[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Sunshine Act Meetings]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10495]



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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


International Trade in Commercial Space Launch Services; 
Guidelines for Implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement With the 
People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of guidelines for U.S. implementation of the renewed 
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States of America and the 
Government of the People's Republic of China Regarding International 
Trade in Commercial Launch Services (the Agreement).

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SUMMARY: On March 13, 1995, the United States and the People's Republic 
of China (PRC) Signed a Memorandum of Agreement regarding international 
trade in commercial launch services for the period from January 1, 1995 
to December 31, 2001. The Agreement renews the first U.S.-PRC 
Memorandum of Agreement which was signed on January 26, 1989 and 
expired on December 31, 1994. In order to assist in the successful 
operation of the Agreement, the U.S. Government has established certain 
guidelines it intends to follow in implementing the Agreement. This 
notice sets out these guidelines.

DATES: The Agreement is effective as of January 1, 1995. These 
guidelines on implementation are effective on April 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald W. Eiss, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 
Industry, (202) 395-5656; Michael A. Spangler, Director of Commercial 
Space Policy, (202) 395-9602; or Vanessa P. Sciarra, Assistant General 
Counsel, (202) 395-7305; of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, 600 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current Memorandum of Agreement between 
the U.S. and the PRC regarding international trade in commercial launch 
services governs relevant trade in this type of service for the period 
January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2001. The Agreement renews the first 
U.S.-PRC Memorandum of Agreement which was signed on January 26, 1989 
and expired on December 31, 1994. In order to assist in the successful 
operation of the Agreement, the U.S. Government has established certain 
guidelines it intends to follow in implementing the Agreement.
    Copies of the Agreement are available for public inspection in the 
USTR Reading Room: Room 101, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20506. An 
appointment to review the Agreement may be made by calling Brenda Webb 
(202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is open to the public from 10 
a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

I. Designation of Responsibility

    Subject to the direction of the Trade Policy Staff Committee 
(TPSC), the TPSC Subcommittee on Commercial Launch Services (the 
Subcommittee) will be responsible for overall implementation of the 
Agreement.

II. Subcommittee Organization

    For purposes of carrying out its responsibilities with respect to 
overall implementation of the Agreement, the Subcommittee will be 
chaired by USTR and will be composed of TPSC member agencies as may be 
invited by the Chairman to participate. A Working Group on Information 
(the Working Group) has been established to assemble such information 
as may be necessary to enable the Subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities. The Working Group is chaired by the Department of 
Transportation and includes the Department of Commerce, the Department 
of State, and such other departments or agencies as are designated by 
the Chairman of the Subcommittee.

