[Federal Register: September 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 169)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice that a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 2401, will be held Sunday, October 3, and Monday, October 4, 
1999, at the Hampton Inn I-55, Joliet, IL. This will be the Committee's 
first meeting of Fiscal Year 2000.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the administration of 
VA's cemeteries and burial benefits program. The meeting will convene 
on Sunday, October 3, at 8:30 a.m. (CT) and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (CT). 
On Monday, October 4, the meeting will reconvene at 8:00 a.m. (CT) and 
adjourn at 4:30 p.m. (CT).
    On Sunday, October 3, the Committee will participate in the 
dedication ceremony of the new Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in 
Joliet, Illinois.
    On Monday, October 4, the Committee will reconvene for updates and 
reports on National Cemetery Administration (NCA) issues, including 
memorials, cemetery construction, and current legislation.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Individuals wishing to 
attend the meeting should contact Mrs. Paige Lowther, Designated 
Federal Official, National Cemetery Administration, [phone (202) 273-
5164] no later than 12 noon (EDT), September 27, 1999.

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    Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a 
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before the 
Committee should indicate this in a letter to Mrs. Paige Lowther, 
Designated Federal Official, National Cemetery Administration (40), 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 20420. In any such letters, the 
writers must fully identify themselves and state the organization, 
association or person(s) they represent. In addition, to the extent 
practicable, letters should indicate the subject matter to be 
discussed. Oral presentations should be limited to 10 minutes in 
duration. Individuals wishing to file written statements to be 
submitted to the Committee must also mail, or otherwise deliver, them 
to Mrs. Paige Lowther, Designated Federal Official, National Cemetery 
Administration.
    Letters and written statements as discussed above must be mailed or 
delivered in time to reach Mrs. Paige Lowther, Designated Federal 
Official, National Cemetery Administration, by 12 noon (EDT), September 
30, 1999. Oral statements will be heard between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. 
(EDT), October 4, 1999, at the Hampton Inn, I-55, Joliet, IL.

    Dated: August 16, 1999.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-22805 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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