[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 115 (Thursday, June 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 35086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11842]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Children and Families the authority vested in the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the administration 
of grants and contracts initially awarded in Fiscal Years 2002, 2003 
and 2004 under the Special Projects of Regional and National 
Significance (SPRANS) Community-based Abstinence Education Program, 
pursuant to Title V, section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, as 
amended. The SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education Program 
includes Community-based Abstinence Education grants, Abstinence 
Education Special Congressional Initiative Project grants, and the 
Abstinence Education Technical Assistance contract with the National 
Abstinence Clearinghouse. This delegation permits the Assistant 
Secretary for Children and Families to administer FY 2002, 2003 and FY 
2004 SPRANS abstinence education grants under the terms and conditions 
of the initial awards, thereby allowing the continuation of the 
existing grants consistent with recent appropriations enactments (Pub. 
L. 108-477).
    This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's policy on 
regulations and the existing delegation of authority to approve and 
issue regulations, excludes the authority to issue reports to Congress, 
to take final action to withhold funds from States, and to act under 
the nondiscrimination provisions of the Social Security Act.
    This delegation also supersedes all prior delegations of authority 
to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
delegation. Except as specified above, the existing delegations of 
authority concerning Title V of the Social Security Act are unaffected, 
including those existing delegations of authority that permit the 
Health Resources and Services Administration to administer all other 
Special Projects of Regional and National Significance under section 
501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act.
    I have ratified any actions taken by the Assistant Secretary for 
Children and Families, or any other Administration for Children and 
Families officials, which, in effect, involved the exercise of this 
authority prior to the effective date of this delegation.
    This delegation is effective on the date of signature.

    Dated: May 31, 2005.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-11842 Filed 6-15-05; 8:45 am]
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