[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67291-67292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23594]


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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 Florida Advisory 
Committee are expiring on January 28, 2017, 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 Florida Advisory Committee, and applicants must be residents of 
Florida to be considered. Letters of interest must be received by the 
Southern Regional Office of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights no 
later than November 15, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the 
address listed below.
    Because the terms of the members of the Texas Advisory Committee 
are expiring on January 28, 2017, 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 Texas Advisory 
Committee, and applicants must be residents of the Texas 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 
November 15, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the address 
listed below.
    Because the terms of the members of the Michigan Advisory Committee 
are expiring on January 28, 2017, 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 Michigan Advisory 
Committee, and applicants must be residents of the Michigan 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 
November 15, 2016. Letters of interest must be sent to the address 
listed below.

DATES: 
    Letters of interest for membership on the Florida Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than November 15, 2016.
    Letters of interest for membership on the Texas Advisory Committee 
should be received no later than November 15, 2016.
    Letters of interest for membership on the Michigan Advisory 
Committee should be received no later than November 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: 
    Send letters of interest for the Florida Advisory Committee to: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Southern Regional Office, 61 Forsyth 
Street SW., Suite 1840T, Atlanta, GA 30303. Letters can also be sent 
via email to [email protected].
    Send letters of interest for the Texas Advisory Committee to: U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights, Western

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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 Michigan Advisory Committee to: 
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Midwestern Regional Office, 55 W. 
Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60603. Letters 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 Florida, Texas, and Michigan 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
     issue public service announcements to discourage 
discrimination.
    The Commission invites any individual who is eligible to be 
appointed a member of the Florida, Texas, or Michigan Advisory 
Committee covered by this notice to send a letter of interest and a 
resume to the respective address above.

    Dated: September 26, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2016-23594 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am]
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