[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56742-56743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28198]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 103-446, gives notice that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Minority Veterans will be held November 18, 1996, to November 20, 1996, 
in VA Central Office, Room 230, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 
The purpose of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans is to advise 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the administration of VA benefits 
and services for minority veterans and to assess the needs of minority 
veterans and evaluate whether VA compensation, medical and 
rehabilitation services, outreach, and other programs are meeting those 
needs. The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary 
regarding such activities.
    The Committee will convene from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 
November 18, 1996. The Committee will receive testimony from invited 
representatives from minority veterans groups, community-based 
organizations and veterans organizations. The Committee will conduct 
its meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
In the morning, the Committee will receive a briefing from the 
Director, Center for Minority Veterans, on the Center's priorities, 
achievements, and issues being addressed. The afternoon session will 
focus on the Committee's goals and objectives, subcommittee structure, 
Committee budget, and other administrative matters. On Wednesday, 
November 20, 1996, the Committee will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
The morning session will be devoted to subcommittee working sessions 
held in designated break-out rooms (to be determined). Program 
officials will participate in subcommittee meetings. The full Committee 
will reform in the afternoon to hear subcommittee reports on their 
agendas for fiscal year 1997. The Committee will review the Secretary's 
comments on its' 1996 Annual Report. All sessions will be open to the 
public. It will be necessary for those wishing to attend to contact Mr. 
Anthony Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs, phone (202) 273-6708, 
prior to November 15, 1996. No time

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will be allocated for the purpose of receiving oral presentations from 
the public, however, the Committee will accept appropriate written 
comments form interested parties on issues affecting minority veterans. 
Such comments should be referred to the Committee at the following 
address: Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for Minority 
Veterans (OOM), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: October 25, 1996.

    By Direction of the Secretary
Eugene A. Brickhouse,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28198 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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