82_FR_19050 82 FR 18973 - Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting

82 FR 18973 - Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 77 (April 24, 2017)

Page Range18973-18974
FR Document2017-08221

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18973-18974]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08221]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2, that the Advisory 
Committee on Former Prisoners of War (FPOW) will meet May 17-19, 2017, 
from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CST at the Southeast Louisiana VA Medical 
Center, 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. Sessions are open to 
the public, except when the Committee is conducting a tour of VA 
facilities. Tours of VA facilities are closed, to protect Veterans' 
privacy and personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6).
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of benefits under Title 38 U.S.C., for 
Veterans who are

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FPOWs, and to make recommendations on the needs of such Veterans for 
compensation, health care, and rehabilitation.
    On Wednesday, May 17th, the Committee will convene an open session 
to recognize and hear briefings from 9:00 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. From 3:10 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Committee will convene a closed session in order 
to protect patient privacy as the Committee tours the Southeast 
Louisiana VA Medical Center.
    On Thursday, May 18th, the Committee will assemble an open session 
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for discussion and briefings from Veterans 
Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 
officials. On Friday, May 19th, the Committee will conduct an open 
session from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. From 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the 
Committee will convene a closed session for discussion of committee 
issues. At 12:00 p.m., the committee meeting will be formally 
adjourned.
    Public participation will commence as follows:

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               Date                        Time            Open session
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May 17, 2017.....................  9:00 a.m.-3:10 p.m.   Yes.
                                   3:10 p.m.-4:30 p.m.   No.*
May 18, 2017.....................  9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.   Yes.
May 19, 2017.....................  9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  Yes.
                                   11:00 a.m.-12:00      No.
                                    p.m.
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* Public access will be restricted to protect patient privacy.

    FPOWs who wish to speak at the public forum are invited to submit a 
1-2 page commentary for inclusion in official meeting records. Any 
member of the public may also submit a 1-2 page commentary for the 
Committee's review.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or seeking 
additional information should contact Ms. Leslie N. Williams, 
Designated Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of 
War at [email protected] or via phone at (202) 530-9219.
    Because the meeting is being held in a government building, a photo 
I.D. must be presented at the security desk as a part of the clearance 
process. Due to an increase in security protocols, and in order to 
prevent delays in clearance processing, you should allow an additional 
15 minutes before the meeting begins.

