[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60632-60633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23944]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-PCSCOTUS-2021-01; Docket No. PCSCOTUS-2021-0001; Sequence No. 
5]


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

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

ACTION: Request for public comment; meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is accepting written public comments on the work of the 
Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States 
(Commission). Further, GSA is providing notice of an open public 
virtual meeting of the Commission in accordance with the requirements 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of this meeting is 
for the Commissioners to vote on amended by-laws and deliberate on 
revised discussion materials that will inform the report the Commission 
is charged with preparing pursuant to Executive Order 14023. For more 
information on the meeting agenda, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice. This meeting is open to the public 
and will be live-streamed at www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/. Materials 
relevant to the public meeting will be posted at www.whitehouse.gov/pcscotus/ prior to the meeting.

DATES: The Commission will hold a public virtual meeting on November 
19, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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 attendance. To attend this public virtual 
meeting, please send an email with the Subject: Registration. In the 
body of the email, provide your full name, organization (if 
applicable), email address, and phone number to the Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected]. Registration requests must be received 
by 5:00 p.m. EST, on November 17, 2021. Registrations received after 
this day/time may not be processed.
    Public Comments. Written public comments are being accepted via 
http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking portal through 
December 15, 2021. No comments will be accepted after December 15, 
2021.
    To submit a written public comment, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for PCSCOTUS-2021-0001. Then, click on 
the ``Comment'' button that shows up in the search results. Select the 
link ``Comment'' that corresponds with this notice. Follow the 
instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company 
name (if applicable), and ``PCSCOTUS-2021-0001, Notification of 
Upcoming Public Virtual Meeting and Request for Public Comment'' on 
your attached document (if applicable). Public comments meeting our 
public comment policy, included under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, will 
be shared on Regulations.gov. Comments provided by 5:00 p.m. EST, on 
November 14, 2021 will be provided to the Commission members in advance 
of the November 19 public meeting. Comments submitted after this date 
will still 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 under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act 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.

Meeting Agenda

    The purpose of this meeting is for the Commissioners to deliberate 
on revised discussion materials that will inform the report the 
Commission is charged with preparing pursuant to Executive Order 14023. 
The tentative agenda will include a vote on an amended by-laws. The 
remainder of the meeting will follow the structure of these materials 
as follows:

 Introduction: Setting the Stage and Chapter 1: The History of 
the Reform Debate
 Chapter 2: Membership and Size of the Court
 Chapter 3: Length of Service and Turnover of Justices on the 
Court
 Chapter 4: The Court's Role in the Constitutional System
 Chapter 5: Case Selection and Review: Docket, Rules, and 
Practices

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Public Comment Policy

    The Commission asks that written public comments be respectful and 
relevant to the work of the Commission. All comments are reviewed 
before they are shared with the Commission or posted online. Comments 
that include the following will not be shared on Regulations.gov:
     Vulgar, obscene, profane, threatening, or abusive 
language; personal attacks of any kind.
     Discriminatory language (including hate speech) based on 
race, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or 
disability.
     Endorsements of commercial products, services, 
organizations, or other entities.
     Repetitive posts (for example, if you submit the same 
material multiple times).
     Spam or undecipherable language (gratuitous links will be 
viewed as spam).
     Copyrighted material.
     Links to external sites.
     Images or videos.
     Solicitation of funds.
     Procurement-sensitive information.
     Surveys, polls, and questionnaires subject to the Office 
of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Act clearance.
     Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Sensitive 
Information (SI).
     Off-topic posts.
     Media inquiries.
    Thank you for your interest in the Presidential Commission on the 
Supreme Court of the United States. We look forward to hearing from 
you.

Krystal J. Brumfield,
Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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