82 FR 49078 - Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Amended Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 203 (October 23, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49078-49079]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22945]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Amended Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on October 31-November 1, 
2017. The meeting sessions will take place at the Jefferson Barracks 
Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 
63125. Sessions are open to the public, except when the Committee is 
conducting tours of VA facilities, participating in off-site events, 
and participating in workgroup sessions. Tours of VA facilities are 
closed, to protect from disclosure Veterans' information the disclosure 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities.
    On the morning of Tuesday, October 31st, the Committee will convene 
with an open session at the Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 
Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 63125, from 8:30 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. central time. The agenda will include briefings on 
NCA Modernization efforts and Committee recommendations. In the 
afternoon, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., central time, the Committee 
will reconvene a closed session, as it tours the NCA National Training 
Center co-located at the meeting site and Jefferson Barracks National 
Cemetery at 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, MO 63125.
    On November 1st, the meeting will convene an open session at the 
Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 
56, St. Louis, MO 63125, from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. central time. The 
agenda will include a continuation of briefings on Committee

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Recommendations and a briefing on the Veterans Legacy Program.
    Time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public each day. The dial-in number is 1-800-767-1750, access code 
52799#. Note: The telephone line will be muted until the Committee 
Chairman opens the floor for public comment. Any member of the public 
wishing to attend the meeting should contact Ms. Christine Hamilton, 
Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5680. The Committee will also 
accept written comments. Comments may be transmitted electronically to 
the Committee at [email protected] or mailed to the National 
Cemetery Administration (40A1), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20420. In the public's communications with the Committee, the writers 
must identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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