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Revised Schedule and Agenda for the
Executive and Budget Standing
Committee Meeting
1. Introductions and Approval of
Agenda
2. Financial Reports
3. Administrative Reports
4. Inflation Reduction Act
5. Council Family Changes
6. Meetings and Workshops
7. Council Coordination Committee
Meeting Outcomes
8. Election of Officers
9. Other Business
10. Public Comment
11. Discussion and Recommendations
Revised Schedule and Agenda for the
197th Council Meeting
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 10 a.m. to
11 a.m., HST
Closed Session on Litigation Related
Matters (pursuant to MSA § 302(i)(3))
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1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Oath of Office—New Council Member
3. Approval of the 197th CM Agenda
4. Approval of the 196th CM Meeting
Minutes
5. Executive Director’s Report
6. Federal Agency Reports
A. National Marine Fisheries Service
B. NOAA Office of General Counsel
Pacific Islands Section
C. Ethics Training
D. Enforcement Reports
E. U.S. State Department
F. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
7. Island Agency Reports
A. American Samoa Department of
Marine and Wildlife Resources
B. CNMI Department of Lands and
Natural Resources
C. Guam Department of Agriculture
D. Hawaii Department of Land and
Natural Resources
E. Public Comment
F. Council Discussion and Action
8. Action Items
A. Fishing Regulations for the
Proposed Pacific Remote Island
National Marine Sanctuary (Final
Action)
B. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
B.1 FIAC
B.2 AP
B.3 SSC
C. Public Comment
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Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Monday, December 11, 2023, 12 p.m. to
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D. Council Discussion and Action
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m., HST
9. Action Items Continued
A. Discontinuing the Rebuilding Plan
and Annual Catch Limit
Specifications for the American
Samoa Bottomfish Fishery for
2024–2026 (Final Action)
B. Hawaii FEP Uku Essential Fish
Habitat Revision Amendment (Final
Action)
C. Guam Bottomfish Stock
Assessment WPSAR Terms of
Reference
D. Multi-year U.S. Territorial Bigeye
Tuna Catch Limit and Allocation
Specification (Final Action)
E. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
E.1 FIAC
E.2 AP
E.3 SSC
F. Public Comment
G. Council Discussion and Action
10. Program Items
A. Council IRA Application Priorities
and Development
B. Pelagic and International Fisheries
B.1 Council WCPO Longline
Management Workshops
B.2 Outcomes of 20th Regular Session
of the WCPFC
C. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
C.1 FIAC
C.2 AP
C.3 SSC
D. Public Comment
E. Council Discussion and Action
11. Administrative Matters
A. Financial Reports
B. Administrative Reports
C. Council Family Changes
D. Meetings and Workshops
E. Report on the CCC Meeting
Outcomes
F. Executive and Budget Standing
Committee Report
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
12. Other Business
13. Election of Officers
Non-emergency issues not contained
in this agenda may come before the
Council for discussion and formal
Council action during its 197th meeting.
However, Council action on regulatory
issues will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this document and
any regulatory issue arising after
publication of this document that
requires emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
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provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220
(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 28, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee Meeting
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
public meeting of the Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee (Committee). The Committee
provides advice to the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information and
the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) on
spectrum management policy matters.
DATES: The meeting will be held
December 19, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the NCTA—The internet and Television
Association, 25 Massachusetts Avenue
NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20001.
Public comments may be emailed to
arichardson@ntia.gov or mailed to
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room 4600, Washington,
DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Antonio Richardson, Designated Federal
Officer, at (202) 482–4156 or
arichardson@ntia.gov; and/or visit
NTIA’s website at https://www.ntia.gov/
category/csmac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Committee provides
advice to the Assistant Secretary of
SUMMARY:
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Commerce for Communications and
Information on needed reforms to
domestic spectrum policies and
management in order to: license radio
frequencies in a way that maximizes
public benefits; keep wireless networks
as open to innovation as possible; and
make wireless services available to all
Americans. See Charter at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/
publications/csmac-charter-2021.pdf.
