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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement 
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as 
amended most recently at 58 FR 64408-9, December 7, 1993), is amended 
to reflect the establishment of the Office of Program Planning and 
Legislation (OPPL) within the Office of the Director, National Center 
for Human Genome Research (OD/NCHGR). The establishment of the OPPL 
will allow the NCHGR to carry out its program planning and legislation, 
computer and network operations, and committee management functions at 
an appropriate level of the organization and will clarify lines of 
supervisory control.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as follows:
    Under the heading National Center for Human Genome Research (HN4), 
insert the following after the statement for the Office of Scientific 
Review (HN414):
    Office of Program Planning and Legislation (HN415). (1) Advises the 
Director, Deputy Director, and senior Center staff on a broad range of 
functions and policy matters; (2) develops, implements, and supervises 
the program planning and evaluation activities of the NCHGR; (3) 
analyzes and tracks legislation and assists in the preparation of 
Congressional hearings, briefings, visits, and testimony of the 
Director; (4) plans, coordinates, and maintains automated data 
processing hardware, software, and computerized applications systems; 
and (5) coordinates all aspects of committee management, including the 
planning and operation of the activities of all Congressionally 
mandated committees and advisory councils.

    Dated: April 5, 1994.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 94-9453 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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