Department of State October 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

The Bureau of Consular Affairs amends its notarial rules to reflect that the Director, Deputy Directors, and regional Division Chiefs of the Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management, Overseas Citizens Services will designate U.S. citizen employees of the Department of State abroad, who are not diplomatic or consular officers, to perform notarial services. This change will streamline the designation process allowing expedited designation to provide this and expedite notarial service where needed at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Franz Kafka" at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, New York, 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.

The Department of State (the Department) proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise U.S. Munitions List (USML) Categories IV and XV and related sections of the ITAR to clarify and standardize the regulatory text, add items that warrant designation on the USML, and remove those items that no longer warrant designation on the USML. The Department further proposes to add three new license exemptions to the ITAR.

This notice announces the public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC Advisory Committee) on November 14, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

The Department of State has submitted the information collections 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 these collections from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

Following from the United States' certification of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the Pelly Amendment, the President is considering various import prohibition options on the basis that PRC nationals are engaging in trade or taking of pangolins that diminishes the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). To inform the President's decision-making, USTR, State, and Interior are seeking public comments concerning whether to impose import prohibitions and what the scope and product coverage of any import prohibitions should be. Neither this notice nor any information that the requesting agencies provide to inform the President's decision constitutes or reflects any final decision.

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 these collections from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative are providing notice that the parties to the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) intend to hold the tenth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (Council) established under Chapter 19 of the FTA, as well as the eighth meeting of the United States-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Commission) established under the United States-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA), on October 29, 2024. The Council will review implementation of Chapter 19 (Environment) of the FTA, and the Commission will review implementation of the ECA. During the Council and Commission meetings, Members will discuss the progress made in implementing Chapter 19 obligations and the impacts of environmental cooperation. The Commission will also review activities completed under the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2021-2024 and approve the Environmental Cooperation Work Program for 2025-2028. More information on the Council and Commission is included below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.