[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2679-2680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00693]


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 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


State Advisory Committees

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of period during which individuals may apply to be 
appointed to the Illinois Advisory Committee, New Jersey Advisory 
Committee, Oregon Advisory Committee, and Vermont Advisory Committee; 
request for applications.

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SUMMARY: Because the terms of the members of the Illinois Advisory 
Committee are expiring on May 30, 2015, the United States Commission on 
Civil Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed to apply. The memberships are exclusively for the Illinois 
Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of Illinois to be 
considered. Letters of interest must be received by the Midwestern 
Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no later than 
February 15, 2015. Letters of interest must be sent to the address 
listed below.
    Because the terms of the members of the New Jersey Advisory 
Committee are expiring on May 30, 2015, the United States Commission on 
Civil Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed to apply. The memberships are exclusively for the New Jersey 
Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of New Jersey to 
be considered. Letters of interest must be received by the Eastern 
Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no later than 
February 15, 2015. Letters of interest must be sent to the address 
listed below.
    Because the terms of the members of the Oregon Advisory Committee 
are expiring on May 30, 2015, the United States Commission on Civil 
Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be appointed to 
apply. The memberships are exclusively for the Oregon Advisory 
Committee, and applicants must be residents of Oregon to be considered. 
Letters of interest must be received by the Western Regional Office of 
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no later than February 15, 2015. 
Letters of interest must be sent to the address listed below.
    Because the terms of the members of the Vermont Advisory Committee 
are expiring on May 30, 2015, the United States Commission on Civil 
Rights hereby invites any individual who is eligible to be appointed to 
apply. The memberships are exclusively for the Vermont Advisory 
Committee, and applicants must be residents of Vermont to be 
considered. Letters of interest must be received by the Eastern 
Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no later than 
February 15, 2015. Letters of interest must be sent to the address 
listed below.

DATES: Letters of interest for membership on the Illinois Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than February 15, 2015.
    Letters of interest for membership on the New Jersey Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than February 15, 2015.
    Letters of interest for membership on the Oregon Advisory Committee 
should be received no later than February 15, 2015.
    Letters of interest for membership on the Vermont Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than February 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send letters of interest for the Illinois Advisory Committee 
to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Midwestern Regional Office, 55 W. 
Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603. Letter can also be sent via 
email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the New Jersey Advisory Committee to: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Eastern Regional Office, 1331 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425. Letter can 
also be sent via email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the Oregon Advisory Committee to: U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 North Los 
Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Letters can also be 
sent via email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the Vermont Advisory Committee to: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Eastern Regional Office, 1331 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20425. Letter can 
also be sent via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mussatt, Chief, Regional 
Programs Unit, 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 
353-8311. Questions can also be directed via email to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, and 
Vermont Advisory Committees (SACs) are statutorily mandated federal 
advisory committees of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights pursuant to 
42 U.S.C. 1975a. Under the charter for the SACs, the purpose is to 
provide advice and recommendations to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
Rights (Commission) on a broad range of civil rights matters in its 
respective state that pertain to alleged deprivations of voting rights 
or discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws because of 
race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or the 
administration of justice. SACs also provide assistance to the 
Commission in its statutory obligation to serve as a national 
clearinghouse for civil rights information.
    The SAC consists of not more than 19 members, each of whom will 
serve a two-year term. Members serve as unpaid Special Government 
Employees who are

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reimbursed for travel and expenses. To be eligible to be on a SAC, 
applicants must be residents of the respective state and have 
demonstrated expertise or interest in civil rights issues.
    The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by 
Congress in 1957 to focus on matters of race, color, religion, sex, 
age, disability, or national origin. Its mandate is to:
     Investigate complaints from citizens that their voting 
rights are being deprived,
     study and collect information about discrimination or 
denials of equal protection under the law,
     appraise federal civil rights laws and policies,
     serve as a national clearinghouse on discrimination laws,
     submit reports and findings and recommendations to the 
President and the Congress, and
     issue public service announcements to discourage 
discrimination.
    The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed a member of the Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, or Vermont 
Advisory Committee covered by this notice to send a letter of interest 
and a resume to the respective address above.

    Dated: January 13, 2015.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2015-00693 Filed 1-16-15; 8:45 am]
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