2402 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory 1776 

Commission 

AGENCY: Office of Communications and 

Outreach, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda, time, and instructions for public 

participation in the January 15, 2021, 

meeting of the President’s Advisory 

1776 Commission (‘‘The 1776 

Commission’’) and provides information 

to members of the public regarding the 

meeting. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). This notice is being published 

less than 15 days from the meeting date 

due to the exceptional and immediate 

need to establish next steps for the work 

of The 1776 Commission in light of 

ongoing attacks on the American 

founding and critical discussion around 

the nation’s core principles for further 

enjoyment of liberty and striving ‘‘to 

form a more perfect Union.’’ 

DATES: The meeting of The 1776 

Commission will be held on Friday, 

January 15, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time at the 

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

1650 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20502. Members of the 

public can attend virtually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Honeysett, Designated Federal 

Official, Office of Communications and 

Outreach, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 7W220, Washington, DC 20202, 

telephone: (202) 401–3003 or email: 

Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1776 

Commission’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The 1776 Commission is 

established under Executive Order 

13958 (November 2, 2020). The 1776 

Commission’s duties are to advise the 

President regarding how to better enable 

a rising generation to understand the 

history and principles of the founding of 

the United States in 1776 and to strive 

to form a more perfect Union by: (i) 

Producing a report, within 1 year of the 

date of Executive Order 13958, which 

shall be publicly disseminated, 

regarding the core principles of the 

American founding and how these 

principles may be understood to further 

enjoyment of ‘‘the blessings of liberty’’ 

and to promote our striving ‘‘to form a 

more perfect Union;’’ (ii) offering 

recommendations regarding the Federal 

Government’s plans to celebrate the 

250th anniversary of American 

Independence and coordinating with 

relevant external stakeholders on the 

United States Semiquincentennial 

Commission’s plans; (iii) facilitating the 

development and implementation of a 

‘‘Presidential 1776 Award’’ to recognize 

student knowledge of the American 

founding, including knowledge about 

the Founders, the Declaration of 

Independence, the Constitutional 

Convention, and the great soldiers and 

battles of the American Revolutionary 

War; (iv) advising executive 

departments and agencies with regard to 

their efforts to ensure patriotic 

education—meaning the presentation of 

the history of the American founding 

and foundational principles, the 

examination of how the United States 

has grown closer to those principles 

throughout its history, and the 

explanation of why commitment to 

America’s aspirations is beneficial and 

justified—and provide such education 

to the public at national parks, 

battlefields, monuments, museums, 

installations, landmarks, cemeteries, 

and other places important to the 

American Revolution and the American 

founding, as appropriate and consistent 

with applicable law; (v) advising 

agencies on prioritizing the American 

founding in Federal grants and 

initiatives, including those described in 

section 4 of Executive Order 13958, as 

appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law; and (vi) facilitating and 

promoting other activities to support 

public knowledge and patriotic 

education on the American Revolution 

and the American founding, as 

appropriate and consistent with 

applicable law. 

Meeting Agenda: The agenda for The 

1776 Commission meeting is 

consideration of a possible report as 

called for under its charter. 

Instructions for Accessing the Meeting 

Members of the public can access the 

meeting by registering to obtain dial-in 

instructions by emailing Adam 

Honeysett at Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov. 

Due to technical constraints, registration 

is limited to 200 participants and will 

be available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the Department’s 

website within 90 days after the 

meeting. In addition, pursuant to the 

FACA, the public may request to inspect 

records of the meeting at 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC, by 

emailing Adam.Honeysett@ed.gov or by 

phoning (202) 401–3003 to schedule an 

appointment. 

Public Comment: Members of the 

public may submit written statements 

regarding the work of The 1776 

Commission via Adam.Honeysett@

ed.gov (please use the subject line 

‘‘January 2021 1776 Commission 

Meeting Public Comment’’) or by letter 

to Adam Honeysett, Office of 

Communication and Outreach, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, 7W220, Washington, DC 

20202, by Thursday, January 14, 2021. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting platform and access code are 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary 

aid or service for the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

device, or materials in an alternate 

format), notify the contact person listed 

in this notice not later than Thursday, 

January 14, 2021. Although we will 

attempt to meet a request received after 

that date, we may not be able to make 

available the requested auxiliary aid or 

service because of insufficient time to 

arrange it. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

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have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. You also may 

access documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Authority: Executive Order 13958 

(November 2, 2020). 

Elizabeth Hill, 

Delegated to perform the duties of the 

Assistant Secretary, Communications 

Director, Office of Communications and 

Outreach. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00525 Filed 1–8–21; 4:15 pm] 

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