[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58079-58080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28804]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 61 FR 42433, August 15, 1996), is amended to 
reflect

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the reorganization of the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences (NIEHS) (HNV), National Institutes of Health (NIH). This 
reorganization will: (1) Realign functions within the Office of the 
Director (HNV); and (2) establish the Office of Equal Employment 
Opportunity (HNV19). This reorganization will establish the equal 
employment opportunity (EEO) function as a visible, and respected, 
entity within the NIEHS, reflecting the growing significance of this 
function within the federal work place.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows: 
(1) Under the Office of the Director (HNV1), insert the following:
    Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (HNV19). Promotes an 
increased awareness of equal employment opportunity (EEO), diversity, 
and civil rights issues, which will stimulate improved leadership and 
workforce opportunity through education, experience, and participation.
    Delegations of Authority Statement: All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to offices and employees of NIH which were 
in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this 
reorganization and are consistent with this reorganization shall 
continue in effect, pending further redelegation.

    Dated: October 31, 1996.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-28804 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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