[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31294-31295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13978]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Materials Technical 
Advisory Committee

    The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet on July 18, 
2019, 10:00 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street 
between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues NW, Washington, DC The 
Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export 
Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the 
level of export controls applicable to materials and related 
technology.

Agenda

Open Session

    1. Opening Remarks and Introduction.
    2. Presentation: ``The Role of U.S. Engagement in China's 
Biotechnology Development''
    3. Presentation: ``Synthetic Gene-length DNA: Evolving Export 
Control Concerns''
    4. Discussion about merging with MPETAC co-chairs
    5. Open session report by regime representatives

Closed Session

    6. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 
Sec. Sec.  10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
    The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected] no later than July 11, 2019.
    A limited number of seats will be available during the public 
session of the meeting. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent 
time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the 
Committee. The public may submit written statements at any time before 
or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public 
presentation materials to Committee members, the Committee suggests 
that presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the 
meeting to Ms. Springer via email.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on April 19, 
2019, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec.  10(d)), that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control 
List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec.  
Sec.  10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will 
be open to the public.

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    For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 
482[middot]2813.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-13978 Filed 6-28-19; 8:45 am]
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