[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61541-61542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17306]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Meeting To Finalize Annual Report; Advisory 
Committee

ACTION: Notice of open meeting to prepare Annual Report--October 23-27, 
2006, Washington, DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the U.S.-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission.
    The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, 
evaluate and report to Congress annually on the U.S.-China economic and 
security relationship. The mandate specifically charges the Commission 
to prepare an annual report to the Congress ``regarding the national 
security implications and impact of the bilateral trade and economic 
relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of 
China * * * [that] shall include a full analysis, along with 
conclusions and recommendations for legislative and administrative 
actions * * * ''
    Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will 
meet in Washington, DC October 23-27, 2006, to conduct a final review 
of the 2006 Annual Report to Congress, make final modifications, and 
formally approve the Report for printing.
    Topics to be Discussed: The Commissioners will be considering

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Report sections addressing the following topics:
     China's Regional Activities.
     China's Energy Activities.
     China's Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and 
Its Production of Counterfeit Goods.
     China's Financial System and Its Effect on the United 
States.
     China's Proliferation To and Relationships With North 
Korea and Iran.
     China's Media Control Activities.
     China's Internal Challenges and Their Impact on China's 
Actions Affecting Other Nations Including the United States.
     China's Military Modernization.
     The Effect of U.S. and Multilateral Export Controls on 
China's Military Modernization.
     The Military Balance Across the Taiwan Strait.
     China's WTO Compliance, Industrial Expansion, and 
Industrial Subsidies and their Effects on the United States.
     China's Impact on the U.S. Auto and Auto Parts Industries.
    Date and Time: Monday through Friday, October 23-27, 2006, 9:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Place of Meeting: On Monday and Tuesday, October 23-24, the 
meetings will occur in Conference Room 333 of the Hall of the States, 
444 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. On Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday, October 25-27, the meetings will occur in 
Conference Room 385 of the same building. Public seating is limited, 
and will be available on a ``first-come, first-served'' basis. Advance 
reservations are not required.
    Accessibility Statement:
     The entirety of this Commission meeting will be open to 
the public.
     Any member of the public is permitted to file a written 
statement with the Commission. Such statements may be left with the 
Commission's Executive Director during the meeting, or mailed or 
delivered to him at the Commission's office address: 444 North Capitol 
Street, Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001.
     The Commission's procedures for conducting its Annual 
Report preparation meetings do not provide for members of the public to 
speak during these meetings.
     The drafts prepared for Commissioners' use and 
consideration during the meeting are available for public inspection in 
the Commission's offices (see address above) during its normal office 
hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Any member of the 
public may request copies of any of these materials, which shall be 
provided at the Commission's actual cost for photocopying--10 cents per 
page--with payment to be made in cash in advance.
     During the meeting, at various points the Commission may 
take breaks from work on its Annual Report to deal with various 
administrative matters, such as budgetary, scheduling, and personnel 
matters. Those matters are not subject to the open meeting requirements 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and at those times, all members 
of the public will be asked to depart the room.
     The circumstances under which the Commission is permitted 
to use appropriated funds to pay for food or beverages are limited, and 
this meeting does not qualify. Therefore, Commissioners have paid out 
of their own pockets for coffee and other refreshments for their 
consumption during the meeting, and for lunch; these will not be 
available to guests. Members of the public may obtain refreshments in a 
carry-out store on the ground floor of the building in which the 
meeting will be conducted, or may bring refreshments to the meeting 
from other sources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Michels, Associate Director, 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North Capitol 
Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; phone 202-624-1409; e-
mail [email protected].

    Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act 
(Pub. L. 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7), as amended by 
Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005).

    Dated: October 11, 2006.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
 [FR Doc. E6-17306 Filed 10-17-06; 8:45 am]
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