30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Advisory Opinion, 77397-77398 [2023-24826]
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FILING DATES: The application was filed
on October 3, 2022, and amended on
June 9, 2023, and August 10, 2023.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:
An order granting the requested relief
will be issued unless the Commission
orders a hearing. Interested persons may
request a hearing on any application by
emailing the SEC’s Secretary at
Secretarys-Office@sec.gov and serving
the Applicants with a copy of the
request by email, if an email address is
listed for the relevant Applicant below,
or personally or by mail, if a physical
address is listed for the relevant
Applicant below. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on December 1, 2023, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the
Act, hearing requests should state the
nature of the writer’s interest, any facts
bearing upon the desirability of a
hearing on the matter, the reason for the
request, and the issues contested.
Persons who wish to be notified of a
hearing may request notification by
emailing the Commission’s Secretary at
Secretarys-Office@sec.gov.
ADDRESSES: The Commission:
Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants:
David A. Hearth at davidhearth@
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura L. Solomon, Senior Counsel, or
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551–6825 (Division of Investment
Management, Chief Counsel’s Office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For
Applicants’ representations, legal
analysis, and conditions, please refer to
Applicants’ second amended and
restated application, dated August 10,
2023, which may be obtained via the
Commission’s website by searching for
the file number at the top of this
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Room at (202) 551–8090.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12262]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Request for Advisory
Opinion
Notice of request for public
comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
ACTION:
The Department of State has
submitted the information collection
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we
are requesting comments on this
collection from all interested
individuals and organizations. The
purpose of this Notice is to allow 30
days for public comment.
DATES: Submit comments up to
December 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to Andrea Battista, who may be reached
at BattistaAL@state.gov or 202–992–
0973.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
Request for Advisory Opinion.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0174.
• Type of Request: Extension.
• Originating Office: Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of
Political Military Affairs, Department of
State (T/PM/DDTC).
• Form Number: DS–7786.
• Respondents: Any person.
Primarily, individuals and companies
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registered with DDTC and engaged in
the business of manufacturing,
brokering, exporting, or temporarily
importing defense hardware or defense
technology data.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
125.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
125.
• Average Time per Response: 2
hours.
• Total Estimated Burden Time: 250
hours.
• Frequency: On occasion.
• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls (DDTC), located in the
Political-Military Affairs Bureau of the
Department of State, has the principal
mission of licensing the export and
temporary import of defense articles or
defense services as enumerated in the
United States Munitions List (USML),
and to ensure that the sale, transfer, or
brokering of such items are in the
interest of United States national
security and foreign policy. Sections
120.22 and 129.9 of the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22
CFR parts 120–130) may be used to
request an advisory opinion or guidance
on: whether DDTC would likely grant a
license or other approval for the export
of a particular defense article or defense
service to a particular country
(§ 120.22(a)); an interpretation of the
requirements set forth in the regulations
(§ 120.22(c)); whether an activity
constitutes brokering within the scope
of Part 129—Registration and Licensing
of Brokers (§ 129.9(a)); or other guidance
on other aspects of part 129 (§ 129.9(c)).
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Except for determinations made with
reference to ITAR § 129.9(a), advisory
opinions are not binding on the
Department of State and may not be
used in future matters before the
Department.
Any person may submit requests for
advisory opinions to DDTC via mail to
PM/DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls,
Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
20522.
Advisory Opinion requests, however,
are preferred and processed more
quickly when electronically submitted
via the Defense Export Control and
Compliance System (DECCS). DECCS
users are also able to retrieve responses
using this same system. DDTC staff
members have defined the data fields
which are most relevant and necessary
for requests for Advisory Opinions and
developed the means to accept this
information from the industry in the
secure system in DECCS.
Methodology
This information will be collected by
mail or electronic submission to the
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
Kevin E. Bryant,
Deputy Director, Office of Directives
Management, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12260]
Request for Information for the 2024
Trafficking in Persons Report
Request for Information for the
2024 Trafficking in Persons Report.
ACTION:
The Department of State (‘‘the
Department’’) requests written
information to assist in reporting on the
degree to which the United States and
foreign governments meet the minimum
standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons (‘‘minimum
standards’’) that are prescribed by the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, as amended (‘‘TVPA’’). This
information will assist in the
preparation of the Trafficking in Persons
Report (‘‘TIP Report’’) that the
Department submits annually to the
U.S. Congress on governments’ concrete
actions to meet the minimum standards.
Foreign governments that do not meet
the minimum standards and are not
making significant efforts to do so may
be subject to restrictions on
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related
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foreign assistance from the United
States, as defined by the TVPA.
Submissions must be made in writing to
the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons at the Department
of State by February 1, 2024. Please refer
to the ADDRESSES, Scope of Interest, and
Information Sought sections of this
Notice for additional instructions on
submission requirements.
DATES: Submissions must be received by
5 p.m. EST on February 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions and
supporting documentation may be
submitted by the following method:
Email: tipreport@state.gov for
submissions related to foreign
governments and tipreportUS@state.gov
for submissions related to the United
States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
Scope of Interest: The Department
requests information relevant to
assessing the United States’ and foreign
governments’ concrete actions to meet
the minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons
during the reporting period (April 1,
2023–March 31, 2024). The minimum
standards are listed below. Submissions
must include information relevant to
efforts to meet the minimum standards
and should include, but need not be
limited to, answering the questions in
the Information Sought section below.
