[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34676-34677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14034]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Notice of Establishment of Policy Committee for the 2005 White 
House Conference on Aging

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the Policy Committee for the 2005 
White House Conference on Aging.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the 
Charter establishing the Policy Committee for the 2005 White House 
Conference on Aging has been completed and signed by Health and Human 
Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on June 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mame Templeton, White House Conference 
on Aging, Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Washington, DC 20201, 202-357-3514, 
[email protected].
    Any interested person may file written comments with the Policy 
Committee by forwarding the statement to the contact person listed on 
this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone 
number, email address, and when applicable, the business or 
professional affiliation of the interested person.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Authority

    Pursuant to the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub. L. 
106-501, November 2000), the President will convene a White House 
Conference on Aging no later than December 31, 2005, to develop 
recommendations for additional research and action in the field of 
aging. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is responsible for 
planning and conducting the Conference in cooperation with the 
Assistant Secretary for Aging, the Director of the National Institute 
on Aging, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, the Commissioner of Social Security, and the heads of such 
other Federal departments and agencies as are appropriate.

II. Structure

    According to the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub. L. 
106-501, November 2000), the Policy Committee is composed of 17 
members, including the Chairman, who was selected by the

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President from among the members of the Committee. The 17 members were 
appointed as follows:
    (A) Presidential Appointees--Nine members were selected by the 
President and include three members who are officers or employees of 
the United States and six members with experience in the field of 
aging, including providers and consumers of aging services.
    (B) House Appointees--Two members were selected by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, after consultation with the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and two members were selected by the Minority 
Leader of the House of Representatives, after consultation with such 
committees.
    (C) Senate Appointees--Two members were selected by the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, after consultation with members of the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the Special Committee on 
Aging of the Senate; and two members were selected by the Minority 
Leader of the Senate, after consultation with members of such 
committees.
    Support services will be provided by the Office of the Executive 
Director of the White House Conference on Aging. The Secretary may 
establish such other committees, including technical committees, as may 
be necessary to assist in the planning, conducting, and reviewing of 
the Conference. The Committee will notify the Department Committee 
Management Officer upon establishing any subcommittees and provide all 
required information, including name, membership, and functions of any 
such subcommittee(s) and estimated frequency of meetings. Any 
subcommittee will be composed exclusively of Committee members. The 
Committee Chairperson will appoint the chairperson of any subcommittee. 
Any subcommittee will comply with the applicable requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

III. Compensation

    Appointed members of any such committee (other than any officers or 
employees of the Federal Government), while attending conferences or 
meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the 
Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be 
fixed by the Secretary, but not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
maximum rate of pay payable under section 5376 of title 5, United 
States Code (including travel time). While away from their homes or 
regular places of business, such members may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized 
under section 5703 of such title for persons employed intermittently in 
Federal Government service.

    Dated: June 15, 2004.
Ann Y. McGee,
Executive Director, White House Conference on Aging.
[FR Doc. 04-14034 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]
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