[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 59990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22439]


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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 25-26, 
2004, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Room 819, Washington, DC. The session on October 25 will convene at 8 
a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. The session on October 26 will convene at 8 
a.m. and adjourn at 3 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.
    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War 
veterans' illnesses. The Committee will also hear presentations on data 
collection related to exposures and troop locations during the 1991 
Gulf War and the current deployments in Iraq. There will be an update 
on scientific research on Gulf War illnesses published since the lost 
committee meeting. Additionally there will be preliminary information 
on treatment research for Gulf War illnesses, research related to 
possible health effects of exposure to oil well fires and other 
combustible petroleum products during the 1991 Gulf War, and discussion 
of committee business and activities.
    Members of the public may submit written statements for the 
Committee's review to Ms. Preeti Hans, Designated Federal Officer, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420. Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Ms. Preeti Hans at (202) 254-0223.

    Dated: September 28, 2004.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-22439 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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