[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25595]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee On Gulf War Illnesses; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on October 27-28, 
2003 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Room 630, Washington, DC. The meeting on October 27 will convene at 
8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. The meeting on October 28 will convene 
at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 3:30 p.m. Both meetings will be open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed 
research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to 
the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia 
theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
    On October 27, the Committee will hear research presentations on 
birth defects and family health and identifying possible molecular 
targets of neurotoxic exposures in Gulf War illnesses. The Committee 
will also receive an update on VA-sponsored Gulf War research 
activities. On October 28, the committee will receive an update on 
published research. The committee will hear presentations on the 
following topics: possible role of vaccines in Gulf War veterans' 
illnesses, monitoring health outcomes in Gulf War veterans at VA and 
overview of federal research funding for Gulf War illnesses and 
chemical defense. Time will be available for public comment on both 
days.
    Members of the public may submit written statements for the 
Committee's review to Ms. Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, 
Department of Veterans Affairs (008A1), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public seeking additional 
information should contact Ms. Laura O'Shea at (202) 273-5031.

    Dated: October 1, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25595 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]
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