[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 23726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09511]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2021-02; Docket No. 2021-0002; Sequence No. 9]


Office of Asset and Transportation Management; Presidential 
Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States; Notification of 
Upcoming Public Virtual Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is providing notice of an open public virtual meeting of 
the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States 
(Commission) in accordance with the requirements of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
introductions and a statement of plan for the meeting, a ceremonial 
swearing in of the Commission members, discussion of the public meeting 
format and calls for testimony, areas of research focus, and 
information available on the Commission website.

DATES: The Commission will hold a public virtual meeting on May 19, 
2021, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be conducted virtually on the internet. 
Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below.

Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment

    Attendance. This meeting is open to the public and the Commission 
encourages the public's input. To attend this public virtual meeting, 
you must register by submitting your full name, organization (if 
applicable), email address, and phone number to the Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected], listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. Registration requests must be received by 5 p.m. ET, on May 
17, 2021.
    Public Comment. For the Commission to have the best opportunity to 
review and consider the public's input, written comments must be 
received via email at [email protected] no later than 5 p.m. ET on May 
17, 2021. Comments submitted after this date will be provided to the 
Commission members, but please be advised that Commission members may 
not have adequate time to consider the comments prior to the meeting.
    Special accommodations. For information on services for individuals 
with disabilities, or to request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact the Designated Federal Officer at least 10 business days prior 
to the meeting to give GSA as much time as possible to process the 
request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public virtual 
meeting, contact Dana Fowler, Designated Federal Officer, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, at 
[email protected], 202-501-1777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Administrator of GSA established the Commission as a 
Presidential advisory committee on April 26, 2021 pursuant to Executive 
Order 14023, Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the 
Supreme Court of the United States, issued on April 9, 2021. Per the 
executive order, the Commission shall produce a report for the 
President that includes the following:
    (i) An account of the contemporary commentary and debate about the 
role and operation of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system 
and about the functioning of the constitutional process by which the 
President nominates and, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, appoints Justices to the Supreme Court;
    (ii) The historical background of other periods in the Nation's 
history when the Supreme Court's role and the nominations and advice-
and-consent process were subject to critical assessment and prompted 
proposals for reform; and
    (iii) An analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary 
public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an 
appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals.

Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-09511 Filed 5-3-21; 8:45 am]
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