[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11306]


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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 May 25, 1999, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 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. Update on pending regulatory revisions.
    4. Update on policies under review.
    5. Report on proposal to amend the Export Administration 
Regulations concerning the issue of ``exporter of Record.''
    6. Discussion on encryption regulations.
    7. Discussion on regulations regarding high Performance Computers.
    8. Update on implementation of Wassenaar Arrangement.
    9. Discussion on compliance and enforcement issues.

Closed Session

    10. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the open session. 
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 to the following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, BXA MS: 3876, 
15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, D.C. 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on January 12, 
1999, 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, D.C. For more 
information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: April 30, 1999.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-11306 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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