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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17721-17722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06630]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Bureau of International Labor Affairs; National Advisory 
Committee for Labor Provisions of U.S. Free Trade Agreements

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), the North American Agreement on Labor 
Cooperation (NAALC), and the Labor Chapters of U.S. Free Trade 
Agreements (FTAs), the Secretary of Labor has determined that the 
renewal of the charter of the National Advisory Committee for Labor 
Provisions of U.S. Free Trade Agreements (NAC) is necessary and in the 
public interest and will provide information that cannot be obtained 
from other sources. The committee shall provide its views to the 
Secretary of Labor through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of 
the U.S. Department of Labor, which is the point of contact for the 
NAALC and the Labor Chapters of U.S. FTAs. The committee shall comprise 
twelve members, four representing the labor community, four 
representing the business community, and four representing the public.
    Purpose: In accordance with the provisions of the FACA, Article 17 
of the NAALC, Article 17.4 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade 
Agreement, Article 18.4 of the United States-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement, Article 18.4 of the United States-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement, Article 16.4 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade 
Agreement, Article 16.4 of the Central America-Dominican Republic-
United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), Article 15.4 of the 
United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, Article 16.4 of the United 
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, Article 17.5 of the United States-
Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Article 17.5 of the United States-
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, Article 19.5 of the United States-
Korea Free Trade Agreement, and Article 16.5 of the United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, the Secretary of Labor has determined 
that the renewal of the charter of the NAC is necessary and in the 
public interest and will provide information that cannot be obtained 
from other sources.
    The Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of 
Labor serves as the U.S. point of contact under the FTAs listed above. 
The committee shall provide its advice to the Secretary of Labor 
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs concerning the 
implementation of the NAALC and the Labor Chapters of U.S. FTAs. The 
committee may be asked to provide advice on the implementation of labor 
provisions of other FTAs to which the United States may be a party or 
become a party. The committee should provide advice on issues within 
the scope of the NAALC and the Labor Chapters of the FTAs, including 
cooperative activities and the labor cooperation mechanism of each FTA 
as established in the Labor Chapters and the corresponding annexes. The 
committee may be asked to provide advice on these and other matters as 
they arise in the course of administering the labor provisions of other 
FTAs.
    The committee shall comprise 12 members, four representing the 
labor community, four representing the business community, and four 
representing the public. Unless already employees of the United States 
Government, no members of the

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committee shall be deemed to be employees of the United States 
Government for any purpose by virtue of their participation on the 
committee. Members of the committee will not be compensated for their 
services or reimbursed for travel expenses.

    Authority:  The authority for this notice is granted by the FACA 
(5 U.S.C. App. 2) and the Secretary of Labor's Order No. 18-2006 (71 
FR 77560 (12/26/2006)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Church Albertson, Division 
Chief, Monitoring and Enforcement of Free Trade Agreements, Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone (202) 
693-4789.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of March 2013.
Carol Pier,
Acting Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-06630 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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