[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40780-40781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18200]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of an Interagency Pain Research 
Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) meeting.
    The meeting will feature invited speakers and discussions of 
committee business items including updates on the Federal Pain Research 
Strategy and new pain initiatives.
    The meeting will be open to the public and accessible by live 
webcast and conference call.

    Name of Committee: Interagency Pain Research Coordinating 
Committee.
    Type of meeting: Open Meeting.
    Date: October 23, 2017.
    Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. *Eastern Time*--Approximate end 
time.
    Agenda: The meeting will feature invited speakers and 
discussions of Committee business items including updates on the 
Federal Pain Research Strategy and new pain initiatives.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31C, 6th Floor, 
Room 6, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Cost: The meeting is free and open to the public.
    Webcast Live: http://videocast.nih.gov/.
    Deadlines: Notification of intent to present oral comments: 
Monday, October 17, 2017, by 5:00 p.m. ET. Submission of written/
electronic statement for oral comments: Monday, October 17, 2017, by 
5:00 p.m. ET. Submission of written comments: Monday, October 17, 
2017, by 5:00 p.m. ET.
    Access: Medical Center Metro (Red Line). Visitor Information: 
http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm.
    Contact Person: Linda L. Porter, Ph.D., Pain Policy Advisor, 
Office of Pain Policy, Officer of the Director, National Institute 
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 
8A31, Bethesda, MD 20892, Phone: (301) 451-4460, Email: 
[email protected].
    Please Note: Any member of the public interested in presenting 
oral comments to the Committee must notify the Contact Person listed 
on this notice by 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday, October 17, 2017, with 
their request to present oral comments at the meeting. Interested 
individuals and representatives of organizations must submit a 
written/electronic copy of the oral statement/comments including a 
brief description of the organization represented by 5:00 p.m. ET on 
Monday, October 17, 2017.
    Statements submitted will become a part of the public record. 
Only one representative of an organization will be allowed to 
present oral comments on behalf of that organization, and 
presentations will be limited to three to five minutes per speaker, 
depending on number of speakers to be accommodated within the 
allotted time. Speakers will be assigned a time to speak in the 
order of the date and time when their request to speak is received, 
along with the required submission of the written/electronic 
statement by the specified deadline. If special accommodations are 
needed, please email the Contact Person listed above.
    In addition, any interested person may submit written comments 
to the IPRCC prior to the meeting by sending the comments to the 
Contact Person listed on this notice by 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday, 
October 17, 2017. The comments should include the name and, when 
applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the 
interested person. All written comments received by the deadlines

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for both oral and written public comments will be provided to the 
IPRCC for their consideration and will become part of the public 
record.
    The meeting will be open to the public and webcast live on the 
Internet. If you experience any technical problems with the webcast, 
please call the NIH IT Service Desk at (301) 496-4357, toll free 
(866) 319-4357, for webcast issues.
    Individuals who participate in person or by using the web 
service and who need special assistance, such as captioning, should 
submit a request to the Contact Person listed on this notice at 
least seven days prior to the meeting.
    As a part of security procedures, attendees should be prepared 
to present a photo ID during the security process to get on the NIH 
campus. For a full description, please see: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm.
    Information about the IPRCC is available on the Web site: http://iprcc.nih.gov/.

    Dated: August 23, 2017.
Sylvia L. Neal,
 Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-18200 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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