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making final decisions on major 

financing operations. Historically, this 

advice has been offered by debt 

management advisory committees 

established by the several major 

segments of the financial community. 

When so utilized, such a committee is 

recognized to be an advisory committee 

under 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financing plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions, financing estimates and 

technical charts. This briefing will give 

the press an opportunity to ask 

questions about financing projections 

and technical charts. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Karthik 

Ramanathan, Director, Officer of Debt 

Management, at (202) 622–2042. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

Anthony W. Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Financial Markets. 

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Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing—

February 1–2, 2007, Washington, DC. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, 

Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, evaluate 

and report to Congress annually on ‘‘the 

national security implications and 

impact of the bilateral trade and 

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 1–2, 

2007 to address ‘‘The U.S.-China 

Relationship: Economics and Security 

in Perspective.’’

Background 

This event is the first in a series of 

public hearings the Commission will 

hold during its 2007 report cycle to 

collect input from leading experts in 

academic, business, industry, 

government and the public on the 

impact of the economic and national 

security implications of the U.S. 

bilateral trade and economic 

relationship with China. The February 

1–2 hearing is being conducted to obtain 

commentary about the status of U.S.- 

China relations, from economic, 

security, and diplomatic perspectives, 

in order to assess the progress our 

bilateral relationship since the granting 

of permanent normalized trade relations 

to China, and to identify the challenges 

facing our relationship in 2007. 

The February 1–2 hearing will 

address ‘‘The U.S.-China Relationship: 

Economics and Security in Perspective’’

and will be Co-chaired by Chairman 

Carolyn Bartholomew and Vice 

Chairman Daniel Blumenthal. 

Information on hearings, as well as 

transcripts of past Commission hearings, 

can be obtained from the USCC Web site 

http://www.uscc.gov. 

Copies of the hearing agenda will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web site http://www.uscc.gov as soon as 

available. Any interested party may file 

a written statement by February 1, 2007, 

by mailing to the contact below. On 

February 1, the hearing will be held in 

two sessions, one in the morning and 

one in the afternoon, and on the 

morning of February 2, where 

Commissioners will take testimony from 

invited witnesses. There will be a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, February 1, 

2007, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time and Friday, February 2, 

2007 at 9 a.m. to noon. A detailed 

agenda for the hearing will be posted to 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.uscc.gov in the near future. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on 

Capitol Hill in Room 562 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: January 11, 2007. 

Kathleen J. Michels, 

Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

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