Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices 10305 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission has scheduled a meeting 

for March 22–23, 2007 in the Hamilton 

Ballroom of the Hamilton Crowne Plaza 

Hotel, 14th and K Streets, NW., 

Washington, DC. The meeting will begin 

at 8:30 a.m. each day. The March 22 

session will end at 5:15 p.m. and the 

March 23 session will end at 5 p.m. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

carry out a study of the benefits under 

the laws of the United States that are 

provided to compensate and assist 

veterans and their survivors for 

disabilities and deaths attributable to 

military service. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

feature updates on the progress of the 

studies being conducted by the Center 

for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the 

Institute of Medicine (IOM). The 

Commission will receive presentations 

on the application of VA’s disability 

rating schedule and several draft Issue 

Papers in various stages of development. 

There will also be a discussion of the 

format and outline to be used for the 

Commission’s final report. The 

Commission will also receive comments 

from interested parties on Research 

Question 19, ‘‘Pending Claim Ends with 

Death.’’

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral statements to the 

Commission on March 23. Oral 

presentations will be limited to five 

minutes or less, depending on the 

number of participants. Interested 

parties may also provide written 

comments for review by the 

Commission prior to the meeting or at 

any time, by e-mail to 

veterans@vetscommission.com or by 

mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive 

Director, Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1058 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Enhanced-Use Lease of the Louis 

Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 

Brecksville, OH 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Enter into an 

Enhanced-Use Lease. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

intends to enter into an enhanced-use 

lease (EUL) for the Louis Stokes 

Cleveland VA Medical Center, 

Brecksville, Ohio. Under the terms of 

the EUL, the selected lessee/developer 

would provide the Department with fair 

consideration in the form of discounted 

services needed at its Cleveland (Wade 

Park) campus. Such services would 

include administrative space and 

parking services. Additionally, the 

selected lessee/developer would make 

domiciliary services available to 

veterans in a private facility located 

within operational proximity of Wade 

Park. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregg Buckley, Office of Asset 

Enterprise Management (004B), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 273–5518. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 

U.S.C. 8161, et seq. specifically provides 

that the Secretary may enter into an 

enhanced-use lease if he determines that 

the implementation of a business plan 

proposed by the Under Secretary for 

Health for applying the consideration 

under such a lease to the provision of 

medical care and services would result 

in a demonstrable improvement of 

services to eligible veterans in the 

geographic service-delivery area within 

which the property is located. This 

project meets this requirement. 

Approved: February 27, 2007. 

R. James Nicholson, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–4014 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Enhanced-Use Lease for Development 

of Transitional Residential Homeless 

Program at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs Medical Center, Butler, PA 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an 

enhanced-use lease. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

intends to enter into an enhanced-use 

lease of approximately 0.46 acres 

including a 6,000-square foot building at 

the VA Medical Center (VAMC) in 

Butler, Pennsylvania. The selected 

lessee would develop, finance, 

construct, manage, maintain and operate 

a transitional residential homeless 

program. The lessee also would be 

required to provide VA with in-kind 

consideration consisting of construction 

and improvement work on the VAMC 

campus and services relating to shelter, 

job preparation, and referrals for health 

care programs needs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Hackman, Office of Asset 

Enterprise Management (004B), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 273–5875. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 

U.S.C. section 8161 et seq. specifically 

provides that the Secretary may enter 

into an enhanced-use lease if he 

determines that the implementation of a 

business plan proposed by the Under 

Secretary for Health for applying the 

consideration under such a lease to the 

provision of medical care and services 

would result in a demonstrable 

improvement of services to eligible 

veterans in the geographic servicedelivery area within which the property 

is located. This project meets this 

requirement. 

Approved: February 27, 2007. 

R. James Nicholson, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–4001 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Enhanced-Use Lease Development of 

Property at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs Medical Center in Dayton, OH 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an 

enhanced-use lease. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

intends to enter into an enhanced-use 

lease of approximately 0.6 acres of land 

and an existing building (Building No. 

402) at the VA Medical Center in 

Dayton, Ohio. The lease would have an 

initial term of 65 years, and an option 

to extend such term for 10 additional 

years. In exchange for and as 

consideration under the lease, the 

selected lessee would be required to 


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