[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38633-38634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18572]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


 Renewal of Charter for the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/
AIDS

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services is hereby announcing renewal of the charter for the 
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Bates, Interim 
Executive Director, PACHA, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 443H; (202) 690-5560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PACHA was established by Executive Order 
12963, dated June 14, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 13009, dated 
June 14, 1996; and Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 217a). The Council was established to provide advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services regarding programs and policies to promote effective 
prevention and cure of HIV disease and AIDS. The functions of the 
Council shall be solely advisory in nature.
    Since PACHA was established, renewal of its charter has been 
carried out at the appropriate intervals as stipulated by FACA. The 
previous Council charter was scheduled to expire on July 27, 2009. On 
July 24, 2009, the

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Secretary of Health and Human Services approved for the Council charter 
to be renewed. Renewal of the PACHA charter provides authorization for 
the Council to operate until July 27, 2011.
    A copy of the Council charter is available on the PACHA Web site at 
http://www.pacha.gov. A copy of the Council charter also can be 
obtained by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the 
Committee Management Secretariat under the General Services 
Administration. The Web site address for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/facadatabase.

    Dated: July 28, 2009.
Christopher H. Bates,
Interim Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
[FR Doc. E9-18572 Filed 8-3-09; 8:45 am]
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