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prosthetics service, priority for Chapter

31 clients to receive medical care, and

the pilot program of rehabilitation

outcome measurements. On January 15,

the Committee will discuss recreation

therapy, the new Vocational

Rehabilitation Counselor position, and

future meetings and agenda items.

The meeting will be open to the

public. For those wishing to attend,

please contact Dianna Murphy at (202)

273–7419. Interested persons may

attend, appear before, or file statements

with the Committee. Statements, if in

written form, may be filed before the

meeting. Oral statements will be heard

at 9 a.m. on January 15, 1998.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–34123 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Scientific Review and Evaluation

Board for Health Services Research

and Development Service; Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs,

Veterans Health Administration, gives

notice under Pub. L. 92–463, that a

meeting of the Scientific Review and

Evaluation Board for Health Services

Research and Development Service will

be held at the Clarion Hotel, Bay View,

660 K Street, San Diego, CA, January 11,

7 p.m. until 9 p.m., and January 12

through January 13, 1998, from 7:30

a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. The purpose

of the meeting is to review research and

development applications concerned

with the measurement and evaluation of

health care systems and with testing

new methods of health care delivery

and management. Applications are

reviewed for scientific and technical

merit. Recommendations regarding their

funding are prepared for the Chief

Research and Development Officer (12).

This meeting will be open to the

public at the start of the January 11

session for approximately one half-hour

to cover administrative matters and to

discuss the general status of the

program. The closed portion of the

meeting involves discussion,

examination, reference to, and oral

review of staff and consultant critiques

of research protocols and similar

documents. During this portion of the

meeting, discussion and

recommendations will deal with the

qualifications of the personnel

conducting the studies (the disclosure of

which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy), as well as research information

(the premature disclosure of which

would be likely to frustrate significantly

implementation of proposed agency

action regarding such research projects).

As provided by the subsection 10(d) of

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended by Pub. L.

94–409, closing portions of these

meetings is in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).

Due to the limited seating capacity of

the room, those who plan to attend the

open session should contact Mr. E.

William Judy, MSHA, Review Program

Manager (124F), Health Services

Research and Development Service,

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC, at least five days before the meeting.

For further information, he can be

reached at (202) 273–8254.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–34122 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Poverty Threshold

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice of the

weighted average poverty threshold

established for 1996 for one person

(unrelated individual) as established by

the Bureau of the Census. T.he amount

is $7,995.

DATES: For VA determinations, the 1996

poverty threshold is effective September

29, 1997, the date on which it was

established by the Bureau of the Census.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge, Consultant, Compensation

and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We

published a final rule amending 38 CFR

4.16(a) in the Federal Register of August

3, 1990, 55 Fed. Reg. 31,579. The

amendment provided that marginal

employment generally shall be deemed

to exist when a veteran’s earned annual

income does not exceed the amount

established by the Bureau of the Census

as the poverty threshold for one person.

The provisions of 38 CFR 4.16(a) use the

poverty threshold as a standard in

defining marginal employment when

considering total disability ratings for

compensation based on unemployability

of an individual. We stated we would

publish subsequent poverty threshold

figures notices in the Federal Register.

The Bureau of the Census recently

published the weighted average poverty

thresholds for 1996. T.he threshold for

one person (unrelated individuals) is

$7,995.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Hershel W. Gober,

Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–34035 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of

System of Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is

adding new routine uses to the system

of records entitled ‘‘Personnel and

Accounting Pay System—VA’’

(27VA047) as set forth in the Federal

Register 40 FR 38095 (8/26/75) and

amended in 48 FR 16372 (4/15/83), 50

FR 23009 (5/30/85), 51 FR 6858 (2/26/

86), 51 FR 25968 (7/17/86), 55 FR 42534

(10/19/90), 56 FR 23952 (5/24/91), 58

FR 39088 (7/21/93), 58 FR 40852 (7/30/

93), 60 FR 35448 (7/7/95), and 62 FR

41483 (8/1/97). This system of records

contains information on current salaried

VA employees.

Pursuant to Pub. L. 104–193, the

‘‘Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of

1996,’’ VA is required to disclose data

from 27VA047 to the Office of Child

Support Enforcement, Administration

for Children and Families, Department

of Health and Human Services for use

in its Federal Parent Locator System

(FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System,

DHHS/OCSE No. 09–90–0074.

Information on this system was last

published at 62 FR 41483, August 1,

1997.

FPLS is a computerized network

through which States may request

location information from Federal and

State agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for

purposes of establishing paternity and

securing support. Effective October 1,

1997, the FPLS will be enlarged to

include the National Directory of New

Hires, a database containing information

on employees commencing

employment, quarterly wage data on