98-6774. Domestic Finance; Notice of Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee, U.S. Community Adjustment and Investment Program

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13097]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Domestic Finance; Notice of Open Meeting of the Advisory 
Committee, U.S. Community Adjustment and Investment Program

    The Department of the Treasury, pursuant to the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (``NAFTA'') Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103-182), 
established an advisory committee (the ``Advisory Committee'') for the 
community adjustment and investment program (the ``Program''). The 
Program will provide financing to businesses and individuals in 
communities adversely impacted by NAFTA to create new jobs. The charter 
of the Advisory Committee has been filed in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463), with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
    The Advisory Committee consists of nine members of the public, 
appointed by the President, who collectively represent: (1) Community 
groups whose constituencies include low-income families; (2) 
scientific, professional, business, nonprofit, or public interest 
organizations or associations, which are neither affiliated with, nor 
under the direction of, a government; and (3) for-profit business 
interests.
    The objectives of the Advisory Committee are to: (1) Provide 
informed advice to the President regarding the implementation of the 
Program; and (2) review on a regular basis, the operation of the 
Program, and provide the President with the conclusions of its review. 
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 12916, dated May 13, 1994, the 
President established an interagency committee to implement the Program 
and to receive, on behalf of the President, advice of the Advisory 
Committee. The committee is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury.
    A meeting of the Advisory Committee, which will be open to the 
public, will be held in Monterey, California at the Monterey Beach 
Hotel, La Grande Room, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive, Monterey, California 
93940 (Tel [phone]) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 
1998. The meeting room will accommodate approximately 100 persons and 
seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, unless space 
has been reserved in advance. Due to limited seating, prospective 
attendees are encouraged to contact the person listed below prior to 
March 26, 1998. If you would like to have the Advisory Committee 
consider a written statement, material must be submitted to the U.S. 
Community Adjustment and Investment Program, Advisory Committee, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3041, 
Washington, DC 20220 no later than March 23, 1998. If you have any 
questions, please call Dan Decena at [phone]. (Please note that 
this telephone number is not toll-free.)
Gary Gensler,
Assistant Secretary, Financial Markets.
[FR Doc. 98-6774 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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