[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22590]



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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 P.L. 
92-463, gives notice that a meeting of the VA Persian Gulf Expert 
Scientific Committee will be held on:

Monday, November 18, 1996, at 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19, 1996, at 8:30 a.m.-3:30 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 
4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on November 18 and from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 
p.m. on November 19, 1996. During these executive sessions, 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 Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub. 
L. 94-409, and as cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    The agenda for November 18 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 Persian Gulf 
Spouses and Children Exam, Persian Gulf Programs/Surveys, and Veterans 
Benefits Applications from Persian Gulf Veterans, as well as a follow-
up on VA Referral Centers.
    On November 19 the Committee will hear reports on the Syntax of 
Immune-Neuroendocrine Communications/PTSD as well as an updates on 
Research Centers findings and DoD Investigative Team Operations.
    Additional information concerning these meetings may be obtained 
from the Executive Secretary, Office of Public Health & Environmental 
Hazards, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20420.

    Dated: August 22, 1996.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Eugene A. Brickhouse,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-22590 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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