[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8158]


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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 under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held April 30-
May 1, 2003, at the Wyndham Milwaukee Center Hotel, 129 East Kilbourn 
Avenue, Milwaukee, WI. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 
4:30 p.m. on both days. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, and the selection of new national cemetery sites, the 
erection of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial 
benefits. The Committee will make recommendations the Secretary 
regarding these activities.
    On April 30, the Committee will discuss issues relating to Wood 
National Cemetery, the Southern Wisconsin State Veterans Cemetery and 
the State Cemetery Grants Program. In the afternoon, the Committee will 
tour Wood National Cemetery and the Southern Wisconsin State Veterans 
Cemetery. On May 1, the Committee will receive updates on National 
Cemetery Administration's Operational Standards and Measures, 
construction of new national cemeteries, legislative initiatives, 
meeting veterans' burial needs, and other issues related to the 
administration and maintenance of national cemeteries. The Committee 
will conclude with discussions of any unfinished business, make 
recommendations for future programs, meeting sites, and agenda topics.
    No time will be allocated for receiving for oral presentations from 
the public. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting is 
requested to contact Ms. Paige Lowther, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 273-5164. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments 
can be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to National Cemetery Administration 
(40), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. In their 
Communications with the Committee, the writer must identify themselves 
and state the organizations, associations, or person(s) they represent.

    Dated: March 26, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-8158 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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