[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 53715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17847]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting on September 15-
16, 2005, in the Lincoln Ballroom, Fourth Floor, Holiday Inn, 8777 
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. The meeting is open to 
the public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day. 
The public is encouraged to visit the Commission's Web site at http://www.va.gov/vetscommission for transportation options to the Holiday Inn 
from the Silver Spring metro stop.
    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.
    The agenda for the meeting will include briefings by each of the 
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission Subcommittees, one or more 
Federally Funded Research and Development Center(s) [FFRDC(s)], and the 
Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. The 
purpose of these briefings will be to provide the Commission with 
recommendations on key issues and research questions for further study 
and analysis, followed by an overview of potential research projects 
and methodologies to assist the Commission with its charter and fulfill 
the requirements outlined in Public Law 108-136, the National Defense 
Authorization Act of 2004. (The Commission is required by this law to 
consult with the IOM concerning the medical aspects of contemporary 
disability compensation policies.) One or more FFRDC(s) will supplement 
the Commission's work with additional resources, surveying 
capabilities, research, study and analysis of the key issues and 
questions that the Commission will identify during this two-day event.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission. Time for oral presentations will be limited to five minutes 
or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested parties 
may provide written comments for review by the Commission prior the 
meeting, by e-mail to: [email protected] or by mail 
to: Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive Director, Veterans' Disability Benefits 
Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 
20004.

    Dated: September 1, 2005.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17847 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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