[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 47079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21695]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on October 31-November 1, 
2017. The meeting sessions will take place at the Jefferson Barracks 
Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 
63125. Sessions are open to the public, except when the Committee is 
conducting tours of VA facilities, participating in off-site events, 
and participating in workgroup sessions. Tours of VA facilities are 
closed, to protect from disclosure Veterans' information the disclosure 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities.
    On the morning of Tuesday, October 31st, the Committee will convene 
with an open session at the Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 
Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 63125, from 8:30 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The agenda will include briefings on NCA 
Modernization efforts and Committee recommendations. In the afternoon, 
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the Committee will reconvene a closed 
session, as it tours the NCA National Training Center co-located at the 
meeting site and Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at 2900 Sheridan 
Road, St. Louis, MO 63125.
    On November 1st, the meeting will convene an open session at the 
Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 
56, St. Louis, MO 63125, from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The agenda will 
include a continuation of briefings on Committee Recommendations and a 
briefing on the Veterans Legacy Program.
    Time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public each day. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting 
should contact Ms. Christine Hamilton, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 461-5680. The Committee will also accept written comments. 
Comments may be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to the National Cemetery 
Administration (40A1), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. In 
the public's communications with the Committee, the writers must 
identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: October 3, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-21695 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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