[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15588]



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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: 
Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination; New York City

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments of 1994, section 3, Public Law 103-419, 
108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3, that a public hearing of 
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on Wednesday, July 
26, 1995, beginning at 8:30 a.m., in Ballroom 3 of the New New York 
Vista Hotel, located at 3 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048.
    The purpose of the hearing is to collect documents within the 
jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, related to City 
policies and administration, immigration, and the securities industry 
in order to examine underlying causes of racial and ethnic tensions in 
the United States.
    The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue 
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of 
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2(c). The Commission is an independent 
bipartisan, factfinding agency authorized to study, collect, and 
disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the 
Federal Government, and to study and collect information concerning 
legal developments, with respect to discrimination or denials of equal 
protection of the laws under the constitution because of race, color, 
religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the 
administration of justice.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty 
Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division, at (202) 
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before 
the scheduled date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Brooks, Press and 
Communications (202) 376-8312.

    Dated: June 21, 1995.
Miguel A. Sapp,
Acting Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 95-15588 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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