or via
email at JExchanges@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs extends the waiver and
modification of certain regulatory
requirements with respect to a
temporary educational and cultural
exchange program established pursuant
to an arrangement between the
Government of the United States and
the Government of Ukraine for Special
Student Relief (SSR). This arrangement
was initially established through an
exchange of notes on June 14 and
August 18, 2022. [The initial terms of
the Special Student Relief program were
published in the Federal Register on
April 5, 2023 (88 FR 20202–20203).]
Consistent with that arrangement, the
Assistant Secretary temporarily waived
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or modified relevant provisions in 22
CFR part 62.23, such that eligible
Ukrainian college and university
students on J–1 visas to the United
States were able to carry lighter course
loads and work full- or part- time, on or
off campus, through October 23, 2023.
Under the modified arrangement with
the Government of Ukraine, SSR is
expanded to apply to eligible Ukrainian
college and university students on J–1
visas who have continuously resided in
the United States since at least August
16, 2023, consistent with the extension
of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for
Ukraine. Similarly, under the extension
of the arrangement, SSR is extended to
remain in effect until April 19, 2025.
Under the modified and extended
arrangement, the temporary waiver and
modification of relevant portions of 22
CFR part 62.23 will continue as
described in 88 FR 20202–20203, except
that eligible individuals must have
continuously resided in the United
States since at least August 16, 2023.
Responsible Officers of academic
institutions may authorize SSR for
Ukrainian college and university
students in J–1 status if they have
continuously resided in the United
States since at least August 16, 2023,
and meet the reduced course load
requirements set forth in the Notice at
88 FR 20202. To authorize on-campus or
off-campus employment for these
students, Responsible Officers should
update the students’ records in the
Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (SEVIS) by notating
the following text in the ‘‘Remarks’’
field: ‘‘Special Student Relief work
authorization granted until April 19,
2025.’’ To authorize a reduced course
load due to such employment,
Responsible Officers should also notate
the ‘‘Comment’’ field in the SEVIS
record with the following text: ‘‘reduced
course load authorized.’’ Responsible
Officers should monitor students at the
start of each term to confirm that
students seeking to reduce their course
loads intend to work more than 20
hours a week or that students who
availed themselves of reduced course
loads intend to continue to work more
than 20 hours a week.
If the arrangement between the United
States and Ukraine is terminated early
or extended again, Responsible Officers
should update the Remarks field
accordingly. Exchange visitors
participating in SSR at the time the
arrangement ends may continue their
current employment and course load
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through the end of the academic term
during which the arrangement ends.
Rebecca A. Pasini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of
Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12250]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally
Significant Objects Being Imported for
Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Sculpted
Portraits From Ancient Egypt’’
Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: I hereby
determine that certain objects being
imported from abroad pursuant to an
agreement with their foreign owner or
custodian for temporary display in the
exhibition ‘‘Sculpted Portraits from
Ancient Egypt’’ at the J. Paul Getty
Museum at the Getty Villa, Pacific
Palisades, California, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, are of cultural
significance, and, further, that their
temporary exhibition or display within
the United States as aforementioned is
in the national interest. I have ordered
that Public Notice of these
determinations be published in the
Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street
NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington,
DC 20522–0505.
The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order
12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C.
6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999,
Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of
August 28, 2000, and Delegation of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12249]
Exchange Visitor Program
ACTION: Special Student Relief Notification: extension of temporary
waiver and modification of certain regulatory requirements.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the General Provisions of the Exchange
Visitor Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational
and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State extends the waiver
and modification of certain regulatory requirements with respect to a
temporary educational and cultural exchange program established
pursuant to an arrangement between the Government of the United States
and the Government of Ukraine. Under the original arrangement for
Special Student Relief, eligible Ukrainian college and university
students on J-1 visas who have continuously resided in the United
States since April 11, 2022, could carry lighter course loads and work
full- or part- time, on or off campus until October 23, 2023. Under the
modified and extended arrangement, eligible Ukrainian college and
university students on J-1 visas who have continuously resided in the
United States since August 16, 2023, may carry lighter course loads and
work full- or part-time, on or off campus until April 19, 2025. This
arrangement was established to ameliorate these students' financial and
other hardships due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
DATES: The extension and modification of SSR was effective on October
20, 2023 and will now remain in effect until April 19, 2025, unless the
U.S. Government unilaterally ends the arrangement early or the U.S.
Government and the Government of Ukraine together extend its
termination date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca A. Pasini, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Directorate of Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, at 2200 C Street NW, SA-5,
Washington, DC 20522 or by telephone at (202) 826-4364 or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs extends the waiver and modification of certain
regulatory requirements with respect to a temporary educational and
cultural exchange program established pursuant to an arrangement
between the Government of the United States and the Government of
Ukraine for Special Student Relief (SSR). This arrangement was
initially established through an exchange of notes on June 14 and
August 18, 2022. [The initial terms of the Special Student Relief
program were published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2023 (88 FR
20202-20203).] Consistent with that arrangement, the Assistant
Secretary temporarily waived or modified relevant provisions in 22 CFR
part 62.23, such that eligible Ukrainian college and university
students on J-1 visas to the United States were able to carry lighter
course loads and work full- or part- time, on or off campus, through
October 23, 2023.
Under the modified arrangement with the Government of Ukraine, SSR
is expanded to apply to eligible Ukrainian college and university
students on J-1 visas who have continuously resided in the United
States since at least August 16, 2023, consistent with the extension of
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine. Similarly, under the
extension of the arrangement, SSR is extended to remain in effect until
April 19, 2025.
Under the modified and extended arrangement, the temporary waiver
and modification of relevant portions of 22 CFR part 62.23 will
continue as described in 88 FR 20202-20203, except that eligible
individuals must have continuously resided in the United States since
at least August 16, 2023.
Responsible Officers of academic institutions may authorize SSR for
Ukrainian college and university students in J-1 status if they have
continuously resided in the United States since at least August 16,
2023, and meet the reduced course load requirements set forth in the
Notice at 88 FR 20202. To authorize on-campus or off-campus employment
for these students, Responsible Officers should update the students'
records in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
by notating the following text in the ``Remarks'' field: ``Special
Student Relief work authorization granted until April 19, 2025.'' To
authorize a reduced course load due to such employment, Responsible
Officers should also notate the ``Comment'' field in the SEVIS record
with the following text: ``reduced course load authorized.''
Responsible Officers should monitor students at the start of each term
to confirm that students seeking to reduce their course loads intend to
work more than 20 hours a week or that students who availed themselves
of reduced course loads intend to continue to work more than 20 hours a
week.
If the arrangement between the United States and Ukraine is
terminated early or extended again, Responsible Officers should update
the Remarks field accordingly. Exchange visitors participating in SSR
at the time the arrangement ends may continue their current employment
and course load through the end of the academic term during which the
arrangement ends.
Rebecca A. Pasini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of Private Sector Exchange,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
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