[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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