[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 32099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12953]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Pub. L. 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on June 28-29, 
2004, at the VA Medical Center located at 385 Tremont Avenue, East 
Orange, NJ. The meeting will be held in Room 11137, War Related Illness 
and Injuries Study Center (WRIISC). The session on June 28 will convene 
at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 5:30 p.m. The session on June 29 will convene 
at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 2:30 p.m. Both sessions 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 Gulf War.
    On June 28, the Committee will be briefed on a number of research 
presentations from the staff of the East Orange WRIISC. In the 
afternoon there will be clinical presentations and a roundtable 
discussion. On June 29, the Committee will hear a presentation on 
``Understanding the Biochemical Basis of Gulf War Illnesses'' by Sharon 
Mates, PhD, and Allen Feinberg, PhD, of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. 
In the afternoon, the Committee will receive an update on recent 
research and discuss the Committee's 2004 report. 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: June 1, 2004.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-12953 Filed 6-7-04; 8:45 am]
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