The Federal Maritime Commission announces that Chairman Lidinsky and Commissioner Dye will address the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, on June 30, 2010, to report on the status of the investigation "Vessel Capacity and Equipment Availability in the United States Export and Import Liner Trades."
The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes revised 2010 assessment of annual needs for the List I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine. Comments are due by July 28, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the name of an individual in Serbia and Montenegro whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 13219, "Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans," as amended.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and the International Trade Administration (ITA), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold a public meeting on July 27, 2010 in Washington, DC to discuss the relationship between cybersecurity in the commercial space and innovation in the Internet economy.
On June 12, 2010, the President issued Proclamation 8536 which amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to extend and establish certain sugar tariff rate quotas for Costa Rica under the DR-CAFTA1 and make technical corrections to certain other free trade agreement General Notes.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of the four individuals in Colombia whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective June 22, 2010.
International Trade Administration announces a meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee on July 13, 2010. The agenda for the meeting includes discussion of the current status of Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative; an update on civil nuclear trade policy with India, and the Commerce Department's small modular reactor report.
The Patent and Trademark Office has issued a final rule, effective June 25, 2010, which revises the rules of practice to update the service addresses for certain correspondence to the Office of the General Counsel and a component of OGC, the Office of the Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor, and the address for the Public Search Room.
On June 24, 2010, in Luxembourg, representatives of the U.S. and the European Union and its twenty-seven Member States signed a “Second Stage” civil aviation agreement, which extends indefinitely and builds on their “Open Skies” agreement that was signed in April 2007. The new agreement also deepens U.S.-EU cooperation in aviation security, safety, competition, and ease of travel. In addition, it contains provisions on night flights and labor standards.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an interim final rule, effective June 25, 2010, which modifies the requirements of License Exception ENC (Encryption Commodities, Software and Technology) and the requirements for qualifying an encryption item as mass market, and amends specific license requirements for encryption items.