[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8131]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Capital Region; National Capital Memorial Commission;
Notice of Public Meeting
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act that a meeting of the National Capital Memorial
Commission (the Commission) will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Tuesday,
April 13, 1999, at the National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F
Streets, NW., Washington, D.C.
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and environs.
In addition to discussing general matters and routine business, the
agenda is expected to include the following:
I. Consultation: Memorial proponents will consult with the
Commission on aspects of these authorized memorials:
Site selection alternatives and design concepts for the Mahatma
Gandhi Memorial across Massachusetts Avenue from the Embassy of India
(bordered by 21st Street, Q Street, and Massachusetts Avenue, NW.).
The Commission will consider these matters and take action as
appropriate in order to advise the Secretary of the Interior (the
Secretary).
II. Review of Legislation: The Commission will review the following
legislative proposal:
A. S. 311 (1/26/99), a bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans LIFE
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its
environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States.
The Commission was established by Public Law 99-652, the
Commemorative Works Act, to advise the Secretary and the Administrator,
General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on policy and
procedures for establishment of (and proposals to establish)
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning
commemorative works.
The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking
to establish memorials in Washington, D.C., and its environs.
The members of the Commission are as follows:
Director, National Park Service
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
Architect of the Capitol
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Administrator, General Services Administration
Secretary of Defense
The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may
contact Ms. Nancy Young, Executive Secretary to the Commission, at
(202) 619-7097.
Dated: March 29, 1999
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 99-8131 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]
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