[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30310-30311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13633]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Public Meetings

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of open public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of meetings of the U.S.-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission to review and edit drafts of the 2019 
Annual Report to Congress. The Commission is mandated by Congress to 
investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on the ``the 
national security implications of the economic

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relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of 
China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold public 
meetings to review and edit drafts of the 2019 Annual Report to 
Congress.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled for Thursday, July 11, 2019, from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Thursday, August 1, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.; Thursday, September 5, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; 
and Tuesday, October 1, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 444 North Capitol Street NW, Room 231, Washington, DC 20001. 
Public seating is limited and will be available on a ``first-come, 
first-served'' basis. Reservations are not required to attend the 
meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public seeking 
further information concerning these meetings should contact Kerry 
Sutherland, 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 602, Washington, DC 
20001; telephone: 202-624-1454, or via email at [email protected]. 
Reservations are not required to attend the meetings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to the Commission's mandate, members 
of the Commission will meet to review and edit drafts of the 2019 
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 (Pub. L. 109-108). In 
accordance with FACA, the Commission's meetings to make decisions 
concerning the substance and recommendations of its 2019 Annual Report 
to Congress are open to the public.
    Topics To Be Discussed: Editing and review sessions will cover 
material prepared for the 2019 Annual Report, including: A review of 
economics, trade, security and foreign affairs developments in 2019; 
China's internal and external challenges; artificial intelligence, new 
materials, and new energy; U.S. companies in China and Chinese 
companies in the U.S.; health and pharmaceuticals; China's ambitions to 
build a world class military; China-Russia relations; China's ambitions 
in space; Taiwan; Hong Kong; and changing regional dynamics.
    Required Accessibility Statement: These meetings will be open to 
the public. The Commission may recess the meetings to address 
administrative issues in closed session. The Commission will also 
recess the meetings around noon for a lunch break. At the beginning of 
the lunch break, the Chairman will announce what time the meetings will 
reconvene.
    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: June 21, 2019.
Daniel W. Peck,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-13633 Filed 6-25-19; 8:45 am]
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