[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34461-34462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16757]


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PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF WAR VETERANS' ILLNESSES


Meeting

AGENCY: Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' 
Illnesses.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given to announce an open meeting of a 
panel of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' 
Illnesses. The panel will discuss the biology and psychology of stress 
and will receive comment from members of the public. Dr. David A. 
Hamburg will chair this panel meeting.

DATES: July 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Omni Netherland Plaza, 35 W. Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President established the Presidential 
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses by Executive Order 
12961, May 26, 1995. The purpose of this Advisory Committee is to 
review and provide recommendations on the full range of government 
activities associated with Gulf War veterans' illnesses. The Advisory 
Committee reports to the President through the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. Advisory Committee members have expertise relevant to 
the functions of the Committee and are appointed by the President from 
non-Federal sectors.

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday, July 23, 1996

9:00 a.m.  Call to order and opening remarks
9:10 a.m.  Public comment
10:50 a.m.  Break
11:10 a.m.  Biology and psychology of stress: general overview
12:15 p.m.  Lunch
1:30 p.m.  Stress-related findings of the Department of Defense's 
Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program
2:00 p.m.  Stress-related findings of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs' Persian Gulf Health Registry
2:30 p.m.  Break
2:45 p.m.  Risk factors and protective factors associated with 
differential outcomes in a cohort of Gulf War veterans
3:15 p.m.  U.S. Army's Human Dimensions Research Program
3:40 p.m.  Committee and staff discussion
4:00 p.m.  Adjourn

    A final agenda will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. Members of the public who wish 
to make oral statements should contact the Advisory Committee at the 
address or telephone number listed below at least five business days 
prior to the meeting. Reasonable provisions will be made to include on 
the agenda presentations from individuals who have not yet had an 
opportunity to address the Advisory Committee. Priority will be given 
to Gulf War veterans and their families. The panel chair is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. People who wish to file written statements with 
the Advisory Committee may do so at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael E. Kowalok, Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War 
Veterans' Illnesses, 1411 K Street, N.W., suite 1000, Washington, DC 
20005-

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3404, Telephone: (202) 761-0066, Fax: (202) 761-0310.

    Dated: June 26, 1996.
C.A. Bock,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Presidential Advisory Committee on 
Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses.
[FR Doc. 96-16757 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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