[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19857-19858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10441]


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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 series of meetings of the Advisory 
Committee on Minority Veterans will be held Monday, May 19, 1997, 
through Wednesday May 21, 1997, at various sites in Washington State. 
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 meeting will be held over the three day period at the following 
locations: Monday, May 18, 1997, from 8:30 to 4:30 in Seattle, WA at 
the Henry Jackson Federal Building, room 3086A. Testimony will be 
received from VA Medical and Benefits Officials as well as from State 
Veterans Affairs Officials and invited veterans minority group 
representatives. The theme of this hearing will be ``Access to and the 
Delivery of VA Benefits and Services to Minority Veterans.'' On 
Tuesday, May 20, 1997, the Committee will divide into three 
subcommittees to hold meetings in Tacoma, WA, at the AMVETS Hall, from

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9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Veterans Hall, Seattle Center, from 9:30 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.; and Portland, OR, site to be determined. The Advisory 
Committee will conduct town hall meetings at the three sites on Tuesday 
to collect information from minority veteran group representatives and 
individual minority veterans. All sessions will be open to the public, 
up to the seating capacity of the meeting room. On Wednesday, May 21, 
the Committee will reconvene as a whole at the VA Puget Sound Health 
Care System, Seattle Division, room 104, to discuss findings from the 
three Subcommittee town hall meetings. The Committee will meet with the 
Northwest Interagency Policy Council for American Indian Veterans and 
the African American PTSD Group. Preliminary drafting of the annual 
report will begin during this meeting. It will be necessary for those 
wishing to attend to contact either of the following: Mr. Anthony 
Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs (phone (202) 273-6708); Mr. Jim 
Bouley, VA Regional Office Seattle, (phone (206) 220-6125); Ms. Frankie 
Manning, VA Puget Sound (phone (206) 764-2626); or Ms. Deborah 
Williams, VA Medical Center Portland (phone (503) 402-2903) prior to 
May 15, 1997. The Committee will accept appropriate written comments 
from interested parties on issues affecting minority veterans. Such 
comments should be referred to the Committee at anytime at the 
following address: Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for 
Minority Veterans (00M), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: April 11, 1997.
    By Direction of the Secretary:
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-10441 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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