[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54238-54239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


President's Export Council; Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The President's Export Council will hold a meeting to 
deliberate on recommendations related to promoting the expansion of 
U.S. exports. Topics may include trade promotion authority; priorities 
for the Ninth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference; forced 
localization policies; understanding best value in government 
procurement; de minimis reform; intellectual property protections in 
the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement; expansion of the Information 
Technology Agreement; and export control reform. The final agenda will 
be posted at least one week in advance of the meeting on the 
President's Export Council Web site at http://trade.gov/pec.

DATES: September 19, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. (ET).

ADDRESSES: The President's Export Council meeting will be broadcast via 
live webcast on the Internet at http://whitehouse.gov/live.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tricia Van Orden, Executive Secretary, 
President's Export Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC, 20230, telephone: 202-482-5876, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The President's Export Council was first established by

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Executive Order on December 20, 1973 to advise the President on matters 
relating to U.S. export trade and to report to the President on its 
activities and recommendations for expanding U.S. exports. The 
President's Export Council was renewed most recently by Executive Order 
13585 of September 30, 2011, for the two-year period ending September 
30, 2013. This Committee is established in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App.
    Public Submissions: The public is invited to submit written 
statements to the President's Export Council by C.O.B. September 17, 
2013 by either of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit statements electronically to Tricia Van Orden, Executive 
Secretary, President's Export Council via email: 
[email protected].

Paper Submissions

    Send paper statements to Tricia Van Orden, Executive Secretary, 
President's Export Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC, 20230. Statements will be posted on the President's 
Export Council Web site (http://trade.gov/pec) without change, 
including any business or personal information provided such as names, 
addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. All statements 
received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are 
part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make publicly available.
    Meeting minutes: Copies of the Council's meeting minutes will be 
available within ninety (90) days of the meeting.

    Dated: August 29, 2013.
Tricia Van Orden,
Executive Secretary, President's Export Council.
[FR Doc. 2013-21459 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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