[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49755-49756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19781]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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

AGENCY: Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving 
notice that the charter for the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/
AIDS (PACHA; the Council) has been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Caroline Talev, Public Health 
Assistant, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AID, Department of 
Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 443H, 
Washington, DC 20201; (202) 205-1178; email: [email protected]. 
More detailed information about PACHA can be obtained by accessing the 
Council's Web site, www.aids.gov/pacha.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PACHA is a non-discretionary Federal 
advisory committee. The Council was established

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under Executive Order 12963, dated June 14, 1993, and amended under 
Executive Order 13009, dated June 14, 1995. PACHA is governed by the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-
463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The Council provides advice, 
information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs 
and policies to promote effective prevention and cure of HIV disease 
and AIDS. The functions of the Council are solely advisory in nature.
    To carry out its mission, PACHA provides advice, information, and 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies to (a) 
Reduce HIV incidence; (b) advance research on HIV/AIDS; (c) improve 
health outcomes and ensure people living with HIV have access to 
quality health care; (d) address HIV-related health disparities; and 
(e) provide global leadership in responding to the HIV pandemic and 
expand access to treatment, care, and prevention for people infected 
with and affected by HIV/AIDS around the world.
    On July 26, 2013, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
approved for the PACHA charter to be renewed. One amendment was 
approved for the charter. It was approved for the subcommittee 
structure of the Council to be amended to authorize utilization of non-
member special consultants. The use of non-member special consultants 
will allow for more input and involvement from stakeholders in the HIV/
AIDS community in the PACHA deliberative process. The new charter was 
effected and filed with the appropriate Congressional offices and 
Library of Congress on July 27, 2013. Renewal of the PACHA charter 
gives authorization for the Council to continue to operate until July 
27, 2015.
    A copy of the PACHA charter is available on the Council Web site at 
www.aids.gov/pacha. 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 
Web site address for the FACA database is www.fido.gov/facadatabase.

    Dated: August 8, 2013.
B. Kaye Hayes,
Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
[FR Doc. 2013-19781 Filed 8-14-13; 8:45 am]
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