Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Services Surveys: BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons, 63398-63400 [2024-17180]

Download as PDF 63398 Notices Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 150 Monday, August 5, 2024 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments regarding this information collection received by September 4, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website 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. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:38 Aug 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 Food and Nutrition Service Title: Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision— Increasing Options for Schools. OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. Summary of Collection: The Child Nutrition rule, ‘‘Child Nutrition Programs: Community Eligibility Provision—Increasing Options for Schools (RIN 0584–AE93)’’ amends the regulations associated with the School Meals Program, which consists of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). The rule expands access to the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) by lowering the minimum identified student percentage participation threshold from 40 to 25 percent. This would give States and schools greater flexibility to choose to invest nonFederal funds so that no-cost meals can be offered to all enrolled students. Students who are classified as ‘‘identified students’’ are directly certified for free school meals and do not need to submit a household application. The proposal to lower the required identified student percentage expands access to the CEP, which provides more schools with an additional option for offering no-cost meals to students without requiring households to submit applications for the free and reduced-price meals. This rule amends existing information collection requirements that are currently approved in OMB Control Number 0584–0026 7 CFR part 245— Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools. Due to priorities for a number of high-profile rules and other workload priorities, FNS requested a new OMB control number for this collection. FNS intends to merge this new information collection into OMB Control Number 0584–0026 at a later date. Need and Use of the Information: FNS collects information for this collection, which contains both mandatory and required to obtain or retain benefit requirements, from State administering agencies, local education agencies (LEAs), and households. The information collected from State agencies and LEAs ensures that eligibility determinations are verified. The information collected from households is used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price meal benefits to verify eligibility PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 determinations. FNS uses the information to verify that the States and LEAs are eligible to elect the CEP and to ensure compliance with the regulations. Households must meet requirements to receive free or reducedprice meal benefits. Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; Individuals or Households. Number of Respondents: 3,485,189. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; Annually. Total Burden Hours: 626,375. Rachelle Ragland-Greene, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–17140 Filed 8–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Economic Analysis Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Services Surveys: BE–185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 150 / Monday, August 5, 2024 / Notices Analysis, by email to christopher.stein@ bea.gov or PRAcomments@bea.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 0608–0065 in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic Analysis; 301–278–9189; or via email at christopher.stein@bea.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 I. Abstract The Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons (Form BE–185) is an ongoing survey that collects data from U.S. persons who engage in covered financial services transactions with foreign persons. A U.S. person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization (whether or not organized under the laws of any State), resident in the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A U.S. person must report if they had combined sales of covered financial services to foreign persons that exceeded $20 million for the previous fiscal year or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year, or if they had combined purchases of covered financial services from foreign persons that exceeded $15 million for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year. The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in financial services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in financial services, to conduct trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in estimating the trade in financial services component of the U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and product accounts (NIPAs). The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is proposing a single modification to the survey beginning with reporting for the first quarter of 2025. BEA proposes to collect sales and purchases of underwriting and private placement services separately for equity and debt VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:38 Aug 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 instruments. Currently, the BE–185 quarterly survey collects sales and purchases of underwriting services for these types of instruments as a single type of financial service. This proposed breakout by instrument type would better align these services transactions with other source data used to produce financial account transactions, which also include a debt and equity breakout. The breakout would thus allow for methodological improvements to the estimation of fees and commissions used to produce financial account transactions. Lastly, the change would align the service types collected on the BE–185 quarterly survey with those collected on the BE–180 Benchmark Survey of Financial Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons. BEA estimates there will be no change in the average number of burden hours per response because reporters are already providing these data on their survey as a combined service type. Additionally, BEA believes the data are readily available in their accounting records and reporters are familiar with the breakout since the BE–180 benchmark survey already collects the data separately for equity and debt instruments. BEA does not plan to change the exemption levels used for the current quarterly survey. The language in the instructions and definitions will be reviewed and adjusted as necessary to clarify survey requirements. II. Method of Collection BEA contacts potential respondents by mail at the end of each quarter. Respondents would be required to file the completed BE–185 forms within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter that is not the final fiscal quarter of the year and within 45 days after the close of the final fiscal quarter of the year. Reports would be required from each U.S. person that had combined sales of covered financial services to foreign persons that exceeded $20 million for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year, or that had combined purchases of covered financial services from foreign persons that exceeded $15 million for the previous fiscal year, or that are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year. Entities required to report will be contacted individually by BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities. BEA offers its electronic filing option, the eFile system, for use in reporting on Form BE–185. For more information about eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile. In PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63399 addition, BEA posts all its survey forms and reporting instructions on its website, www.bea.gov/ssb. These may be downloaded, completed, printed, and submitted via fax or mail. