# Termination of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
**AGENCY:**
Department of Defense.
**ACTION:**
Termination of Federal Advisory Committee.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that it is terminating the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Section 576 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328) rescinds 22 U.S.C. 929, which is the statutory authority for the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (“the Council”). Therefore, the Department of Defense is terminating the Council.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.