[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56018-56019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27021]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners 
of War will be held on October 25th through 27th, 1999, at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Carl T. Hayden Va Medical Center, 650 
East Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012. The meeting will be held in 
the Ambulatory Care Clinic, Basement Level, NW Quadrant. Each day the 
meeting will convene at 9 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The meeting is open 
to the public.
    The purpose of the committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of benefits under Title 38, United States 
Code, for veterans who are former prisoners of war, and to make 
recommendations on the needs of such veterans for compensation, health 
care and rehabilitation.
    The agenda for October 25 will begin with an introduction of 
committee members and dignitaries, a review of Committee reports, an 
update of activities since the last meeting, and a period for POW 
veterans and/or the public to address the committee. The Committee will 
also review the Secretary's response to the November 1998 report of 
meeting, and receive presentations on the Veterans Benefits 
Administration and Veterans Health Administration activities. The 
agenda on October 26 will include updates on the Center for POW 
Studies, continuing learning education seminars and final report from 
the medical follow-up agency (on Mortality/Morbidity Study). On October 
27, the Committee's Medical and Administrative subcommittees will break 
out to discuss their activities and report back to the Committee.
    Additionally, the Committee will review and analyze the comments

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discussed throughout the meeting for the purpose of assisting and 
compiling a final report to be sent to the Secretary.
    Members of the public may direct questions or submit prepared 
statements for review by the Committee in advance of the meeting, in 
writing only, to Mr. Robert J. Epley, Director, Compensation and 
Pension Service (21), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Submitted materials must be received 
by October 15, 1999. A report of the meeting and roster of Committee 
members may be obtained from Mr. Epley.

    Dated: September 30, 1999.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-27021 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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