Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting, 10004-10005 [2011-4027]
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Wednesday, March 9
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The President’s Export Council
Subcommittee on Export
Administration (PECSEA) will meet on
March 10, 2011, 1 p.m., at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Herbert C.
Hoover Building, Room 4830, 14th
Street between Pennsylvania and
Constitution Avenues, NW.,
Washington, DC. The PECSEA provides
advice on matters pertinent to those
portions of the Export Administration
Act, as amended, that deal with United
States policies of encouraging trade with
all countries with which the United
States has diplomatic or trading
relations and of controlling trade for
national security and foreign policy
reasons.
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1. Welcome by Under Secretary of
Commerce for Industry and Security.
2. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
3. Presentation of papers or comments
by the public.
4. Export Control Reform Update.
5. Administrative issues.
The open session will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 participants on
a first come, first served basis. To join
the conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than
March 3, 2011.
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the
extent time permits, members of the
public may present oral statements to
the PECSEA. Written statements may be
submitted at any time before or after the
meeting. However, to facilitate
distribution of public presentation
materials to PECSEA members, the
PECSEA suggests that public
presentation materials or comments be
forwarded before the meeting to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov.
For more information, contact Yvette
Springer on 202–482–2813.
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President’s Export Council;
Subcommittee on Export
Administration; Notice of Open
Meeting
18:50 Feb 22, 2011
Agenda
Dated: February 15, 2011.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Bureau of Industry and Security
Emerging Technology and Research
Advisory Committee; Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
The Emerging Technology and
Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC)
will meet on March 9 and 10, 2011, 8:30
a.m., Room 3884, at the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 14th Street between
Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration on emerging technology
and research activities, including those
related to deemed exports.
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Open Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Update on Regulatory Modernization.
3. Discussion of technical definitions.
4. Assessment of BIS technical
capabilities and resources.
5. Review of methodologies for
identifying emerging technologies.
6. Deliberations on suitable
methodologies for BIS.
Thursday, March 10
Open Session
1. Deliberations on suitable
methodologies for BIS—continued.
Closed Session
Discussion of matters determined to
be exempt from the provisions relating
to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C.
app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open sessions will be accessible
via teleconference to 20 participants on
a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than,
March 2, 2011.
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. 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 Ms.
Springer via email.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel,
formally determined on February 9,
2011, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, that the portion of the
meeting dealing with matters which
would be likely to frustrate significantly
implementation of a proposed agency
action as described in 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings
found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)1 and
10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the
meeting will be open to the public.
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For more information, call Yvette
Springer at (202) 482–2813.
Dated: February 17, 2011.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 110207100–1092–02]
Reporting for Calendar Year 2010 on
Offsets Agreements Related to Sales
of Defense Articles or Defense
Services to Foreign Countries or
Foreign Firms
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; annual reporting
requirements.
AGENCY:
This notice is to remind the
public that U.S. firms are required to
report annually to the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) on contracts for
the sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign
firms that are subject to offsets
agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in
value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually to Commerce on offsets
transactions completed in performance
of existing offsets commitments for
which offsets credit of $250,000 or more
has been claimed from the foreign
representative. This year, such reports
must include relevant information from
calendar year 2010 and must be
submitted to Commerce no later than
June 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Reports should be
addressed to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of
Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security, Room 3878, Washington, DC
20230.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald DeMarines, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone:
202–482–3755; fax: 202–482–5650; email: rdemarin@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
In 2009, the Congress reauthorized the
Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA),
and added a new section 723 to that
Act, which replaced prior section 309
and addresses offsets in defense trade
(See 50 U.S.C. app. 2172). Offsets are
compensation practices required as a
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condition of purchase in either
government-to-government or
commercial sales of defense articles
and/or defense services, as defined by
the Arms Export Control Act and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations. For example, a company
that is selling a fleet of military aircraft
to a foreign government may agree to
offset the cost of the aircraft by
providing training assistance to plant
managers in the purchasing country.
Although this distorts the true price of
the aircraft, the foreign government may
require this sort of extra compensation
as a condition of awarding the contract
to purchase the aircraft.
Section 723(a)(1) of the DPA requires
the President to submit an annual report
to the Congress on the impact of offsets
on the U.S. defense industrial base.
Section 723 directs the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) to function as the
President’s executive agent for carrying
out the responsibilities set forth in that
section and authorizes the Secretary to
develop and administer the regulations
necessary to collect offsets data from
U.S. defense exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary
regarding offsets have been delegated to
the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The regulations
associated with offsets reporting are set
forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
As described in those regulations,
U.S. firms are required to report on
contracts for the sale of defense articles
or defense services to foreign countries
or foreign firms that are subject to
offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000
in value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually on offsets transactions
completed in performance of existing
offsets commitments for which offsets
credit of $250,000 or more has been
claimed from the foreign representative.
Commerce’s annual report to Congress
includes an aggregated summary of the
data reported by industry in accordance
with the offsets regulation and the DPA.
As provided by section 723(c) of the
DPA, BIS will not publicly disclose the
information it receives through offsets
reporting unless the firm furnishing the
information specifically authorizes
public disclosure. The information
collected is sorted and organized into an
aggregate report of national offsets data,
and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
In order to enable BIS to prepare the
next annual offset report reflecting
calendar year 2010 data, U.S. firms must
submit required information on offsets
agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2010 to BIS no later than
June 15, 2011.
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Dated: February 15, 2011.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement,
Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews;
Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel
Review.
AGENCY:
On February 11, 2011,
ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V.
and Mexinox USA, Inc. (collectively
‘‘Mexinox’’) filed a First Request for
Panel Review with the United States
Section of the NAFTA Secretariat
pursuant to Article 1904 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement. Panel
Review was requested of the final
determination of the U.S. Department of
Commerce’s International Trade
Administration regarding Stainless Steel
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico.
This determination was published in
the Federal Register (76 FR 2332), on
January 13, 2011. The NAFTA
Secretariat has assigned Case Number
USA–MEX–2011–1904–01 to this
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Dees, United States Secretary,
NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) established a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
States, the Government of Canada, and
the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee; Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC)
will meet on March 9 and 10, 2011, 8:30 a.m., Room 3884, at the Herbert
C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on emerging technology
and research activities, including those related to deemed exports.
Agenda
Wednesday, March 9
Open Session
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Update on Regulatory Modernization.
3. Discussion of technical definitions.
4. Assessment of BIS technical capabilities and resources.
5. Review of methodologies for identifying emerging technologies.
6. Deliberations on suitable methodologies for BIS.
Thursday, March 10
Open Session
1. Deliberations on suitable methodologies for BIS--continued.
Closed Session
Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions
relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 Sec. Sec.
10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3).
The open sessions will be accessible via teleconference to 20
participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than, March 2, 2011.
A limited number of seats will be available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. 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 Ms. Springer via email.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 9,
2011, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, that the portion of the meeting dealing with matters which
would be likely to frustrate significantly implementation of a proposed
agency action as described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt
from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app.
2 Sec. Sec. 10(a)1 and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting
will be open to the public.
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For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482-2813.
Dated: February 17, 2011.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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