Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 173 / Friday, September 8, 2023 / Notices 62149 

Abstract: These forms are used by 

veterans who are requesting a 

reinstatement of their lapsed life 

insurance policies. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 88 FR 

43012 on July 5, 2023. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,125 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 22.5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,000. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19368 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Ch. 

10, that the Advisory Committee on 

Disability Compensation (hereinafter the 

Committee) will hold meeting sessions 

on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, through 

Thursday, August 24, 2023, at various 

locations in Washington, DC and shown 

below. 

The meeting sessions will begin and 

end as follows: 

Date Time Location Open session 

August 22, 2023 ...................... 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time (EST).

The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St., Arlington, VA 22202.Yes. 

August 22, 2023 ...................... 1–4 p.m. (EST) ....................... MDEO Site Visit—Contract Examination Vendor Tour, The

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St., Arlington, 

VA 22202.

No. 

August 23, 2023 ...................... 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (EST) ............... The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St., Arlington, VA 22202.Yes. 

August 24, 2023 ...................... 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (EST) ............. Washington VA Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20422–0001.No. 

August 24, 2023 ...................... 1–4 p.m. (EST) ....................... Washington, D.C. Vet Center, 1296 Upshur Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20011.

No. 

Sessions are open to the public, 

except when the Committee is 

conducting a tour of VA facilities. Tours 

of VA facilities are closed, to protect 

Veterans’ privacy and personal 

information, by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the maintenance and periodic 

readjustment of the VA Schedule for 

Rating Disabilities (VASRD). The 

Committee is to assemble and review 

relevant information relating to the 

nature and character of disabilities 

arising during service in the Armed 

Forces, provide an ongoing assessment 

of the effectiveness of the rating 

schedule, and give advice on the most 

appropriate means of responding to the 

needs of Veterans relating to disability 

compensation 

On Tuesday, August 22, the 

Committee will convene an open 

session from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST at 

The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City. The 

agenda includes Committee planning 

and May/June meeting debriefings, and 

hearing briefings from the Medical 

Disability Examination Office (MDEO). 

From 1 to 4 p.m. EST, the Committee 

will reconvene a closed session as it 

tours an MDEO Contract Examination 

Vendor. Tours of VA facilities are closed 

to protect Veterans’ privacy and 

personal information, in accordance 

with 5 U.S.C Sec. 552b(c)(6). 

On Wednesday, August 23, the 

Committee will convene an open 

session from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST to 

hear briefings and updates on VASRD to 

include an overview of the regulation 

process, overview briefing(s) on the 

Suicide Prevention Program, Committee 

discussion/planning and the 

Committee’s 2024 Biennial Report 

planning. 

On Thursday, August 24, the 

Committee will convene from 9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. EST for a closed session as it 

tours the VA Medical Center, 

Washington, DC from. From 1 to 4 p.m. 

EST, the Committee will reconvene a 

closed session as it tours the 

Washington, D.C. Vet Center. Tours of 

VA facilities are closed to protect 

Veterans’ privacy and personal 

information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C 

Sec. 552b(c)(6). 

The public is invited to address the 

Committee during the public comment 

period, which will be open for 30- 

minutes from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST 

on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. The 

public can also submit one-page 

summaries of their written statements 

for the Committee’s review. Public 

comments must be received no later 

than August 15, 2023, for inclusion in 

the official meeting record. Please send 

these comments to Jadine Piper of the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Compensation Service, at 21C_

ACDC.VBACO@va.gov. 

Additionally, any member of the 

public planning to attend or seeking 

additional information, or those who 

wish to obtain a copy of the agenda 

should contact Jadine Piper at 21C_

ACDC.VBACO@va.gov, and provide 

their name, email address and phone 

number. The call-in number (United 

States, Chicago) for those who would 

like to attend the meeting is: 872–701– 

0185; phone conference ID: 810 709 

916#. Members of the public may also 

access the meeting by pasting the 

following URL into a web browser: 

bit.ly/ACDCPublicAugustMeeting. 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19367 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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