80 FR 66886 - Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that it is amending the charter for the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66886-66887]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27710]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is amending the charter for the Threat Reduction 
Advisory Committee (``the Committee'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being amended in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d).
    The Committee is a discretionary Federal advisory committee that 
provides the Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological 
Defense Programs (ASD(NCB)), independent advice and recommendations on:
    a. Reducing the threat to the United States, its military forces, 
and its allies and partners posed by nuclear, biological, chemical, 
conventional, and special weapons;
    b. Combating WMD to include non-proliferation, 
counterproliferation, and consequence management;
    c. Nuclear deterrence transformation, nuclear material lockdown and 
accountability;
    d. Nuclear weapons effects;
    e. The nexus of counterproliferation and counter WMD terrorism; and
    f. Other AT&L, NCB, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) 
mission-related matters, as requested by the USD(AT&L).
    The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the 
USD(AT&L), the Office of the ASD(NCB) Defense Programs, and DTRA, shall 
provide support, as deemed necessary, for the Committee's performance, 
and shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the FACA, the 
Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) 
(``the Sunshine Act''), governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Committee shall be composed of no more than 25 members who are 
eminent authorities in the fields of national defense, geopolitical and 
national security affairs, WMD, nuclear physics, chemistry, and 
biology.
    The Committee members are appointed by the Secretary of Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense and their appointments shall be renewed 
on an annual basis in accordance with DoD policies and procedures. 
Those members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal 
officers or employees, shall be appointed as experts or consultants, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as special government employee 
(SGE) members. Committee members who are full-time or permanent part-
time Federal employees shall be appointed, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-
3.130(a), to serve as regular government employee (RGE) members.
    Committee members shall, with the exception of reimbursement for 
official Committee-related travel and per diem, serve without 
compensation, unless otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Defense.
    The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with USD(AT&L) and the 
ASD(NCB), shall select the Committee's Chair and Vice Chair from among 
the membership approved by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense.
    The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense may 
approve the appointment of Committee members for one-to-four year terms 
of service; however, no member, unless authorized by the Secretary of 
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may serve more than two 
consecutive terms of service, to include its subcommittees, or serve on 
more than two DoD Federal advisory committees at one time.
    Each Committee member is appointed to provide advice on the basis 
of his or her best judgment without representing any particular point 
of view and in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
    The Department, when necessary and consistent with the Committee's 
mission and DoD policies and procedures, may establish subcommittees, 
task forces, or working groups to support the Committee. Establishment 
of subcommittees will be based upon written determination, to include 
terms of reference, by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, or the USD(AT&L), as the Committee's Sponsor.
    Such subcommittees shall not work independently of the chartered 
Committee, and shall report their findings and advice solely to the 
Committee for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees have no 
authority to make decisions and recommendations, verbally or in 
writing, on behalf of the chartered Committee. No subcommittee or any 
of its members can update or report directly to the DoD or to any 
Federal officers or employees.
    All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as 
the Committee members; that is, the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense shall appoint subcommittee members to a term of 
service of one-to-four years, with annual renewals, even if the member 
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question is already a Committee member. Subcommittee members shall not 
serve more than two consecutive terms of service, without approval by 
the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
Subcommittee members are appointed to provide advice on the basis of 
their best judgment without representing a particular point of view and 
in a manner that is free from conflict of interest.
    Subcommittee members, if not full-time or part-time government 
employees, shall be appointed to serve as experts or consultants, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as SGE members. Those individuals 
who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees 
shall be appointed, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a), to serve as RGE 
members. With the exception of reimbursement for official Committee-
related travel and per diem, subcommittee members shall serve without 
compensation.
    All subcommittees operate under the provisions of FACA, the 
Sunshine Act, governing Federal statutes and regulations, and 
established DoD policies and procedures.
    The Designated Federal Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD policy, shall 
be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be 
appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and procedures.
    In addition, the Committee's DFO is required to be in attendance at 
all committee and subcommittee meetings for the entire duration of each 
and every meeting. However, in the absence of the Committee's DFO, an 
Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the Committee, according to the DoD 
policies and procedures, shall attend the entire duration of the 
Committee or subcommittee meeting.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall call all of the Committee's 
and subcommittee's meetings; prepare and approve all meeting agendas; 
and adjourn any meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines 
adjournment to be in the public interest or required by governing 
regulations or DoD policies and procedures.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or 
interested organizations may submit written statements to Committee 
membership about the Committee's mission and functions. Written 
statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the stated 
agenda of planned meeting of the Committee.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the 
Committee, and this individual will ensure that the written statements 
are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact 
information for the Committee's DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA 
Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned 
meetings of the Committee. The DFO, at that time, may provide 
additional guidance on the submission of written statements that are in 
response to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.

    Dated: October 27, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-27710 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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