[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24402]


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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 Pub. L. 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on November 30--
December 1, 2004, at the Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will be held in conference 
room 530. On November 30, 2004, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and 
conclude at approximately 4 p.m. On December 1, 2004, the meeting will 
begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m. 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, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding 
these activities.
    On November 30, 2004, the Committee will receive updates on the 
following: recommendations from the previous meeting; National Cemetery 
Administration (NCA) issues; field operations; Memorial programs; the 
Fiscal Year 2005 budget; construction; and the State Cemetery Grants 
Program. In the afternoon, the Committee will visit the World War II 
Memorial and lay a wreath. On December 1, 2004, the Committee will 
reconvene for the following: Multiple briefings on NCA outreach 
initiatives; the business session; discussions of any unfinished 
business and recommendations for future programs, meeting sites, and 
agenda topics.
    Time will not be allocated for receiving oral presentations from 
the public. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting is 
requested to contact Mr. Timothy Boulay, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 273-5204. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments 
can be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to the National Cemetery 
Administration (41C2), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
In the public's communications with the Committee, the writers must 
identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: October 26, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Phillip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-24402 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]
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