83_FR_45315 83 FR 45143 - Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries That Would Be Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions

83 FR 45143 - Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries That Would Be Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 172 (September 5, 2018)

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FR Document2018-19196

Section 608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that identifies countries that are ``candidate countries'' for Millennium Challenge Account assistance during FY 2019. The report is set forth in full below.

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

[MCC FR 18-11]


Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge 
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries That Would Be 
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that 
identifies countries that are ``candidate countries'' for Millennium 
Challenge Account assistance during FY 2019. The report is set forth in 
full below.

    Dated: August 30, 2018.
Jeanne M. Hauch,
VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge 
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019 and Countries that would be 
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions

Summary

    This report to Congress is provided in accordance with section 
608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 
7701, 7707(a) (the Act).
    The Act authorizes the provision of assistance for global 
development through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for 
countries that enter into a Millennium Challenge Compact with the 
United States to support policies and programs that advance the 
progress of such countries to achieve lasting economic growth and 
poverty reduction. The Act requires MCC to take a number of steps in 
selecting countries with which MCC will seek to enter into a compact, 
including determining the countries that will be eligible countries for 
fiscal year (FY) 2019 based on (a) a country's demonstrated commitment 
to (i) just and democratic governance, (ii) economic freedom, and (iii) 
investments in its people; and (b) the opportunity to reduce poverty 
and generate economic growth in the country, and (c) the availability 
of funds to MCC. These steps include the submission to the 
congressional committees specified in the Act and publication in the 
Federal Register of reports on the following:
    [cir] The countries that are ``candidate countries'' for FY 2019 
based on their per capita income levels and their eligibility to 
receive assistance under U.S. law and countries that would be candidate 
countries but for specified legal prohibitions on assistance (section 
608(a) of the Act);
    [cir] The criteria and methodology that the MCC Board of Directors 
(Board) will use to measure and evaluate the relative policy 
performance of the ``candidate countries'' consistent with the 
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 607 of the Act in 
order to determine ``eligible countries'' from among the ``candidate 
countries'' (section 608(b) of the Act); and
    [cir] The list of countries determined by the Board to be 
``eligible countries'' for FY 2019, identification of such countries 
with which the Board will seek to enter into compacts, and a 
justification for such eligibility determination and selection for 
compact negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act).
    This report is the first of three required reports listed above.

Candidate Countries for FY 2019

    The Act requires the identification of all countries that are 
candidate countries for FY 2019 and the identification of all countries 
that would be candidate countries but for specified legal prohibitions 
on assistance. Under sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act, candidate 
countries must qualify as low income or lower middle income countries 
as defined in the Act.
    Specifically, a country will be a candidate country in the low 
income category for FY 2019 if it:
    [cir] Has a per capita income that is not greater than the World 
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year 
($3,895 gross national income per capita for FY 2019);

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    [cir] Is among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as 
having the lowest per capita income; and
    [cir] Is not ineligible to receive United States economic 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended (the Foreign Assistance Act), by reason of the application of 
the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law.
    A country will be a candidate country in the lower middle income 
category for FY 2019 if it:
    [cir] Has a per capita income that is not greater than the World 
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year 
($3,895 gross national income per capita for FY 2019);
    [cir] Is not among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as 
having the lowest per capita income; and
    [cir] Is not ineligible to receive United States economic 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the 
application of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of 
law.
    Under section 606(c) of the Act as applied for FY 2019, a country 
with per capita income changes from FY 2018 to FY 2019 such that the 
country would be reclassified from the low income category to the lower 
middle income category or vice versa will retain its income status in 
its former category for FY 2019 and two subsequent fiscal years (FY 
2020 and FY 2021). A country that has transitioned to the upper middle 
income category does not qualify as a candidate country.
    Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act, the Board identified the 
following countries as candidate countries under the Act for FY 2019. 
In so doing, the Board referred to the prohibitions on assistance to 
countries for FY 2018 under the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018.

Candidate Countries: Low Income Category

Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Rwanda
S[atilde]o Tom[eacute] and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia

Candidate Countries: Lower Middle Income Category

El Salvador
Georgia
Kosovo
Mongolia
Tunisia

Countries That Would Be Candidate Countries but for Legal Provisions 
That Prohibit Assistance

    Countries that would be considered candidate countries for FY 2019 
but are ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the application of 
any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of 
law are listed below. This list is based on legal prohibitions against 
economic assistance that apply as of July 26, 2018.

