26 May 1998
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

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[Federal Register: May 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 100)]
[Notices]
[Page 28498-28499]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Establishment of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC)

ACTION: Notice of Establishment.

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SUMMARY: That Threat Reduction Advisory is being established in
consonance with the public interest and in accordance with the
provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act,''
Title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2.

    This advisory committee will provide advice and recommendations to
the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense regarding the
Defense Reform Initiative directed formation of the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency (DTRA). DTRA will be a consolidation of the Defense
Special Weapons Agency, the On-Site Inspection Agency, the Defense
Technical Security Agency and selected elements from the Office of the
Secretary of Defense. Once this agency is established, the TRAC will
advise the Director, DTRA with respect to Technology Security,
Counterproliferation, Chemical and Biological Defense, Sustainment of
the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile and other matters related to the new
agency's mission.
    The TRAC will consist of a balanced membership of approximately
eighteen noted technical and defense security experts from outside the
federal government with varied experience and diverse interests,
appointment by the Secretary of Defense.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Spaeth, (703) 695-4281.

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    Dated: May 19, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-13805 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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