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exemption claim. For the BE–30 and 

BE–37 surveys, hours may vary 

considerably among respondents 

because of differences in company size 

and complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,344 (776 for the BE–30; 568 for 

the BE–37). 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 

3101–3108, as amended). 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20282 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–63–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 15—Kansas City, 

Missouri; Application for 

Reorganization and Expansion Under 

Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Greater Kansas City Foreign-Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 15, requesting authority to 

reorganize the zone to expand its service 

area and include a new magnet site 

under the alternative site framework 

(ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 

CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an 

option for grantees for the establishment 

or reorganization of zones and can 

permit significantly greater flexibility in 

the designation of new subzones or 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a zone. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 

CFR part 400). It was formally docketed 

on September 14, 2021. 

FTZ 15 was approved by the FTZ 

Board on March 13, 1973 (Board Order 

93, 38 FR 8622, April 4, 1973), 

reorganized under the ASF on May 16, 

2014 (Board Order 1938, 79 FR 30079, 

May 27, 2014), and expanded under the 

ASF on October 25, 2018 (Board Order 

2069, 83 FR 54711–54712, October 31, 

2018). The zone currently has a service 

area that includes Andrew, Bates, 

Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, 

Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, 

Daviess, DeKalb, Henry, Howard, 

Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, 

Pettis, Platte, Ray and Saline Counties, 

Missouri. 

The applicant is now requesting 

authority to expand the service area of 

the zone to include Holt County, as 

described in the application. If 

approved, the grantee would be able to 

serve sites throughout the expanded 

service area based on companies’ needs 

for FTZ designation. The application 

indicates that the proposed expanded 

service area is adjacent to the Kansas 

City Customs and Border Protection Port 

of Entry. 

The applicant is also requesting to 

expand its zone to include an additional 

magnet site: Proposed Site 24 (31.85 

acres)—Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska Distribution Center, 27598 

Highway F, Holt County. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

November 19, 2021. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to December 6, 2021. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Online FTZ Information Section’’ 

section of the FTZ Board’s website, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@

trade.gov. 

Dated: September 15, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20269 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 210910–0181] 

RIN 0694–XC077 

Notice of Request for Public 

Comments on Risks in the Information 

Communications Technology Supply 

Chain 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Office of Technology 

Evaluation, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On February 24, 2021, 

President Biden issued Executive Order 

14017 (E.O. 14017) on ‘‘America’s 

Supply Chains,’’ which directs several 

federal agency actions to secure and 

strengthen America’s supply chains. 

One of these directions is for the 

Secretary of Commerce and the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

consultation with the heads of 

appropriate agencies, to submit, within 

one year of the date of E.O. 14017, a 

report on supply chains for critical 

sectors and subsectors of the 

information and communications 

technology (ICT) industrial base (as 

determined by the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of 

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1The Department of Commerce and the 

Department of Homeland Security are also 

interested in essential goods and materials essential 

to incident response and recovery. 

Homeland Security), including the 

industrial base for the development of 

ICT software, data, and associated 

services. This notice requests comments 

and information from the public to 

assist the Secretary of Commerce and 

the Secretary of Homeland Security in 

preparing the report required by E.O. 

14017. 

DATES: The due date for filing comments 

is November 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions: All written 

comments in response to this notice 

must be addressed to ‘‘Information and 

Communications Technology Supply 

Chain’’ and filed through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number BIS–2021–0021 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find the reference to this notice and 

click on the link entitled ‘‘Comment 

Now!’’ (For further information on using 

https://www.regulations.gov, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site.’’) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maura Weber, Defense Industrial Base 

Division, Office of Technology 

Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, at 202–704–8388, 

Maura.Weber@bis.doc.gov, or 

ICTstudy@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 24, 2021, President 

Biden issued Executive Order 14017, 

‘‘America’s Supply Chains’’ (86 FR 

11849) (E.O. 14017). E.O. 14017 focuses 

on the need for resilient, diverse, and 

secure supply chains to ensure U.S. 

economic prosperity and national 

security. Such supply chains are needed 

to address conditions that can reduce 

critical manufacturing capacity and the 

availability and integrity of critical 

goods, products, and services. E.O. 

