[Federal Register: July 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 147)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

 
Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator, 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), authority vested 
in the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Smallpox 
Emergency Personnel Protection Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-20), enacting 
the following authority: Part C, title II of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended.
    This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's existing 
delegation of authority and policy on regulations
    This delegation is effective upon signature. In addition, I hereby 
affirm and ratify any actions taken by the HRSA Administrator or other 
HRSA officials, which involved the exercise of this authority prior to 
the effective date of the delegation.

    Dated: July 10, 2003.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-19513 Filed 7-30-03; 8:45 am]

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