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0608–0065. Form Number(s): BE–185. Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,860 annually (715 filed each quarter; 580 reporting mandatory data and 135 that would file exemption claims or voluntary responses). Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours is the average for the respondents filing mandatory data and 1 hour for those filing an exemption claim or voluntary response. Hours may vary considerably among respondents because of differences in company size and complexity. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,740. Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108, as amended), and section 5408 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this Information Collection Request (ICR). Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1 63400 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 150 / Monday, August 5, 2024 / Notices to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. Certain Quartz Surface Products From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 2021–2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021–2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews [FR Doc. 2024–17180 Filed 8–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P International Trade Administration [A–570–084; C–570–085] Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain Malaysian exporters of certain quartz surface products (quartz surface products) continue to be ineligible to participate in the scope certification process established for the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on quartz surface products from the People’s Republic of China (China) for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically, we find that these Malaysian exporters did not demonstrate that the quartz slab used to produce their exports to the United States was sourced from a country other than China. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review. DATES: Applicable August 5, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0208. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economic Development Administration Notice of National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meeting; Correction Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. AGENCY: Notice of an open meeting; correction. ACTION: The Economic Development Administration published a document in the Federal Register on July 18, 2024, concerning a virtual public meeting of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). The document contained incorrect dates. SUMMARY: August 20, 2024, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. eastern time (ET). DATES: Eric Smith, Office of the Assistant Secretary, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 78018, Washington, DC 20230; email: nacie@doc.gov; telephone: +1 202 482 8001. Please reference ‘‘NACIE August 2024 Meeting’’ in the subject line of your correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Correction In the Federal Register of July 18, 2024, in FR Doc. 2024–15753, on page 58331, in the first column, correct the DATES caption to read: Dated: July 31, 2024. Eric Smith, Tech Hubs Program Director. [FR Doc. 2024–17198 Filed 8–2–24; 8:45 am] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 BILLING CODE 3510–24–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:38 Aug 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 Background On July 11, 2019, Commerce published the Orders on quartz surface products from China.1 On September 11, 2023, we initiated AD and CVD administrative reviews of the Orders.2 On March 18, 2024, we extended the preliminary results of these reviews to no later than July 30, 2024.3 On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 1 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 33053 (July 11, 2019) (Orders). 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 62322 (September 11, 2023). 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021–2023,’’ dated March 18, 2024; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 2022,’’ dated March 18, 2024. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 proceeding by seven days.4 The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 6, 2024. For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of these reviews, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5 Scope of the Orders The products covered by the Orders are quartz surface products from China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Periods of Review 6 The period of review (POR) of the AD review is November 4, 2021, through June 30, 2023. The POR of the CVD review is November 4, 2021, through December 31, 2022. Methodology and Preliminary Results Commerce is conducting these reviews in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We preliminarily determine that Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone Sdn. Bhd. (Unique Stone), and Universal Quartz, have not demonstrated that the quartz slab used to produce their Malaysian exports to the United States during the POR was sourced from a country other than China. As a result, we preliminary find that Bada Industries, Karina Stone, Unique Stone, and Universal Quartz continue to be ineligible to participate in the certification process for quartz surface products from Malaysia. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/ public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 2021–2023 Antidumping Duty and 2021–2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews of Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 6 See Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Expansion of the Period of Review and Supplemental Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 89 FR 14055 (February 26, 2024); see also Certain Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: Expansion of the Period of Review and Supplemental Opportunity To Request Administrative Review; Correction, 89 FR 17812 (March 12, 2024). E:\FR\FM\05AUN1.SGM 05AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63398-63400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17180]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Services Surveys: BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial 
Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and 
Foreign Persons

