[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3107-3108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00735]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury's Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms (ACRSM) will 
convene a meeting on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, in the Cash Room, 
Room 2121, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20220, from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The 
meeting is open to the public, and the site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, from 
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The ACRSM meeting will be held in Room 2121 (Cash Room), 
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. 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 either:
    1. Register online. Attendees may visit http://www.cvent.com/d/phqvqx and fill out a secure online registration form. A valid email 
address will be required to complete online registration. (Note: Online 
registration will close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 
30, 2020.)
    2. Contact the Federal Insurance Office at (202) 622-2922, by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 30, 2020, and provide 
registration information.
    Requests for reasonable accommodations under Section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act should be directed to Mariam G. Harvey, Office of 
Civil Rights and Diversity, U.S. Department of the Treasury at (202) 
622-0316, or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Ifft, Senior Insurance 
Regulatory Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, U.S. Department of 
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 
20220, at (202) 622-2922 (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: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2), through implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150.
    Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on the 
business of the ACRSM are invited to submit written statements by any 
of the following methods:

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Electronic Statements

     Send electronic comments to [email protected].

Paper Statements

     Send paper statements in triplicate to the Advisory 
Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 
1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220.
    In general, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will post all 
statements on its website https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-markets-financial-institutions-and-fiscal-service/federal-insurance-office/terrorism-risk-insurance-program/advisory-committee-on-risk-sharing-mechanisms-acrsm without change, including any business 
or personal information provided such as names, addresses, email 
addresses, or telephone numbers. The U.S. Department of the Treasury 
will also make such statements available for public inspection and 
copying in the U.S. 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.
    Background: The ACRSM provides advice and recommendations to the 
Federal Insurance Office (FIO) with respect to the creation and 
development of non-governmental, private market risk-sharing mechanisms 
for protection against losses arising from acts of terrorism.
    Tentative Agenda/Topics for Discussion: This will be the first 
ACRSM meeting of 2020. In this meeting, the ACRSM will address, 
consistent with its charter's mandate, topics related to the role of 
nongovernmental mechanisms in supporting the terrorism risk insurance 
market. The ACRSM will receive and discuss updates from its various 
subcommittees, addressing the financial sharing mechanisms of the 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP); nuclear, biological, chemical, 
and radiological risk and its treatment under TRIP; cyber insurance and 
associated certification issues under TRIP presented by cyber-related 
losses; and issues related to other risk-sharing mechanisms that engage 
in some amount of pre-funding of risk exposures.

    Dated: January 14, 2020.
J. Tyler Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-00735 Filed 1-16-20; 8:45 am]
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