[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19625]



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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Meetings To Prepare 2010 Report to Congress

AGENCY: Advisory Committee: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings to prepare 2010 Annual Report to 
Congress--August 11-12, 2010, September 14-15, 2010, September 29-30, 
2010, and October 12-14, 2010 in Washington, DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of meetings of the U.S.-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission.
    Name: Daniel Slane, Chairman 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 a report to 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 Meetings: Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will 
meet in Washington, DC on August 11-12, 2010, September 14-15, 2010, 
September 29-30, 2010, and October 12-14, 2010, to consider the first 
and later rounds of drafts of material for its 2010 Annual Report to 
Congress 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:
     The United States-China trade and economic relationship, 
including the relationship's current status; the implications of U.S. 
debt to China; the effect of China's energy and environmental policies; 
and China's role in the World Trade Organization.
     The implications of China's green technology policies and 
their impact in Ohio.
     China's activities directly affecting U.S. security 
interests, including its expansion security activities abroad, recent 
military modernization, and the expansion of its aviation and aerospace 
industries.
     China's foreign and regional activities and relationships 
in East Asia, including those pertaining to Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and 
to its own special administrative region of Hong Kong.
     China's control of information and its impact on the 
United States, including China's ``state secret'' laws, the extent and 
transparency of information available for investors in China, and 
China's internet censorship.
    Dates and Times* (Eastern Daylight Time):

--Wednesday and Thursday, August 11-12, 2010 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
--Tuesday and Wednesday, September 14-15, 2010 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
--Wednesday and Thursday, September 29-30, 2010 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
--Tuesday and Wednesday, October 12-14, 2010 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

    *Please check the U.S.-China Commission Web site (http://www.uscc.gov) for any updates or changes in meeting times.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held in Conference Room 233 (2nd 
Floor), except the meetings on October 12-14 that will be held in 
Conference Room 231, of The Hall of States located at 444 North Capitol 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. Public seating is limited and will 
be available on a ``first-come, first-served'' basis. Advanced 
reservations are not required. All participants must register at the 
front desk of the lobby.
    Required Accessibility Statement: The entirety of these Commission 
editorial and drafting meetings will be open to the public. The 
Commission may recess the public editorial/drafting meetings to address 
administrative issues in closed session.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Danis, Executive Director, 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North Capitol 
Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; Phone: (202) 624-1407; E-
mail: [email protected].

    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).

    Dated: August 4, 2010.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
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