[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60239-60240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21459]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Call for Nominations for Secretary Appointment to Treasury Tribal 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Designated Federal Officer of 
the Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC), 
established pursuant to the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 
2014 (TGWEA), seeks nominations on behalf of the Secretary of the 
Treasury (Secretary) for the appointment of one member to the TTAC. 
Under section 3 of the TGWEA, the TTAC was established to advise the 
Secretary on matters related to the taxation of Indians, training and 
education for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) field agents who 
administer and enforce internal revenue laws with respect to Indian 
tribes, and training and technical assistance for tribal financial 
officers. Nominations should describe the candidate's qualifications 
for TTAC membership. Submittal of an application and resume is 
required. This request for nominations, particularly from tribal 
leaders, is in furtherance of the objectives of the Presidential 
Memorandum of January 26, 2021 (Tribal Consultation and Strengthening 
Nation-to-Nation Relationships), which requires each agency to prepare 
and periodically update a detailed plan of action to implement the 
policies and directives of an Executive Order under which the 
Department of the Treasury consults with tribal officials in the 
development of Federal policies that have Tribal implications, to 
reinforce the United States government-to-government relationships with 
Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon 
Indian tribes.

DATES: Please submit applications for appointment by the Secretary to 
the TTAC or the names and qualifications of individuals you would 
recommend for appointment to the TTAC by the Secretary before November 
18, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please send applications or recommendations to 
[email protected], with a subject line ``Treasury Tribal Advisory 
Committee member application or recommendation.'' Self-nominations are 
welcome. The Department of the Treasury will accept applications for 
Secretarial appointments to the TTAC until November 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krishna P. Vallabhaneni, Designated 
Federal Officer for the TTAC, by emailing [email protected], or by 
calling (202) 622-2000 (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

I. Description and Mandate of the TTAC

    Section 3 of the TGWEA, Public Law 113-68, 128 Stat. 1883 (Sept. 
26, 2014), directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a 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;

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    (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.
    Section 3(c) of the TGWEA provides that the TTAC's membership is 
composed of seven members in total, three members appointed by the 
Secretary and one member appointed by each of the following four 
Members of Congress: the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and 
Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
    This notice requests nominations for the appointment by the 
Secretary of one member to serve a term of four years. Recommendations 
for the four Congressional appointments to the TTAC expiring on June 
20, 2023, should be directed to the offices of the four Members of 
Congress specified in the law, whose roles are identified above.

II. Application for TTAC Appointment

    The Department of the Treasury seeks applications from individuals 
with experience and qualifications in the subject areas identified by 
the TWGEA: the taxation of Indians, IRS field agent training, and 
Native American financial officer training and technical assistance. 
TTAC member travel expenses will be reimbursed within U.S. Government 
guidelines. No person who is a federally-registered lobbyist may serve 
on the TTAC. All potential candidates must pass an IRS tax compliance 
check and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background 
investigation.
    To apply, an applicant must submit an appropriately detailed resume 
and a cover letter that includes a description of the applicant's 
reasons for applying. An applicant must state in the application 
materials that he or she agrees to submit to a pre-appointment IRS tax 
compliance check and an FBI criminal background investigation in 
accordance with Treasury Directive 21-03.

    Dated: September 28, 2022.
Krishna P. Vallabhaneni,
Tax Legislative Counsel and Designated Federal Officer.
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