[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33700-33701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14290]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade; Renewal

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is 
hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), in 
coordination with the United States Trade Representative (USTR), has 
renewed the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade (APAC).

DATES: Effective: June 9, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries or comments regarding the 
renewal of this committee may be sent by electronic mail to: 
Lorie.Fitzsimmons@fas.usda.gov and Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov, in the 
Office of Agreements and Scientific Affairs (OASA), or by fax to (202) 
720-0340. OASA may be reached by telephone at (202) 720-6219, with 
inquiries directed to Lorie Fitzsimmons or Steffon Brown.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction

The APAC is authorized by sections 135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade 
Act of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93-618, 19 U.S.C. 2155). The purpose 
of this committee is to advise the Secretary and the USTR concerning 
agricultural trade policy. The committee is intended to ensure that 
representative elements of the private sector have an opportunity to 
express their views to the U.S. Government.

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Rechartering of Existing Committees

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix), 
FAS gives notice that the Secretary and the USTR have renewed the APAC.

In 1974, Congress established a private sector advisory committee 
system to ensure that U.S. trade policy and negotiation objectives 
adequately reflect U.S. commercial and economic interests. The private 
sector advisory committee system currently consists of the following 
three tiers:

The President's Advisory Committee on Trade and Policy 
Negotiations;
Five general policy advisory committees, including the 
APAC; and
Twenty-two technical advisory committees, including the 
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade (ATACs).

The renewal of the APAC is in the public interest in connection 
with USDA's performance of duties imposed on USDA by the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended.

Dated: June 3, 2011.
Suzanne Heinen,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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