[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30695]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Establishment

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 
announces the establishment of the Director's Council of Public 
Representatives (Committee).
    This Committee will advise the Director, NIH on issues and concerns 
that are important to the broad development of NIH programmatic and 
research priorities. The Committee will also assist the NIH in 
enhancing the participation of the public in NIH activities that have 
an impact on the public, in increasing public understanding of the NIH 
and its programs, and in bringing important matters of public interest 
forward for discussion in public settings.
    Unless renewed by appropriate action prior to its expiration, the 
charter for the Director's Council of Public Representatives will 
expire two years from the date of establishment.

    Dated: November 9, 1998.
Harold Varmus,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 98-30695 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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