[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10442]


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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, June 16, 1997, at 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17, 1997, at 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

    The location of the meeting will be 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C., Room 230.
    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 June 16 and from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 
on June 17, 1997. 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 P.L. 92-463, as amended by P.L. 94-
409, and as cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    The agenda for June 16 will begin with a panel discussion on 
Infectious Diseases and Persian Gulf Illnesses, followed by an update 
on the Spouses and Children of Persian Gulf Vets Examination Program. 
The first day's agenda will also cover a follow-up on VA 
Epidemiological Programs and another panel discussion on the Approaches 
to Unexplained Illnesses.
    On June 17 the Committee will hear updates on the DoD Persian Gulf 
Veterans' Illnesses Investigative Team and on the VA Environmental 
Hazards Research Centers as well as the Committee's statements on 
Health Effects of Low-Level Chemical Warfare Nerve Agent Exposure.
    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: April 3, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-10442 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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