[Federal Register: November 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 222)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

 
Notice of Meeting of Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee.
    Date: December 8-10, 1999.
    Time: December 8, 1999, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: The Committee will discuss Proposed Actions under the 
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (59 
FR 34496) and other matters to be considered by the Committee. The 
Proposed Actions to be discussed will follow this notice of meeting.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Building 31, Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Time: December 9, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: See paragraph above for Agenda.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference 
Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.

    Time: December 10, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda: See paragraph above for Agenda.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference 
Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.

    Contact Person: Debra W. Knorr, Deputy Director, Office of 
Biotechnology Activities, NIH, MSC 7010, 6000 Executive Boulevard, 
Suite 302, Bethesda, MD 20892-7010.

    OMB's ``Mandatory Information Requirements for Federal 
Assistance Program Announcements'' (45 FR 39592, June 11, 1980) 
requires a statement concerning the official government programs 
contained in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Normally 
NIH lists in its announcements the number and title of affected 
individual programs for the guidance of the public. Because the 
guidance in this notice covers virtually every NIH and Federal 
research program in which DNA recombinant molecule techniques could 
be used, it has been determined not to be cost effective or in the 
public interest to attempt to list these programs. Such a list would 
likely require several additional pages. In addition, NIH could not 
be certain that every Federal program would be included as many 
Federal agencies, as well as private organizations, both national 
and international, have elected to follow the NIH Guidelines. In 
lieu of the individual program listing, NIH invites readers to 
direct questions to the information address above about whether 
individual programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance are affected.

    Dated: November 1, 1999.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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