III. Subcommittee Functions and Procedures

1. Data Collection and Monitoring of the Agreement

    Subcommittee Functions. The Subcommittee performs two key functions 
with respect to the Agreement: (1) Ongoing assessment of the operation 
of the agreement relative to U.S. goals and objectives for the 
Agreement; and (2) monitoring PRC compliance with its specific 
obligations under the Agreement.
    With respect to the first function, those goals and objectives 
include, inter alia: (i) Continuing the integration of PRC launch 
services providers into the international market on a non-disruptive 
basis; (ii) providing a stable international environment within which 
U.S. space launch companies can compete on a fair basis as PRC launch 
service providers continue their transition to absorbing the 
disciplines of the marketplace (costs, prices, profits) fully; (iii) 
ensuring that administration of the Agreement responds to changing 
conditions so as to support the continued success in the international 
commercial marketplace of all segments of the U.S. space industry, 
i.e., space launch companies, satellite manufacturers, and systems 
operators; and (iv) avoiding shortages of space launch capability that 
would prevent the development of new uses of space.
    As the market evaluates an ever-growing number of new and untested 
proposals for the uses of commercial space, the U.S. Government fully 
intends to permit the market, not this Agreement, to determine which of 
these proposals are commercially successful. It is not the U.S. 
Government's intention that the Agreement's disciplines should favor 
the development of systems in one orbit as opposed to another (e.g., 
geostationary earth orbit (GEO) or low-earth orbit (LEO). The 
Subcommittee will monitor the Agreement carefully so as to ensure that 
the Agreement does not create an artificial advantage for business 
proposals simply by virtue of [[Page 20797]] the orbit of the 
satellites that will provide the service.
    In addition, some commercial proposals are distinguishable by the 
number of satellites that would be required to deliver the proposed 
range and coverage of services. It is possible that some projects under 
consideration could fundamentally change the dynamics of demand and 
supply in the international space launch market. The Subcommittee will 
closely monitor such developments with respect to the Agreement and, in 
particular, their implications for the quantitative limitations of the 
Agreement.
    With respect to the Subcommittee's second function, particular 
attention will be given to assessing information relevant to PRC 
obligations under the Agreement concerning the number of launches 
committed and carried out by the PRC to GEO; PRC participation in the 
market for launches to LEO, including in the deployment of individual 
communications satellite constellations; prices, terms and conditions 
of all PRC launches; and use of government supports, inducements, or 
unfair business practices.
    Working Group Functions. The Working Group will develop information 
and analyses necessary for the Subcommittee to discharge its 
responsibilities in each of the two functions. In order to facilitate 
the Subcommittee's overall monitoring of the Agreement, the Working 
Group will produce information and analyses of conditions in the 
international commercial launch services market, general pricing 
trends, market performance and forecasts (aggregate, by orbit), launch 
commitments, launch services supply and demand relationships, and 
progress in the process of economic transition by PRC launch services 
providers. In particular, the Working Group will generate information 
on the number of commercial launches (including launch failures) 
covered by the Agreement for 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. This 
information will enable the Subcommittee to determine whether the 
number of average annual launches is twenty or more in either the first 
three or four years of the Agreement as provided for in Article IV(4) 
of the Agreement. The Agreement provides for certain automatic 
increases in the quantitative limit on launches to GEO if those 
circumstances are found to exist.
    This information will be provided to the Subcommittee as needed, 
but in any event, the relevant information will be provided not later 
than 30 days prior to the semiannual reviews of the development of the 
market for commercial space launch services to GEO and 90 days prior to 
annual consultations.
    In order to ensure PRC compliance with the provisions of the 
Agreement, the Working Group will collect information and conduct 
necessary comparisons with respect to individual launch competitions in 
which a PRC launch services provider is a participant, and when a 
concern arises regarding compliance by the PRC launch services provider 
with the provisions of the Agreement. These comparisons and related 
analyses will be provided to the Subcommittee as required in individual 
circumstances and 90 days prior to annual consultations.
    Information Exchange. In addition, the Subcommittee will review and 
determine which information will be provided to the PRC in compliance 
with U.S. obligations under the Agreement. In making that 
determination, particular attention will be given to U.S. obligations 
under the Agreement with respect to the provision of publicly 
releasable information to the PRC on prices, terms and conditions 
prevailing in the international market for commercial launch services, 
including insurance arrangements relating to such services; U.S. views 
regarding prevailing international market conditions and likely future 
developments; U.S. and other government supports or inducements; and 
the number of commitments U.S. launch service providers have undertaken 
for international customers.

