[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8492]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Gulf War Expert Scientific Advisory Committee, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Pub. L. 
92-463, gives notice that a meeting of the VA Gulf War Expert 
Scientific Advisory Committee will be held on:

Monday, March 30, 1998, at 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 31, 1998, at 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

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 Gulf War 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.
    The agenda for March 30 will begin with an update of Gulf War 
Programs from various Veterans Service Organizations as well as 
presentations on: Patient Satisfaction Survey; Low Level Agent Exposure 
and Biological Effects; Characteristics of DoD Pre-Deployment 
Physicals; and Disability Ratings Among Gulf War Veterans. The first 
day's agenda will also cover follow-ups on VA Mortality Study and VA 
Referral Center Patients.
    On March 31 the Committee will hear updates on the DoD/VA Programs 
in Leishmania; the Depleted Uranium Training Program; and Activities in 
Risk Communications. All portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public.
    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.
    Due to unforeseen circumstances, this notice of meeting is being 
published late. Notice of availability of the Executive Summary of this 
meeting will be published in the Federal Registry in the near future.

    Dated: March 26, 1998.

    By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-8492 Filed 3-27-98; 1:01 pm]
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