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ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Powers at 1–888–912–1227 or 

954–423–7977. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Area 2 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 2:30 

p.m. Eastern Time via telephone 

conference. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. Due to 

limited conference lines, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Donna Powers. For more information 

please contact Mrs. Powers at 1–888– 

912–1227 or 954–423–7977, or write 

TAP Office, 1000 South Pine Island 

Road, Suite 340, Plantation, FL 33324, 

or post comments to the Web site: 

http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Shawn F. Collins, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing— 

February 25, 2010, Washington, DC. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

Name: Daniel M. Slane, Chairman of 

the U.S.-China Economic and Security 

Review Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, and 

report to Congress annually on ‘‘the 

national security implications of the 

economic relationship between the 

United States and the People’s Republic 

of China.’’ 

Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on February 25, 

2010, to address ‘‘U.S. Debt to China: 

Implications and Repercussions.’’ 

Background 

This is the second public hearing the 

Commission will hold during its 2010 

report cycle to collect input from 

leading academic, industry, and 

government experts on national security 

implications of the U.S. bilateral trade 

and economic relationship with China. 

The February 25 hearing will examine 

China’s lending activities, China’s 

current holdings of U.S. debt and other 

securities and future trends, and the 

economic, political, diplomatic, and 

security implications of U.S. debt to 

China. 

The February 25 hearing will be Cochaired by Commissioners Michael R. 

Wessel and Robin Cleveland. 

Any interested party may file a 

written statement by February 25, 2010, 

by mailing to the contact below. On 

February 25, the hearing will be held in 

two sessions, one in the morning and 

one in the afternoon. A portion of each 

panel will include a question and 

answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Transcripts of past Commission 

public hearings may be obtained from 

the USCC Web Site http:// 

www.uscc.gov. 

Date and Time: Thursday, February 

25, 2010, 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. A detailed agenda for 

the hearing will be posted to the 

Commission’s Web Site at http:// 

www.uscc.gov as soon as available. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on 

Capitol Hill in Room 562 of the Dirksen 

Senate Office Building located at First 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is 

limited to about 50 people on a first 

come, first served basis. Advance 

reservations are not required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Kathy Michels, Associate 

Director for the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission, 444 

North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, 

Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202– 

624–1409, or via e-mail at 

kmichels@uscc.gov. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review Commission 

in 2000 in the National Defense 

Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–398), as 

amended by Division P of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 

108–7), as amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005). 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Kathleen J. Michels, 

Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

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