[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15588]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Hearing on Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities:
Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination; New York City
AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil
Rights Commission Amendments of 1994, section 3, Public Law 103-419,
108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3, that a public hearing of
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on Wednesday, July
26, 1995, beginning at 8:30 a.m., in Ballroom 3 of the New New York
Vista Hotel, located at 3 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048.
The purpose of the hearing is to collect documents within the
jurisdiction of the Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, related to City
policies and administration, immigration, and the securities industry
in order to examine underlying causes of racial and ethnic tensions in
the United States.
The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2(c). The Commission is an independent
bipartisan, factfinding agency authorized to study, collect, and
disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the
Federal Government, and to study and collect information concerning
legal developments, with respect to discrimination or denials of equal
protection of the laws under the constitution because of race, color,
religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the
administration of justice.
Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty
Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division, at (202)
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before
the scheduled date of the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Brooks, Press and
Communications (202) 376-8312.
Dated: June 21, 1995.
Miguel A. Sapp,
Acting Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 95-15588 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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