[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 13 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-240]


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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(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following 
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 the 
provisions set forth in sections 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: January 31, 2007.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Agenda: Representatives from the Intelligence Community will 
present a classified session on the current counterterrorism and 
couterproliferation threats to the U.S.
    Place: At a predetermined location in Virginia.
    Contact Person: Ronna Hill, NSABB Program Assistant, NIH Office 
of Biotechnology Activities, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, (301) 496-9838.
    This meeting is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to timing limitations imposed by administrative matters.

    Dated: January 12, 2007.
David Clary,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 07-240 Filed 1-19-07; 8:45 am]
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