[Federal Register: October 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 199)]
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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 from Wednesday, October 27 through 
Friday, October 29, 1999, at the Oneida Radisson Inn Green Bay, 2040 
Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313.
    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, to assess the needs of 
minority veterans and to 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 meeting will convene in the State Room at the Oneida Radisson. 
On Wednesday, October 27, 1999, the Committee will focus on responses 
to the Committee's Fifth Annual Report and receive testimony from the 
Wisconsin State Director of Veterans Affairs and representatives of 
Community Based Organizations (CBO). On Thursday, October 28th, the 
Committee will concentrate on VA programs and facilities located in the 
Mid-west. The Committee will be briefed by three Mid-west Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) Directors; the Assistant Director, 
Milwaukee VA Regional Office; and a panel of Veterans Service 
Organization representatives. On Friday, October 29th, the Committee 
will examine opportunities for partnership between VA and the Health 
Care Finance Administration (HCFA) in an effort to determine how 
minority veterans can take advantage of medical care options available 
through Medicare and Medicaid. These sessions will be open to the 
public. It will be necessary for those wishing to attend the meeting to 
contact Mr. Anthony T. Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs, at 
(202) 273-6708, before October 22, 1999. No time will be allocated for 
receiving oral presentations from the public. However, the Committee 
will accept 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: October 6, 1999.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-27022 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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