[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43868-43869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18102]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


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 
Wednesday, September 18, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time in 
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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 Wednesday, September 18, 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, September 10, 2019. Attendees with a valid 
email address may visit http://www.cvent.com/d/4yqd09 or for mobile 
registration at http://www.cvent.com/d/4yqd09?dvce=2 to complete a 
secure online registration form. All other attendees may contact Marie 
Vazquez-Lopez at [email protected].
    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 Lillian Wright at [email protected]. 
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.

Second Periodic Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the FACA and implementing 
regulations 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 a public meeting 
on Wednesday, September 18, 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 will adopt bylaws for the 
TTAC and discuss the progress of the priority issue matrix and work 
plan, including the work of the three subcommittees. In addition, the 
TTAC will provide updates on priority issues, read any public comments 
submitted, and take other actions necessary to fulfill the Committee'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.

    Dated: August 14, 2019.
Krishna P. Vallabhaneni,
Tax Legislative Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-18102 Filed 8-21-19; 8:45 am]
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