May 11, 2015 (Volume 80)

Federal Register May 11, 2015

View all documents issued on May 11, 2015. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 11, 2015

Administrative Conference of the United States logo Administrative Conference of the United States

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a meeting to consider two proposed recommendations and to conduct other business. This meeting will be open t...
Notice May 11, 2015

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, this proposed rule would revise the State agency's administrative review process to establish a unified accountability system designed to ensure that participating school foo...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2015

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The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Redding, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Fede...
Notice May 11, 2015
The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Redding, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Fede...
Notice May 11, 2015
The Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) will hold a public meeting entitled "USDA's Receipt for Service Initiative" on June 3, 2015. The purpose of this event is to promote public feedback on the implementation of the Receipt for Service or Denial...
Notice May 11, 2015

Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products:

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We are amending the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations to require that veterinary biologics prepared under the veterinary practitioner exemption must be prepared at the same facility the veterinarian utilizes in conducting the day-to-day activities as...
Rule May 11, 2015

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Requests for Nominations:

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Because the terms of the members of the Tennessee Advisory Committee are expiring on August 15, 2015, the United States Commission on Civil Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be appointed to apply. The memberships are exclusively...
Notice May 11, 2015

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Notice May 11, 2015
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently launched a comprehensive and enhanced quality initiative. This initiative began with a request for public comments on a set of proposals for enhancing patent quality through submission of...
Notice May 11, 2015
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (MEP) intends to publish and post two (2) separate announcements of funding availability for MEP Centers in calendar yea...
Notice May 11, 2015
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) Sec. 552a(e)(4) and (11); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix I, Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About...
Notice May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice May 11, 2015

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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On December 31, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results and partial rescission of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of Chi...
Notice May 11, 2015

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, NMFS, have completed comprehensive status reviews under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for two foreign marine species in response to a petition to list those species. These species are the undulate ray (Raja undulata) and the greenback parrotfi...
Notice May 11, 2015

Exclusive Licenses:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), intends to grant to Handix, LLC of Boulder, Colorado, an exclusive global license to manufacture and distribute its "PRINTED OPTICAL...
Notice May 11, 2015

Interagency Cooperation:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, the Services), are amending the incidental take statement provisions of the implementing regulations for section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,...
Rule May 11, 2015

Meetings:

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The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2015, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Friday, June 5, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT. During this time, members wi...
Notice May 11, 2015

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

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DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive branch policy in the President's Climate Action Plan to procure, when feasible, alternatives to high global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluoroc...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2015

Education Department logo Education Department

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For the nine currently funded Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), the Secretary waives the requirements that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and extensions of project periods involving the obligation of additional Feder...
Rule May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice May 11, 2015

Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria:

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The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education announces priorities, requirements, a selection criterion, and definitions under the First in the World (FITW) program. The Assistant Secretary may use these priorities, requirements, selection crit...
Rule May 11, 2015

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Filings:

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Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi
Notice May 11, 2015
Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi
Notice May 11, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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On April 20, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new and revised emission factors for flares and other refinery process units and issued its final determination that revisions to existing emissions factors for tanks and wastewater...
Notice May 11, 2015

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Central African Republic; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of May 8, 2015)
Presidential Document May 11, 2015

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Day of Prayer (Proc. 9274)
Presidential Document May 11, 2015

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or we) adopted a final rule related to Farm Credit System (System) bank and association disclosures to shareholders and investors of senior officer compensation in the Summary Compensation Table (Table). Under the...
Rule May 11, 2015

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Feder...
Notice May 11, 2015

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2015

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Meetings:

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The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a Federal Advisory Committee established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, will hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 and Wednesday, May 20, 2015 in Salt...
Notice May 11, 2015

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

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Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection l...
Notice May 11, 2015

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 11, 2015
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 11, 2015
National Cancer Institute
Notice May 11, 2015
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice May 11, 2015
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute on Aging
Notice May 11, 2015
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice May 11, 2015
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Notice May 11, 2015

Requests for Nominations:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that any industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of a nonvoting industry representative to serve on the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee for t...
Notice May 11, 2015