Prohibited Countries: Low Income Category

    Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant to 
section 706(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
2003 (P.L. 107-228), regarding adherence to obligations under 
international counternarcotics agreements and other counternarcotics 
measures.
    Burma is ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance, absent 
special authority, because of concerns relative to its record on human 
rights.
    Cambodia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant to 
section 7043(b)(1) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which restricts 
assistance to the Government of Cambodia unless the Secretary of State 
certifies that the Government of Cambodia is taking effective steps to 
strengthen regional security and stability and respect the rights and 
responsibilities enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of 
Cambodia.
    Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including due 
to its status as a Tier III country under the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
    The central Government of Nicaragua is ineligible to receive 
foreign assistance pursuant to section 7070(c) of the FY 2018 
Appropriations Act, which prohibits assistance for the central 
government of a country that the Secretary of State determines has 
recognized the independence of, or has established diplomatic relations 
with, the Russian occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
    North Korea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including 
pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which 
prohibits direct assistance to the government of North Korea.
    South Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including 
pursuant to section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which 
prohibits, with limited exceptions, assistance to the central 
government of South Sudan until the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to Congress that such government is taking effective steps to 
end hostilities and pursue good faith negotiations for a political 
settlement of the conflict; provide access for humanitarian 
organizations; end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and assembly; reduce

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corruption related to the extraction and sale of oil and gas; establish 
democratic institutions; establish accountable military and police 
forces under civilian authority; and investigate and prosecute 
individuals credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
human rights, including at the Terrain compound in Juba, South Sudan on 
July 11, 2016.
    Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including 
pursuant to section 7042(i) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which 
prohibits (with limited exceptions) assistance to the government of 
Sudan.
    Syria is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including 
pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which 
prohibits direct assistance to the government of Syria.
    Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including 
pursuant to section 7042(j)(2) of the FY 2018 Appropriations Act, which 
prohibits (with limited exceptions) assistance for the central 
government of Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to Congress that the rule of law has been restored, including 
respect for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of 
expression, association, and assembly.
    Countries identified above as candidate countries, as well as 
countries that would be considered candidate countries but for the 
applicability of legal provisions that prohibit U.S. economic 
assistance, may be the subject of future statutory restrictions or 
determinations, or changed country circumstances, that affect their 
legal eligibility for assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act by reason of application of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other 
provision of law for FY 2019.