This Committee is subject to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and is
consistent with the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration Act, 47 U.S.C. 904(b).
The Committee functions solely as an
advisory body in compliance with the
FACA. For more information about the
Committee visit: https://www.ntia.gov/
category/csmac.
Matters To Be Considered: The
planned meeting for Tuesday, December
19, 2023, will be the last meeting of this
term and will include the final reports
and recommendations from the Citizens
Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), 6G
wireless systems, and Electromagnetic
Compatibility Improvements (ECI)
subcommittees. NTIA will post a
detailed agenda on its website, https://
www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, prior to
the meeting. To the extent that the
meeting time and agenda permit, any
member of the public may address the
Committee regarding the agenda items.
See Open Meeting and Public
Participation Policy, available at https://
www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
Time and Date: The meeting will be
held on December 19, 2023, from 2:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time (EST). The meeting time and the
agenda topics are subject to change.
Please refer to NTIA’s website, https://
www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, for the
most up-to-date meeting agenda and
access information.
Place: The meeting will be held at the
NCTA—The internet and Television
Association, 25 Massachusetts Avenue
NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20001.
Individuals requiring accommodations
are asked to notify Mr. Richardson at
(202) 482–4156 or arichardson@ntia.gov
at least ten (10) business days before the
meeting.
Status: Interested parties are invited
to join the teleconference and to submit
written comments to the Committee at
any time before or after the meeting.
Parties wishing to submit written
comments for consideration by the
Committee in advance of the meeting
are strongly encouraged to submit their
comments in PDF and/or Microsoft
Word format via electronic mail to
arichardson@ntia.gov. Comments may
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also be sent via postal mail to
Commerce Spectrum Management
Advisory Committee, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room 4600, Washington,
DC 20230. It would be helpful if paper
submissions also include a compact disc
(CD) that contains the comments in one
or both of the file formats specified
above. CDs should be labeled with the
name and organizational affiliation of
the filer. Comments must be received
five (5) business days before the
scheduled meeting date in order to
provide sufficient time for review.
Comments received after this date will
be distributed to the Committee but may
not be reviewed prior to the meeting.
Additionally, please note that there may
be a delay in the distribution of
comments submitted via postal mail to
Committee members.
Records: NTIA maintains records of
all Committee proceedings. Committee
records are available for public
inspection at NTIA’s Washington, DC
office at the address above. Documents
including the Committee’s charter,
member list, agendas, minutes, and
reports are available on NTIA’s website
at https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
Stephanie Weiner,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0041]
Semiconductor Technology Pilot
Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is
implementing the Semiconductor
Technology Pilot Program, which is
designed to accelerate improvements in
the semiconductor industry by
expediting examination of patent
applications for certain semiconductor
manufacturing innovations. The pilot
program is intended to encourage
research, development, and innovation
in the semiconductor manufacturing
space and provide equitable intellectual
property protection to incentivize
investments in the semiconductor
manufacturing area. Expediting
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examination of patent applications
directed to semiconductor
manufacturing under this pilot program
encourages innovations that increase
semiconductor device production,
reduce semiconductor manufacturing
costs, and strengthen the semiconductor
supply chain. Applications accepted
into the pilot program will be advanced
out of turn (accorded special status) for
examination until a first Office action is
issued. This notice outlines the
conditions, requirements, and
guidelines of the pilot program.
