[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3752]


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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 town hall meeting for 
May 10, 2006, at the Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel & Suites, The 
Colonnade Ballroom, 400 South 14th Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The 
town hall meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and end at 9 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 Commission is conducting the fourth of eight fact-finding site 
visits throughout the United States. The St. Louis area was selected 
based on criteria that include the concentration of veterans, active-
duty service personnel, and members of the National Guard and Reserves. 
Those criteria also include the location of Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Veterans Health Administration, and Department of 
Defense (DoD) facilities with particular interest in transition 
activities. The goal of this visit is to allow the commissioners the 
opportunity to tour local VA and DoD facilities; examine the processes 
in place which assist disabled veterans, service members, and survivors 
in their efforts to obtain benefits; and present these individuals and 
the general public with an opportunity to learn about the work of the 
Commission and to offer comments in face-to-face forums.
    Interested persons may attend the meeting and present oral 
statements to the Commission. 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 to the meeting or at any time, 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: April 14, 2006.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3752 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45am]
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