[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16759]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting 
Amendment

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-4463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has changed the location of its meeting 
scheduled on August 26, 2005, to the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 
Hamilton Ballroom on the lower level, 1001 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will not be held at the Shriners 
Almas Temple (adjacent to the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel), 1315 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 4:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the 
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to 
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and 
deaths attributable to military service.
    On August 26, 2005, the Commission will engage in panel discussions 
with current and former employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, the Department of Defense, and the House Committees on Armed 
Services and Veterans' Affairs with knowledge and expertise in programs 
to assist and compensate disabled retirees and veterans and their 
survivors. The agenda will also include briefings by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to provide the 
Commission with an understanding of programs to intervene, diagnose, 
treat, and assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission. Interested parties may provide written comments for review 
by the Commission at any time to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive Director, 
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004, or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. Information on the Commission may be found at 
http://www.va.gov/vetscommission.

    Dated: August 18, 2005.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-16759 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
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