[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 65361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22858]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation (ACOT) has been rechartered. The effective date of the 
renewed charter is September 1, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary, 
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, HRSA, Room 08W60, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301) 443-6839; fax: (301) 
594-6095; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 
217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 42 CFR 
121.12 (2000), and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, ACOT was initially chartered on 
September 1, 2000, and was renewed at appropriate intervals. ACOT 
provides advice to the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary) on all aspects 
of organ donation, procurement, allocation, and transplantation, and on 
such other matters that the Secretary determines. The recommendations 
of ACOT facilitate Department efforts to oversee the Organ Procurement 
and Transplantation Network, as set forth in the National Organ 
Transplant Act of 1984, as amended.
    On August 31, 2016, the Secretary approved the ACOT charter to be 
renewed. The filing date of the renewed charter was September 1, 2016. 
Renewal of the ACOT charter gives authorization for the Committee to 
operate until September 1, 2018.
    A copy of the ACOT charter is available on the ACOT Web site at 
http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation/advisory.html. 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 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-22858 Filed 9-21-16; 8:45 am]
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