[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9264]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator, 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), with authority to 
re-delegate, the authority vested in the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under Title III, Part B, Section 319F-4, titled ``Covered 
Countermeasure Process,'' of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 
by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 
109-148), only insofar as it pertains to the compensation program.
    This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's existing 
delegation of authority and policy on regulations.
    This delegation is effective upon signature. In addition, I hereby 
affirmed and ratified any actions taken by the HRSA Administrator or 
other HRSA officials which involved the exercise of this authority 
prior to the effective date of this delegation.
    This delegation is effective upon date of signature.

    Dated: November 8, 2006.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-9264 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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