[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43816-43817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15549]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development Agency


President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific 
Islanders

AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and 
Pacific Islanders (AAPI Commission) will convene an open meeting to 
discuss issues related to the draft Commission report to the President. 
This meeting is open to the public and interested persons may listen to 
the teleconference by using the call-in number and pass code provided 
below (see ADDRESSES).

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, from 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held by teleconference, beginning at 
4:00 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Advance registration is 
required to access the teleconference. Interested persons may register 
at URL: https://www.mbda.gov/form/second-open-meeting-presidents-advisory-commission-aapis. Access to the teleconference will be shared 
the day prior to the open meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the 
teleconference, please contact Ms. Tina Wei Smith, Executive Director, 
Office of the White House Initiative on Asian

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Americans and Pacific Islanders; telephone (202) 482-1375; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. The President, through Executive Order 13872 (May 13, 
2019), re-established the President's Advisory Commission on Asian 
Americans and Pacific Islanders to advise the President, through the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation. The AAPI 
Advisory Commission provides advice to the President on executive 
branch efforts to broaden access of AAPI communities, families and 
businesses to economic resources and opportunities that empower AAPIs 
to improve the quality of their lives, raise the standard of living of 
their communities and families, and more fully participate in the U.S. 
economy.
    Public Participation. In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), this notice 
is the public announcement of the Commission's intent to hold a 
teleconference on August 5, 2020. This meeting is open to the public 
and interested persons may listen to the teleconference by using the 
call-in number and pass code to be provided upon registration (see 
ADDRESSES). Prospective agenda items for the meeting include a 
deliberation of the draft Commission report to the President, 
discussion regarding ratification of the report, administrative tasks 
and such other Commission business as may arise during the meeting. The 
Commission welcomes interested persons to submit written comments at 
any time before or after the meeting to the Office of the White House 
Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT). To facilitate distribution of written comments to 
Commission members prior to the meeting, the Commission suggests that 
comments be submitted by facsimile or by email no later than August 4, 
2020. The Commission will reserve a portion of the meeting to receive 
pertinent oral comments from members of the public.
    Copies of the Commission open meeting minutes will be made 
available to the public.

Josephine Arnold,
Chief Counsel, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-15549 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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