[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17732-17733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07508]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory 
Committees

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to 
announce that it is amending the charter for the Department of Defense 
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries (``the 
Board'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being amended 
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(1) and in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) 
and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), established the Board. The Board is a statutory 
Federal advisory committee that provides independent advice and 
recommendations related to the actuarial matters associated with the 
Department of Defense (DoD) Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund 
(``the Fund'') and other related matters. The Board, pursuant to 10 
U.S.C. 1114(b) and (c), shall report to the Secretary of Defense 
annually on the actuarial status of the Fund and shall furnish its 
advice and opinion on matters referred to it by the Secretary of 
Defense.
    The Board shall review valuations of the Fund under 10 U.S.C. 
1115(c) and shall report periodically, not less than once every four 
years, to the President and the Congress on the status of the Fund. The 
Board shall include in such reports recommendations for such changes as 
in the Board's judgment are necessary to protect the public interest 
and maintain the Fund on a sound actuarial basis.
    The Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), may act upon the Board's advice 
and recommendations.
    The Board consists of three members appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense from among qualified professional actuaries who are members of 
the Society of Actuaries. Board members will serve for a term of 15 
years, except that a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
before the end of the term for which the predecessor was appointed 
shall serve only until the end of such term. A Board member may serve 
after the end of the term until a successor has taken the oath of 
office. The Board membership appointments are staggered so that a new 
member is appointed every five years. A Board member may be removed by 
the Secretary of Defense for misconduct or failure to perform functions 
vested in the Board and for no other reason. The Board's Chair will be 
designated by the USD(P&R) from among those Board members previously 
approved by the Secretary of Defense.
    Board members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal 
officers or employees, will be appointed as experts or consultants 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government employee 
members and is entitled, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(3), to receive 
pay at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay of the 
highest rate of basic pay under the General Schedule of subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of title 5, for each day the member is engaged in the 
performance of duties vested in the Board. Board members who are full-
time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees shall be 
appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as regular 
government employee members. All members are entitled to reimbursement 
for official Board-related travel and per diem.
    The DoD has determined that subcommittees will not be authorized 
for this Board. The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) must be a 
full-time or permanent part-time DoD

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employee, designated in accordance with established DoD policies and 
procedures.
    The Board's DFO is required to attend at all meetings of the Board 
for the entire duration of each and every meeting. However, in the 
absence of the Board's DFO, a properly approved Alternate DFO, duly 
appointed to the Board according to established DoD policies and 
procedures, must attend the entire duration of all meetings of the 
Board.
    The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, calls all meetings of the Board; 
prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and adjourn any meeting when 
the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines adjournment to be in the 
public interest or required by governing regulations or DoD policies 
and procedures. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the 
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to 
Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of 
Actuaries membership about the Board's mission and functions. Written 
statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the stated 
agenda of planned meeting of the Department of Defense Medicare-
Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries.
    All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the 
Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of 
Actuaries, and this individual will ensure that the written statements 
are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact 
information for the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree 
Health Care Board of Actuaries DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA 
Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
    The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned 
meetings of the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health 
Care Board of Actuaries. The DFO, at that time, may provide additional 
guidance on the submission of written statements that are in response 
to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.

    Dated: March 27, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-07508 Filed 4-1-15; 8:45 am]
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