81 FR 76414 - Notice of Open Public Hearing

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 212 (November 2, 2016)

Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: Dennis C. Shea, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on ``the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold an official public release of the Commission's 2016 Annual Report to Congress on November 16, 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26463]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Public Hearing

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

ACTION: Notice of official public release of the Commission's 2016 
Annual Report to Congress on November 16, 2016, Washington, DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing of the 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
    Name: Dennis C. Shea, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to 
investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on ``the national 
security implications of the economic relationship between the United 
States and the People's Republic of China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, 
the Commission will hold an official public release of the Commission's 
2016 Annual Report to Congress on November 16, 2016.

Purpose of Meeting

    Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold an official 
public conference in Washington, DC to release the 2016 Annual Report 
on November 16, 2016.
    The Commission is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) with the enactment of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that was signed into law on 
November 22, 2005 (Pub. L. 109-108). In accord with FACA, meetings of 
the Commission to make decisions concerning the substance and 
recommendations of its 2016 Annual Report to Congress are open to the 
public.

Topics Addressed

    The Commission's 2016 Annual Report contains the following chapters 
and sections:

Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1 : U.S.-China Economic and Trade Relations
    Section 1: Year in Review: Economics and Trade
    Section 2: State-Owned Enterprises, Overcapacity, and China's 
Market Economy Status
    Section 3: 13th Five-Year Plan
Chapter 2: U.S.-China Security Relations
    Section 1: Year in Review: Security and Foreign Affairs
    Section 2: China's Force Projection and Expeditionary Capabilities
    Section 3: China's Intelligence Services and Espionage Threats to 
the United States
Chapter 3: China and the World
    Section 1: China and South Asia
    Section 2: China and Taiwan
    Section 3: China and Hong Kong
    Section 4: China and North Korea
Chapter 4: China and the U.S. Rebalance to Asia

Location, Date and Time

    Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902. Wednesday, November 16, 
2016, Time TBA. Please check our Web site, www.uscc.gov, for possible 
changes to the public meeting location and time. Reservations are not 
required to attend the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public seeking 
further information concerning the hearing should contact Leslie 
Tisdale, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; 
phone: 202-624-1496, or via email at [email protected]. Reservations 
are not required to attend the hearing.

    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), as amended by 
Public Law 113-291 (December 19, 2014).

    Dated: October 28, 2016.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-26463 Filed 11-1-16; 8:45 am]
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