[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 59399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20447]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held November 
29-30, 2005, in the Kenneth Eaton Conference Room 819 at the Lafayette 
Building, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On November 30, 
2005, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 
4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding 
these activities.
    On November 29, 2005, the Committee will receive updates on 
National Cemetery Administration (NCA) issues. In the afternoon, the 
Committee will tour the National Archives in Washington, DC. On 
November 30, 2005, the Committee will tour the White House and then 
reconvene for a business session, beginning at 1:30 p.m., which will 
include discussions of committee recommendations, future meeting sites, 
and potential agenda topics.
    Time will not be allocated for receiving oral presentations from 
the public. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting 
should contact Mr. David Schettler, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 273-5175. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments 
may be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to the National Cemetery Administration 
(41C2), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. In the public's 
communications with the Committee, the writers must identify themselves 
and state the organizations, associations, or persons they represent.

    Dated: October 4, 2005.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-20447 Filed 10-11-05; 8:45 am]
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