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                                               made regarding a claimant’s eligibility                   Estimated Total Burden Hours: 583                   to achieve lasting economic growth and
                                               for benefits. By signing the CM–936                     hours.                                                poverty reduction. The Act requires
                                               form, the claimant authorizes                             Frequency: On occasion.                             MCC to take a number of steps in
                                               physicians, hospitals, medical facilities                 Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):                selecting countries with which MCC
                                               or organizations, and the National                      $0.                                                   will seek to enter into a compact,
                                               Institute for Occupational Safety and                     Total Burden Cost (operating/                       including determining the countries that
                                               Health to release medical information                   maintenance): $7,420.                                 will be eligible countries for fiscal year
                                               about the miner to the Department of                      Comments submitted in response to                   (FY) 2019 based on (a) a country’s
                                               Labor’s Office of Workers’                              this notice will be summarized and/or                 demonstrated commitment to (i) just
                                               Compensation Programs. The form                         included in the request for Office of                 and democratic governance, (ii)
                                               contains information required by                        Management and Budget approval of the                 economic freedom, and (iii) investments
                                               medical institutions and private                        information collection request; they will             in its people; and (b) the opportunity to
                                               physicians to enable them to release                    also become a matter of public record.                reduce poverty and generate economic
                                               pertinent medical information. This                       Dated: August 27, 2018.                             growth in the country, and (c) the
                                               information collection is currently                     Yoon Ferguson,                                        availability of funds to MCC. These
                                               approved for use through November 30,                   Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’          steps include the submission to the
                                               2018.                                                   Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of             congressional committees specified in
                                                 II. Review Focus: The Department of                   Labor.                                                the Act and publication in the Federal
                                               Labor is particularly interested in                                                                           Register of reports on the following:
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2018–19222 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am]
                                               comments which:                                                                                                  Æ The countries that are ‘‘candidate
                                                 * Evaluate whether the proposed                       BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P
                                                                                                                                                             countries’’ for FY 2019 based on their
                                               collection of information is necessary                                                                        per capita income levels and their
                                               for the proper performance of the                                                                             eligibility to receive assistance under
                                               functions of the agency, including                      MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
                                                                                                                                                             U.S. law and countries that would be
                                               whether the information will have                       CORPORATION
                                                                                                                                                             candidate countries but for specified
                                               practical utility;                                      [MCC FR 18–11]                                        legal prohibitions on assistance (section
                                                 * evaluate the accuracy of the                                                                              608(a) of the Act);
                                               agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  Report on Countries That Are
                                               proposed collection of information,                                                                              Æ The criteria and methodology that
                                                                                                       Candidates for Millennium Challenge                   the MCC Board of Directors (Board) will
                                               including the validity of the                           Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2019
                                               methodology and assumptions used;                                                                             use to measure and evaluate the relative
                                                                                                       and Countries That Would Be                           policy performance of the ‘‘candidate
                                                 * enhance the quality, utility and                    Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
                                               clarity of the information to be                                                                              countries’’ consistent with the
                                               collected; and                                          AGENCY: Millennium Challenge                          requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
                                                 * minimize the burden of the                          Corporation.                                          of section 607 of the Act in order to
                                               collection of information on those who                  ACTION: Notice.                                       determine ‘‘eligible countries’’ from
                                               are to respond, including through the                                                                         among the ‘‘candidate countries’’
                                               use of appropriate automated,                           SUMMARY:   Section 608(a) of the                      (section 608(b) of the Act); and
                                               electronic, mechanical, or other                        Millennium Challenge Act of 2003                         Æ The list of countries determined by
                                               technological collection techniques or                  requires the Millennium Challenge                     the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for
                                               other forms of information technology,                  Corporation to publish a report that                  FY 2019, identification of such
                                               e.g., permitting electronic submissions                 identifies countries that are ‘‘candidate             countries with which the Board will
                                               of responses.                                           countries’’ for Millennium Challenge                  seek to enter into compacts, and a
                                                 III. Current Actions: The Department                  Account assistance during FY 2019. The                justification for such eligibility
                                               of Labor seeks approval for the                         report is set forth in full below.                    determination and selection for compact
                                               extension of this currently-approved                      Dated: August 30, 2018.                             negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act).
                                               information collection in order to obtain               Jeanne M. Hauch,                                         This report is the first of three
                                               claimant consent for the release of                     VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.           required reports listed above.
                                               medical information for consideration
                                               by the Office of Workers’ Compensation                  Report on Countries That Are                          Candidate Countries for FY 2019
                                               Programs in their claim for benefits.                   Candidates for Millennium Challenge
                                                                                                                                                                The Act requires the identification of
                                               Failure to gather this information would                Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2019
                                                                                                                                                             all countries that are candidate
                                               inhibit the adjudication of black lung                  and Countries that would be
                                                                                                                                                             countries for FY 2019 and the
                                               claims because pertinent medical data                   Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
                                                                                                                                                             identification of all countries that would
                                               would not be available for consideration                Summary                                               be candidate countries but for specified
                                               during the processing of the claim.                                                                           legal prohibitions on assistance. Under
                                                 Agency: Office of Workers’                              This report to Congress is provided in
                                                                                                       accordance with section 608(a) of the                 sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act,
                                               Compensation Programs.                                                                                        candidate countries must qualify as low
                                                 Type of Review: Extension.                            Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
                                                                                                       amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the                 income or lower middle income
                                                 Title: Authorization for Release of                                                                         countries as defined in the Act.
                                               Medical Information.                                    Act).
                                                 OMB Number: 1240–0034.                                  The Act authorizes the provision of                    Specifically, a country will be a
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                                                 Agency Number: CM–936.                                assistance for global development                     candidate country in the low income
                                                 Affected Public: Individuals or                       through the Millennium Challenge                      category for FY 2019 if it:
                                               households.                                             Corporation (MCC) for countries that                     Æ Has a per capita income that is not
                                                 Total Respondents: 7,000.                             enter into a Millennium Challenge                     greater than the World Bank’s lower
                                                 Total Annual Responses: 7,000.                        Compact with the United States to                     middle income country threshold for
                                                 Average Time per Response: 5                          support policies and programs that                    such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national
                                               minutes.                                                advance the progress of such countries                income per capita for FY 2019);


