[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 39600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17527]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Charter Renewal of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Vaccine Program Office, 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 National Vaccine Advisory Committee 
(NVAC) has been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Room 715H, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone: 
(202) 690-5566; email: [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 Act, as 
amended (PHS Act). The Committee is governed by provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App.). 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 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.
    On July 21, 2017, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health 
approved renewal of the NVAC charter with minor amendments. The new 
charter was effected and filed with the appropriate Congressional 
committees and Library of Congress on July 30, 2017. Renewal of the 
NVAC charter gives authorization for the Committee to continue to 
operate until July 30, 2019.
    A copy of the NVAC charter is available on the Web site 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 Web site address for the FACA database is 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

    Dated: August 14, 2017.
Melinda Wharton,
Acting Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-17527 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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