Notice2025-13311
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
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Published
July 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (METAC) advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal officials on matters related to export control policies; the METAC will meet to review and discuss these matters. The meeting will be partially closed to the public pursuant to the exemptions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Government in the Sunshine Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31957-31958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13311]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
(METAC) advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce and other
Federal officials on matters related to export control policies; the
METAC will meet to review and discuss these matters. The meeting will
be partially closed to the public pursuant to the exemptions under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Government in the
Sunshine Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held on August 7, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., Eastern Time (all times are Eastern Time). The open session
will start at 10:00 a.m. and end at approximately 12:00 p.m., and the
closed session will start at approximately 1:00 p.m. and will end no
later than 3:30 p.m. Individuals requiring special accommodations to
access the open session should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f3b2e2c2f0d061c410b000c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0f4e1e3e0c2c9d38ec4cfc38ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a> no later than
11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2025, so that appropriate arrangements can be
made. Individuals interested in participating virtually should contact
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#396d787a795b504a175d565a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e7a6f6d6e4c475d004a414d00494158">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 11:59 p.m. on August 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 38026 of the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC (enter
through the Main Entrance on 14th Street between Constitution and
Pennsylvania Avenues). The open session will be accessible to the
public via teleconference.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Coyne, Committee Liaison
Officer, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
For additional information, contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3b7a2a0a3818a90cd878c80cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7420353734161d075a101b175a131b02">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone 202-
482-4933.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (METAC)
advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) and other
Federal officials and agencies with respect to actions designed to
carry out the policy set forth in Section 1752 of the Export Control
Reform Act. The purpose of the meeting is to have Committee members and
U.S. Government representatives mutually review updated technical data
and policy-driving information that has been gathered.
Agenda
The open session will include open business discussions and
industry presentations. The closed session will include discussion of
matters determined to be exempt from the open meeting and public
participation requirements found in Sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001-1014). The
exemption is authorized by Section 1009(d) of the FACA, which permits
the closure of advisory committee meetings, or portions thereof, if the
head of the agency to which the advisory committee reports determines
such meetings may be closed to the public in accordance with subsection
(c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this
case, the applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection
552b(c)(4), which permits closure to protect trade secrets and
commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential,
and subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to protect
information that would be likely to disclose information the premature
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disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of a proposed agency action. The closed session of the
meeting will involve committee discussions and guidance regarding U.S.
Government strategies and policies.
Open Session Attendance
The open session will be accessible via teleconference.
Registration in advance is required to receive the meeting invite for
virtual attendance. Individuals interested in participating virtually
should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0e4f1f3f0d2d9c39ed4dfd39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8fce9ebe8cac1db86ccc7cb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on
August 5, 2025. A limited number of seats will be available for members
of the public to attend the open session in person on a first-come
basis. Reservations to attend in person are not accepted. Registration
in advance is not required for in-person attendance, but you will be
asked to sign an attendance log when you arrive.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the open
session should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d084919390b2b9a3feb4bfb3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90c4d1d3d0f2f9e3bef4fff3bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on July 31, 2025, so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Public Participation
To the extent that time permits, members of the public may present
oral statements to the METAC. The public may submit written statements
at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate
distribution of materials to the METAC members, the METAC suggests that
members of the public forward their materials prior to the meeting via
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#580c191b183a312b763c373b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f4b5e5c5f7d766c317b707c31787069">[email protected]</span></a>. Materials submitted by the public will be
made public and therefore should not contain confidential information.
Materials submitted by the public will be accessible via the Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC) site at <a href="https://tac.bis.doc.gov">https://tac.bis.doc.gov</a>, within 30
days after the meeting.
Closure Determination
The Senior Advisor, performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General
Counsel, formally determined pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d), that the
portion of the meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the
Commerce Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be
exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5
U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting
will be open to the public.
Meeting Cancellation
If the meeting is cancelled, a cancellation notice will be posted
on the TAC website at <a href="https://tac.bis.doc.gov">https://tac.bis.doc.gov</a>.
Kevin Coyne,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-13311 Filed 7-15-25; 8:45 am]
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