    Dated: April 19, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-08221 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                     Abstract: Form 8874–B is used for                    expands, or establishes a manufacturing               11, 2010 and subsequent calendar years,
                                                  qualified Community Development                         facility for the production of certain                and provides that such civilian spouses
                                                  Entities (CDEs) to provide notification to              energy related property. A taxpayer                   should follow the applicable procedures
                                                  any taxpayer holder of a qualified equity               must submit, for each qualifying                      described in Notice 2010–30.
                                                  investment (including prior holders)                    advanced energy project: (1) An                         Form: None.
                                                  that a recapture event has occurred.                    application for certification by the DOE                Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                  This form is used to make the                           (‘‘application for DOE certification’’),              Households.
                                                  notification as required under                          and (2) an application for certification                Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                  Regulations section 1.45D–1(g)(2)(i)(B).                under § 48C(d)(2) by the Service                      Hours: 6,200.
                                                     Form: 8874–B.                                        (‘‘application for § 48C certification’’).              Title: Hiring Incentives to Restore
                                                     Affected Public: Businesses or other                 Both applications may be submitted                    Employment (HIRE) Act Employee
                                                  for-profits.                                            only during the 2-year period beginning               Affidavit.
                                                     Estimated Total Annual Burden                        on August 14, 2009. Certification will be               OMB Control Number: 1545–2173.
                                                  Hours: 2,755.                                           issued and credits will be allocated to                 Type of Review: Extension without
                                                     Title: S Corporation Guidance under                  projects in annual allocation rounds.                 change of a currently approved
                                                  AJCA of 2004 (TD 9422 Final—REG–                        The initial allocation round was                      collection.
                                                  143326–05).                                             conducted in 2009–10, and if necessary,                 Abstract: This form was created in
                                                     OMB Control Number: 1545–2114.                       additional allocation rounds in 2010–                 response to the Hiring Incentives to
                                                     Type of Review: Extension without                    11.                                                   Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, which
                                                  change of a currently approved                             Form: None.                                        was signed on March 18, 2010. The form
                                                  collection.                                                Affected Public: Businesses or other               was developed as a template for the
                                                     Abstract: This document contains                     for-profits.                                          convenience of employers who must
                                                  final regulations that provide guidance                    Estimated Total Annual Burden                      collect affidavits from qualifying
                                                  regarding certain changes made to the                   Hours: 55,000.                                        employees. The form is not filed; rather
                                                  rules governing S corporations under                       Title: Notice 2010–30/Notice 2012–                 an employer must retain the affidavit in
                                                  the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004                  41—Transitional Guidance for                          order to justify claiming certain HIRE
                                                  and the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of                    Taxpayers Claiming Relief Under the                   Act benefits. A model form is needed as
                                                  2005. The final regulations replace                     Military Spouses Residency Relief Act                 soon as possible so that employers can
                                                  obsolete references in the current                      for Taxable Year 2009 and Subsequent                  begin confidently claiming payroll
                                                  regulations and allow taxpayers to make                 Years.                                                exemptions.
                                                  proper use of the provisions that made                     OMB Control Number: 1545–2169.                       Form: W–11.
                                                  changes to prior law. The final                            Type of Review: On April 15, 2010,
                                                                                                                                                                  Affected Public: Businesses or other
                                                  regulations include guidance on the S                   the Department of the Treasury
                                                                                                                                                                for-profits.
                                                  corporation family shareholder rules,                   (Treasury Department) and the Internal
                                                                                                                                                                  Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                  the definitions of ‘‘powers of                          Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice
                                                                                                                                                                Hours: 227,000.
                                                  appointment’’ and ‘‘potential current                   2010–30, 2010–18 I.R.B. 650, which
                                                                                                          provides relief and procedures for                       Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
                                                  beneficiaries’’ (PCBs) with regard to
                                                  electing small business trusts (ESBTs),                 certain taxpayers who are spouses                       Dated: April 19, 2017.
                                                  the allowance of suspended losses to the                (civilian spouses) of active duty                     Jennifer P. Leonard,
                                                  spouse or former spouse of an S                         members of the uniformed services                     Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
                                                  corporation shareholder, and relief for                 (service members). The relief and
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2017–08203 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  inadvertently terminated or invalid                     procedures were made available to
                                                                                                                                                                BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
                                                  qualified subchapter S subsidiary                       civilian spouses who (A) accompany
                                                  (QSub) elections. The final regulations                 their service member spouses to a
                                                  affect S corporations and their                         military duty station in American
                                                                                                          Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
                                                  shareholders.                                                                                                 AFFAIRS
                                                     Form: None.                                          Islands (NMI), Puerto Rico, or the U.S.
                                                     Affected Public: Businesses or other                 Virgin Islands (USVI) (each a ‘‘U.S.
                                                                                                                                                                Advisory Committee on Former
                                                  for-profits.                                            territory’’) and claim residence or
                                                                                                                                                                Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting
                                                     Estimated Total Annual Burden                        domicile (tax residence) in one of the 50
                                                  Hours: 26,000.                                          States or the District of Columbia under                 The Department of Veterans Affairs
                                                     Title: Qualifying Advanced Energy                    the Military Spouses Residency Relief                 (VA) gives notice under the Federal
                                                  Project Credit—Notice 2013–12.                          Act (MSRRA) or (B) accompany their                    Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App.
                                                     OMB Control Number: 1545–2151.                       service member spouses to a military                  2, that the Advisory Committee on
                                                     Type of Review: Extension without                    duty station in one of the 50 States or               Former Prisoners of War (FPOW) will
                                                  change of a currently approved                          the District of Columbia and claim tax                meet May 17–19, 2017, from 9:00 a.m.–
                                                  collection.                                             residence in a U.S. territory under                   4:30 p.m. CST at the Southeast
                                                     Abstract: This notice supersedes                     MSRRA. The relief and procedures set                  Louisiana VA Medical Center, 2400
                                                  Notice 2009–72 and establishes the                      forth in Notice 2010–30 were initially                Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119.
                                                  qualifying advanced energy project                      available for the taxable year 2009. On               Sessions are open to the public, except
                                                  program (‘‘advanced energy program’’)                   June 07, 2012, the Treasury Department                when the Committee is conducting a
                                                  under § 48C(d) of the Internal Revenue                  and the IRS published Notice 2012–41,                 tour of VA facilities. Tours of VA
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                                                  Code and announces an initial                           which extended the relief and                         facilities are closed, to protect Veterans’
                                                  allocation round of the qualifying                      procedures announced in Notice 2010–                  privacy and personal information, in
                                                  advanced energy project credit                          30 to the subsequent taxable years. This              accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
                                                  (‘‘advanced energy credit’’) to qualifying              notice further extends the relief set forth              The purpose of the Committee is to
                                                  advanced energy projects under the                      in Notice 2010–30 for civilian spouses                advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
                                                  advanced energy program. A qualifying                   described in the prior paragraph to                   on the administration of benefits under
                                                  advanced energy project re-equips,                      taxable years beginning after November                Title 38 U.S.C., for Veterans who are


