[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48219-48220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12337]
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Notice of Open Public Meetings
AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of open public meetings.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following meetings of the U.S.-
China Economic and Security Review Commission to review and edit drafts
of the 2024 Annual Report to Congress. The Commission is mandated by
Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on the
``the national security implications of the economic relationship
between the United States and the People's Republic of China.''
Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold public meetings to
review and edit drafts of the 2024 Annual Report to Congress.
DATES: These meetings of the Commission to review and edit draft
reports are called to order or adjourned by the Chairman as needed
between the initial opening session on June 20, 2024 and the planned
final session to be completed by October 11, 2024. The current schedule
for review and editing sessions are planned for Thursday, June 20,
2024; Friday, June 21, 2024 (as needed); Thursday, August 1, 2024;
Friday, August 2, 2024 (as needed); Thursday, September 12, 2024;
Friday, September 13, 2024 (as needed); Thursday, October 10, 2024;
Friday, October 11, 2024 (as needed).
Reach out to the below contact for any updates to this schedule.
ADDRESSES: 444 North Capitol Street NW, Room 233/235, Washington, DC
20001. Public seating is limited and will be available on a ``first-
come, first-served'' basis. Reservations are not required to attend the
meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public seeking
further information concerning the meetings should contact Jameson
Cunningham, 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 602, Washington, DC
20001; telephone: 202-624-1496, or via email at [email protected].
Reservations are not required to attend the meetings.
ADA Accessibility: For questions about the accessibility of the
event or to request an accommodation, please contact Jameson Cunningham
at 202-624-1496, or via email at [email protected]. Requests for an
accommodation should be made as soon as possible, and at least five
business days prior to the event.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to the Commission's mandate, members
of the Commission will meet to review and edit drafts of the 2024
Annual Report to Congress. The Commission is subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) with the enactment of the Science, State,
Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that
was signed into law on
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November 22, 2005 (Pub. L. 109-108). In accordance with FACA, the
Commission's meetings to make decisions concerning the substance and
recommendations of its 2024 Annual Report to Congress are open to the
public.
Topics to Be Discussed: Editing and review sessions will cover
material prepared for the 2024 Annual Report, including: a review of
economics, trade, security and foreign affairs developments in 2024;
China's progress in emerging technologies at the forefront of U.S.-
China competition; the risks to consumer product safety posed by
Chinese imports; China's counter-intervention capabilities in the Indo-
Pacific region; U.S. strategies to address China's nonmarket practices
and other aspects of intersecting economic and national security
challenges associated with China; the Chinese Communist Party's efforts
to prepare Chinese society for a crisis or conflict; changing relations
between China and the Middle East, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; and other
matters within the Commission's mandate as the Commission chooses to
take up in deliberation of the Annual Report.
Required Accessibility Statement: These meetings will be open to
the public. The Commission may recess the meetings to address
administrative issues in closed session. The Commission will also
recess the meetings around noon for a lunch break. At the beginning of
the lunch break, the Chairman will announce what time the meetings will
reconvene.
Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act
(Pub. L. 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7), as amended by Public
Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005), as amended by Public Law 113-291
(December 19, 2014).
Dated: May 31, 2024.
Christopher P. Fioravante,
Director of Operations and Administration, U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-12337 Filed 6-4-24; 8:45 am]
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