2015-09494. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Texas Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015, at the Lone Star Legal Aid, 1415 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 3:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is for the members of the Committee to receive an orientation regarding state advisory committee procedures and to plan future activities.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the Western Regional Office of the Commission by June 8, 2015. The address is Western Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to email their comments may do so by sending them to Angelica Trevino, Civil Rights Analyst, Western Regional Office, at [e-mail]. Persons who desire additional information should contact the Western Regional Office, at [phone], (or for hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), or by email to [e-mail]. Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Western Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Western Regional Office at the above email or street address. The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated: April 20, 2015.

David Mussatt,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.