2. Consultations

    In preparing for the consultations discussed below, the 
Subcommittee and the Working Group, as appropriate, will seek input 
from the U.S. space industry, including the U.S. satellite industry. 
Information will be sought sufficiently in advance to permit timely 
input from the U.S. private sector. The soliciting of additional input 
will be sought as needed in the course of such reviews.
    Annual Consultations. The Subcommittee will meet at least 75 days 
in advance of the annual consultations required by Article IV(1) of the 
Agreement to begin preparations for such consultations. The 
Subcommittee will seek to hold annual consultations beginning in April 
1996 and during each subsequent April over the life of the Agreement 
and to exchange information with the PRC at least thirty days in 
advance of such consultations.
    The annual consultations provide the opportunity for the two 
parties to review the operation of the Agreement relative to its goals 
and objectives as well as the performance of each party in implementing 
the specific obligations of the Agreement over the preceding year (in 
particular, the PRC's adherence to its commitments regarding its 
participation in the market for launches to GEO and LEO). In addition, 
the annual consultations will provide opportunities for the United 
States to assess overall market trends as well as to identify the 
emergence of a commercially viable project that fundamentally changes 
demand in the overall launch services market. Prior to engaging in 
annual consultations on such a development, the Subcommittee will 
consider the implications of such a development for the disciplines 
contained in this Agreement, taking into account the results of input 
from the U.S. private sector on the matter.
    One of the important new elements in the Agreement is Annex II, 
which enumerates a list of comparability factors that will be used in 
evaluating PRC compliance with its ``par pricing'' obligations on its 
launches to GEO. The Annex contains a brief description of each factor 
and an average range of values representing the impact that the factor 
could have on the ultimate price to the customer when applied in a 
procurement. During the annual consultations, these average values will 
be reviewed and updated to ensure that they remain relevant to actual 
conditions in the market.
    Semiannual Consultations. The Agreement provides for a semiannual 
review of the limitations on the total number of satellites that may be 
launched to GEO by PRC providers of commercial launch services for 
international customers and, if appropriate, adjustment to such 
limitations.
    In preparation for U.S. participation in that review, the 
Subcommittee will assess whether: (i) International demand for GEO 
launches is significantly greater than the estimated average of 12-15 
commercial launches per year upon which the GEO quantitative 
restriction is based over the life of the Agreement and (ii) the 
development of a commercially viable project for satellite services has 
fundamentally changed demand for launch services. The Working Group 
will develop information on launch pricing, demand/supply projections 
and launch availability and commitments, which it will provide to the 
Subcommittee to permit these assessments. The Subcommittee will seek to 
hold this review as provided for in Article IV(3) of the Agreement 
during April and October of each year and to exchange information with 
the PRC at least thirty [[Page 20798]] days after the Subcommittee's 
assessment has been completed.
    Special Consultations. The United States and the PRC have also 
undertaken to consult within thirty (30) days of a request by either 
party regarding any matter of particular concern relating to the 
operation of the Agreement. The Agreement contemplates three particular 
circumstances that would be the basis for such special consultations.
    First, the United States may believe that the PRC has not upheld 
its commitment to price ``on a par'' with Western launch service 
providers in either the GEO or LEO markets. With respect to pricing in 
competitions for launches to GEO, a request for special consultations 
could be made in those instances in which the differential between the 
PRC price and Western price is greater than 15 percent and after 
preliminary analysis takes into account the pricing comparability 
factors set out in Annex II of the agreement (see discussion of ``Price 
Compliance'' below.)
    Second, the United States may believe that there is an absence of 
launch availability from a Western supplier for a satellite to GEO. The 
purpose for this provision is to avoid a situation in which the 
Agreement would deny to a satellite manufacturer/user the alternative 
of a PRC launch vehicle and service for a launch to GEO even though no 
Western alternative exists. Without the flexibility to respond to this 
situation in a timely manner, the balance in the Agreement for all 
segments of U.S. industry involved in space could be disrupted.
    The third circumstance explicitly provided for in the Agreement 
involves PRC participation in providing services for launches to LEO. 
In the Agreement, the PRC has committed that its participation in the 
LEO market will be consistent with the overall provisions of the 
Agreement (inter alia, with respect to pricing, government inducements, 
subsidies and nondiscrimination) and with significant U.S. 
participation in the development of the LEO market, and the PRC has 
agreed to take steps to ensure that such participation will be 
proportionate and non-disruptive. The U.S. may request special 
consultations if it believes that the PRC is participating, or may 
participate, in the LEO market in a manner inconsistent with these 
commitments.
    Comprehensive Review. The Subcommittee will meet at least six 
months in advance of the comprehensive review required by Article VII 
of the Agreement to begin preparations for the review. Among its key 
tasks, the Subcommittee will carefully monitor the implementation of 
the Agreement to ensure that it contributes to, rather than detracts 
from, the balanced development of the GEO and LEO market segments and 
other segments of the market. In this regard, the Subcommittee will 
consider adjustments to the quantitative and bunching restrictions in 
Articles II(B)(ii) and II(B)(vi) to avoid distortive effects on various 
market segments in light of the development of a commercially viable 
project for satellite services that fundamentally changes demand for 
launch services or the emergence of higher than anticipated demand for 
GEO launches as provided for in Article IV(3)(a). The U.S. Government 
will seek to conclude the comprehensive review with the PRC in October 
1998 to coincide with the semi-annual review to be held at that time.

