[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54226-54227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19400]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee Charter Renewals
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Charter Renewals
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee ACT (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and after consultation with the
General Services Administration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has
renewed the charters for the following statutorily authorized Federal
advisory committees for a two-year period, beginning the on the dates
listed below:
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Charter renewed
Committee name Committee description on
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Advisory Committee on Authorized by 38 May 18, 2016.
Prosthetics and Special- U.S.C. Sec. 543.
Disabilities Programs. Provides advice on
the administration of
VA prosthetics
programs and the
rehabilitation
research,
development, and
evaluation of
prosthetics
technology; assesses
VA programs that
serve Veterans with
spinal cord injury,
blindness or vision
impairment, loss of
or loss of use of
extremities, deafness
or hearing
impairment, or other
serious incapacities.
Advisory Committee on Homeless Authorized by 38 May 19, 2016.
Veterans. U.S.C. Sec. 2066.
Provides advice to
the Secretary on
benefits and services
provided to homeless
Veterans by the
Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Geriatrics and Gerontology Authorized by 38 June 30, 2016.
Advisory Committee. U.S.C. Sec. 7312.
Provides advice to
the Secretary and the
Under Secretary for
Health on matters
pertaining to
geriatrics by
assessing the
capability of VA
health care
facilities to meet
all the needs of
older Veterans, and
by evaluating VA
facilities designated
as Geriatric
Research, Education,
and Clinical Centers.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Moragne, Committee Management
Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Advisory Committee Management
Office (00AC), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420; telephone
(202) 266-4660; or email at [email protected]. To view a copy of a
VA Federal advisory committee charter, visit http://www.va.gov/advisory.
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Dated: August 10, 2016.
Jelessa Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-19400 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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