[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24198]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 92-463, gives notice that a meeting of the VA Persian Gulf Expert 
Scientific Committee will be held on:

Thursday, November 30, 1995, at 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 1, 1995, at 8:00 a.m.-12:01 p.m.

    The location of the meeting will be 801 I Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C., Room 1105.
    The Committee's objectives are to advise the Under Secretary for 
Health about medical findings affecting Persian Gulf era veterans.
    At this meeting the Committee will review all aspects of patient 
care and medical diagnoses and will provide professional consultation 
as needed. The Committee may advise on other areas involving research 
and development, veterans benefits and/or training aspects for patients 
and staff.
    All portions of the meeting will be open to the public except from 
9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on November 30, 1995. During this executive 
session discussions and recommendations will deal with medical records 
of specific patients and individually identifiable patient medical 
histories. The disclosure of this information would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Closure of this 
portion of the meeting is in accordance with subsection 10(d) of Public 
Law 92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, and as cited in 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6).
    The agenda for November 30 will begin with an update on recent 
events, followed by responses from Committee members. The first day's 
agenda will also cover reports on activities of the Presidential 
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses and the Panel on 
Infectious/Parasitic Diseases of the Persian Gulf, as well as 
developments in the area of neurobiology.
    On December 1 the Committee will undertake the writing of a status 
report. The second day's agenda will also include updates on the CDC 
Iowa Survey and VA Registry Exams.
    Additional information concerning these meetings may be obtained 
from the Chairperson, Office of Public Health & Environmental Hazards, 
810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: September 21, 1995.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-24198 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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