[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51465-51466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22167]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Charter Renewal of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human 
Research Protections

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the

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Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is 
hereby giving notice that the charter for the Secretary's Advisory 
Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) has been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Gorey, J.D., Designated Federal 
Official, Executive Director, SACHRP, U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 
20852; telephone: 240-453-8141; fax: 240-453-6909; email address: 
[email protected]. Additional information is available on the SACHRP 
website at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SACHRP is a discretionary advisory committee 
established under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the 
Public Health Service Act, as amended, to provide expert advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through 
the Assistant Secretary for Health, on issues and topics pertaining to 
or associated with the protection of human research subjects within the 
authority of HHS.
    SACHRP is authorized to establish subcommittees to provide 
assistance for accomplishing its mission and currently maintains two 
subcommittees. The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS) was established by 
SACHRP in October 2006 and is charged with developing recommendations 
for consideration by SACHRP regarding the application of subpart A of 
45 CFR part 46 in the current research environment. The Subcommittee on 
Harmonization (SOH) was established by SACHRP at its July 2009 meeting 
and charged with identifying and prioritizing areas in which 
regulations and/or guidelines for human subjects research adopted by 
various agencies or offices within HHS would benefit from 
harmonization, consistency, clarity, simplification and/or 
coordination.
    On September 25, 2018, the Secretary approved renewal of the 
Committee's charter. The new charter was effected and filed with the 
appropriate Congressional committees and the Library of Congress on 
October 1, 2018. Renewal of the Committee's charter gives the Committee 
authorization to operate until October 1, 2020.
    A copy of the Committee's charter is available on the Committee's 
website at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/charter/index.html.
    A copy of the charter can also be obtained by accessing the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act database that is managed by the Committee 
Management Secretariat under the General Services Administration. The 
website for the FACA database is https://facadatabase.gov.

    Dated: September 28, 2018.
Julia G. Gorey,
Executive Director, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research 
Protections.
[FR Doc. 2018-22167 Filed 10-10-18; 8:45 am]
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