[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11344]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of 
Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the inaugural 
meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and 
Society (SACGHS).
    The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 11, 2003 and 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 12, 2003 at the Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public 
with attendance limited to space available.
    The first day will be devoted to presentations on and discussion of 
the status and future directions of genetic technologies, their 
potential applications, and the issues surrounding their use. The 
second day will involve deliberations aimed at formulating the SACGHS 
issues agenda. Time will be provided each day for public comment.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic technologies and, as warranted, to 
provide advice on these issues.
    The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS will be 
available at the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm. Individuals who wish to provide public comment or who plan 
to attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign 
language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 
301-496-9838 or E-mail at [email protected]. The SACGHS office is located 
at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 92.14, 
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan 
Repayment Program or Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: April 30, 2003.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 03-11344 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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