3. Lack of Western Launch Availability

    Article IV(2) of the Agreement provides that the United States may 
increase the quantitative limitation established under Article 
II(b)(ii) or relax the bunching provision set out in Article II(b)(vi): 
(i) If the United States is satisfied that there is an absence of 
Western launch availability due to full manifests or launch failures 
during the required launch period (generally within three months before 
and after the preferred launch date), and (ii) if the PRC has reached 
the limitation set out in Article II(b)(ii), or if the bunching 
provisions established in Article II(b)(vi) would apply to prevent the 
launch of a satellite.
    In administering Article IV(2), the Subcommittee will follow the 
procedures described in Sections A and B below.
    (A) In support of a request that the United States increase the 
quantitative limitation established under Article II(b)(ii) or relax 
the bunching provision set out in Article II(b)(vi) due to the lack of 
Western launch availability, a U.S. satellite manufacturer or U.S. 
international customer (either of which constitutes a ``certifying 
entity'') shall provide a properly executed written certification to 
USTR. The written certification must contain the following elements:
    (1) A statement by the certifying entity that, in the course of 
negotiating with a prospective international customer for the sale of a 
commercial satellite or with a launch provider for the launch of a 
satellite, the certifying entity or an international customer of the 
certifying entity has contacted all launch service providers with a 
technically compatible vehicle, including all such domestic launch 
service providers;
    (2) A statement that the certifying entity or an international 
customer of the certifying entity has contacted a launch vehicle 
provider in the PRC regarding the availability of launch services by a 
PRC provider and that space for the proposed satellite is available on 
the PRC launch service provider's launch manifest;
    (3) A statement that the PRC launch service provider is the only 
launch service provider that is available during the required launch 
period as defined in Article IV(2); and
    (4) A statement that the certifying official is an official of the 
certifying entity and is familiar with and responsible for the 
negotiations regarding the proposed launch based upon information and 
belief.
    The above certification must be signed and dated by the certifying 
official of the certifying entity. It must be accompanied by supporting 
documents, including copies of the written requests made to each launch 
service provider and a copy of the written response, if any was 
received, from each provider regarding its unavailability to provide 
the launch in the required launch period as defined in Article IV(2). 
If no written response from a particular provider was received, the 
certification should indicate the nature of the response.
    USTR will exempt from public disclosure confidential business 
information contained in any supporting documents in accordance with 
the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552, and any other 
applicable law. Confidential business information submitted to USTR 
must be clearly marked ``Business Confidential'' at the top of each 
cover page or letter and each succeeding page containing such 
information.
    Upon receipt of a certification, USTR will review the certification 
to ensure that it was executed properly and will review the supporting 
documents to ensure that they provide satisfactory evidence of the 
facts alleged in the certification.
    (B) Within ten working days of the date of receipt of the 
certification and supporting documents, USTR will indicate to the 
certifying entity whether additional information will be required to 
satisfy USTR that the facts as described in the certification are 
correct. As soon as such information has been received which provides 
such assurance, USTR will, within an additional ten working days, 
determine that one of the conditions listed in Article IV(5) of the 
Agreement has been [[Page 20799]] met and will notify the PRC that the 
United States is exercising its unilateral authority under Article 
IV(5) of the Agreement to raise the quota set out in Article II(b)(ii) 
or relax the bunching provision described in Article II(b)(vi) in order 
to permit the launch by a PRC launch service provider.
    If, at the end of the ten-day period described above, USTR had not 
indicated to the certifying entity that additional information is 
required to satisfy USTR that the facts as described in the 
certification are correct, then USTR will, within an additional ten 
working days, determine that one of the conditions listed in Article 
IV(5) of the Agreement has been met and will notify the PRC that the 
United States is exercising its unilateral authority under Article 
IV(5) of the Agreement to raise the quota set out in Article II(b)(ii) 
or relax the bunching provision described in Article II(b)(vi) in order 
to permit the launch by a PRC launch service provider.

