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[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice
of Partially Closed Meeting

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC)
will meet May 25, 1999, 9:00 a.m., Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover
Building, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,
N.W., Washington, D.C. The Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing
review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Open Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairperson.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Update on pending regulatory revisions.
    4. Update on policies under review.
    5. Report on proposal to amend the Export Administration
Regulations concerning the issue of ``exporter of Record.''
    6. Discussion on encryption regulations.
    7. Discussion on regulations regarding high Performance Computers.
    8. Update on implementation of Wassenaar Arrangement.
    9. Discussion on compliance and enforcement issues.

Closed Session

    10. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic
criteria related thereto.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the open session.
Reservations are not required. To the extent that time permits, members
of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public
may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting.
However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that
presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the
meeting to the following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, BXA MS: 3876,
15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on January 12,
1999, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of the
Committee and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the classified
materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1) and
10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series of
meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions
of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. For more
information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: April 30, 1999.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-11306 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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