Department of Defense December 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Security Service (DSS) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Judicial Proceedings Since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel (``the Judicial Proceedings Panel'' or ``the Panel''). The meeting is open to the public.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to pending United States Provisional Patent Application 62/343,315, entitled, ``Zika Virus Vaccine and Methods of Production'' filed May 31, 2016 and an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to pending United States Provisional Patent Application 62/370,260, entitled, ``Zika Vaccine and Methods of Preparation'' filed August 3, 2016 to Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., having its principal place of business at 1 Discovery Drive, Swiftwater, PA 18370.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the Navy. The following patents are available for licensing: Patent No. 9,430,189: VEHICLE DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME//Patent No. 9,462,264: CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS UNDER VIBRATIONAL LOADING//Patent No. 9,425,580: MODULAR LASER SYSYTEM//Patent No. 9,425,803: APPARATUSES AND MATHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION (PUF) AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CAPABILITIES//Patent No. 9,250,159: WHISKER MANUFACTURING, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND COMPOUND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD//Patent No. 9,423,229: IMPLODING BARREL INITIATOR AND RELATED METHODS//Patent No. 9,423,228: ADVANCED FRAGMENTATION HAND GRENADE//Patent No. 9,306,701: SCENE ILLUMINATOR//Patent No. 9,321,128: HIGH POWER LASER SYSTEM//Patent No. 9,322,872: CORRELATED TESTING SYSTEM//Patent No. 9,188,400: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A WEAPON// Patent No. 9,235,378: VEHICLE DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME//Patent No. 9,291,435: SHAPED CHARGE INCLUDING STRUCTURES AND COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOWER EXPLOSIVE CHARGE TO LINER MASS RATIO//Patent No. 9,325,073: APPRATUS FOR ASSEMBLING DIFFERENT CATEGOREIS OF MULTI-ELEMENT ASSEMBLIES TO PREDETERMINED TOLERANCES AND ALIGNMENTS USING A RECONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLING AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS// Patent No. 9,456,483: FIELD PROGRAMMABLE MULTI-EMITTER//Patent No. 9,325,914: ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) POWER DENSITY AND FIELD CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUE//Patent No. 9,423,069: PORTABLE EQUIPMENT SYSTEM MOUNT//Patent No. 9,417,286: SENSOR ENHANCEMENT THROUGH ALGORITHMIC ACQUISITION USING SYNCHRONIZATION WITH A SCAN GENERATOR// Patent No. 9,321,081: APPARATUS AND METHODS OF TUNING AND AMPLIFYING PIEZOELECTRIC SONIC AND ULTRASONIC OUTPUTS//Patent No. 9,326,384: PROCESS TO PRODUCE CONFORMAL NANO-COMPOSITE COATING FOR MITIGATION OF MANUFACTURING DEFECTS USING CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION AND NANO- STRUCTURES//Patent No. 9,079,544: ACCESSORY MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE//Patent No. 9,321,079: PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A PLURALITY OF WAVE ENERGY EMITTERS//Patent No. 9,322,847: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FORENSICS//Patent No. 9,337,941: ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVER-THE-AIR TRANSMITTER SIGNAL MEASUREMENT//and Patent No. 9,250,195: WHISKER MANUFACTURING, DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND COMPOUND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.

The JSC hereby publishes Supplementary Materials accompanying the MCM as amended by Executive Orders 13643, 13669, 13696, 13730, and 13740. These changes have not been coordinated within the Department of Defense under DoD Directive 5500.1, ``Preparation, Processing and Coordinating Legislation, Executive Orders, Proclamations, Views Letters and Testimony,'' June 15, 2007, and do not constitute the official position of the Department of Defense, the Military Departments, or any other Government agency. These Supplementary Materials have been approved by the JSC and the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and shall be applied in conjunction with the rule with which they are associated. The Discussion is effective insofar as the Rules it supplements are effective, but may not be applied earlier than the date of publication in the Federal Register.

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby given that the Department of Defense proposes to delete a system of records, ``International Affairs Personnel Initiatives Database,'' last published at 75 FR 19622 on April 15, 2010. This system of records is a single central facility with the Department of Defense (DoD) that maintains and verifies information provided by individuals seeking international affairs certification based on their current experience and training. Based on a recent review of DSCA 01, International Affairs Personnel Initiatives Database, it has been determined that this system of records is covered by system of records notice DSCA 07, Security Assistance Network (SAN) (September 22, 2016, 81 FR 65343). All records will be maintained in accordance with the DSCA 07 records retention. Therefore, DSCA 01, International Affairs Personnel Initiatives Database can be deleted.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as the Panel).

Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intention to grant an exclusive patent license agreement to The University of Utah, an educational institution duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing in the State of Utah, having a place of business at 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 310, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404.

This final rule implements the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense for administering the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and explains the responsibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) for policy and funding oversight for NSEP. It discusses requirements for administering and executing the NSEP service agreement and; and assigns oversight of NSEP to the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO).

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local governmental agencies and the public that USACE has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Trinity Parkway from Interstate Highway (IH) 35/State Highway (SH) 183 to United States (US) 175/SH 310 Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas County, TX. This ROD was rendered to declare that a USACE action, a Section 408 Permission of the City of Dallas to alter the Dallas Floodway, is in the public interest.