2019-15848. Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms

AGENCY:

Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms (“Committee” or “ACRSM”) will convene a meeting on Monday, August 12, 2019, in the Cash Room, Room 2121, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20220, from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the public, and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Monday, August 12, 2019, from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:

The Committee meeting will be held in Room 2121 (Cash Room), Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20220. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting will be held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to attend the meeting must either:

1. Register online. Attendees may visit http://www.cvent.com/​d/​zyqw21 and fill out a secure online registration form. A valid email address will be required to complete online registration.

(Note: Online registration will close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 5, 2019.)

2. Contact the Federal Insurance Office at [phone], by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 5, 2019, and provide registration information.

Requests for reasonable accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be directed to Mariam G. Harvey, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, Department of the Treasury at [phone], or [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lindsey Baldwin, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220, at [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2), through implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150.

Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on the business of the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms are invited to submit written statements by any of the following methods:

Electronic Statements

• Send electronic comments to [e-mail].

Paper Statements

• Send paper statements in triplicate to the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220.

In general, the Department of the Treasury will post all statements on its website https://www.treasury.gov/​initiatives/​fio/​acrsm/​Pages/​default.aspx without change, including any business or personal information provided such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. The Department of the Treasury will also make such statements available for public inspection and copying in the Department of the Treasury's Library, 720 Madison Place NW, Room 1020, Washington, DC 20220, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can make an appointment to inspect statements by telephoning [phone]. All statements received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly.

Background: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) with respect to the creation and development of non-governmental, private market risk-sharing mechanisms for protection against losses arising from acts of terrorism.

Tentative Agenda/Topics for Discussion: This will be first Committee meeting of 2019. In this meeting, the ACRSM will address, consistent with its charter's mandate, topics related to the role of nongovernmental mechanisms in supporting the terrorism risk insurance market. In this meeting, the ACRSM will receive an update from FIO, address the use of subcommittees to fulfill the ACRSM's mandate, and identify the ACRSM's priorities for 2019.

Dated: July 19, 2019.

Steven Seitz,

Director, Federal Insurance Office.