[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23060]


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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) (NIH) 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 61 FR 25234, May 20, 1996), is amended to 
reflect a reorganization within the National Eye Institute (NEI) (HNW). 
The reorganization consists of the following: (1) establish the 
Division of Extramural Research (DER) (HNW3); (2) transfer the 
functions of the Division of Extramural Activities (DEA) (HNW5), the 
Division of Basic Vision Research (DBVR) (HNW6), and the Division of 
Collaborative Clinical Research (DCCR (HNW7) to the DER; and (3) 
abolish DEA, DBVR, and DCCR and all associated fourth- and fifth-
echelon organizational components.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows: 
(1) Under the heading National Eye Institute (HNW), delete the titles 
and functional statements for Division of Extramural Activities (HNW5), 
Division of Basic Vision Research (HNW6), and Division of Collaborative 
Clinical Research (HNW7) in the entirety and substitute the following:
    Division of Extramural Research (HNW3).
    (1) Plans and directs programs of grant, cooperative agreement, and 
R&D contract support for basic and applied clinical research, training, 
and career development, concerning the blinding eye diseases, visual 
disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and 
the special health problems and needs of individuals who are partially-
sighted or blind; (2) plans and directs the grants and contracts 
management activities of the Institute, ensuring that all awards are 
made in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and policies; 
(3) provides the initial scientific merit review of research and 
training applications and proposals assigned to the Institute; (4) 
provides the Institute's committee management services, and provides 
logistical support for the National Advisory Eye Council; (5) provides 
advice to the Director on all issues relating to extramural program 
activities; and (6) participates in the planning, development, 
formulation, evaluation, and administration of the overall programs, 
policies, and operating procedures of the Institute.

    Dated: August 28, 1996.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-23060 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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