4. Price Compliance

    The Agreement allows the PRC to offer launch services at prices 
``on a par with those prices, terms and conditions prevailing in the 
international market for comparable commercial launch services'' as 
stipulated in Article II(B)(iv).
    The Agreement further describes the following mechanism that will 
be utilized in applying the ``par-pricing'' requirement for launches to 
GEO. Article II(B)(iv)(a) states that an unadjusted PRC price falling 
within 15 percent of the lowest Western price will be assumed to be in 
compliance with the Agreement. That assumption will only be reviewed if 
clear evidence to the contrary is presented to the Subcommittee. In 
those instances in which the price differential is greater than 15 
percent, PRC compliance with the ``par pricing'' obligation will be 
evaluated in light of the comparability factors and values contained in 
Annex II of the Agreement. The U.S. intends to make a preliminary 
evaluation prior to any decision to request special consultations.
    Its is important to note that the 15 percent price differential is 
only applicable to the difference between Western and PRC offer prices. 
If a PRC offer price is more than 15 percent less than the lowest 
Western price, the relevant comparability adjustments described in 
Annex II will be made to the unadjusted PRC or Western offer prices, as 
appropriate. Comparison will then be made of the PRC and Western prices 
adjusted only for the relevant comparability factors, and not for the 
15 percent price differential as well.

5. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Provisions

    In light of the emergence of the remote-sensing and weather-
tracking market for launches to LEO since 1989 and commercial plans for 
the deployment of telecommunications satellite constellations into LEO 
beginning in 1997, the Agreement contains specific disciplines and 
guidelines regarding Chinese launches to LEO in Article II(B)(iii).
    Pursuant to that Article, legitimate behavior in the international 
market for commercial launch services is governed by the following 
norms of behavior previously developed for the GEO market: (i) Market 
principles including avoidance of below-cost pricing, government 
inducements and unfair business practices; (ii) the use of government 
supports in a manner consistent with practices prevailing in the 
international market; (iii) the need to ``price on a par'' with the 
prices offered by commercial launch service providers from market 
economy countries including the United States; (iv) the need to act in 
a manner consistent with prevailing practices in international markets 
with respect to insurance or reflight guarantees; and (v) avoidance of 
unfair discrimination against any international customer or supplier. 
PRC participation will be consistent with significant U.S. 
participation in the development of the LEO market and such 
participation by the PRC will be proportionate and non-disruptive.
    In evaluating Chinese compliance with the above provisions as they 
pertain to LEO communications satellite constellations, the U.S. will 
be guided first with respect to the initial deployment of such 
constellations by the level of participation of providers from 
countries with whom the U.S. has bilateral space launch agreements. 
Accordingly, the Subcommittee will review proposals for the initial 
deployment of a LEO communications satellite constellation in order to 
determine if, in such proposals, the overall level of participation by 
launch service providers in countries with whom the U.S. has concluded 
a bilateral launch services agreement is more than 50 percent of the 
participation of market economy launch service providers (as measured 
according to the distribution of payloads).
    In deciding whether a situation in which more than 50 percent of 
the initial deployment has been granted to countries with whom the U.S. 
has concluded bilateral space launch agreements raises concerns 
regarding PRC compliance with its LEO commitments, the Subcommittee may 
take into account certain other factors including: (i) The extent of 
PRC and U.S. participation in the deployment; (ii) launch scheduling 
requirements and the need to optimize launch vehicle selection to meet 
deployment or operational requirements; (iii) the availability of 
competitively-priced market economy launches to meet these 
requirements; (iv) opportunities made available to the parties for 
participation in the replacement market; (v) reasonable considerations 
by the proposed system operator regarding commercial risk sharing 
(``commercial risk sharing'' is defined to include equity participation 
arrangements); and (vi) customers' requirements.
    The U.S. Government understands that the scope and complexity of 
these LEO satellite communications constellations makes these potential 
ventures particularly sensitive to delays. Consistent with the 
commitment to ensure a balance among all segments of the U.S. private 
sector participating in space, the Subcommittee intends to conduct 
reviews of LEO satellite communications constellations expeditiously so 
as to avoid unnecessary uncertainty in the market place.

