[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7063]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. 
Customs Service; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date and location of the next 
meeting and the agenda for consideration by the Treasury Advisory 
Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.

DATES: The next meeting of the Treasury Advisory Committee on 
Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service will be held on April 
3, 1998. The session will be held in Los Angeles, California, from 
approximately 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Manhattan Beach Marriott, 
1400 Parkview Avenue, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Tel.: 310-546-7511.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis M. O'Connell, Director, Office 
of Tariff and Trade Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Enforcement, Room 4004, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20220. Tel.: (202) 622-0220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the sixth meeting of the current 
two-year term of the Committee. The provisional agenda to be considered 
at the meeting is as follows:

Old Business

    1. Automated Export System: Interim report of the subcommittee to 
develop industry recommendations.
    2. Status and progress of Customs automation.

New Business

    1. Import restrictions on merchandise produced abroad with forced 
or indentured child labor.
    2. Impact of ``Operation Brass Ring''.
    3. The self-governance initiative and status of compliance 
assessment team (CAT) reviews.
    6. Hours of operations for commercial processing at the border and 
Customs proposed rule clarifying the authority of port directors to 
designated crossings within a port that particular carriers must use.
    The foregoing provisional agenda may be modified prior to the 
meeting.
    Members of the public may verify the final content of the agenda 
and the precise time and location of the meeting by calling the 
information number one week prior to the meeting. The Committee, in its 
discretion, may take up other matters, time permitting.
    The meeting is open to the public. However, participation in the 
discussion is limited to Committee members and Treasury and Customs 
staff. It is necessary for any person other than an Advisory Committee 
member who wishes to attend the meeting to give notice by contacting 
Ms. Theresa Manning no later than March 27, 1998 at 202-622-0220.
John P. Simpson,
Depty Assistant Secretary, (Regulatory, Tariff and Trade Enforcement).
[FR Doc. 98-7063 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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