[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 31393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12696]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), the Secretary of Labor and the United States 
Trade Representative have taken steps to renew the Labor Advisory 
Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy. The Committee will 
be chartered pursuant to section 135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 
1974, 19 U.S.C. 2155(c) (1) and (2), as amended by section 1103 of the 
Trade Agreements Act of 1979, Public Law 96-39, 93 Stat. 144, 308 
(1979), section 1631 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988, Public Law 100-418, 102 Stat. 1107, 1264 (1988); and Executive 
Order 11846 of March 27, 1975, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 971 (which 
delegates certain Presidential responsibilities conferred in section 
135 of the Trade Act of 1974 to the United States Trade 
Representative).
    Purpose: The Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and 
Trade Policy consults with and makes recommendations to the Secretary 
of Labor and the United States Trade Representative on general policy 
matters concerning labor and trade negotiations, operations of any 
trade agreement once entered into, and other matters arising in 
connection with the administration of the trade policy of the United 
States. The renewal of the charter of the Labor Advisory Committee for 
Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy is necessary and in the public 
interest and will provide information that cannot be obtained from 
other sources. The Committee shall provide its views to the Secretary 
of Labor and the Unites States Trade Representative through the Bureau 
of International Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor. The 
Committee will comprise no more than 30 members representing the labor 
community.
    The Committee will meet at irregular intervals at the call of the 
Secretary of Labor and the United States Trade Representative.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne M. Zollner, Designated Federal 
Official and Division Chief, Trade Policy and Negotiations, Office of 
Trade and Labor Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 
Department of Labor, Frances Perkins Building, Room S-5317, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-4890.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this day 18 of May 2012.
Carol Pier,
Acting Deputy Undersecretary of the International Labor Affairs Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2012-12696 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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