[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22425]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Open Meeting

    A meeting of the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory 
Committee will be held September 23, 1997, 9:00 a.m., in the Plaza Room 
of the Portland World Trade Center, 25 S.W. Salmon, Portland, Oregon. 
The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export 
Administration on implementation of the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to update the EAR 
as needed.

Agenda

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairwoman.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Update on Bureau of Export Administration initiatives:
     Draft encryption regulation.
     Status of Wassenaar Arrangement implementation regulation.
     Efforts to harmonize the Foreign Trade Statistics 
Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations in regards to the 
filing of Shipper's Export Declarations.
    4. Discussion of European, Japanese, and U.S. export controls in 
regards to ``catch-all'' proliferation controls, Wassenaar Arrangement 
controls, encryption items, and the hiring of foreign nationals.
    The meeting will be open to the public and a limited number of 
seats will be available. To the extent time permits, members of the 
public may present oral statements to the Committee. Written statements 
may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee 
members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public 
presentation materials, two weeks prior to the meeting date, to the 
following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS-EA, MS: 3886C, 
Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, D.C. 20230.
    For further information or copies of the minutes, contact Lee Ann 
Carpenter on (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: August 19, 1997.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.
[FR Doc. 97-22425 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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