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VA’s payments and the efficiency of its 

programs and activities. 

The agenda will include detailed 

discussions on Committee 

recommendations surrounding VA’s 

community care programs. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for receiving oral presentations 

from the public. Members of the public 

may submit written statements for the 

Committee’s review to Karida Palmer 

via email at PFWAAC2@va.gov. 

Dated: June 7, 2018. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12561 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Rehabilitation Research and 

Development Service Scientific Merit 

Review Board; Notice of Meetings 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that the 

subcommittees of the Rehabilitation 

Research and Development Service 

Scientific Merit Review Board will meet 

from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates 

indicated below: 

Subcommittee Date(s) Location 

Brain Health and Injury ................................................................. August 7–8, 2018 .......... Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Behavioral Health & Social Reintegration ..................................... August 7, 2018 .............. Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Rehabilitation Engineering & Prosthetics/Orthotics ...................... August 7, 2018 .............. Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders & Neuropathic Pain ......................... August 8, 2018 .............. Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Musculoskeletal Health & Function ............................................... August 8–9, 2018 .......... Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Career Development Program ...................................................... August 8–9, 2018 .......... Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Sensory Systems & Disorders Communication ............................ August 9, 2018 .............. Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Regenerative Rehabilitation .......................................................... August 10, 2018 ............ Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Chronic Medical Conditions and Aging ......................................... August 10, 2018 ............ Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

Research Career Scientist ............................................................ August 10, 2018 ............ Crowne Plaza, Washington National Airport Hotel. 

The address of the meetings site is: 

Crowne Plaza Washington National 

Airport Hotel, 1480 Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

The purpose of the Board is to review 

rehabilitation research and development 

applications and advise the Director, 

Rehabilitation Research and 

Development Service, and the Chief 

Research and Development Officer on 

the scientific and technical merit, the 

mission relevance, and the protection of 

human and animal subjects. 

The subcommittee meetings will be 

open to the public for approximately 

one-half hour at the start of each 

meeting to cover administrative matters 

and to discuss the general status of the 

program. Members of the public who 

wish to attend the open portion of the 

teleconference sessions may dial 1 (800) 

767–1750, participant code 35847. The 

remaining portion of each subcommittee 

meeting will be closed to the public for 

the discussion, examination, reference 

to, and oral review of the research 

applications and critiques. During the 

closed portion of each subcommittee 

meeting, discussion and 

recommendations will include 

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 likely compromise significantly 

the implementation of proposed agency 

action regarding such research projects). 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended by 

Public Law 94–409, closing the meeting 

is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

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

No oral or written comments will be 

accepted from the public for either 

portion of the meetings. Those who plan 

to attend (by phone or in person) the 

open portion of a subcommittee meeting 

must contact Kristy Benton-Grover, 

Designated Federal Officer, 

Rehabilitation Research and 

Development Service, at Department of 

Veterans Affairs (10P9R), 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, or 

email Kristy.Benton-Grover@va.gov, at 

least five days before the meeting. For 

further information, please call Mrs. 

Benton-Grover at (202) 443–5728. 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12546 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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