[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26333-26334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11120]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7403]


U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL); Notice of Public Meeting of Its Study Group 
on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, hereby gives notice of a public meeting of 
the ACPIL Study Group on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court 
Agreements. The meeting will take place on June 15, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 
2 p.m. EDT at the Department of State, Washington, DC. This is not a 
meeting of the full Advisory Committee. The Study Group will meet to 
discuss the draft Federal legislation that has been developed to 
implement the Convention. It is proposed that the Federal legislation 
would work in tandem with uniform State law, developed by the Uniform 
Law Commission, as may be enacted by individual States. Where a State 
did not enact the uniform State law, or in the event of any 
inconsistency between the Federal law and the uniform State law as 
enacted, the Federal law would apply. Prior to the Study Group meeting, 
we will send out the latest Federal and State drafts to all those who 
indicate that they intend to attend the meeting or participate by 
telephone or who otherwise express an interest in commenting on the 
draft Federal text.
    Time and Place: The meeting will take place on June 15th from 9 
a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT at the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for 
Private International Law, Department of State, Washington, DC. 
Participants should appear by 8:45 a.m. at the C Street gate to Navy 
Hill, corner of C Street, NW., and 23rd Street, NW.
    Public Participation: This Study Group meeting is open to the 
public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the 
meeting building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should 
contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms of the Department of State Legal 
Adviser's Office at [email protected] or [email protected] and 
provide your name, affiliation, e-mail address, and mailing address. 
Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Act of 1986) as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT ACT): 
and Executive Order 13356. The primary purpose for collecting is to 
validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. 
Please see the Privacy Impact Assessment for

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VACS-D at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for 
additional information. Persons who cannot participate in the meeting 
but who wish to comment on the draft Federal implementing legislation 
are welcome to do so by e-mail to Keith Loken at [email protected]. A 
member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise the 
contact persons identified above not later than June 8th. Requests made 
after that date will be considered, but might not be able to be 
fulfilled. If you are unable to attend the public meeting in person and 
would like to participate by teleconferencing, please contact Tricia 
Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 202-776-8420 to receive the conference call-
in number and the relevant information.

    Dated: April 28, 2011.
Keith Loken,
Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Private International Law, Office of 
the Legal Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-11120 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am]
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