[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4917-4918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1387]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission; Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Capital
Memorial Advisory Commission (the Commission) will be held on Tuesday,
February 26, 2008, at 1:30 p.m., at the National Building Museum, Room
312, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC.
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs. In
addition to discussing general matters and conducting routine business,
the Commission will review the status of legislative proposals
introduced in the 110th Congress to establish memorials in the District
of Columbia and its environs, as follows:
Action Items
(1) Legislation currently under consideration by the 110th
Congress.
(a) H.R. 3707, a bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial
to all victims of terrorism.
(b) H.R. 3935, to extend the time limit of the authority of the
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens
on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its
environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass, and for
other purposes.
(2) Alternative Sites Study, Memorial to Victims of Ukraine Famine
Genocide.
Informational Items
Status of Legislation under consideration in the 110th Congress.
Other Business
(1) General matters and routine business.
The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may
contact Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the Commission.
DATES: Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
ADDRESSES: National Building Museum, Room 312, 401 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the
Commission, by telephone at (202) 619-7097, by e-mail at [email protected], by telefax at (202) 619-7420, or by mail at the National
Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Room 220,
Washington, DC 20242.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established by Public Law
99-652, the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. Chapter 89 et seq.), to
advise the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the
Administrator, General Services Administration (the Administrator), on
policy and procedures for establishment of, and proposals to establish,
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning
commemorative works.
The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking
to establish memorials in Washington, DC, and its environs.
The members of the Commission are as follows:
Director, National Park Service
Administrator, General Services Administration
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Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Architect of the Capitol
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Secretary of Defense
Dated: December 14, 2007.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E8-1387 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]
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