[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31086-31087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12532]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Notice of Public Meeting of the Illinois Advisory Committee for a 
Meeting on Discussing the Project Proposal on Hate Crimes in Illinois 
and a Briefing on Religious Discrimination in Prisons

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
(Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Illinois 
Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting on Thursday, June 
12, 2014, for the purpose of discussing and voting on a project 
proposal regarding hate crimes in Illinois and for gathering 
information and hearing statements regarding religious discrimination 
in Illinois prisons. The Committee will have the proposal presented by 
the Commission's two Midwestern Regional Office interns and discuss the 
proposal afterward. The Committee also will hear testimony from the 
chief chaplain of the state's Department of Corrections to update 
information the Committee had obtained on the topic in 2007. The 
testimony presented at this meeting will provide in part a basis for 
the Committee's final recommendations on the topic.
    Members of the public are invited and welcomed to make statements 
into the record at the meeting starting at 3:30 p.m. Members of the 
public who cannot attend in person can listen to the discussion. This 
meeting is available to the public through the following toll-free 
call-in number: 888-438-5535, conference ID: 9306519. Any interested 
member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. 
Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over 
wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred 
charges. Callers will incur no

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charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-
free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow 
the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-
977-8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and 
conference ID number.
    Member of the public are also entitled to submit written comments; 
the comments must be received in the regional office by July 12, 2014. 
Written comments may be mailed to the Midwestern Regional Office, U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 
60615. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (312) 353-8311, or 
emailed to Administrative Assistant, Carolyn Allen at [email protected]. 
Persons who desire additional information may contact the Midwestern 
Regional Office at (312) 353-8311.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the 
Midwestern Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the 
scheduled date of the meeting.
    Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Midwestern Regional Office, as they become available, both 
before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available 
via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, Illinois 
Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this 
Committee are directed to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Midwestern Regional Office at the 
above email or street address.
    Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions

12:00 p.m. to 12:10 p.m.
    Barbara Abrajano, Chairman, Illinois Advisory Committee

Discussion of Hate Crime Project Proposal

12:10 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
    Changho Kim, USCCR intern
    Mrinalini Penumaka, USCCR intern
    Illinois Advisory Committee

Briefing on Religious Discrimination in Prisons

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    IL Department of Correction Chief Chaplain Stephen Keim

Business Meeting

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Open Session

    3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Adjournment

4:00 p.m.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at 12:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University of Chicago Law 
School, 1111 E. 60th St., Classroom VI, Chicago, IL 60637.

    Dated: May 23, 2014.
David Mussatt,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2014-12532 Filed 5-29-14; 8:45 am]
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