[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 48 (Monday, March 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4896]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on Former Prisoners of War (FPOW) has scheduled a meeting for April 11-
13, 2005, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. The meeting will be held 
each day in Conference Center C-7, from 9 a.m. to 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 benefits under Title 38, United States 
Code, for veterans who are former prisoners of war, and to make 
recommendations on the needs of such veterans for compensation, health 
care, and rehabilitation.
    The agenda for April 11 will begin with an introduction of 
Committee members, remarks from dignitaries, a review of Committee 
reports, an update of activities since the last meeting, and a period 
for FPOW veterans and/or the public to address the Committee. The 
Committee will also discuss future plans for the VA FPOW Learning 
Seminars, and conclude with a report on the progress of Special FPOW 
Care and Benefits Teams. The agenda on April 12 will include a review 
of VA's Compensation and Pension Service activities, including new 
outreach initiatives to FPOWs, initiatives to contact FPOW pensioners, 
and a special reporet on outreach to FPOWs about the new presumptive 
medical conditions of heart diseases and the residuals of stroke. The 
Committee will then receive a report from VA's FPOW Medical 
Presumptions Workgroup. The Committee will also hear a presentation 
from the Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies. The day 
will conclude with new business and general discussion. On April 13, 
the Committee's Medical and Administrative work groups will meet to 
discuss their activities and report back to the Committee. 
Additionally, the Committee will review and analyze the comments 
discussed throughout the meeting for the purpose of compiling a report 
to be sent to the Secretary.
    Members of the public may direct questions or submit written 
statements for review by the Committee in advance of the meeting to Ms. 
Ren[eacute]e L. Szybala, Director, Compensation and Pension Service 
(21), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Submitted materials must be received by April 1, 
2005.

    Dated: March 3, 2005.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-4896 Filed 3-11-05; 8:45 am]
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