97-2102. Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4379-4380]
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[FR Doc No: 97-2102]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 103-446, gives notice that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Minority Veterans will be held Thursday, January 30, 1997, in 
Washington, DC. The purpose of the Advisory Committee on Minority 
Veterans is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 
administration of VA benefits and services for minority veterans and to 
assess the needs of minority veterans and evaluate whether VA 
compensation, medical and rehabilitation services, outreach, and other 
programs are meeting those needs. The Committee will make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    The Committee meeting will be conducted via telephone conference 
call. Several members of the Committee will convene in Room 700, VA 
Central Office (VACO) Building, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 
from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Committee will review activities and 
accomplishments of subcommittees since the last meeting in November

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1996. The Committee will also finalize plans for subcommittee field 
work and set the agenda for the May 1997 field meeting to be held at a 
site to be determined in the Pacific Northwest region. This session 
will be open to the public. It will be necessary for those wishing to 
attend to contact Mr. Anthony Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
phone [phone], prior to January 28, 1997. No time will be 
allocated for the purpose of receiving oral presentations from the 
public, however, the Committee will accept appropriate written comments 
from interested parties on issues affecting minority veterans. Such 
comments should be referred to the Committee at the following address: 
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for Minority Veterans 
(OOM), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: January 16, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-2102 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
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