[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56388-56389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27655]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners 
of War will be held at the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional 
Office, 20 Washington Pl., Newark, New Jersey 07102, from December 6, 
1995, through December 8, 1995. The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. each 
day and will be open to the public. Seating is limited and will be 
available on a first-come, first-served basis.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of benefits under Title 38, United States 
Code, for Veterans who are former prisoners of war, and to make 
recommendations on the need of such veterans for compensation, health 
care and rehabilitation.
    The Committee will receive briefings and hold discussions on 
various issues affecting health care and benefits delivery, including, 
but not limited to, the following: education and training of VA 
personnel involved with former prisoners of war; the status of 
privately and publicly funded research affecting former prisoners of 
war; past and current legislative issues affecting 

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former prisoners of war; the various disabilities and sequelae of long-
term captivity; and the procedures involved in processing claims for 
service-connected disabilities submitted by former prisoners of war.
    Members of the public may direct questions or submit prepared 
statements for review by the Committee in advance of the meeting, in 
writing only, to Mr. J. Gary Hickman, Director, Compensation and 
Pension Service (21), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20420. Submitted material must be received 
at least five business days prior to the meeting. Members of the public 
may be asked to clarify submitted material prior to consideration by 
the Committee.
    A report of the meeting and a roster of Committee members may be 
obtained from Mr. Hickman.

    Dated: October 30, 1995.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-27655 Filed 11-7-95; 8:45 am]
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