[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54670-54671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27388]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Partially Closed Meeting

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet November 10, 1998, (9:00 a.m., Room 3407, in the Herbert C. 
Hoover Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania 
Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. 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

Open Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairperson.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Consultation on renewal of Committee charter.
    4. Update of policies under review.
    5. Report on status of India/Pakistan sanctions.

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    6. Update on proposal to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics 
Regulations definition of ``Exporter of Recorded''.
    7. Discussion on implementation of encryption policy.
    8. Update on Wassenaar Arrangement negotiations.
    9. Update on license conditions under the ``deemed export'' rule.
    10. Reports from RPTAC working groups.

Closed Session

    11. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto.
    The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not 
required. To the extent that time permits, members of the public may 
present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written 
statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate the distribution of public presentation materials to the 
Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the 
public presentation materials prior to the meeting date to the 
following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter BXA MS:3886C 15th St. & 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20230
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on December 
16, 1996, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of 
the Committee and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the 
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be exempt from 
the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1) 
and 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining 
series of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions 
of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and 
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further 
information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: October 6, 1998.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-27388 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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