[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26183-26184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


First Periodic Meeting of the U.S. Department of the Treasury 
Tribal Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the U.S. Department of the Treasury 
Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) will convene for a public meeting on 
Thursday, June 20, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time in the 
Cash Room of the Treasury Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20220. The meeting is open to the public, and the 
site is accessible to individuals with differing abilities.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2019, from 9:00 
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Cash Room (Room 2121) at the 
Treasury Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20220. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting 
will be held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to 
attend the meeting must register online or by telephone by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Attendees with a valid email 
address may visit http://www.cvent.com/d/p6qfw2 to complete a secure 
online registration form. All other attendees may contact Marie Vazquez 
Lopez at (202) 622-2049 to provide registration information.
    If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact Andre 
Faulk at [email protected] or 202-622-1278, or Lisa Jones at 
[email protected] or 202-622-0315. To request a sign language 
interpreter, please make your request five days prior to the event, if 
possible by contacting Andre Faulk or Lisa Jones. For all other 
inquiries concerning the TTAC meeting, please contact 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Montoya, Policy Analyst, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 1426G, 
Washington, DC 20220, at (202) 622-2031 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access 
this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Section 3 of the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014, 
Public Law 113-68, 128 Stat. 1883, enacted on September 26, 2014 
(TGWEA), directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to establish 
a seven member Tribal Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on 
matters related to the taxation of Indians, the training of Internal 
Revenue Service field agents, and the provision of training and 
technical assistance to Native American financial officers.
    Pursuant to Section 3 of the TGWEA and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 
1 et seq., the TTAC was established on February 10, 2015, as the ``U.S. 
Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee.'' The TTAC's 
Charter provides that it shall operate under the provisions of the FACA 
and shall advise and report to the Secretary on:
    (1) Matters related to the taxation of Indians;
    (2) The establishment of training and education for internal 
revenue field agents who administer and enforce internal revenue laws 
with respect to Indian tribes of Federal Indian law and the Federal 
Government's unique legal treaty and trust relationship with Indian 
tribal governments; and
    (3) The establishment of training of such internal revenue field 
agents, and provisions of training and technical assistance to tribal 
financial officers, about implementation of the TGWEA and any 
amendments.

First Periodic Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the FACA and implementing 
regulations

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at 41 CFR 102-3.150, Krishna P. Vallabhaneni, the Designated Federal 
Officer of the TTAC, has ordered publication of this notice to inform 
the public that the TTAC will convene its first periodic meeting on 
Thursday, June 20, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time in the 
Cash Room of the Treasury Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC.

Summary of Agenda and Topics To Be Discussed

    During this meeting, the seven members of the TTAC will be 
introduced and will appoint Co-Chairs, review the TTAC's Charter and 
mandate, and discuss various Federal income tax issues relating to 
Indians, such as Federal income tax issues relating to access to 
capital, Opportunity Zones, changes to the so-called ``kiddie tax'', 
and general welfare exclusion education of internal revenue field 
agents. In addition, the TTAC will identify other topics of interest 
for 2019 and take other actions necessary to fulfill the TTAC's 
mandate.

Public Comment

    Members of the public wishing to comment on the business of the 
TTAC are invited to submit written statements by any of the following 
methods:

Electronic Statements

     Send electronic comments to [email protected].

Paper Statements

     Send paper statements in triplicate to the Treasury Tribal 
Advisory Committee, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Room 1426G, Washington, DC 20220.

The Department of the Treasury will post all statements on its website 
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/economic-policy/tribal-policy/Pages/Tribal-Policy.aspx without change, including any business or 
personal information provided such as names, addresses, email 
addresses, or telephone numbers. The Department of the Treasury will 
also make such statements available for public inspection and copying 
in the Department of the Treasury's Library, 720 Madison Place NW, Room 
1020, Washington, DC 20220, on official business days between the hours 
of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can make an appointment 
to inspect statements by telephoning (202) 622-2000. 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 available publicly.

Krishna P. Vallabhaneni,
Tax Legislative Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-11714 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
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