[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24480]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part N, 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 68 FR 10743, March 6, 2003, and redesignated 
from Part HN as Part N at 60 FR 56605, November 9, 1995), is amended as 
set forth below to reflect the elevation of the NIH Ethics Office from 
the Office of Management, Office of the Director, NIH, to the Office of 
the Director, NIH.
    Section N-B, Organization and Functions, under the heading Office 
of the Director (NA, formerly HNA) is amended as follows:
    Under the heading Office of the Director (NA, formerly HNA), insert 
the following:
    NIH Ethics Office (NAT, formerly HNAT). (1) Develops and 
administers the NIH policies for implementing the government-wide 
conflict of interest statutes and regulations, the HHS supplemental 
conflict of interest regulations, and HHS and NIH policies; (2) 
provides ethics policy guidance, training, and advice to: (a) The ICs' 
ethics staffs, (b) Office of the Director, NIH, staff, and (c) 
employees whose Deputy Ethics Counselor (DEC) is the NIH DEC; and (3) 
coordinates the NIH response to requests from Congress, the Inspector 
General, DHHS and/or the Office of Government Ethics.

Delegations of Authority Statement

    All delegations and redelegations of authority to officers and 
employees of NIH that were in effect immediately prior to the effective 
date of this establishment and are consistent with this amendment shall 
continue in effect, pending further redelegation.

    Dated: September 14, 2004.
Elias A. Zerhouni,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-24480 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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