[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21222]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National 
Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Capital 
Memorial Advisory Commission (the Commission) will be held on Tuesday, 
November 8, 2005, at 1:30 p.m., at the National Building Museum, Room 
312, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized 
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs. In 
addition to discussing general matters and conducting routine business, 
the Commission will review the status of legislative proposals 
introduced in the 108th Congress to establish memorials in the District 
of Columbia and its environs, as follows:

Action Items

    (1) Site Selection Study, Memorial to President Dwight D. 
Eisenhower.
    (2) Site Selection Study, Frederick Douglass Memorial Garden.
    (3) Legislation currently under consideration by the 109th 
Congress.

Informational Items

    (1) Congressional actions taken on bills previously reviewed by the 
Commission.

Other Business

    (1) General matters and routine business.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with 
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be 
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at 
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may 
contact Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the Commission, at (202) 619-
7097.

DATES: November 8, 2005, at 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Building Museum, Room 312, 401 F Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the 
Commission, 202-619-7097.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established by Public Law 
99-652, the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. Chapter 89 et seq.), to 
advise the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the 
Administrator, General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on 
policy and procedures for establishment of, and proposals to establish, 
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as 
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning 
commemorative works.
    The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to 
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary 
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The 
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking 
to establish memorials in Washington, DC, and its environs.
    The members of the Commission are as follows:

Director, National Park Service.
Administrator, General Services Administration.
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission.
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts.
Mayor of the District of Columbia.
Architect of the Capitol.
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission.
Secretary of Defense.

    Dated: September 26, 2005.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 05-21222 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45am]
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