[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Biotechnology Activities, Office of the Director; 
Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a special 
meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) 
that was held by teleconference on September 29, 2005. The Secretary 
determined that advance notice was not possible, and that the meeting 
had to be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set 
forth in section 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended.
    Under authority 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established NSABB to provide advice, guidance and leadership regarding 
Federal oversight of dual-use research, defined as biological research 
with legitimate scientific purposes that could be misused to pose a 
biological threat to public health and/or national security.

    Name of Committee: National Science Advisory Board for 
Biosecurity.
    Date: September 29, 2005.
    Closed: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Agenda: To review confidential information.
    Place: 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, (Telephone 
Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Allison Chamberlain, NSABB Program Assistant, 
6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301) 496-9838.


    Dated: October 4, 2005.
Anthony M. Coelho, Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-20748 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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