[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8534]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National 
Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Capital 
Memorial Advisory Commission (the Commission) will be held on 
Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at 1:30 p.m., at the National Building Museum, 
Room 312, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized 
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs. In 
addition to discussing general matters and conducting routine business, 
the Commission will review the status of legislative proposals 
introduced in the 108th Congress to establish memorials in the District 
of Columbia and its environs, as follows:

Action Items

    (1) Site Selection Study, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education 
Center (continued from March 15, 2005).
    (2) Legislation currently under consideration by the 109th 
Congress.

Informational Items

    (1) Congressional actions taken on bills previously reviewed by the 
Commission.

Other Business

    (1) General matters and routine business.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with 
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be 
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at 
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may 
contact Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the Commission, at (202) 619-
7097.

DATES: May 11, 2005, at 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Building Museum, Room 312, 401 F Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the 
Commission, 202-619-7097.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established by Public Law 
99-652, the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. Chapter 89 et seq.), to 
advise the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the 
Administrator, General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on 
policy and procedures for establishment of, and proposals to establish, 
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as 
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning 
commemorative works.
    The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to 
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary 
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The 
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking 
to establish memorials in Washington, DC, and its environs.
    The members of the Commission are as follows:

Director, National Park Service
Administrator, General Services Administration
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Architect of the Capitol
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Secretary of Defense

    Dated: March 29, 2005.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 05-8534 Filed 4-28-05; 8:45 am]
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