SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This meeting will be the second convening of the Tribal Advisory Committee. An agenda and more information for this meeting will be available at https://www.usda.gov/​tribalrelations/​advisory-committee.

The Secretary establishes the Committee pursuant to section 12303 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 6921(b)) and will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 10. Under the law, the Secretary of Agriculture appointed three members, and the Chair and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committees on Indian Affairs and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry appointed the remaining eight members. In addition to providing recommendations to the Secretary, the Tribal Advisory Committee is required to provide a report to the three Congressional Committees listed above.

Register for the Meeting: Because this meeting is hosted in a secured public facility, registration for in-person attendance will be required by Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Your pre-registration must state: the names of each person in your group; organization or interest represented; the number of people planning to give oral comments, if any; and whether anyone in your group requires special accommodations. Please submit registrations for in-person attendance to https://forms.office.com/​g/​YECzJvSTcr by May 22, 2024. Registration for virtual attendance must be submitted at https://www.zoomgov.com/​webinar/​register/​WN_​KUUOcnuqSLGM0Ly7QVjKTQ by May 22, 2024.

Public Comment: Members of the public are invited to join the Tribal Advisory Committee meeting in listen only mode each day and will be invited to give oral comments to the Committee from 3:00 p.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Members of the public who request to give oral comments to the Committee, must arrive by 3:00P.M. Eastern Time (ET) on May 29, 2024, and will be given no more than five (5) minutes to provide oral comment.

Availability of Materials for the Meeting: All written public comments will be compiled into a binder and available for review at the meeting. Duplicate comments from multiple individuals will appear as one comment, with a notation that multiple copies of the comment were received. Please visit https://www.usda.gov/​tribalrelations/​advisory-committee to learn more about the agenda for or reports resulting from this meeting. Please be advised that anyone calling into the Zoom teleconference system or participating in-person that is interested in providing public comment will be asked to provide their names, their title, and their tribal or organizational affiliations. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the USDA will not refund any incurred charges.

USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information ( e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may ( printed page 35775) be made available in languages other than English.

Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA's policies will be followed in all appointments to the Committee. To ensure that the recommendations of the Committee have taken in account the needs of the diverse groups served by USDA, membership shall include to the extent possible, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent minorities, women and person with disabilities. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

89 FR 35774