[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10902]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Memorial Commission; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National 
Capital Memorial Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the National Capital Memorial 
Commission (the Commission) will be held at 1 pm., on Thursday, May 22, 
at the National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F Streets, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized 
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs.
    In addition to discussing general matters and conducting routine 
business, the Commission will review the following: Legislative 
proposals introduced and reintroduced in the 108th Congress to 
establish memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs.

Action Items

    (1) H.R. 591, a bill to authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee 
of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-
1933;
    (2) S. 296, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to report to 
Congress regarding the requirements applicable to the inscription of 
veterans' names on the memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
    (3) H.R. 1442, a bill to authorize the design and construction of a 
visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; and
    (4) S. 470 and H.R. 1209, bills to extend the authority for the 
construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Other Business

    (1) General matters and routine business.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with 
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be 
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at 
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may 
contact Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the Commission, at (202) 619-
7097.

DATES: Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Room 312, National Building Museum, 5th and F Streets, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the 
Commission, 202-619-7097.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established by Public Law 
99-652, the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), to advise 
the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Administrator, 
General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on policy and 
procedures for establishment of (and proposals to establish) 
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as 
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning 
commemorative works.
    The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to 
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary 
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The 
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking 
to establish memorials in Washington, DC, and its environs.
    The members of the Commission are as follows:

Director, National Park Service.
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission.
Architect of the Capitol.
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission.
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts.
Mayor of the District of Columbia.
Administrator, General Services Administration.
Secretary of Defense.

    Dated: April 8, 2003.
Gentry Davis,
Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 03-10902 Filed 5-1-03; 8:45 am]
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