[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23786]


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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 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War (POW) will be held on 
October 7-9, 2002, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94121. 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 7 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 discuss future plans for the VA POW Learning Seminars, and 
conclude with a report from the Expert Medical Panel on Presumptive 
Conditions. The agenda on October 8 will include a report on VA's 
Compensation and Pension Service programs in progress, and a report on 
the activities of the Veterans Health Administration. VA will also 
present to the Committee a proposal to establish POW Regional 
Compensation Examination Units in ten to twelve Regional Offices, 
modeled after the Seattle and Jackson paradigms. The committee will 
also take up consideration of priority for POWs in Long-Term Health 
Care programs, and hear a report from the National Institute of Health 
Agency Follow-up on Morbidity and Mortality in Heart Disease and Stroke 
among former POWs. The session will conclude with a report from the 
Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies, followed by a 
general discussion. On October 9, 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 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. Ronald J. Henke, Director, Compensation and 
Pension Service (21), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. A report of the meeting and roster 
of Committee members may be obtained from Mr. Henke.

    Dated: September 12, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Ronald R. Aument,
Deputy Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-23786 Filed 9-18-02; 8:45 am]
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