[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 74738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30317]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 60

[Docket No FR-5888-P-02]


Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, Extension of 
Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD is extending the public comment 
period on its proposed rule pertaining to Federal Policy for the 
Protection of Human Subjects, published in the Federal Register on 
October 1, 2015.

DATES: Comment Due Date: The comment due date of December 7, 2015, for 
the proposed rule published on October 1, 2015, at 80 FR 59092, is 
extended to January 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket ID number HHS-
OPHS-2015-0008, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Enter the above docket ID number in the ``Enter Keyword or ID'' field 
and click on ``Search.'' On the next Web page, click on ``Submit a 
Comment'' action and follow the instructions.
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or CD-ROM 
submissions] to: Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D., OHRP, 1101 Wootton 
Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852.
    Comments received, including any personal information, will be 
posted without change to www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry L. Steffen, Policy Development 
Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 8114, 
Washington, DC 20410-8000, telephone 202-402-5926. (This is not a toll-
free number.) Persons with hearing- or speech-impairments may access 
this number through TTY number by calling the Federal Relay Service 
number at 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On October 1, 2015, at 80 FR 59092, HUD published a proposed rule 
in the Federal Register on Federal Policy for the Protection of Human 
Subjects. HUD's proposed rule adopted the policy on the protection of 
human subjects set forth in a proposed rule issued by the Department of 
Health and Human Services and 15 other Federal Departments and Agencies 
and published on September 8, 2015, at 80 FR 53933. Through the 
September 8, 2015, and October 1, 2015, rules, the Federal Departments 
and Agencies proposed revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more 
effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that 
was promulgated as a Common Rule in 199, and sought comment on the 
proposed revisions through December 7, 2015.
    Since the proposed rules were published in September and October, 
respectively, requests have been made to extend the public comment 
period to allow time to more thoroughly review the proposed revisions 
offered for comment by the Federal Departments and Agencies. The 
Department of Health and Human Services and the 15 other Federal 
Department Agencies have extended the time to submit public comments on 
the September 8, 2015, proposed rule to January 6, 2016, and HUD 
extends its public comment period for its October 1, 2015, proposed 
rule to this same date--January 6, 2016.

    Dated: November 24, 2015.
Camille E. Acevedo,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2015-30317 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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