[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6570-6571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02237]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0749]


National Boating Safety Advisory Committee; Initial Solicitation 
for Members

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is requesting applications from persons 
interested in serving as a member of the National Boating Safety 
Advisory Committee (``Committee''). This recently established Committee 
will advise the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on 
matters relating to national boating safety. Please read this notice 
for a description of the 21 Committee positions we are seeking to fill.

DATES: Your completed application should reach the Coast Guard on or 
before April 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Applicants should send a cover letter expressing interest in 
an appointment to the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee and a 
resume detailing the applicant's experience. We will not accept a 
biography. Applications should be submitted via one of the following 
methods:
     By Email: [email protected] (preferred).
     By Mail: Commandant (CG-BSX-2), Attn: NBSAC ADFO, U.S. 
Coast Guard Stop 7501, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20593-7501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeff Decker, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee; 
Telephone 202-372-1507 or Email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Boating Safety Advisory 
Committee is a federal advisory committee. It will operate under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, 
and the administrative provisions in Section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (specifically, 46 U.S.C. 15109).
    The Committee was established on December 4, 2018, by the Frank 
LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, which added section 
15105, National Boating Safety Advisory Committee, to Title 46 of the 
U.S. Code (46 U.S.C. 15105). The Committee will advise the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on matters relating to national boating safety.
    We expect the Committee will hold meetings at least twice a year, 
but it may meet even more frequently. The Committee is required to meet 
at least once a year in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 15109(a). The 
meetings are held at a location selected by the U.S. Coast Guard.
    All members serve at their own expense and receive no salary or 
other compensation from the Federal Government. Members may be 
reimbursed, however, for travel and per diem in accordance with Federal 
Travel Regulations.
    Under provisions in 46 U.S.C. 15109(f)(6), if you are appointed as 
a member of the Committee, your membership term will expire on December 
31 of the third full year after the effective date of your appointment. 
The Secretary may require an individual to have passed an appropriate 
security background examination before appointment to the Committee, 46 
U.S.C. 15109(f)(4). In this initial solicitation for Committee members, 
we will consider applications for all 21 positions:
     Seven members shall represent State officials responsible 
for State boating safety programs;
     Seven members shall represent recreational boat and 
associated equipment manufacturers;
     Seven members shall represent the general public or 
national recreational boating organizations and, of the seven, at least 
five shall represent national recreational boating organizations.
    Each member of the Committee must have particular expertise, 
knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the 
Committee, which is to advise the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
matters related to national boating safety.
    If you are selected as a member drawn from the general public, you 
will be appointed and serve as a Special Government Employee as defined 
in Title 18, U.S.C section 202(a). Applicants for appointment as a 
Special Government Employee are required to complete a Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) for new entrants and if 
appointed as a member must submit Form 450 annually. The Coast Guard 
may not

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release the reports or the information in them to the public except 
under an order issued by a Federal Court or as otherwise provided under 
the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 552a). Only the Designated U.S. Coast Guard 
Ethics Official or his or her designee may release a Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report. Applicants can obtain this form by going 
to the website of the Office of Government Ethics (www.oge.gov), or by 
calling or emailing the individual listed above in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Applications for member drawn from the 
general public must be accompanied by a completed OGE Form 450.
    Registered lobbyists are not eligible to serve on Federal Advisory 
Committees in an individual capacity. See ``Revised Guidance on 
Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards and 
Commissions'' (79 FR 47482, August 13, 2014). Registered lobbyists are 
``lobbyists,'' as defined in 2 U.S.C. 1602, who are required by 2 
U.S.C. 1603 to register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives.
    The Department of Homeland Security does not discriminate in 
selection of Committee members on the basis of race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender 
identity, marital status, disabilities and genetic information, age, 
membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factor. 
The Department of Homeland Security strives to achieve a widely diverse 
candidate pool for all of its recruitment selections.
    If you are interested in applying to become a member of the 
Committee, send your cover letter and resume to Mr. Jeff Decker, 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the National Boating Safety 
Advisory Committee via one of the transmittal methods in the ADDRESSES 
section by the deadline in the DATES section of this notice.
    If you send your application to us via email, we will send you an 
email confirming receipt of your application.

    Dated: January 31, 2020.
David C. Barata,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-02237 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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