[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19454]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Charter Renewal for the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation

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

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

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SUMMARY: HHS is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on 
Organ Transplantation (ACOT) has been rechartered. The effective date 
of the renewed charter is August 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary, 
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 
08W60, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: (301) 443-
6839; fax: (301) 594-6095; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The ACOT was authorized by section 121.12 
of the amended Final Rule of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
Network (OPTN) (42 CFR part 121). In accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, it was initially 
chartered on September 1, 2000, and was renewed at the appropriate 
intervals.
    The ACOT provides advice to the Secretary on all aspects of organ 
donation, procurement, allocation, and transplantation, and on such 
other matters that the Secretary determines. The recommendations of the 
ACOT will facilitate the Department's efforts to oversee the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), as set forth in the 
National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended.
    The charter renewal for the ACOT was approved on August 31, 2018, 
which will also stand as the filing date. Renewal of the ACOT charter 
gives authorization for the Committee to operate until August 31, 2020.
    A copy of the ACOT charter is available on the ACOT website at: 
http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation/advisory.html. A copy of the 
charter can also be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is 
maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General 
Services Administration. The website for the FACA database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-19454 Filed 9-6-18; 8:45 am]
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