98-13805. Establishment of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28498-28499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13805]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Establishment of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC)

ACTION: Notice of Establishment.

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SUMMARY: That Threat Reduction Advisory is being established in 
consonance with the public interest and in accordance with the 
provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' 
Title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2.

    This advisory committee will provide advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense regarding the 
Defense Reform Initiative directed formation of the Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency (DTRA). DTRA will be a consolidation of the Defense 
Special Weapons Agency, the On-Site Inspection Agency, the Defense 
Technical Security Agency and selected elements from the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense. Once this agency is established, the TRAC will 
advise the Director, DTRA with respect to Technology Security, 
Counterproliferation, Chemical and Biological Defense, Sustainment of 
the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile and other matters related to the new 
agency's mission.
    The TRAC will consist of a balanced membership of approximately 
eighteen noted technical and defense security experts from outside the 
federal government with varied experience and diverse interests, 
appointment by the Secretary of Defense.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Spaeth, [phone].


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    Dated: May 19, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-13805 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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