[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02399]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell 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 Council on Blood 
Stem Cell Transplantation (ACBSCT) has been renewed. The effective date 
of the renewed charter is February 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary, 
ACBSCT, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: 301-
443-6839; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Relevant statutes are Public Law 109-129 as 
amended by Public Law 111-264; 42 U.S.C. 274k; and Section 379 of the 
Public Health Service Act. The Council is governed by the provisions of 
Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
    ACBSCT advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (Secretary) on matters related to the activities of 
the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord 
Blood Inventory Program. One of its principal functions shall be to 
provide consolidated, comprehensive sources of expert, unbiased 
analysis and recommendations to the Secretary on the latest advances in 
the science of blood stem cell transplantation.
    ACBSCT may meet up to three times during the fiscal year. The 
charter renewal for ACBSCT was approved on February 7, 2019. The filing 
date is February 19, 2019. Renewal of the ACBSCT charter authorizes the 
Council to operate until February 19, 2021.
    A copy of the ACBSCT charter is available on the ACBSCT website at: 
https://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/about/advisory_council/index.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 
address for the FACA database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-02399 Filed 2-14-19; 8:45 am]
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