[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56528-56529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19282]


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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 October 
24-26, 2005, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4801 
Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri. The meeting will be held at each 
day in the medical center's recreation room from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
The meeting is open to the public.

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    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.
    On October 24, the meeting will begin with an introduction of 
Committee members, remarks from dignitaries, and a review of Committee 
reports. The afternoon session will consist of an update of activities 
since the last meeting and time for FPOW veterans and the public to 
address the Committee. The agenda on October 25 will include a review 
of VA's Compensation and Pension Service activities, focusing on 
outreach initiatives to FPOWs about the new presumptive medical 
conditions of heart disease and the residuals of stroke. The Committee 
will then receive a progress report on the development of special 
designations of FPOW records at VA medical facilities. The Committee 
will also receive a presentation from the Robert E. Mitchell, Center 
for Prisoner of War Studies. The day will conclude with new business 
and general discussion. On October 26, the Committee's medical and 
administrative work groups will meet to discuss their activities and 
report back to the Committee. Then the Committee will review the issues 
discussed throughout the meeting to compile 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. 
Renee 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 October 15, 2005.

    Dated: September 19, 2005.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19282 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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