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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Title III of the Public Health Service Act; Delegation of 
Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator, 
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, with authority to 
redelegate, insofar as they pertain to the functions assigned to the 
Agency, the following authorities vested in the Assistant Secretary for 
Health by the Secretary on January 14, 1981, under Title III of the 
Public Health Service Act, General Powers and Duties of the Public 
Health Service, (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), as amended.
    (1) Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241), 
as amended, authority relative to research, investigation, and testing 
functions; (2) Section 304 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
242b), as amended, general authority respecting research, evaluations, 
and demonstrations in health statistics, health services, and health 
care technology; (3) Section 307 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 2421), as amended, international cooperation authority; (4) 
Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), as 
amended, insofar as general provisions apply to sections 304, 306, and 
307; (5) Section 310 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242n), 
as amended, authority relative to health conferences and health 
education information.
    The authorities herein delegated do not include: (1) The authority 
to prescribe regulations; or (2) the authority under Section 304(b)(4) 
relative to the acquisition, construction, improvement, repair, 
operation, and maintenance of real property.
    This delegation supersedes the March 22, 1985, delegation by the 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health to the Director, National Center 
for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment; 
insofar as it pertains to authorities under Title III of the Public 
Health Service Act.
    Previous delegations and redelegations to other officials currently 
within the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research of authorities 
under Title III of the Public Health Service Act may continue in effect 
for no longer than 90 days from the effective date of this delegation, 
provided they are consistent with this delegation.
    This delegation became effective on October 5, 1994.

    Dated: October 5, 1994.
Philip R. Lee,
Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 94-26075 Filed 10-20-94; 8:45 am]
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