[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54226-54227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19400]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee Charter Renewals

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Charter Renewals

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee ACT (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and after consultation with the 
General Services Administration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has 
renewed the charters for the following statutorily authorized Federal 
advisory committees for a two-year period, beginning the on the dates 
listed below:

 
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                                                         Charter renewed
        Committee name           Committee description         on
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Advisory Committee on           Authorized by 38        May 18, 2016.
 Prosthetics and Special-        U.S.C. Sec.   543.
 Disabilities Programs.          Provides advice on
                                 the administration of
                                 VA prosthetics
                                 programs and the
                                 rehabilitation
                                 research,
                                 development, and
                                 evaluation of
                                 prosthetics
                                 technology; assesses
                                 VA programs that
                                 serve Veterans with
                                 spinal cord injury,
                                 blindness or vision
                                 impairment, loss of
                                 or loss of use of
                                 extremities, deafness
                                 or hearing
                                 impairment, or other
                                 serious incapacities.
Advisory Committee on Homeless  Authorized by 38        May 19, 2016.
 Veterans.                       U.S.C. Sec.   2066.
                                 Provides advice to
                                 the Secretary on
                                 benefits and services
                                 provided to homeless
                                 Veterans by the
                                 Department of
                                 Veterans Affairs.
Geriatrics and Gerontology      Authorized by 38        June 30, 2016.
 Advisory Committee.             U.S.C. Sec.   7312.
                                 Provides advice to
                                 the Secretary and the
                                 Under Secretary for
                                 Health on matters
                                 pertaining to
                                 geriatrics by
                                 assessing the
                                 capability of VA
                                 health care
                                 facilities to meet
                                 all the needs of
                                 older Veterans, and
                                 by evaluating VA
                                 facilities designated
                                 as Geriatric
                                 Research, Education,
                                 and Clinical Centers.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Moragne, Committee Management 
Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Advisory Committee Management 
Office (00AC), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420; telephone 
(202) 266-4660; or email at [email protected]. To view a copy of a 
VA Federal advisory committee charter, visit http://www.va.gov/advisory.


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    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Jelessa Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-19400 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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