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                                                 Æ Is among the 75 countries identified                Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)                         against economic assistance that apply
                                               by the World Bank as having the lowest                  Ethiopia                                              as of July 26, 2018.
                                               per capita income; and                                  Gambia, The
                                                                                                                                                             Prohibited Countries: Low Income
                                                 Æ Is not ineligible to receive United                 Ghana
                                                                                                                                                             Category
                                               States economic assistance under part I                 Guinea
                                               of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,                  Guinea-Bissau                                            Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign
                                               as amended (the Foreign Assistance                      Haiti                                                 assistance pursuant to section 706(3) of
                                               Act), by reason of the application of the               Honduras                                              the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
                                               Foreign Assistance Act or any other                     India                                                 Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107–228),
                                               provision of law.                                       Indonesia                                             regarding adherence to obligations
                                                 A country will be a candidate country                 Kenya                                                 under international counternarcotics
                                               in the lower middle income category for                 Kiribati                                              agreements and other counternarcotics
                                               FY 2019 if it:                                          Kyrgyzstan                                            measures.
                                                 Æ Has a per capita income that is not                 Laos                                                     Burma is ineligible to receive U.S.
                                               greater than the World Bank’s lower                     Lesotho                                               economic assistance, absent special
                                               middle income country threshold for                     Liberia                                               authority, because of concerns relative
                                               such fiscal year ($3,895 gross national                 Madagascar                                            to its record on human rights.
                                               income per capita for FY 2019);                         Malawi                                                   Cambodia is ineligible to receive
                                                 Æ Is not among the 75 countries                       Mali                                                  foreign assistance pursuant to section
                                               identified by the World Bank as having                  Mauritania                                            7043(b)(1) of the FY 2018
                                               the lowest per capita income; and                       Micronesia, Federated States of                       Appropriations Act, which restricts
                                                 Æ Is not ineligible to receive United                 Moldova                                               assistance to the Government of
                                               States economic assistance under part I                 Morocco                                               Cambodia unless the Secretary of State
                                               of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason                 Mozambique                                            certifies that the Government of
                                               of the application of the Foreign                       Nepal                                                 Cambodia is taking effective steps to
                                               Assistance Act or any other provision of                Niger                                                 strengthen regional security and
                                               law.                                                    Nigeria                                               stability and respect the rights and
                                                 Under section 606(c) of the Act as                    Pakistan                                              responsibilities enshrined in the
                                               applied for FY 2019, a country with per                 Papua New Guinea                                      Constitution of the Kingdom of
                                               capita income changes from FY 2018 to                   Philippines                                           Cambodia.
                                               FY 2019 such that the country would be                  Rwanda                                                   Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign
                                               reclassified from the low income                        São Tomé and Principe                               assistance, including due to its status as
                                               category to the lower middle income                     Senegal                                               a Tier III country under the Trafficking
                                               category or vice versa will retain its                  Sierra Leone                                          Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
                                               income status in its former category for                Solomon Islands                                       U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
                                                                                                       Somalia                                                  The central Government of Nicaragua
                                               FY 2019 and two subsequent fiscal years
                                                                                                       Sri Lanka                                             is ineligible to receive foreign assistance
                                               (FY 2020 and FY 2021). A country that
                                                                                                       Tajikistan                                            pursuant to section 7070(c) of the FY
                                               has transitioned to the upper middle
                                                                                                       Tanzania                                              2018 Appropriations Act, which
                                               income category does not qualify as a
                                                                                                       Timor-Leste                                           prohibits assistance for the central
                                               candidate country.
                                                 Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act,                Togo                                                  government of a country that the
                                               the Board identified the following                      Uganda                                                Secretary of State determines has
                                               countries as candidate countries under                  Ukraine                                               recognized the independence of, or has
                                               the Act for FY 2019. In so doing, the                   Uzbekistan                                            established diplomatic relations with,
                                               Board referred to the prohibitions on                   Vanuatu                                               the Russian occupied Georgian
                                               assistance to countries for FY 2018                     Vietnam                                               territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
                                               under the Department of State, Foreign                  Yemen                                                 Region/South Ossetia.
                                                                                                       Zambia                                                   North Korea is ineligible to receive
                                               Operations, and Related Programs
                                                                                                                                                             foreign assistance, including pursuant to
                                               Appropriations Act, 2018.                               Candidate Countries: Lower Middle                     section 7007 of the FY 2018
                                               Candidate Countries: Low Income                         Income Category                                       Appropriations Act, which prohibits
                                               Category                                                El Salvador                                           direct assistance to the government of
                                               Afghanistan                                             Georgia                                               North Korea.
                                               Angola                                                  Kosovo                                                   South Sudan is ineligible to receive
                                               Bangladesh                                              Mongolia                                              foreign assistance, including pursuant to
                                               Benin                                                   Tunisia                                               section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2018
                                               Bhutan                                                                                                        Appropriations Act, which prohibits,
                                                                                                       Countries That Would Be Candidate                     with limited exceptions, assistance to
                                               Burkina Faso                                            Countries but for Legal Provisions That
                                               Burundi                                                                                                       the central government of South Sudan
                                                                                                       Prohibit Assistance                                   until the Secretary of State certifies and
                                               Cabo Verde
                                               Cameroon                                                   Countries that would be considered                 reports to Congress that such
                                               Central African Republic                                candidate countries for FY 2019 but are               government is taking effective steps to
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                                               Chad                                                    ineligible to receive United States                   end hostilities and pursue good faith
                                               Comoros                                                 economic assistance under part I of the               negotiations for a political settlement of
                                               Congo, Democratic Republic of the                       Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the               the conflict; provide access for
                                               Congo, Republic of the                                  application of any provision of the                   humanitarian organizations; end the
                                               Côte d’Ivoire                                          Foreign Assistance Act or any other                   recruitment and use of child soldiers;
                                               Djibouti                                                provision of law are listed below. This               protect freedoms of expression,
                                               Egypt                                                   list is based on legal prohibitions                   association, and assembly; reduce


