[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 60744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8706]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of the Director; Notice of Closed 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 a meeting of 
the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
    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.
    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with 
provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(1), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended 
because matters sensitive to the interest of national security will be 
presented.

    Name of Committee: National Science Advisory Board for 
Biosecurity.
    Date: October 26, 2006.
    Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: Representatives from the Intelligence Community will 
present a classified session on the current counterterrorism and 
counterproliferation threats to the U.S.
    Place: At a predetermined location in Virginia.
    Contact Person: Laurie Lewallen, NSABB Program Assistant, NIH 
Office of Biotechnology Activities, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, (301) 496-9838.

    Dated: October 5, 2006.
Linda Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-8706 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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