[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42605-42606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20759]


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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION


Meeting

    Agency: National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
    Time and Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 
Wednesday, August 20, 1997; 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Place: The meeting site will be: The Watergate Hotel, Continental 
Room, 2650 Virginia Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20037.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. on August 19, 1997 and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on August 
20, 1997. The meeting may be closed to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 
noon on August 19, 1997 for the purposes of personnel discussion..
    Notice: At its second public meeting, the National Gambling Impact 
Study Commission, established under Pub. L. 104-169, dated August 3, 
1996, will hear presentations from Senator Richard Bryan and other 
invited speakers; will hear contract proposals from the National 
Research Council and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental 
Relations; discuss the scope and nature of the research to be conducted 
by these groups and others; review the proposed rules and statement of 
principles; review the research

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questions submitted by Commissioners; and, discuss the revised 
workplan. An open forum for public participation will be held from 1:30 
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on August 20, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There will be an open forum session of 
approximately two hours for the public to speak to the Commission on 
items relevant to the Commission's work. Anyone wishing to make an oral 
presentation at the meeting should contact Tim Bidwill at (202) 523-
8217 no later than 5:00 p.m., August 18, 1997. Open forum participants 
are asked to provide name, organization (if applicable), address, and 
phone number. Oral presentations will be limited to three minutes per 
speaker. If this is not enough time to complete comments, please 
restrict the three minutes to a summary of your comments and bring a 
typed copy of full comments to file with the Commission. Persons 
speaking at the open forum are requested, but not required, to supply 
twenty (20) copies of their written statements prior to their 
presentations at the registration desk at the meeting.
    Contact Persons: For further information, contact Tim Bidwill at 
(202) 523-8217 or write to 800 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 450, 
Washington D.C. 20004.
Kay C. James,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 97-20759 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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