Submissions need not include answers
to all the questions; only those
questions for which the submitter has
direct professional experience should be
answered, and that experience should
be noted. For any critique or deficiency
described, please provide a
recommendation to remedy it. Note the
country or countries that are the focus
of the submission.
Submissions may include written
narratives that answer the questions
presented in this Notice, research,
studies, statistics, fieldwork, training
materials, evaluations, assessments, and
other relevant evidence of local, state/
provincial, and federal/central
government efforts. To the extent
possible, precise dates and numbers of
officials or citizens affected should be
included. Questions below seek to
gather information and updates from the
details provided and assessment on
government efforts made in the 2023
TIP Report.
Furthermore, we request information
on the government’s treatment of
‘‘underserved communities,’’ including
how the government may have
systemically denied opportunities to a
community to participate in aspects of
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economic, social, and civic life that has
led to heighted risk to human trafficking
or how the government’s anti-trafficking
response may have treated certain
groups differently.
Written narratives providing factual
information should provide citations of
sources, and copies of and links to the
source material should be provided.
Please send electronic copies of the
entire submission, including source
material. If primary sources are used,
such as research studies, interviews,
direct observations, or other sources of
quantitative or qualitative data, provide
details on the research or data-gathering
methodology and any supporting
documentation. The Department only
includes in the TIP Report information
related to trafficking in persons as
defined by the TVPA (Div. A, Pub. L.
106–386); it does not include, and is
therefore not seeking, information on
prostitution, migrant smuggling, visa
fraud, or child abuse, unless such
crimes also involve the elements of sex
trafficking or forced labor.
Confidentiality: Please provide the
name, phone number, and email address
of a single point of contact for any
submission. It is Department practice
not to identify in the TIP Report
information concerning sources to
safeguard those sources. Please note,
however, that any information
submitted to the Department may be
releasable pursuant to the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act or other
applicable law. Submissions related to
the United States will be shared with
U.S. Government agencies, as will
submissions relevant to efforts by other
U.S. Government agencies.
Response: This is a request for
information only; there will be no
response to submissions. Remuneration
for responses will not be provided. In
order to expend appropriated funds,
there must be specific authority to do
so. The Department of State has no
authority to expend funds for this
purpose.
Definitions: The TVPA defines
‘‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’’
as:
• The recruitment, harboring,
transportation, provision, obtaining,
patronizing, or soliciting of a person for
the purpose of a commercial sex act that
is induced by force, fraud, or coercion,
or in which the person induced to
perform such act has not attained 18
years of age.
Æ Persons under age 18 in
commercial sex are trafficking in
persons victims regardless of whether
force, fraud, or coercion were involved.
• The recruitment, harboring,
transportation, provision, or obtaining
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[FR Doc No: 2023-24826]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12262]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for
Advisory Opinion
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we
are requesting comments on this collection from all interested
individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Submit comments up to December 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and
supporting documents, to Andrea Battista, who may be reached at
[email protected] or 202-992-0973.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Information Collection: Request for Advisory
Opinion.
OMB Control Number: 1405-0174.
Type of Request: Extension.
Originating Office: Directorate of Defense Trade Controls,
Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Department of State (T/PM/DDTC).
Form Number: DS-7786.
Respondents: Any person. Primarily, individuals and
companies registered with DDTC and engaged in the business of
manufacturing, brokering, exporting, or temporarily importing defense
hardware or defense technology data.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 125.
Estimated Number of Responses: 125.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
Total Estimated Burden Time: 250 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), located in the
Political-Military Affairs Bureau of the Department of State, has the
principal mission of licensing the export and temporary import of
defense articles or defense services as enumerated in the United States
Munitions List (USML), and to ensure that the sale, transfer, or
brokering of such items are in the interest of United States national
security and foreign policy. Sections 120.22 and 129.9 of the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120-130)
may be used to request an advisory opinion or guidance on: whether DDTC
would likely grant a license or other approval for the export of a
particular defense article or defense service to a particular country
(Sec. 120.22(a)); an interpretation of the requirements set forth in
the regulations (Sec. 120.22(c)); whether an activity constitutes
brokering within the scope of Part 129--Registration and Licensing of
Brokers (Sec. 129.9(a)); or other guidance on other aspects of part
129 (Sec. 129.9(c)).
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Except for determinations made with reference to ITAR Sec. 129.9(a),
advisory opinions are not binding on the Department of State and may
not be used in future matters before the Department.
Any person may submit requests for advisory opinions to DDTC via
mail to PM/DDTC, SA-1, 12th Floor, Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, DC 20522.
Advisory Opinion requests, however, are preferred and processed
more quickly when electronically submitted via the Defense Export
Control and Compliance System (DECCS). DECCS users are also able to
retrieve responses using this same system. DDTC staff members have
defined the data fields which are most relevant and necessary for
requests for Advisory Opinions and developed the means to accept this
information from the industry in the secure system in DECCS.
Methodology
This information will be collected by mail or electronic submission
to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
Kevin E. Bryant,
Deputy Director, Office of Directives Management, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-24826 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
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