Notice2024-06055
Revised VA Tribal Consultation Policy and Directive 8603
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Published
March 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPIA), Office of Tribal Government Relations (OTGR), has updated their policy and directive on VA Tribal Consultation, in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and Presidential Memorandum January 2021. We request that tribal leaders or their designees review the final directive/policy and provide any additional feedback.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06055]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Revised VA Tribal Consultation Policy and Directive 8603
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs (OPIA), Office of Tribal Government Relations
(OTGR), has updated their policy and directive on VA Tribal
Consultation, in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and Presidential
Memorandum January 2021. We request that tribal leaders or their
designees review the final directive/policy and provide any additional
feedback.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Except as provided below, comments received before the close of the
comment period will be available at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> for public
viewing, inspection, or copying, including any personally identifiable
or confidential business information that is included in a comment. We
post the comments received before the close of the comment period on
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> as soon as possible after they have been received.
VA will not post on <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> public comments that make threats
to individuals or institutions or suggest that the commenter will take
actions to harm the individual. VA encourages individuals not to submit
duplicative comments; however, we will post comments from multiple
unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical
to other comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veronica Duncan, Tribal Relations
Specialist, 202-461-7431, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420.
(This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA has gathered tribal input on the policy
through a March 2021 Dear Tribal Leader Letter requesting written
comments, a series of six tribal consultation meetings held in April
2021, and a review of the policy by VA's Advisory Committee on Tribal
and Indian Affairs. VA has reviewed all input received through this
engagement and proposes several edits to the Tribal Consultation Policy
in response to the tribal recommendations deemed feasible to implement.
VA Directive 8603 on Consultation and Communication with Federally
Recognized Indian Tribes can be found at: <a href="http://www.va.gov/vapubs/search_action.cfm?dType=1">www.va.gov/vapubs/search_action.cfm?dType=1</a>.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved and signed
this document on March 18, 2024, and authorized the undersigned to sign
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-06055 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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