[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68346-68347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23789]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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

AGENCY: Office for Human Research Protections, 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 Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human 
Research Protection (SACHRP) has been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julia Gorey, Designated Federal 
Officer for the SACHRP, Office for Human Research Protections, 1101 
Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: (240) 453-8141; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SACHRP is a discretionary Federal advisory 
committee. SACHRP is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of 
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The Committee is 
governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
    SACHRP functions to provide advice to the Secretary, through the 
Assistant Secretary for Health, on matters pertaining to the 
continuance and improvement of functions within the authority of the 
Department of Health and Human Services concerning protections for 
human subjects in research.
    SACHRP is authorized to have 11 public voting members. The members 
are selected from among individuals possessing demonstrated experience 
and expertise in any of the several disciplines and fields pertinent to 
human subjects protection and/or clinical research. The Committee's 
public members are appointed by the Secretary. All public members of 
the Committee are classified as special government employees (SGEs). 
The Committee structure includes non-voting ex-officio representation 
from eight Departmental agencies; the eighth, the Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is being added 
with this charter renewal.
    On September 30, 2020, the Secretary approved for the SACHRP 
charter to be renewed. The new charter was effected and filed with the 
appropriate Congressional committees and the Library of Congress on 
October 1, 2020. Renewal of the Committee's charter gives authorization 
for the Committee to continue to operate until October 1, 2022.
    A copy of the SACHRP 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 
FACA database that is maintained by the Committee Management 
Secretariat under the General Services Administration. The website 
address for the FACA database is www.facadatabase.gov.

    Dated: October 21, 2020.
Jerry Menikoff,
Director, Office for Human Research Protections.
[FR Doc. 2020-23789 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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