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                                                  FPOWs, and to make recommendations                      committee meeting will be formally                    the public may also submit a 1–2 page
                                                  on the needs of such Veterans for                       adjourned.                                            commentary for the Committee’s review.
                                                  compensation, health care, and                            Public participation will commence                     Any member of the public wishing to
                                                  rehabilitation.                                         as follows:                                           attend the meeting or seeking additional
                                                     On Wednesday, May 17th, the                                                                                information should contact Ms. Leslie
                                                  Committee will convene an open                                                                                N. Williams, Designated Federal Officer,
                                                                                                                                                       Open
                                                  session to recognize and hear briefings                        Date                  Time                     Advisory Committee on Former
                                                                                                                                                      session
                                                  from 9:00 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. From 3:10                                                                         Prisoners of War at Leslie.Williams1@
                                                  p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Committee will                   May 17, 2017 ...      9:00 a.m.–3:10       Yes.       va.gov or via phone at (202) 530–9219.
                                                  convene a closed session in order to                                            p.m.                             Because the meeting is being held in
                                                  protect patient privacy as the Committee                                      3:10 p.m.–4:30       No.*       a government building, a photo I.D.
                                                  tours the Southeast Louisiana VA                                                p.m.                          must be presented at the security desk
                                                  Medical Center.                                         May 18, 2017 ...      9:00 a.m.–4:30       Yes.       as a part of the clearance process. Due
                                                     On Thursday, May 18th, the                                                   p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                to an increase in security protocols, and
                                                  Committee will assemble an open                         May 19, 2017 ...      9:00 a.m.–11:00      Yes.
                                                                                                                                  a.m.
                                                                                                                                                                in order to prevent delays in clearance
                                                  session from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for                                                                       processing, you should allow an
                                                  discussion and briefings from Veterans                                        11:00 a.m.–          No.
                                                                                                                                  12:00 p.m.                    additional 15 minutes before the
                                                  Benefits Administration (VBA) and                                                                             meeting begins.
                                                  Veterans Health Administration (VHA)                      * Public access will be restricted to protect
                                                  officials. On Friday, May 19th, the                     patient privacy.                                        Dated: April 19, 2017.
                                                  Committee will conduct an open session                                                                        Jelessa M. Burney,
                                                  from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. From 11:00                   FPOWs who wish to speak at the                      Federal Advisory Committee Management
                                                  a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Committee will                  public forum are invited to submit a 1–               Officer.
                                                  convene a closed session for discussion                 2 page commentary for inclusion in                    [FR Doc. 2017–08221 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  of committee issues. At 12:00 p.m., the                 official meeting records. Any member of               BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
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FR Citation82 FR 18973 

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