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                                               corruption related to the extraction and                agencies to comment on the following                  unions, and the removal of other
                                               sale of oil and gas; establish democratic               revision of a currently approved                      elements deemed no longer necessary to
                                               institutions; establish accountable                     collection, as required by the Paperwork              maintain proper credit union
                                               military and police forces under civilian               Reduction Act of 1995.                                supervision; including several pages of
                                               authority; and investigate and prosecute                DATES: Written comments should be                     Schedule D, Derivative Transactions
                                               individuals credibly alleged to have                    received on or before November 5, 2018                Report.
                                               committed gross violations of human                     to be assured consideration.                             These revisions will not alter the
                                               rights, including at the Terrain                        ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
                                               compound in Juba, South Sudan on July                                                                         estimated burden hours necessary to
                                                                                                       invited to submit written comments on                 review the instructions and complete
                                               11, 2016.                                               the information collection to Dawn
                                                  Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign                                                                     the filing as the burden associated with
                                                                                                       Wolfgang, National Credit Union                       Schedule D affects less than one percent
                                               assistance, including pursuant to                       Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Suite
                                               section 7042(i) of the FY 2018                                                                                of the credit unions and did not impact
                                                                                                       5080, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; Fax                 the industry average burden hours. The
                                               Appropriations Act, which prohibits                     No. 703–519–8579; or Email at
                                               (with limited exceptions) assistance to                                                                       amount of data elements removed
                                                                                                       PRAComments@NCUA.gov.
                                               the government of Sudan.                                                                                      compared to those added negates the
                                                  Syria is ineligible to receive foreign               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                             difference in burden.
                                               assistance, including pursuant to                       Address requests for additional
                                                                                                       information to the address above or                      The burden hours reflect an
                                               section 7007 of the FY 2018                                                                                   adjustment to the number of
                                               Appropriations Act, which prohibits                     telephone 703–548–2279.
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            respondents due to the decline in the
                                               direct assistance to the government of
                                                                                                          OMB Number: 3133–0004.                             number of federally insured credit
                                               Syria.
                                                  Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive                       Title: NCUA Call Report and Profile.               unions, which has averaged
                                               foreign assistance, including pursuant to                  Forms: NCUA Form 5300 and 4501A.                   approximately one percent per quarter.
                                               section 7042(j)(2) of the FY 2018                          Type of Review: Revision of a                      Specifically, the number of federally
                                               Appropriations Act, which prohibits                     currently approved collection.                        insured credit unions completing the
                                               (with limited exceptions) assistance for                   Abstract: Sections 106 and 202 of the              Call Report and Profile dropped from
                                               the central government of Zimbabwe                      Federal Credit Union Act require                      5,954 to 5,530 (March 2018). The
                                               unless the Secretary of State certifies                 federally insured credit unions to make               reduction of 10,176 burden hours
                                               and reports to Congress that the rule of                financial reports to the NCUA. Section                reflects this adjustment.
                                               law has been restored, including respect                741.6 prescribes the method in which
                                                                                                                                                                Request for Comments: Comments
                                               for ownership and title to property, and                federally insured credit unions must
                                                                                                       submit this information to NCUA.                      submitted in response to this notice will
                                               freedoms of expression, association, and                                                                      be summarized and included in the
                                               assembly.                                               NCUA Form 5300, Call Report, is used
