[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6465]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on August 14-15, 
2006 in room 230, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC. The sessions will convene at 8 a.m. each day and 
adjourn at 5:30 p.m. on August 14, and at 3:30 p.m. on August 15. 
Sessions will be open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on research plans 
and research strategies relating to the health consequences of military 
service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf 
War.
    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War 
veterans' illnesses and updates on scientific research on Gulf War 
illnesses published since the last committee meeting. Additionally, 
there will be presentations and discussion of changes in immune 
function and inflammation and immune responses in the central nervous 
system associated with chronic multisymptom illnesses and/or chemical 
exposures.
    Members of the public may provide up to 5 minute statements during 
the period reserved for public comments. They may also submit, at the 
time of the meeting, a 1-2 page summary of their comments for inclusion 
in the official meeting record. Any member of the public seeking 
additional information should contact Dr. William Goldberg, Designated 
Federal Officer, at (202) 254-0294.

    Dated: July 17, 2006.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6465 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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