14017 directs that within one year of the 

date of the order, the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the heads of appropriate agencies, 

shall submit a report to the President, 

through the Assistant to the President 

for National Security Affairs (APNSA) 

and the Assistant to the President for 

Economic Policy (APEP), on supply 

chains for critical sectors and subsectors 

of the information and communications 

technology (ICT) industrial base (as 

determined by the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security). For the purposes of 

this report, the scope of the ICT 

industrial base shall consist of hardware 

that enables terrestrial distribution, 

broadcast/wireless transport, satellite 

support, data storage to include data 

center and cloud technologies, and end 

user devices including home devices 

such as routers, antennae, and receivers, 

and mobile devices; ‘‘critical’’ software 

(as defined by the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology in relation to 

Executive Order 14028); and services 

that have direct dependencies on one or 

more of the enabling hardware. In 

developing this report, the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security will consult with 

the heads of appropriate agencies and 

will be advised by all relevant bureaus 

and components of the Department of 

Commerce and the Department of 

Homeland Security. This notice requests 

comments and information from the 

public to assist the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security in preparing the 

report required by E.O. 14017. 

Written Comments 

The Department of Commerce and the 

Department of Homeland Security are 

particularly interested in comments and 

information directed to the policy 

objectives listed in E.O. 14017 as they 

affect the U.S. ICT supply chains, as 

defined in the previous section, 

including, but not limited to, the 

following elements: 

(i) ‘‘Critical goods and materials,’’ as 

defined in section 6(b) of E.O. 14017, 

underlying the supply chain in 

question. Under section 6(b) of E.O. 

14017, ‘‘critical goods and materials’’ 

means goods and raw materials 

currently defined under statute or 

regulation as ‘‘critical’’ materials, 

technologies, or infrastructure; 

(ii) ‘‘other essential goods and 

materials,’’ as defined in section 6(d) of 

E.O. 14017, underlying the supply chain 

in question, including digital products. 

Under section 6(d) of E.O. 14017, ‘‘other 

essential goods and materials’’ means 

those that are essential to national and 

economic security, emergency 

preparedness, or to advance the policy 

set forth in section 1 of E.O. 14017, but 

not included within the definition of 

‘‘critical goods and materials’’; 1

(iii) manufacturing, or other 

capabilities necessary to produce or 

supply the materials and services 

identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) 

above, including emerging capabilities; 

(iv) defense, intelligence, cyber, 

homeland security, health, climate, 

environmental, natural, market, 

economic, geopolitical, human-rights or 

forced-labor risks, or other 

contingencies that may disrupt, strain, 

compromise, or eliminate the supply 

chain—including risks posed by supply 

chains’ reliance on digital products that 

may be vulnerable to failures or 

exploitation, and risks resulting from 

the elimination of, or failure to develop 

domestically the capabilities identified 

in paragraph (iii) above—and that are 

sufficiently likely to arise so as to 

require reasonable preparation for their 

occurrence; 

(v) resilience and capacity of 

American manufacturing supply chains, 

including ICT design, manufacturing, 

and distribution, and the industrial 

base—whether civilian or defense—of 

the United States to support national 

and economic security, information 

security, emergency preparedness, and 

the policy identified in section 1 of E.O. 

14017, in the event any of the 

contingencies identified in paragraph 

(iv) above occurs, including an 

assessment of: 

(A) manufacturing or other needed 

capacities of the United States related to 

ICT design and manufacturing of 

products and services, including the 

ability to modernize to meet future 

needs; 

(B) gaps in domestic design and 

manufacturing capabilities, including 

nonexistent, extinct, threatened, or 

single-point-of failure capabilities; 

(C) information and cybersecurity 

practices and standards of the ICT sector 

with specific regard to the risks 

identified in paragraph (iv) above. The 

Department of Commerce and the 

Department of Homeland Security are 

specifically interested in comments 

related to validation standards of 

component and software integrity, 

standards and practices ensuring the 

availability and integrity of software 

delivery and maintenance, and security 

controls during the manufacturing 

phase of ICT hardware and components; 

(D) supply chains with a single point 

of failure, single or dual suppliers, 

single region suppliers, highly 

connected markets or shared suppliers, 

or limited resilience, especially for 

subcontractors, as defined by section 

44.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 

Regulations (Federal Acquisition 

Regulation); 

(E) location of key design, 

manufacturing, software development, 

integration, and production assets, with 

any significant risks identified in 

paragraph (iv) above posed by the 

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assets’ physical location or the 

distribution of these facilities; 

(F) exclusive or dominant supply of 

‘‘critical goods and materials,’’ and 

‘‘other essential goods and materials,’’ 

as identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) 

above, by or through nations that are or 

are likely to become, unfriendly or 

unstable; 

(G) availability of substitutes or 

alternative sources for ‘‘critical goods 

and materials,’’ and ‘‘other essential 

goods and materials,’’ as identified in 

paragraphs (i) and (ii) above. 