                                                                                                       to file quarterly financial and statistical           request for Office of Management and
                                                  Countries identified above as                                                                              Budget approval. All comments will
                                               candidate countries, as well as countries               data and NCUA Form 4501A, Credit
                                                                                                       Union Profile, is used to obtain non-                 become a matter of public record. The
                                               that would be considered candidate
                                                                                                       financial data relevant to regulation and             public is invited to submit comments
                                               countries but for the applicability of
                                               legal provisions that prohibit U.S.                     supervision such as the names of senior               concerning: (a) Whether the collection
                                               economic assistance, may be the subject                 management and volunteer officials,                   of information is necessary for the
                                               of future statutory restrictions or                     and are reported through NCUA’s online                proper execution of the function of the
                                               determinations, or changed country                      portal, Credit Unions Online.                         agency, including whether the
                                               circumstances, that affect their legal                     The financial and statistical                      information will have practical utility;
                                               eligibility for assistance under part I of              information is essential to NCUA in                   (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
                                               the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of                 carrying out its responsibility for                   of the burden of the collection of
                                               application of the Foreign Assistance                   supervising federal credit unions. The                information, including the validity of
                                               Act or any other provision of law for FY                information also enables NCUA to                      the methodology and assumptions used;
                                               2019.                                                   monitor all federally insured credit                  (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
                                                                                                       unions with National Credit Union                     and clarity of the information to be
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–19196 Filed 8–30–18; 4:15 pm]
                                                                                                       Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) insured                 collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
                                               BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
                                                                                                       share accounts.                                       burden of the collection of the
                                                                                                          Affected Public: Private Sector: Not-              information on the respondents,
                                                                                                       for-profit institutions.                              including the use of automated
                                               NATIONAL CREDIT UNION                                      Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                               ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                collection techniques or other forms of
                                                                                                       5,530.
                                                                                                          Estimated Number of Responses per                  information technology.
                                               Agency Information Collection                           Respondent: 4.                                          By Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board,
                                               Activities: Proposed Collection;                           Estimated Total Annual Responses:                  the National Credit Union Administration, on
                                               Comment Request; NCUA Call Report                       22,120.                                               August 30, 2018.
                                               and Profile                                                Estimated Burden Hours per                           Dated: August 30, 2018.
                                               AGENCY: National Credit Union                           Response: 6.
                                                                                                                                                             Dawn D. Wolfgang,
                                               Administration (NCUA).                                     Estimated Total Annual Burden
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                                                                                                       Hours: 132,720.                                       NCUA PRA Clearance Officer.
                                               ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
                                                                                                          Reason for Change: Revisions are                   [FR Doc. 2018–19178 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am]
                                               SUMMARY:  The National Credit Union                     attributed to the issuance of accounting              BILLING CODE 7535–01–P
                                               Administration (NCUA), as part of a                     standards codifications (ASC) by the
                                               continuing effort to reduce paperwork                   Financial Accounting Standards Board,
                                               and respondent burden, invites the                      revised data selections to the current
                                               general public and other Federal                        products and services offered by credit


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
FR Citation83 FR 45143 

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