[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12647]



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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Public Hearing

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing--July 12-13, 2007, Washington, 
DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.-
China Economic and Security Review Commission.
    Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman 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 national security 
implications and impact of the bilateral trade and economic 
relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of 
China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public 
hearing in Washington, DC on July 12-13, 2007 on ``China's 
Proliferation and the Impact of Trade Policy on Defense Industries in 
the United States and China.''

Background

    This event is the fifth in a series of public hearings the 
Commission will hold during its 2007 report cycle to collect input from 
leading experts in academia, business, industry, government and from 
the public on the impact of the economic and national security 
implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with 
China. The July 12-13 hearing is being conducted to examine the impact 
of China's proliferation practices on U.S. national security, China's 
compliance with its own nonproliferation laws and regulations and 
international nonproliferation norms, the development of an indigenous 
defense industrial capacity in China, and the impact of trade practices 
and manufacturing in China on the U.S. defense industrial base.
    The July 12-13 hearing on ``China's Proliferation and the Impact of 
Trade Policy on Defense Industries in the United States and China'' 
will be co-chaired by Commissioners Peter Brookes, Mark Esper, William 
Reinsch, and Michael Wessel.
    Information on this hearing, including a detailed hearing agenda 
and information about panelists, will be made available on the 
Commission's Web site prior to the hearing date. Detailed information 
about the Commission, the texts of its annual reports and hearing 
records, and the products of research it has commissioned can be found 
on the Commission's Web site at http://www.uscc.gov.
    Any interested party may file a written statement by July 12, 2007, 
by mailing to the contact below.
    Date and Time: Thursday, July 12, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and 
Friday, July 13, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A detailed agenda for the 
hearing will be posted to the Commission's Web site at http://www.uscc.gov in the near future.

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held on Capitol Hill in Room 385, 
Russell Senate Office Building, located at Delaware & Constitution 
Avenues, NE., Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is limited to 
approximately 50 people on a first come, first served basis. Advance 
reservations are not required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Michels, Associate Director for 
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North 
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-624-
1409, or via e-mail at [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: June 25, 2007.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
 [FR Doc. E7-12647 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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