[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 86 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25314-25315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2193]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response the authorities vested in the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319C-2, 319F, and 
319I of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, as it pertains to 
the functions assigned to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response. These delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response include the authority vested in the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to continue the administration of any grants and 
contracts initially awarded by the Health Resources and Services 
Administration under sections 319C-1, 319C-2, 319F, and 319I of the 
Public Health Service Act. This delegation permits the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response to administer grants and 
contracts under the terms and conditions of the initial awards.
    This authority may be redelegated. These delegations shall be 
exercised under the Department's policy on regulations and the existing 
delegation of authority to approve and issue regulations. This 
delegation excludes the authority to issue reports to Congress and to 
take final action to withhold funds from States.
    This delegation supersedes all prior delegations of authority to 
the Health Resources and Services Administration's officials to the 
extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
delegation.

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    I have ratified any actions taken by the Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, or any other Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response officials, which, in effect, 
involved the exercise of this authority prior to the effective date of 
this delegation.
    This delegation is effective immediately.

    Dated: April 16, 2007.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07-2193 Filed 5-3-07; 8:45 am]
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