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international proliferation of illicit drugs or 

their means of production. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27435 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on U.S. Outlying 

Areas and Freely Associated States, 

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 U.S. 

Outlying Areas and Freely Associated 

States (Committee) will hold a hybrid 

meeting (in-person and virtual) on 

December 10–12, 2024, at the Hyatt 

Regency Guam, Tumon, Guam. Public 

participation will commence as follows: 

Dates Times Locations Open 

session 

December 10, 2024 ................... 6:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Chamorro 

Standard Time (ChST) = 

GMT +10.

Hyatt Regency Guam 1155 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon, 

4206, 96913, Guam.

Yes. 

December 11, 2024 ................... 6:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. ChST = 

GMT +10.

Hyatt Regency Guam, 1155 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon, 

4206, 96913, Guam.

Yes. 

December 11, 2024 ................... 9:15 a.m.–11 a.m. ChST = 

GMT +10.

VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Naval Hospital, 

96910, Guam.

No. 

December 11, 2024 ................... 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. ChST = 

GMT +10.

Guam Veterans Affairs Office, 253 Senator Juan Tim Toves, 

St, Asan, 96913, Guam.

No. 

December 12, 2024 ................... 6:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. ChST = 

GMT +10.

Hyatt Regency Guam, 1155 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon, 

4206, 96913, Guam.

Yes. 

Meeting sessions are open to the 

public, except when the Committee is 

conducting a tour of VA facilities. Per 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), tours of VA facilities 

are closed to protect Veterans’ privacy 

and personal information. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on covered Veterans. The term ‘‘covered 

Veteran’’ is defined as a Veteran 

residing in American Samoa, Guam, 

Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin 

Islands of the United States, the 

Federated States of Micronesia, the 

Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 

the Republic of Palau. The Committee 

advises on improving VA programs and 

services to serve covered Veterans 

better. 

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the 

Committee will convene an open 

session from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ChST at the Hyatt Regency Guam. The 

agenda will include opening remarks by 

the Committee Chairman and 

Committee member introductions; 

welcoming remarks from the Deputy 

Executive Director of Outreach, 

Transition, and Economic Development; 

a briefing on the Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA) efforts to assist 

covered Veterans, family members, 

caregivers, and survivors; remarks by 

the VA Chief of Staff; a briefing 

conducted by the Advisory Committee 

Management Office; a review of the 

Committee charter and ethics; a briefing 

on the Veterans Health Administration 

initiatives and updates; a briefing 

regarding the Foreign Medical Program; 

an overview of the Compact of Free 

Association Amendments Act; and a 

briefing from the Network Director— 

VISN 21 Sierra Pacific. 

On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 

the Committee will convene an open 

session from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ChST at the Hyatt Regency Guam where 

the Committee will receive information 

about the Veterans Experience Office, 

the role of the VBA regional offices, 

prescription drug information, travel 

funding, and telehealth. From 9:15– 

11:00 a.m. ChST and from 12:00–2:00 

p.m. ChST the Committee will 

reconvene a closed session as it tours 

local VA facilities. Per 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6), tours of VA facilities are 

closed to protect Veterans’ privacy and 

personal information. The Committee 

will reconvene an open session from 

2:00–3:30 p.m. ChST at the Hyatt 

Regency Guam for a daily closeout with 

updates and reminders. 

On Thursday, December 12, 2024, the 

Committee will convene an open 

session from 6:00–10:30 a.m. ChST at 

the Hyatt Regency Guam. The 

Committee will discuss observations 

from the tours of the VA facilities and 

receive briefings from the National 

Cemetery Administration and the Office 

of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. 

Additionally, the Committee will 

receive public comments before the 

final close-out session. 

The public is invited to address the 

Committee during the public comment 

period from 8:15–8:45 a.m. ChST on 

Thursday, December 12, 2024. 

Individuals will be allowed 3–5 minutes 

to speak. Additionally, individuals who 

wish to provide public comments are 

invited to submit a one-page summary 

of their comments no later than 

Monday, December 2, 2024, for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

Members of the public may also submit 

written statements for the Committee’s 

review to Mr. Bernard Johnson at 

fascommittee.vbaco@va.gov. 

Members of the public may attend 

open sessions of the Committee meeting 

in person or virtually. Approximately 10 

seats will be available for public 

stakeholders in attendance. The limited 

number of seats is due to the meeting 

room’s capacity. Members of the public 

who wish to attend virtually can do so 

by dialing into the Microsoft Teams 

conference information below. 

Attendees requiring reasonable 

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Dated: November 19, 2024. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27411 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans and Survivors Pension and 

Parents’ Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation (DIC) Cost of Living 

Adjustments (COLA) 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by law, VA is 

hereby giving notice of COLA in certain 

benefit rates and income limitations. 