6. Discussions With Other International Parties

    At least annually, the Subcommittee will consider whether 
discussions with other international parties could be beneficial. If 
the Subcommittee determines that discussions could be beneficial, it 
will recommend to the TPSC and to the U.S. Trade Representative that 
such discussions be initiated.

IV. Consultations With Domestic Interests

    The Subcommittee and the Working Group will, in carrying out the 
functions and procedures set forth in Section III above, consult with 
and seek the advice of representatives of U.S. commercial launch 
service providers, launch vehicle manufacturers and satellite 
manufacturers and operators, and, as appropriate, interested 
Congressional committees, the user community, and other interested 
parties, including the relevant private sector advisory committees. 
Such contacts will be made in conjunction with the information and 
assessments referred to in Section III(1) above and U.S. preparation 
for, and follow-up on, the results of consultations with the PRC held 
under the Agreement. The Subcommittee will [[Page 20800]] also, as 
appropriate, inform such interests of significant requests or 
notifications made by the PRC under the Agreement, or significant 
developments under the Agreement.

V. Information Sharing

    In the course of consulting with domestic interests, in particular 
prior to annual consultations under the Agreement, the Subcommittee may 
provide such information provided by the PRC as is allowed by the 
Agreement subject to business confidentiality.

VI. Treatment of Business Confidential Information

    The Department of Transportation (DOT), as Chair of the Working 
Group, will have primary responsibility for soliciting and receiving, 
and will maintain information to be collected and reviewed by the 
Working Group for purposes of this Agreement.
    Members of the U.S. industry, and other interested members of the 
public, are invited to submit written comments on issues related to the 
Agreement and its operation. Comments must be provided in twenty copies 
to the DOT Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Attention: 
Working Group on Information for PRC Space Launch Services, 400 7th 
Street, SW., Room 5408, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Submissions from the public will be placed in a file open to public 
inspection at the above address pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except 
confidential business information exempt from public inspection in 
accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. Confidential business information 
submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6 must be clearly marked 
``Business Confidential'' at the top of the cover page or letter and 
each succeeding page, and must be accompanied by a nonconfidential 
summary of the confidential information.

VII. Enforcement

    If, as a result of information obtained in any consultation or the 
comprehensive review required under Article VII of the Agreement or, on 
the basis of information presented to it by the Working Group, the 
Subcommittee is of the view that the PRC is not in compliance with the 
terms of the Agreement, the Subcommittee will notify the TPSC and 
recommend consultations with the PRC if appropriate. If consultations 
proceed and satisfactory resolution is not achieved with the PRC or, if 
consultations are deemed to be inappropriate in the circumstances based 
on recommendations of the TPSC, the section 301 Committee may consider 
whether the USTR should initiate an investigation pursuant to the 
authority set forth in Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended.
    The USTR will, from time to time, advise the Secretary of State and 
the Secretary of Commerce of the status of the implementation of the 
Agreement in order that this information may be available to the 
Secretaries with respect to the State Department export license 
responsibilities under the Arms Export Control Act and its implementing 
regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (see 22 CFR 
parts 120-130), and the Commerce Department export license 
responsibilities under the Export Administration Act.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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ASSASSINATION RECORD REVIEW BOARD

TIME AND DATE: 1:00 p.m., May 3, 1995.

PLACE: 600 E Street, NW, Room 206, Washington, D.C. 20530.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

    1. Update by a representative of the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) on the President John F. Kennedy 
Assassination Records Collection at NARA.
    2. Discussion of and vote upon final interpretive regulations, 
based on proposed interpretive regulations published for notice and 
comment on February 8, 1995 (60 FR 7506-7508).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Thomas Samoluk, Press and Public 
Affairs Officer, 600 E Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, D.C. 
20530. Telephone: (202) 724-0088; Fax: (202) 724-0457.

David G. Marwell,

Executive Director.

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