E9-16356. 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 convene on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 1 p.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. at the Committee Room, State Capitol, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas. The purpose of the meeting is for the Committee to plan activities for fiscal year 2010.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by September 6, 2009. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North Los Angeles St., Suite 4333, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or to present their comments verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Peter Minarik, Regional Director, Western Regional Office, at [phone] or 800-877-8339 for individuals who are deaf, hearing impaired, and/or have speech disabilities or by e-mail 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, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Western Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, July 7, 2009.

Peter Minarik,

Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.