These COLAs affect the Pension and 

Parents’ DIC programs. The rate of the 

adjustment is tied to the increase in 

Social Security benefits effective 

December 1, 2023, as announced by the 

Social Security Administration (SSA). 

SSA has announced an increase of 

3.2%. 

DATES: The COLAs became effective on 

December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabrielle Mancuso, Lead Management 

and Program Analyst, Pension and 

Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, 202–632–8863. 

(This is not a toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of 38 U.S.C. 5312 and Public 

Law 95–588 sec. 306, VA is required to 

increase the benefit rates and income 

limitations in the Pension and Parents’ 

DIC programs by the same percentage, 

and effective the same date, as increases 

in the benefit amounts payable under 

Title II of the Social Security Act. VA is 

required to publish the increased rates 

and income limitations in the Federal 

Register. 

The Social Security Administration 

announced a 3.2% COLA increase in 

Social Security benefits effective 

December 1, 2023. Therefore, applying 

the same percentage and rounding in 

accordance with 38 CFR 3.29, the 

following increased rates and income 

limitations for the VA Pension and 

Parents’ DIC programs became effective 

December 1, 2023: 

Pension 

Maximum Annual Rates—Veterans 

(1) Veterans permanently and totally 

disabled (38 U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $16,551. 

Veteran with one dependent, $21,674. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(2) Veterans in need of aid and 

attendance (38 U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $27,609. 

Veteran with one dependent, $32,729. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(3) Veterans who are housebound (38 

U.S.C. 1521): 

Veteran with no dependents, $20,226. 

Veteran with one dependent, $25,348. 

For each additional dependent, 

$2,831. 

(4) Two Veterans married to one 

another, combined rates (38 U.S.C. 

1521): 

Neither Veteran in need of aid and 

attendance or housebound, $21,674. 

Either Veteran in need of aid and 

attendance, $32,729. 

Both Veterans in need of aid and 

attendance, $43,791. 

Either Veteran housebound, $25,348. 

Both Veterans housebound, $29,021. 

One Veteran housebound and one 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance, 

$36,395. 

For each dependent child, $2,831. 

(5) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 

3.274(a): 

For purposes of entitlement to VA 

pension, the net worth limit effective 

December 1, 2023, is $155,356. 

(6) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 

CFR 3.276(e)(1): 

The monthly penalty rate is $2,727. 

Mexican border period and World 

War I Veterans: The applicable 

maximum annual rate payable to a 

Mexican border period or World War I 

Veteran under this table shall be the 

applicable rate under paragraph (1)–(4), 

increased by $3,762. (38 U.S.C. 1521(g)). 

Maximum Annual Rates—Survivor 

Beneficiaries 

(7) Surviving spouse alone and with 

a child or children of the deceased 

Veteran in custody of the surviving 

spouse (38 U.S.C. 1541): 

Surviving spouse alone, $11,102. 

Surviving spouse and one child in his 

or her custody, $14,529. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(8) Surviving spouses in need of aid 

and attendance (38 U.S.C. 1541 and 

1536): 

Surviving spouse alone, $17,743. 

Surviving spouse with one child in 

custody, $21,166. 

Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran alone, $18,461. 

Surviving Spouse of SpanishAmerican War Veteran with one child 

in custody, $21,807. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(9) Surviving spouses who are 

housebound (38 U.S.C. 1541): 

Surviving spouse alone, $13,568. 

Surviving spouse and one child in his 

or her custody, $16,989. 

For each additional child in his or her 

custody, $2,831. 

(10) Surviving child alone (38 U.S.C. 

1542), $2,831. 

(11) Net worth limit under 38 CFR 

3.274(a): 

For purposes of entitlement to VA 

pension, the net worth limit effective 

December 1, 2023, is $155,356. 

(12) Monthly Penalty Rate under 38 

CFR 3.276(e)(1): 

If we determine you’re subject to a 

pension penalty, we wouldn’t pay 

pension benefits during the penalty 

period. 

Section 306 Pension Income 

Limitations 

Veteran or surviving spouse with no 

dependents, $18,824 (Pub. L. 95–588 

sec. 306(a)). 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance 

with no dependents, $19,502 (38 U.S.C. 

1521(d) as in effect on December 31, 

1978). 

Veteran or surviving spouse with one 

or more dependents, $25,303 (Pub. L. 

95–588 sec. 306(a)). 

Veteran in need of aid and attendance 

with one or more dependents, $25,978 

(38 U.S.C. 1521(d) as in effect on 

December 31, 1978). 

Child (no entitled Veteran or 

surviving spouse), $15,393 (Pub. L. 95– 

588 sec. 306(a)). 


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