[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56966-56967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19522]


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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 for October 14, 
2005, in the hearing room 334 of the House Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, at the Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. The 
meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The meeting 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.
    The agenda for the meeting will include the opportunity to discuss 
research questions and issues for further study. The Statements of Work 
under development for contracting with the Institute of Medicine of the 
National Academies of Science, as required by the Commission's 
statutory authority, and the Center for Naval Analysis will be 
discussed and approved.

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    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 22, 2005.

    By direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19522 Filed 9-28-05; 8:45 am]
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