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3110 

Vol. 83, No. 15 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The US African Development 

Foundation (USADF) will hold its 

quarterly meeting of the Board of 

Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. 

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, 

February 6, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is 

USADF, 1400 I St. NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie-Ce ́cile Groelsema, 202–233–8883. 

Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 U.S.C. 

§ 290h). 

Dated: January 18, 2018. 

June B. Brown, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01136 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Commission public 

briefing. 

DATES: Friday, February 2, 2018, 9:00 

a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Marriott Crabtree Raleigh 

Durham, 4500 Marriott Drive, Raleigh, 

NC 27612. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Walch, (202) 376–8371; TTY: 

(202) 376–8116; publicaffairs@

usccr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission will hold a public briefing 

as part of its ongoing assessment of 

federal enforcement of the Voting Rights 

Act (VRA). This meeting is open to the 

public. Testimony from this briefing 

will form an integral basis for our 2018 

report to Congress, the President, and 

the American people regarding the state 

of voting rights across the nation. 

Our Commissioners will receive 

testimony from current and former state 

and federal government officials, legal 

experts, academics, and civil society 

actors. Panelists will discuss voter 

access, including federal voting rights 

enforcement efforts after the 2006 

reauthorization of the temporary 

provisions of the VRA, and the impact 

of the Shelby County v. Holder decision 

on the Department of Justice’s 

enforcement strategies and priorities. 

We will also offer an open comment 

period in which members of the public 

will be able to address the Commission. 

Individuals who wish to participate 

should sign-up at the briefing. Each 

individual will have up to three (3) 

minutes to speak, with spots allotted on 

a first-come, first-serve basis; forty (40) 

spots will be available during the twohour period. The first half of the 

available slots will be available for signup during the morning (10:40 a.m.) and 

lunch breaks (12:20 p.m.). The second 

half of the available slots will be 

available for sign-up during the 

afternoon break (2:50 p.m.), until all 

available slots are filled. 

In addition, the Commission 

welcomes the submission of additional 

material for consideration as we prepare 

our report. Please submit such 

information to VotingRights@usccr.gov 

no later than Monday March 19, 2018. 

The event will live-stream at https:// 

www.youtube.com/user/USCCR/videos. 

If attending in person, we ask that you 

RSVP to publicaffairs@usccr.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who need 

accommodation should contact Pamela 

Dunston at 202–376–8105 or at access@

usccr.gov at least seven (7) business 

days before the date of the meeting. 

I. Introductory Remarks: Chair 

Catherine E. Lhamon: 9:00 a.m.–9:10 

a.m. 

II. Panel One: Scope and Efficacy of 

Department of Justice (DOJ) Voting 

Rights Act (VRA) Enforcement: 9:10 

a.m.–10:40 a.m. 

• Peyton McCrary, served as a 

historian in the Civil Rights Division of 

DOJ for over twenty-seven years, until 

his retirement in late 2016. Dr. McCrary 

does research on the factual issues in 

voting rights litigation and assist DOJ 

attorneys in identifying expert witnesses 

to retain for cases that the Department 

pursues. He also co-authored a book 

chapter that examines how the DOJ has 

administered Section 5 from 1965 to 

present. 

• Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, 

The Leadership Conference on Civil and 

Human Rights. Ms. Gupta served in DOJ 

from October 2014–January 2017 as 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 

General and head of the Civil Rights 

Division. 

• J. Gerald Hebert, Senior Director, 

Voting Rights & Redistricting at 

Campaign Legal Center. Mr. Hebert 

served in several capacities at DOJ from 

1973 to 1994, and served as chief 

counsel in over one hundred voting 

rights lawsuits. 

• Justin Levitt, Professor of Law at 

Loyola Los Angeles Law School. 

Professor Levitt served as the Deputy 

Assistant Attorney General at DOJ from 

2015–2017. 

III. Break: 10:40 a.m.–10:50 a.m. 

IV. Panel Two: Case Studies: A 

Litigator’s Perspective of Laws 

Affecting Voter Access Since Shelby: 

10:50 a.m.–12:20 p.m. 

• Ezra Rosenberg, Co-Director of the 

Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ 

Committee for Civil Rights under Law 

(LCCR). 

• Nina Perales, Vice President of 

Litigation at the Mexican American 

Legal Defense and Educational Fund 

(MALDEF). 

• Dale Ho, Director of Voting Rights 

Project at the American Civil Liberties 

Union (ACLU). 

• E. Mark Braden, Counsel at Baker 

Hostetler. 

• Dan Morenoff, Executive Director of 

the Equal Voting Rights Institute. 

• Natalie Landreth, Senior Staff 

Attorney at the Native American Rights 

Fund. 

V. Break: 12:20 p.m.–1:20 p.m. 

VI. Panel Three: Voter Access: 1:20 

p.m.–2:50 p.m. 

• Michelle Bishop, Disability 

Advocacy Specialist for Voting Rights at 

the National Disability Rights Network. 

• Michael J. Pitts, Professor of Law at 

Indiana University. 


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