[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45222-45223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16415]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Meetings To Prepare the 2016 Annual Report to 
Congress

    Advisory Committee: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings to be held in Washington, DC to review 
and edit drafts of the 2016 Annual Report to Congress on the following 
dates: July 13-14, August 10-11, September 14-15, and October 5-6, 
2016.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of meetings of the U.S.-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission.
    Name: Dennis Shea, 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 U.S.-China economic and 
security relationship. The mandate specifically charges the Commission 
to prepare a report to 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 Meetings: Pursuant to this mandate, members of the 
Commission will meet in Washington, DC on July 13-14, August 10-11, 
September 14-15, and October 5-6, 2016 to review and edit drafts of the 
2016 Annual Report to Congress.
    The Commission is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) with the enactment of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that was signed into law on 
November 22, 2005 (Public Law 109-108). In accordance with FACA, the 
Commission's meeting to make decisions concerning the substance and 
recommendations of its 2016 Annual Report to Congress are open to the 
public.
    Topics To Be Discussed: The Commissioners will be considering draft 
report sections addressing the following topics:
     U.S.-China Economic and Trade Relations, including: Year 
in Review, Economics and Trade; State-Owned Enterprises, Overcapacity, 
and China's Market Economy Status; and 13th Five-Year Plan.
     U.S.-China Security Relations, including: Year in Review, 
Security and Foreign Affairs; China's Expeditionary and Force 
Projection Capabilities; and China's Intelligence Services and 
Espionage Threats to the United States.
     China and the world, including: China and South Asia, 
China and Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, and China and North Korea.
     China and the U.S. Rebalance to Asia.
    Dates, Times, and Room Locations (Eastern Daylight Time):


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 Wednesday and Thursday, July 13-14, 2016 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m.)--Room 383
 Wednesday and Thursday, August 10-11, 2016 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m.)--Room 231
 Wednesday and Thursday, September 14-15, 2016 (9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.)--Room 231
 Wednesday and Thursday, October 5-6, 2016 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m.)--Room 231


ADDRESSES: All report review-editing sessions will be held in The Hall 
of the States (North Bldg., 2nd Floor), located at 444 North Capitol 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20001.
    Public seating is limited and will be available on a ``first-come, 
first-served'' basis. Advanced reservations are not required. All 
participants must register at the front desk of the lobby.
    Required Accessibility Statement: The entirety of these Commission 
editorial and drafting meetings will be open to the public. The 
Commission may recess the public editorial/drafting sessions to address 
administrative issues in closed session.
    The open meetings will also be adjourned around noon for a lunch 
break. At the beginning of the lunch break, the Chairman will announce 
what time the Annual Report review and editing session will reconvene.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rickisha Berrien-Lopez, Human 
Resources and Administrative Specialist, U.S.-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, 
Washington, DC 20001; Phone: (202) 624-1454; Email: [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), as amended by 
Public Law 113-291 (December 19, 2014).

    Dated: July 6, 2016.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-16415 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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