DATES: Pilot Duration: The
Semiconductor Technology Pilot
Program will accept petitions to make
special beginning December 1, 2023
until either December 2, 2024 or the
date the USPTO accepts a total of 1,000
grantable petitions, whichever occurs
first. The USPTO may, at its sole
discretion, terminate the pilot program
depending on factors such as workload
and resources needed to administer the
program, feedback from the public, and
the effectiveness of the program. If the
pilot program is terminated, the USPTO
will notify the public. The USPTO will
indicate on its website at
www.uspto.gov/
SemiconductorTechnology the total
number of petitions filed and the
number of applications accepted into
the pilot program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions regarding this pilot
program, please contact Steven J. Fulk,
Legal Advisor, at 571–270–0072 or
Steven.Fulk@uspto.gov; Nalini
Mummalaneni, Senior Legal Advisor, at
571–270–1647 or
Nalini.Mummalaneni@uspto.gov; or
Susy Tsang-Foster, Senior Legal
Advisor, at 571–272–7711 or
Susy.Tsang-Foster@uspto.gov, all from
the Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy. For questions relating to a
particular petition, please contact
Bumsuk Won, Management Quality
Assurance Specialist, at 571–272–2713
or Bumsuk.Won@uspto.gov; or William
Kraig, Supervisory Patent Examiner, at
571–272–8660 or William.Kraig@
uspto.gov, both of Technology Center
2800. For questions on electronic filing,
please contact the Patent Electronic
Business Center (EBC) at 866–217–9197
(during its operating hours of 6 a.m. to
midnight ET, Monday–Friday) or ebc@
uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: New
patent applications are normally taken
up for examination in the order of their
U.S. filing date or national stage entry
date. See sections 708 and 1893.03(b) of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Commerce
Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee
provides advice to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information and the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) on spectrum management policy
matters.
DATES: The meeting will be held December 19, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NCTA--The internet and
Television Association, 25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 100,
Washington, DC 20001. Public comments may be emailed to
[email protected] or mailed to Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory
Committee, National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4600, Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio Richardson, Designated Federal
Officer, at (202) 482-4156 or [email protected]; and/or visit NTIA's
website at https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Committee provides advice to the Assistant
Secretary of
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Commerce for Communications and Information on needed reforms to
domestic spectrum policies and management in order to: license radio
frequencies in a way that maximizes public benefits; keep wireless
networks as open to innovation as possible; and make wireless services
available to all Americans. See Charter at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/csmac-charter-2021.pdf.
This Committee is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and is consistent with the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Act, 47 U.S.C.
904(b). The Committee functions solely as an advisory body in
compliance with the FACA. For more information about the Committee
visit: https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
Matters To Be Considered: The planned meeting for Tuesday, December
19, 2023, will be the last meeting of this term and will include the
final reports and recommendations from the Citizens Broadband Radio
Service (CBRS), 6G wireless systems, and Electromagnetic Compatibility
Improvements (ECI) subcommittees. NTIA will post a detailed agenda on
its website, https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, prior to the meeting.
To the extent that the meeting time and agenda permit, any member of
the public may address the Committee regarding the agenda items. See
Open Meeting and Public Participation Policy, available at https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
Time and Date: The meeting will be held on December 19, 2023, from
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST). The meeting time
and the agenda topics are subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's
website, https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, for the most up-to-date
meeting agenda and access information.
Place: The meeting will be held at the NCTA--The internet and
Television Association, 25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 100,
Washington, DC 20001. Individuals requiring accommodations are asked to
notify Mr. Richardson at (202) 482-4156 or [email protected] at
least ten (10) business days before the meeting.
Status: Interested parties are invited to join the teleconference
and to submit written comments to the Committee at any time before or
after the meeting. Parties wishing to submit written comments for
consideration by the Committee in advance of the meeting are strongly
encouraged to submit their comments in PDF and/or Microsoft Word format
via electronic mail to [email protected]. Comments may also be sent
via postal mail to Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee,
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4600, Washington, DC 20230. It would be
helpful if paper submissions also include a compact disc (CD) that
contains the comments in one or both of the file formats specified
above. CDs should be labeled with the name and organizational
affiliation of the filer. Comments must be received five (5) business
days before the scheduled meeting date in order to provide sufficient
time for review. Comments received after this date will be distributed
to the Committee but may not be reviewed prior to the meeting.
Additionally, please note that there may be a delay in the distribution
of comments submitted via postal mail to Committee members.
Records: NTIA maintains records of all Committee proceedings.
Committee records are available for public inspection at NTIA's
Washington, DC office at the address above. Documents including the
Committee's charter, member list, agendas, minutes, and reports are
available on NTIA's website at https://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac.
Stephanie Weiner,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
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