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document sets forth amendments to the Customs and Border Protection regulations that implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into by the United S...
Rule May 11, 2015
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update and reissue a current Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, "Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection-007...
Notice May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice May 11, 2015

Requests for Nominations:

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The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to ac...
Notice May 11, 2015

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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In this notice, the Deputy Secretary delegates to the Chief Operations Officer all management and supervisory authority for the following offices: The Chief Information Officer (CIO); the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO); the Chief Procurement Offi...
Notice May 11, 2015
This Notice advises Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees with grants pursuant to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (the Appropriations Act) of the process and requirements associated with grantee requests...
Notice May 11, 2015

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs is issuing its final revisions to the regulations addressing mineral development of the Osage minerals estate. This rule updates the leasing procedures and the rental, operations, safety and royalty requirements for oil a...
Rule May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce pape...
Notice May 11, 2015

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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In accordance with Federal coal management regulations, the Buckingham Coal Company, Federal Coal Lease by Application (LBA) Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for public review and comment. A public hearing will be held to receive comments o...
Notice May 11, 2015

Interagency Cooperation:

No documents available.

Meetings:

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To implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or the Convention), the Parties to the Convention meet periodically to review what species in international trade should be regulated and other as...
Notice May 11, 2015
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice May 11, 2015

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2015

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Proposed Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice May 11, 2015

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice May 11, 2015
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collectio...
Notice May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Annual Information Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan," to the Office of Management and Budge...
Notice May 11, 2015

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

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National Capital Planning Commission

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The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the Planning Commission for the Federal Government within the National Capital Region, intends to release for public comment a draft new Federal Urban Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the N...
Notice May 11, 2015

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request approval of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on t...
Notice May 11, 2015

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2015

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2015

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of its collection of information for annual financial and actuarial reporting und...
Notice May 11, 2015

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning an addition to Global Expedited Package Services 3 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative...
Notice May 11, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 11, 2015

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BOX Options Exchange LLC
Notice May 11, 2015
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice May 11, 2015
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice May 11, 2015
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice May 11, 2015
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice May 11, 2015
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice May 11, 2015
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice May 11, 2015

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for...
Notice May 11, 2015
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this notice to comply with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), which requires agencies to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for...
Notice May 11, 2015
SBIR/STTR Logo Design Competition Announcement; Correction
Notice May 11, 2015

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4217-DR), dated 05/01/ 2015. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 04/02/2015 through 04/1...
Notice May 11, 2015
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4217-DR), dated 05/01/2015. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Perio...
Notice May 11, 2015
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Kentucky (FEMA- 4216-DR), dated 04/30/2015. Incident: Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Per...
Notice May 11, 2015

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in Provo City and Orem City, Utah County, UT, and Tarrant County, TX. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmenta...
Notice May 11, 2015
This action amends Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 77, "Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Iraq," which prohibits certain flight operations in the territory and airspace of Iraq by all United State...
Rule May 11, 2015

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Albion Municipal Airport, Albion, NE; Rock County Airport, Bassett, NE; and Jim Kelly Field Airport, Lexington, NE. Decommissioning of the non- directional radio beacons (NDB) and/or cancellation of N...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2015
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Jonesboro Airport, Jonesboro, LA, and David G. Joyce Airport, Winnfield, LA. Decommissioning of the non-directional radio beacons (NDB) and/or cancellation of NDB approaches due to advances in Global...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2015

Meetings:

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FRA announces the fifty-third meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety recommendations through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include opening remarks from the FRA Acting Administrator, the FRA...
Notice May 11, 2015

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

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FMCSA confirms its decision to exempt 39 individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. The exemptions enable these individuals to op...
Notice May 11, 2015
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 51 individuals for exemption from the prohibition against persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. If granted, the exemptions...
Notice May 11, 2015

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collecti...
Notice May 11, 2015
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding the application of the modified carryover basis rules of section 1022 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Specifically, the proposed regulations will modify provisions of th...
Proposed Rule May 11, 2015

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice May 11, 2015

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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: William A. Reinsch, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to invest...
Notice May 11, 2015

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