|
This file is available on a Cryptome DVD offered by Cryptome. Donate $25 for a DVD of the Cryptome 10-year archives of 35,000 files from June 1996 to June 2006 (~3.5 GB). Click Paypal or mail check/MO made out to John Young, 251 West 89th Street, New York, NY 10024. Archives include all files of cryptome.org, cryptome2.org, jya.com, cartome.org, eyeball-series.org and iraq-kill-maim.org. Cryptome offers with the Cryptome DVD an INSCOM DVD of about 18,000 pages of counter-intelligence dossiers declassified by the US Army Information and Security Command, dating from 1945 to 1985. No additional contribution required -- $25 for both. The DVDs will be sent anywhere worldwide without extra cost. | |||
12 October 2006
[Federal Register: October 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 196)]
[Notices]
[Page 59858-59859]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11oc06-166]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Notice of Open Meeting To Prepare Annual Report; Advisory
Committee: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
ACTION: Notice of open meeting to prepare Annual Report--October 16-17,
2006, Washington, DC.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the U.S.-China Economic
and Security Review Commission.
The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess,
evaluate and report to Congress annually on the U.S.-China economic and
security relationship. The mandate specifically charges the Commission
to prepare an annual report to the Congress ``regarding the national
security implications and impact of the bilateral trade and economic
relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of
China . . . [that] shall include a full analysis, along with
conclusions and recommendations for legislative and administrative
actions . . .''
Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will
meet in Washington, DC on October 16 and 17,
[[Page 59859]]
2006, to consider drafts of material for its 2006 Annual Report that
have been prepared for its consideration by the Commission staff, and
to make modifications to those drafts that Commission members believe
are needed.
Topics to Be Discussed: The Commissioners will be considering draft
Report sections addressing the following topics:
China's Regional Activities.
China's Energy Activities.
China's Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and
Its Production of Counterfeit Goods.
China's Financial System and Its Effect on the United
States.
China's Proliferation To and Relationships With North
Korea and Iran.
China's Media Control Activities.
In addition, Commissioners may discuss draft Report sections
previously considered at the Commission's August 23 meeting:
China's Internal Challenges and Their Impact on China's
Actions Affecting Other Nations Including the United States.
China's Military Modernization.
The Effect of U.S. and Multilateral Export Controls on
China's Military Modernization.
The Impact of China's Industrial Expansion and Industrial
Subsidies on U.S. and Other Markets.
China's WTO Compliance.
China's Impact on the U.S. Auto and Auto Parts Industries.
Date and Time: Monday and Tuesday, October 16-17, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Place of Meeting: The meetings will occur in Conference Room 333 on
Monday, October 16 and in Conference Room 235 on Tuesday, October 17 of
the Hall of The States, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC
20001. Public seating is limited, and will be available on a ``first-
come, first-served'' basis. Advance reservations are not required.
Accessibility Statement:
The entirety of this Commission meeting will be open to
the public.
Any member of the public is permitted to file a written
statement with the Commission. Such statements may be left with the
Commission's Executive Director during the meeting, or mailed or
delivered to him at the Commission's office address: 444 North Capitol
Street, Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001.
The Commission's procedures for conducting its Annual
Report preparation meetings do not provide for members of the public to
speak during these meetings.
The drafts prepared for Commissioners' use and
consideration during the meeting are available for public inspection in
the Commission's offices (see address above) during its normal office
hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Any member of the
public may request copies of any of these materials, which shall be
provided at the Commission's actual cost for photocopying--10 cents per
page--with payment to be made in cash in advance.
During the meeting, at various points the Commission may
take breaks from work on its Annual Report to deal with various
administrative matters, such as budgetary, scheduling, and personnel
matters. Those matters are not subject to the open meeting requirements
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and at those times, all members
of the public will be asked to depart the room.
The circumstances under which the Commission is permitted
to use appropriated funds to pay for food or beverages are limited, and
this meeting does not qualify. Therefore, Commissioners have paid out
of their own pockets for coffee and other refreshments for their
consumption during the meeting, and for lunch; these will not be
available to guests. Members of the public may obtain refreshments in a
carry-out store on the ground floor of the building in which the
meeting will be conducted, or may bring refreshments to the meeting
from other sources.
For Further Information About This Meeting, Contact: Kathy Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission,
444 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington DC 20001; phone
202-624-1409; e-mail kmichels@uscc.gov.
Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act
(Public Law 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7), as amended by
Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005).
Dated: October 5, 2006.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-16823 Filed 10-10-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1137-00-P