[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48864-48865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20197]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Re-charter of the Natonal Vaccine Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, National 
Vaccine Program Office.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving 
notice that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) has been 
rechartered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Guillermo Aviles-Mendoza, Public 
Health Advisor, National Vaccine Program Office, Department of Health 
and Human Services, Room 739G.4 Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone: (202) 205-2982; 
Fax: (202) 690-4631; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NVAC is a non-discretionary Federal advisory 
committee. The establishment of NVAC was mandated under Section 2105 
(42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-5) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as 
amended. NVAC advises and makes recommendations to the Director, 
National Vaccine Program (NVP), on matters related to the Program's 
responsibilities. The Assistant Secretary for Health is appointed to 
serve as the Director, NVP.
    To carry out its mission, NVAC (1) studies and recommends ways to 
encourage the availability of an adequate supply of safe and effective 
vaccination products in the United States; (2) recommends research 
priorities and other measures the Director of the NVP should take to 
enhance the safety and efficacy of

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vaccines; (3) advises the Director of the NVP in the implementation of 
Sections 2102 and 2103 of the PHS Act; and (4) identifies annually for 
the Director of the NVP the most important areas of governmental and 
non-governmental cooperation that should be considered in implementing 
Sections 2101 and 2103 of the PHS Act.
    NVAC was established on July 30, 1987. As a Federal advisory 
committee, NVAC is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) To comply 
with the guidelines under FACA, NVAC has been re-chartered at the 
appropriate intervals since it was established. On July 27, 2011, the 
Assistant Secretary for Health approved for NVAC to be rechartered. The 
new charter was effected and filed with the appropriate Congressional 
offices and Library of Congress on July 30, 2011. The rechartering of 
NVAC gives authorization for the Committee to continue to operate until 
July 30, 2013.
    A copy of the NVAC charter is available on the website for the 
National Vaccine Program Office at http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac. A copy 
of the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that 
is maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General 
Services Administration. The website address for the FACA database is 
http://fido.gov/facadatabase.

Bruce Gellin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Vaccines and Immunization), 
Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-20197 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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