(H) relevant workforce skills, best 

practices, and identified gaps in the 

availability and/or adequacy of 

domestic education and training 

resources necessary to fulfill future 

workforce needs; 

(I) need for research and development 

capacity to sustain leadership in the 

development of services or ‘‘critical 

goods and materials,’’ and ‘‘other 

essential goods and materials,’’ as 

identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) 

above; 

(J) role of transportation and 

transmission systems in supporting 

existing supply chains and risks 

associated with those systems; and 

(K) risks posed by climate change to 

the availability, production, 

transportation, or transmission of 

‘‘critical goods and materials’’ and 

‘‘other essential goods and materials,’’ 

as identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) 

above; 

(vi) allied and partner actions, 

including whether or not the United 

States’ allies and partners have also 

identified and prioritized the services or 

‘‘critical goods materials’’ and ‘‘other 

essential goods and materials’’ 

identified in paragraphs (i) and (ii) 

above, and possible avenues for 

international engagement; 

(vii) primary causes of risks for any 

aspect of the ICT industrial base and 

supply chains assessed as vulnerable 

pursuant to paragraph (v) above; 

(viii) prioritization of the ‘‘critical 

goods and materials’’ and ‘‘other 

essential goods and materials,’’ 

including digital products, identified in 

paragraphs (i) and (ii) above for the 

purpose of identifying options and 

policy recommendations. The 

prioritization shall be based on statutory 

or regulatory requirements; importance 

to national security, emergency 

preparedness, and the policy set forth in 

section 1 of E.O. 14017; 

(ix) specific policy recommendations 

important for ensuring a resilient supply 

chain for the ICT industrial base. Such 

recommendations may include, but are 

not limited to, sustainably reshoring 

supply chains and developing or 

strengthening domestic design, 

components, and supplies; cooperating 

with allies and partners to identify 

alternative supply chains; building 

redundancy into domestic supply 

chains; ensuring and enlarging 

stockpiles; developing workforce 

capabilities; enhancing access to 

financing; expanding research and 

development to broaden supply chains; 

addressing risks due to vulnerabilities 

in digital products relied on by supply 

chains; addressing risks posed by 

climate change; strengthening supply 

chain security; and any other 

recommendations; 

(x) any executive, legislative, 

regulatory, and policy changes and any 

other actions to strengthen the 

capabilities identified in paragraph (iii) 

above, and to prevent, avoid, or prepare 

for any of the contingencies identified 

in paragraph (iv) above; and 

(xi) suggestions for improving the 

Government-wide effort to strengthen 

supply chains, including suggestions for 

coordinating actions with ongoing 

efforts that could be considered 

duplicative of the work of E.O. 14017 or 

with existing Government mechanisms 

that could be used to implement E.O. 

14017 in a more effective manner. 

The Department of Commerce and the 

Department of Homeland Security 

encourage commenters, when 

addressing the elements above, to 

structure their comments using the 

specific text as identifiers for the areas 

of inquiry to which their comments 

respond. This will assist in more easily 

reviewing and summarizing the 

comments received in response to these 

specific comment areas. For example, a 

commenter submitting comments 

responsive to paragraph (i) above, 

would use that exact text—The ‘‘critical 

goods and materials,’’ as defined in 

section 6(b) of E.O. 14017, underlying 

the supply chain in question—as a 

heading in the public comment 

followed by the commenter’s specific 

comments in this area. 

Requirements for Written Comments 

The https://www.regulations.gov 

website allows users to provide 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

Comment’’ field, or by attaching a 

document using an ‘‘Upload File’’ field. 

The Department of Commerce prefers 

that comments be provided in an 

attached document. The Department of 

Commerce prefers submissions in 

Microsoft Word (.doc files) or Adobe 

Acrobat (.pdf files). If the submission is 

in an application format other than 

Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat, 

please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’ 

field. Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter within the 

comments. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file, so that the submission 

consists of one file instead of multiple 

files. Comments (both public comments 

and non-confidential versions of 

comments containing business 

confidential information) will be placed 

in the docket and open to public 

inspection. Comments may be viewed 

on https://www.regulations.gov by 

entering docket number BIS–2021–0021 

in the search field on the home page. 

All filers should name their files 

using the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. Anonymous 

comments are also accepted. 

Communications from agencies of the 

United States Government will not be 

made available for public inspection. 

