[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 54121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25273]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on 
Former Prisoners of War has scheduled a meeting on November 2-4, 2009, 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, 5460 Reno 
Corporate Drive, Reno, Nevada, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of benefits under title 38, United States 
Code, for Veterans who are former prisoners of war, and to make 
recommendations on the needs of such Veterans for compensation, health 
care, and rehabilitation.
    On November 2, the Committee will receive remarks from VA officials 
and tour the VA Regional office. In the afternoon, a town hall meeting 
will be held at the VA Regional Office to hear from former prisoners of 
war. On November 3, the Committee will receive updates on the report 
from the Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoners of War Studies, 
educational programs, Veterans Health Administration and discuss the 
Committee's recommendations and VA responses. In the afternoon, the 
Committee will continue a tour of the VA Regional Office. On November 
4, the Committee's Medical and Administrative Working Groups will 
complete their interim report for the Committee's final report. In the 
afternoon, the Committee will work on its first draft of its final 
report.
    Members of the public may attend the town hall meeting and may also 
submit written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the 
meeting to Mr. Bradley G. Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension 
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420, or to Ms. Carolyn Bryant at 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 14, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-25273 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]
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