[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7388-7389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02442]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Periodic Meetings of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Tribal 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the U.S. Department of the Treasury 
Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) will convene two public meetings, one 
on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, and one on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 
each of which will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern Time in the Cash 
Room of the Treasury Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20220. Both meetings are open to the public, and the 
Treasury building is

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accessible to individuals with differing abilities.

DATES: Both the meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, and the meeting on 
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern 
Time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the Cash Room at the Treasury 
Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220. 
Both meetings will be open to the public. Because each meeting will be 
held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to attend 
the meetings must register online or by telephone by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Time on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, for the meeting on March 31, 2020, 
and by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 10, 2020, for the 
meeting on September 16, 2020. For the meeting on March 31, 2020, 
attendees with a valid email address may visit http://www.cvent.com/d/8hqrcm to complete a secure online registration form. For the meeting 
on September 16, 2020, attendees with a valid email address may visit 
http://www.cvent.com/d/8nhqf20 to complete a secure online registration 
form. All other attendees may contact Marie Vazquez Lopez at 
[email protected]. If you require a reasonable 
accommodation, please contact Lisa Jones at [email protected] or 
202-622-0315. To request a sign language interpreter, please make your 
request five days prior to the event, if possible, by contacting 
Lillian Wright at [email protected]. For all other inquiries 
concerning the TTAC meeting, please contact [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Montoya, Policy Analyst, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 1426G, 
Washington, DC 20220, or at (202) 622-2031 (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 
(800) 877-8339. Further information may also be found at: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/tribal-affairs/treasury-tribal-advisory-committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Section 3 of the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014, 
Public Law 113-68, 128 Stat. 1883, enacted on September 26, 2014 
(TGWEA), directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to establish 
a seven member Tribal Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on 
matters related to the taxation of Indians, the training of Internal 
Revenue Service field agents, and the provision of training and 
technical assistance to Native American financial officers.
    Pursuant to Section 3 of the TGWEA and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 
1 et seq., the TTAC was established on February 10, 2015, as the ``U.S. 
Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee.'' The TTAC's 
Charter provides that it shall operate under the provisions of the FACA 
and shall advise and report to the Secretary on:
    (1) Matters related to the taxation of Indians;
    (2) The establishment of training and education for internal 
revenue field agents who administer and enforce internal revenue laws 
with respect to Indian tribes of Federal Indian law and the Federal 
Government's unique legal treaty and trust relationship with Indian 
tribal governments; and
    (3) The establishment of training of such internal revenue field 
agents, and provisions of training and technical assistance to tribal 
financial officers, about implementation of the TGWEA and any 
amendments.

Fourth and Fifth Periodic Meetings

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the FACA and implementing 
regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150, Krishna P. Vallabhaneni, the Tax 
Legislative Counsel and Designated Federal Officer of the TTAC, has 
ordered publication of this notice to inform the public that the TTAC 
will convene its fourth periodic meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 
from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern Time in the Cash Room of the Treasury 
Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220. 
Further, in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the FACA and 
implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150, Krishna P. Vallabhaneni, 
the Tax Legislative Counsel and Designated Federal Officer of the TTAC, 
has ordered publication of this notice to inform the public that the 
TTAC will convene its fifth periodic meeting on Wednesday, September 
16, 2020, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the Cash Room of the 
Treasury Building located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20220.

Summary of Agenda and Topics To Be Discussed

    During these periodic meetings, the seven members of the TTAC will 
approve meeting minutes, provide updates on TTAC and subcommittee 
activities, review the TTAC's priority issues matrix, review and 
receive public comments, and take other actions necessary to fulfill 
the Committee's mandate.

Public Comments

    Members of the public wishing to comment on the business of the 
TTAC are invited to submit written statements 15 calendar days in 
advance of each Public Meeting by any of the following methods:

Electronic Statements

     Send electronic comments to [email protected].

Paper Statements

     Send paper statements in triplicate to the Treasury Tribal 
Advisory Committee, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Room 1426G, Washington, DC 20220.
    The TTAC will post all statements on the Department of the 
Treasury's website at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/tribal-affairs/treasury-tribal-advisory-committee 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 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can make an 
appointment to inspect statements by telephoning (202) 622-2000. 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.

Krishna P. Vallabhaneni,
Tax Legislative Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-02442 Filed 2-6-20; 8:45 am]
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