[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12458-12459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05193]


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 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Advisory Committees Expiration

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: Because the terms of the members of the Nebraska Advisory 
Committee are expiring on June 19, 2016, 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 Nebraska 
Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of Nebraska to be 
considered. Letters of interest must be received by the Central 
Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no later than 
March 13, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the address listed 
below.
    Because the terms of the members of the Hawaii Advisory Committee 
are expiring on May 15, 2016, 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 Hawaii Advisory 
Committee, and applicants must be residents of the Hawaii 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 
March 13, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the address listed 
below.
    Because the terms of the members of the California Advisory 
Committee are expiring on May 15, 2016, 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 California 
Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of the California 
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 
March 13, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the address listed 
below.

DATES: Letters of interest for membership on the Nebraska Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than March 13, 2016.
    Letters of interest for membership on the Hawaii Advisory Committee 
should be received no later than March 13, 2016.
    Letters of interest for membership on the California Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than March 13, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send letters of interest for the Nebraska Advisory Committee 
to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Central Regional Office, 400 State 
Avenue, Suite 908, Nebraska City, KS 66101. Letter can also be sent via 
email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the Hawaii Advisory Committee to: U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 North Los 
Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Letter can also be 
sent via email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the California Advisory Committee to: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 North Los 
Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 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 Nebraska, Hawaii, and California 
Advisory Committees 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 advisory committees, 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. Advisory committees also provide assistance 
to the Commission in its statutory obligation to serve as a national 
clearinghouse for civil rights information.
    Each advisory committee consists of not more than 19 members, each 
of whom will serve a four-year term. Members serve as unpaid Special 
Government Employees who are reimbursed for travel and expenses. To be 
eligible to be on an advisory committee, applicants must be residents 
of the respective state or district, 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

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     issue public service announcements to discourage 
discrimination.
    The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed a member of the Nebraska, Hawaii, or California Advisory 
Committee covered by this notice to send a letter of interest and a 
resume to the respective address above.

    Dated: March 3, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2016-05193 Filed 3-8-16; 8:45 am]
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