[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17732-17733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07508]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Charter Amendment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory
Committees
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Amendment of Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to
announce that it is amending the charter for the Department of Defense
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries (``the
Board'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This committee's charter is being amended
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(1) and in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended)
and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), established the Board. The Board is a statutory
Federal advisory committee that provides independent advice and
recommendations related to the actuarial matters associated with the
Department of Defense (DoD) Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund
(``the Fund'') and other related matters. The Board, pursuant to 10
U.S.C. 1114(b) and (c), shall report to the Secretary of Defense
annually on the actuarial status of the Fund and shall furnish its
advice and opinion on matters referred to it by the Secretary of
Defense.
The Board shall review valuations of the Fund under 10 U.S.C.
1115(c) and shall report periodically, not less than once every four
years, to the President and the Congress on the status of the Fund. The
Board shall include in such reports recommendations for such changes as
in the Board's judgment are necessary to protect the public interest
and maintain the Fund on a sound actuarial basis.
The Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), may act upon the Board's advice
and recommendations.
The Board consists of three members appointed by the Secretary of
Defense from among qualified professional actuaries who are members of
the Society of Actuaries. Board members will serve for a term of 15
years, except that a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
before the end of the term for which the predecessor was appointed
shall serve only until the end of such term. A Board member may serve
after the end of the term until a successor has taken the oath of
office. The Board membership appointments are staggered so that a new
member is appointed every five years. A Board member may be removed by
the Secretary of Defense for misconduct or failure to perform functions
vested in the Board and for no other reason. The Board's Chair will be
designated by the USD(P&R) from among those Board members previously
approved by the Secretary of Defense.
Board members, who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal
officers or employees, will be appointed as experts or consultants
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government employee
members and is entitled, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(3), to receive
pay at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay of the
highest rate of basic pay under the General Schedule of subchapter III
of chapter 53 of title 5, for each day the member is engaged in the
performance of duties vested in the Board. Board members who are full-
time or permanent part-time Federal officers or employees shall be
appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve as regular
government employee members. All members are entitled to reimbursement
for official Board-related travel and per diem.
The DoD has determined that subcommittees will not be authorized
for this Board. The Board's Designated Federal Officer (DFO) must be a
full-time or permanent part-time DoD
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employee, designated in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures.
The Board's DFO is required to attend at all meetings of the Board
for the entire duration of each and every meeting. However, in the
absence of the Board's DFO, a properly approved Alternate DFO, duly
appointed to the Board according to established DoD policies and
procedures, must attend the entire duration of all meetings of the
Board.
The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, calls all meetings of the Board;
prepare and approve all meeting agendas; and adjourn any meeting when
the DFO, or the Alternate DFO, determines adjournment to be in the
public interest or required by governing regulations or DoD policies
and procedures. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the
public or interested organizations may submit written statements to
Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of
Actuaries membership about the Board's mission and functions. Written
statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the stated
agenda of planned meeting of the Department of Defense Medicare-
Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries.
All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the
Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of
Actuaries, and this individual will ensure that the written statements
are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact
information for the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree
Health Care Board of Actuaries DFO can be obtained from the GSA's FACA
Database--http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will announce planned
meetings of the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health
Care Board of Actuaries. The DFO, at that time, may provide additional
guidance on the submission of written statements that are in response
to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.
Dated: March 27, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-07508 Filed 4-1-15; 8:45 am]
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