[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Section 601, Effective Medication Guides of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act of 1997 (P.L. 104-180) Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Health, Office of Public Health and Science, with 
authority to redelegate, as appropriate, all the authorities vested in 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Section 601, Effective 
Medication Guides of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1997 (P.L. 
104-180), as amended hereafter.
    Functions vested in the Secretary under Section 601 of P.L. 104-180 
are as follows: to request that relevant parties collaborate on the 
development and submission of an acceptable long-range action plan 
consistent with the goals of FDA Proposed Rule (60 FR, 44182, August 
24, 1995); to review, accept, suggest modification or reject the plan 
within 30 days of submission; to confer with and assist private parties 
in the development of the plan; not later than January 1, 2001, to 
review the status of private sector initiatives in achieving the goals 
of the plan described in 60 FR, 44182, August 24, 1995; and to seek 
public comment on other initiatives that may be carried out to meet 
those goals. This delegation excludes the authority to submit reports 
to Congress.
    This delegation is effective upon date of signature. In addition, I 
have affirmed and ratified any actions taken by the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, Office of Public Health and Science, or his subordinates 
which, in effect, involved the exercise of the authorities delegated 
herein prior to the effective date of the delegation.

    Dated: October 7, 1996.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary.
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