[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54453-54454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27086]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Renewal of the Joint Advisory Committee on Nuclear Weapons Surety

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Joint Advisory Committee on Nuclear Weapons Surety 
(JACNWS) has been renewed in consonance with the public interest, and 
in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 92-463, the ``Federal 
Advisory Committee Act.''

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    The JACNWS provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Energy on nuclear weapons systems surety 
matters. The committee undertakes studies and prepares reports on 
national policies and procedures to ensure the safe handling, 
stockpiling, maintenance, disposition and risk reduction of nuclear 
weapons.
    The Committee will continue to be composed of four to seven 
members, both government and non-government individuals, who are 
acclaimed experts in nuclear weapons surety measures. Efforts will be 
made to ensure that there is a fairly balanced membership in terms of 
the functions to be performed and the interest groups represented.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bill Daitch, Defense Special 
Weapons Agency, telephone: 703-325-0581.

    Dated: October 2, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-27086 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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