[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29569-29570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11235]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Announcement of Re-Establishment of the Physical Activity 
Guidelines Advisory Committee and the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Authority: Re-establishment of the Physical Activity Guidelines 
Advisory Committee and the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National 
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives is authorized under 
42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended. The Committees will be governed by provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), 
which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory 
committees.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
announces re-establishment of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory 
Committee and the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health 
Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives. The new titles for the 
Committees are the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee 
and the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030, respectively. The 2018 Physical 
Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives have been established as discretionary federal advisory 
committees. Both committees have been established to perform single, 
time-limited tasks that will assist with furthering the mission of the 
HHS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines 
Advisory Committee: Richard D. Olson, MD, MPH; Designated Federal 
Officer or LT Katrina L. Piercy, Ph.D., RD, ACSM-CEP, Alternate DFO; 
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, OASH/DHHS; 1101 
Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building; Rockville, MD 20852; 
Telephone: (240) 453-8280; Fax: (240) 453-8281. Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives for 2030: Emmeline Ochiai, Designated Federal Officer or 
Carter Blakey, Alternate DFO; Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, OASH/DHHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway; Suite LL 100 Tower 
Building; Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone: (240) 453-8280; Fax: (240) 
453-8281. Additional information about the 2018 Physical Activity 
Guidelines Advisory Committee can be found at http://health.gov/paguidelines. Additional information about the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives can be found at https://www.healthypeople.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 26, 2016, the Secretary approved 
for the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention Objectives to be re-established. Both committees have been 
re-established to accomplish single, time-limited tasks.
    The Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee was first 
established in February 2007 to assist the Department in development of 
the first edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 
(PAG). The Department plans to develop a second edition of the PAG, and 
it was recommended that the same process be used to develop this 
document. The new committee will examine the current edition of the 
PAG, take into consideration new scientific evidence and current 
resource documents, and then develop a scientific advisory report that 
will be submitted to the Secretary. The title for the new committee is 
the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee (2018 PAGAC; 
the Committee).
    Objectives and Scope of Activities. The 2018 PAGAC will provide 
independent advice and recommendations based on current scientific 
evidence for use by the federal government in the development of the 
second edition of the PAG. The PAG provides a foundation for federal 
recommendations and education for physical activity programs for 
Americans, including those at risk for chronic disease.
    Description of Duties. The work of the 2018 PAGAC is solely 
advisory in nature. The Committee will be established for the single, 
time-limited task of reviewing the current edition of the PAG and 
conducting an evidence-based systematic literature review of physical 
activity and health for use in developing physical activity 
recommendations to promote health and reduce chronic disease risk.
    Membership and Designation. The 2018 PAGAC will be composed of 11 
to 17 members. One or more members will be selected to serve as the 
Chair, Vice Chair, and/or Co-Chairs. The Committee will consist of 
respected published experts in designated fields and specific specialty 
areas. Individuals appointed to serve on the Committee will have 
demonstrated expert knowledge of current science in the field of human 
physical activity and health promotion or the prevention of chronic 
disease. Members will be appointed to the Committee by the Secretary of 
HHS and invited to serve for the duration of the Committee. All 
appointed members of the Committee will be classified as special 
government employees (SGEs).
    Administrative Management and Support. The 2018 PAGAC will provide 
advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH). The Committee will provide a 
report to the Secretary, outlining their recommendations and rationale 
for the second edition of the PAG.
    Management and support services for the Committee will be provided 
within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) by the 
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). The ODPHP is 
a program staff office within OASH; OASH is a staff division in the HHS 
Office of the Secretary.
    ODPHP will collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the OASH 
program staff office for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, 
and Nutrition (PCFSN). The ASH will appoint seven Co-Executive 
Secretaries to support the Committee, two each from the ODPHP, CDC, and 
NIH, and one from the OASH staff office for the PCFSN. The two ODPHP 
Co-Executive Secretaries will be appointed to serve as the DFO and 
Alternate DFO for the Committee.
    The Department established the Healthy People initiative in 1979. 
The initiative was established to develop a framework for improving the 
health of all people in the United States. Healthy People provides 
evidence-based, ten-

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year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. 
Every 10 years, the Department issues a comprehensive set of national 
public health objectives. To assist with this task for the development 
of Healthy People 2020, the Department utilized a scientific advisory 
committee, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health 
Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020. It was 
recommended that the same process be used to assist with development of 
Healthy People 2030 because the Department must create a more focused 
set of ten-year national disease prevention and health promotion 
objectives that reflect the Nation's needs and carries stakeholder 
support. The title for the new committee is the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives for 2030 (the Committee).
    Objectives and Scope of Activities. In 1979, HHS established the 
Healthy People initiative to develop a framework for improving the 
health of all people in the United States. Healthy People provides 
evidence-based, ten-year national objectives for improving the health 
of all Americans. Healthy People offers a strategic agenda to align 
health promotion and disease prevention activities in communities 
around the country. The Healthy People initiative is grounded in the 
principle that setting national objective and monitoring progress can 
motivate action.
    The Committee will provide independent advice based on current 
scientific evidence for use by the Secretary of HHS or a designated 
representative in the development of Healthy People 2030. The Committee 
will advise the Secretary on the Department's approach for Healthy 
People 2030. Framed around health determinants and risk factors, this 
approach will generate a focused set of objective that address high-
impact public health challenges.
    Description of Duties. The work of the Committee is solely advisory 
in nature. The Committee will perform the single, time-limited task of 
providing advice regarding creating Healthy People 2030. The 
Committee's duties include providing advice about the Healthy People 
2030 mission statement, vision statement, framework, and organizational 
structure.
    Membership and Designation. The Committee will consist of no more 
than 13 members. One or more members will be selected to serve as the 
Chair, Vice Chair, and/or Co-Chairs. The Committee membership may 
include former Assistant Secretaries for Health and nationally known 
experts in areas such as biostatistics, business, epidemiology, health 
communications, health economics, health information technology, health 
policy, health sciences, health systems, international health, outcomes 
research, public health law, social determinants of health, special 
populations, and state and local health public health and from a 
variety of public, private, philanthropic, and academic settings.
    Members will be appointed to the Committee by the Secretary of HHS 
or a designated representative and invited to serve for the duration of 
the Committee. All appointed members of the Committee will be 
classified as special government employees (SGEs).
    Administrative Management and Support. The Committee will provide 
advice to the Secretary of HHS, through the Assistant Secretary for 
Health (ASH). The ASH will provide oversight for the Committee's 
function and activities. Management and support services for the 
Committee will be provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (ODPHP). ODPHP is a program office within the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Health, which is a staff division in the 
HHS Office of the Secretary.
    To comply with the provisions of FACA, the charters for the 2018 
Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and the Secretary's 
Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives for 2030 will be filed with the appropriate Congressional 
committees and the Library of Congress fifteen calendar days after 
notice of this action being taken has been published in the Federal 
Register. After the charters have been filed, copies of these documents 
can be obtained from the ODPHP Web site under the appropriate program 
headings. Copies of the charters for the two designated committees 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://facadatabase.gov/.

    Dated: May 3, 2016.
Karen B. DeSalvo,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-11235 Filed 5-11-16; 8:45 am]
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