[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7437]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice With Respect to List of Countries Denying Fair Market 
Opportunities for Government-Funded Airport Construction Projects

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice with respect to a list of countries denying fair market 
opportunities for products, suppliers or bidders of the United States 
in airport construction projects.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Shackleford, Director for 
International Procurement, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, (202) 395-9461, or Behnaz Kibria, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-
9589.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) has determined not to include any countries on 
the list of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S. 
products, suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport 
construction projects.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 533 of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended by section 115 of the Airport and 
Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987, Public Law 100-223 
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 50104) (``the Act''), requires USTR to decide 
whether any foreign countries have denied fair market opportunities to 
U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in connection with airport 
construction projects of $500,000 or more that are funded in whole or 
in part by the governments of such countries. The list of such 
countries must be published in the Federal Register. For the purposes 
of the Act, USTR has decided not to include any countries on the list 
of countries that deny fair market opportunities for U.S. products, 
suppliers, or bidders in foreign government-funded airport construction 
projects.

Rob Portman,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. E6-7437 Filed 5-15-06; 8:45 am]
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