[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 41873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19974]



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CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION


Hearing on Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: 
Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination-Miami

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 Thursday, 
September 14 and 15, 1995, beginning at 8:00 a.m., in the Sandringham/
Windsor Conference Room of the Intercontinental Hotel, 100 Chopin 
Plaza, Miami, Florida 33131.
    The purpose of the hearing is to collect information within the 
jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, related 
particularly to immigration practices, policies, and perceptions in 
Miami 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 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: August 8, 1995.
Miguel A. Sapp,
Acting Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 95-19974 Filed 8-11-95; 8:45 am]
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