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information 
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information 
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment 
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed 
information collection must be received on or before October 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to 
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic

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Analysis, by email to [email protected] or [email protected]. 
Please reference OMB Control Number 0608-0065 in the subject line of 
your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or 
otherwise sensitive or protected information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed 
to Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of 
Economic Analysis; 301-278-9189; or via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions between 
U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons (Form BE-185) is 
an ongoing survey that collects data from U.S. persons who engage in 
covered financial services transactions with foreign persons. A U.S. 
person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, 
association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization (whether 
or not organized under the laws of any State), resident in the United 
States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A U.S. 
person must report if they had combined sales of covered financial 
services to foreign persons that exceeded $20 million for the previous 
fiscal year or are expected to exceed that amount during the current 
fiscal year, or if they had combined purchases of covered financial 
services from foreign persons that exceeded $15 million for the 
previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the 
current fiscal year.
    The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in financial services, to 
analyze the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and 
foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, 
to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in financial services, to 
conduct trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses 
to identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in 
estimating the trade in financial services component of the U.S. 
international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and 
product accounts (NIPAs).
    The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is proposing a single 
modification to the survey beginning with reporting for the first 
quarter of 2025. BEA proposes to collect sales and purchases of 
underwriting and private placement services separately for equity and 
debt instruments. Currently, the BE-185 quarterly survey collects sales 
and purchases of underwriting services for these types of instruments 
as a single type of financial service. This proposed breakout by 
instrument type would better align these services transactions with 
other source data used to produce financial account transactions, which 
also include a debt and equity breakout. The breakout would thus allow 
for methodological improvements to the estimation of fees and 
commissions used to produce financial account transactions. Lastly, the 
change would align the service types collected on the BE-185 quarterly 
survey with those collected on the BE-180 Benchmark Survey of Financial 
Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services Providers and 
Foreign Persons.
    BEA estimates there will be no change in the average number of 
burden hours per response because reporters are already providing these 
data on their survey as a combined service type. Additionally, BEA 
believes the data are readily available in their accounting records and 
reporters are familiar with the breakout since the BE-180 benchmark 
survey already collects the data separately for equity and debt 
instruments.
    BEA does not plan to change the exemption levels used for the 
current quarterly survey. The language in the instructions and 
definitions will be reviewed and adjusted as necessary to clarify 
survey requirements.

II. Method of Collection

    BEA contacts potential respondents by mail at the end of each 
quarter. Respondents would be required to file the completed BE-185 
forms within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter that is not 
the final fiscal quarter of the year and within 45 days after the close 
of the final fiscal quarter of the year. Reports would be required from 
each U.S. person that had combined sales of covered financial services 
to foreign persons that exceeded $20 million for the previous fiscal 
year, or are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal 
year, or that had combined purchases of covered financial services from 
foreign persons that exceeded $15 million for the previous fiscal year, 
or that are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal 
year. Entities required to report will be contacted individually by 
BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities.
    BEA offers its electronic filing option, the eFile system, for use 
in reporting on Form BE-185. For more information about eFile, go to 
www.bea.gov/efile. In addition, BEA posts all its survey forms and 
reporting instructions on its website, www.bea.gov/ssb. These may be 
downloaded, completed, printed, and submitted via fax or mail.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0608-0065.
    Form Number(s): BE-185.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,860 annually (715 filed each 
quarter; 580 reporting mandatory data and 135 that would file exemption 
claims or voluntary responses).
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours is the average for the 
respondents filing mandatory data and 1 hour for those filing an 
exemption claim or voluntary response. Hours may vary considerably 
among respondents because of differences in company size and 
complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,740.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services 
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended), and 
section 5408 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this Information Collection Request (ICR). Before 
including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your 
comment

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to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-17180 Filed 8-2-24; 8:45 am]
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