Anyone submitting business 

confidential information should clearly 

identify the business confidential 

portion at the time of submission, file a 

statement justifying nondisclosure and 

referring to the specific legal authority 

claimed, and provide a non-confidential 

version of the submission. The nonconfidential version of the submission 

will be placed in the public file on 

https://www.regulations.gov. For 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. Any 

page containing business confidential 

information must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the 

top of that page. The non-confidential 

version must be clearly marked 

‘‘PUBLIC’’. The file name of the nonconfidential version should begin with 

the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should be followed by the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments or rebuttal comments. If a 

public hearing is held in support of this 

assessment, a separate Federal Register 

notice will be published providing the 

date and information about the hearing. 

The Bureau of Industry and Security 

does not maintain a separate public 

inspection facility. Requesters should 

first view the Bureau’s web page, which 

can be found at https://efoia.bis.

doc.gov/ (see ‘‘Electronic FOIA’’ 

heading). If requesters cannot access the 

website, they may call 202–482–0795 

for assistance. The records related to 

this assessment are made accessible in 

accordance with the regulations 

published in part 4 of title 15 of the 

52130 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 179 / Monday, September 20, 2021 / Notices 

Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR 4.1 

through 4.11). 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20229 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Surveys for User 

Satisfaction, Impact and Needs 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on July 6, 2021 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Commercial 

Service, Commerce. 

Title: Domestic and International 

Client Export Services and Customized 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0275. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Renewal submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 50,000. 

Average Hours per Response: .5 (30 

minutes). 

Burden Hours: 33,333 (annual). 

Needs and Uses: The International 

Trade Administration provides a 

multitude of international trade related 

programs to help U.S. businesses. These 

programs include information products, 

services, and trade events. To 

accomplish its mission effectively, ITA 

needs ongoing feedback on its programs. 

This information collection item allows 

ITA to solicit clients’ opinions about the 

use of ITA products, services, and trade 

events. To promote optimal use and 

provide focused and effective 

improvements to ITA programs, we are 

requesting approval for this clearance 

package; including: use of Comment 

Cards (i.e. transactional-based surveys) 

to collect feedback immediately after 

ITA assistance is provided to clients; 

use of annual surveys (i.e., relationshipbased surveys) to gauge overall 

satisfaction, impact and needs for 

clients with ITA assistance provided 

over a period time; use of multiple data 

collection methods (i.e., web-enabled 

surveys sent via email, telephone 

interviews, automated telephone 

surveys, and in-person surveys via 

mobile devices/laptops/tablets at trade 

events/shows) to enable clients to 

conveniently respond to requests for 

feedback; and a forecast of burden 

hours. Without this information, ITA is 

unable to systematically determine the 

actual and relative levels of performance 

for its programs and products/services 

and to provide clear, actionable insights 

for managerial intervention. This 

information will be used for program 

evaluation and improvement, strategic 

planning, allocation of resources and 

stakeholder reporting. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Public Law 15 U.S.C. 

et seq. and 15 U.S.C. 171 et seq. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0625–0275. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20232 Filed 9–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed topics for a 

meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade 

Advisory Committee (CINTAC). 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Thursday, September 30, 2021, from 

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Time (EDT). The deadline for members 

of the public to register to participate, 

including requests to make comments 

during the meeting and for auxiliary 

aids, or to submit written comments for 

dissemination prior to the meeting, is 

5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 24, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via Microsoft Teams. Requests 

to register to participate (including to 

speak or for auxiliary aids) and any 

written comments should be submitted 

via email to Mr. Jonathan Chesebro, 

Office of Energy & Environmental 

Industries, International Trade 

Administration, at jonathan.chesebro@

trade.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Chesebro, Office of Energy & 

Environmental Industries, International 

Trade Administration (Phone: 202–482– 

1297; email: jonathan.chesebro@

trade.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The CINTAC was 

established under the discretionary 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.), in response to an 

identified need for consensus advice 

from U.S. industry to the U.S. 

Government regarding the development 

and administration of programs to 

expand United States exports of civil 

nuclear goods and services in 

accordance with applicable U.S. laws 

and regulations, including advice on 

how U.S. civil nuclear goods and 

services export policies, programs, and 

activities will affect the U.S. civil 

nuclear industry’s competitiveness and 

ability to participate in the international 

market. 

The Department of Commerce 

renewed the CINTAC charter on August 

5, 2020. This meeting is being convened 

under the seventh charter of the 

CINTAC. 

On September 30, 2021, the CINTAC 

will hold the third meeting of its current 

charter term. The Committee, with 

officials from the U.S. Department of 

Commerce and other agencies, will 

discuss major issues affecting the 

competitiveness of the U.S. civil nuclear 

energy industry and discuss proposed 

recommendations and potential 

priorities for future subcommittee work.