Advisory Committees; Annual Reports; Availability

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Advisory Committees; Annual Reports; Availability

ACTION: Announcing public availability of the report on closed meetings

of Advisory Committees.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has prepared its report on the

activities of closed or partially closed meetings of advisory

committees as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the report have been filed and are available for

public inspection at two locations:

Library of Congress, Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room,

Room LM133, Madison Building, 1st and Independence Avenues, SE,

Washington, DC 20540

Department of Commerce, Central Reference and Records Inspection

Facility, Room 6020, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, Telephone (202) 482-4115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The report covers meetings held in FY 97.

Thirty committees and one subcommittee report having held closed or

partially closed meetings. The names of these committees are listed

below:

--Committee of Chairs of the Industry Sector and Industry Functional

Advisory Committees for Trade Policy Matters (TPM)

--Industry Sector Advisory Committee (ISAC) on Aerospace Equipment for

TPM

--ISAC on Building Products and Other Materials for TPM

--ISAC on Capital Goods for TPM

--ISAC on Chemicals and Allied Products for TPM

--ISAC on Construction, Transportation, Mining and Agriculture

Equipment for TPM

--ISAC on Consumer Goods for TPM

--ISAC on Electronics and Instrumentation for TPM

--ISAC on Energy for TPM

--ISAC on Ferrous Ores and Metals for TPM

--ISAC on Footwear, Leather, and Leather Products for TPM

--ISAC on Lumber and Wood Products for TPM

--ISAC on Nonferrous Ores and Metals for TPM

--ISAC on Paper and Paper Products for TPM

--ISAC on Services for TPM

--ISAC on Small and Minority Business for TPM

--ISAC on Textiles and Apparel for TPM

--ISAC on Wholesaling and Retailing for TPM

--Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Customs Matters for TPM

--Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property

Rights for TPM

--Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Standards for Information

Systems Technical Advisory Committee

--Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

--Materials Technical Advisory Committee

--National Technical Information Service Advisory Board

--Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee

--Sensors Technical Advisory Committee

--Subcommittee on Export Administration, President's Export Council

--Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee

--U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee

--Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

Twenty-five committees report not having held any closed or

partially closed meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria A. Kruk, Committee Management

Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230, Telephone (202) 482-4115.

Dated: December 21, 1998.

Victoria A. Kruk,

Office of Executive Assistance Management.

[FR Doc. 99-289 Filed 1-6-99; 8:45 am]

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