[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 51288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23974]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Establishment

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 
announces the establishment of the Interagency Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Coordinating Committee (Committee).
    The Committee shall coordinate all efforts within the Department of 
Health and Human Services to share and coordinate information on 
existing research activities, and make recommendations to the Secretary 
DHHS, the National Institutes of Health and other Federal agencies 
regarding how to improve existing research programs.
    The Committee's primary mission is to facilitate the efficient and 
effective exchange of information on breast cancer research activities 
among the member agencies, and to coordinate solicitation of proposals 
for collaborative, multidisciplinary research, including proposals to 
evaluate environmental and genomic factors that may be related to the 
etiology of breast cancer.
    Duration of this committee is two years from the date the Charter 
is filed.

Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-23974 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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