[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26058]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice that a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 2401, will be held Wednesday, November 7, and Thursday, November 
8, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., in Room 230 at the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20420. This will be the Committee's first meeting of Fiscal Year 
2002.
    The purpose of the Committee meeting is to review the 
administration of VA's cemeteries and burial benefits program. On 
Wednesday, November 7, Committee members will be briefed on National 
Cemetery Administration (NCA) issues, including the budget, issues 
related to the provision of headstones and markers, NCA's history 
program, and legislation, including The Veterans Millennium Health Care 
and Benefits Act of 1999.
    On Thursday, November 8, members of the Committee will be informed 
about new cemetery construction, the State Cemetery Grants Program and 
issues related to the administration and maintenance of national 
cemeteries. Representatives from Arlington National Cemetery, the 
American Battle Monuments Commission and the National Park Service will 
provide updates on issues related to their cemeteries.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Individuals wishing to 
attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Paige Lowther, Designated 
Federal Official, National Cemetery Administration, [phone (202) 273-
5157] no latter than 12 noon (ET), October 30, 2001.
    Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a 
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before the 
Committee should indicate this in a letter to Mrs. Paige Lowther, 
Designated Federal Official, National Cemetery Administration (40), 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. In any such letters, the 
writers must fully identify themselves and state the organization, 
association or person(s) they represent. In addition, to the extent 
practicable, letters should indicate the subject matter to be 
discussed. Oral presentations should be limited to 10 minutes in 
duration. Individuals wishing to file written statements to be 
submitted to the Committee must also mail or deliver them to Mrs. 
Lowther.
    Letters and written statements as discussed above must be mailed or 
delivered in time to reach Mrs. Lowther by 12 noon (ET), October 30, 
2001. Oral statements will be heard between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 
(ET), November 7, 2001, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central 
Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: October 5, 2001.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-26058 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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