[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 11781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03990]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Charter Renewal for the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell 
Transplantation

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HHS is 
hereby giving notice that the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell 
Transplantation (ACBSCT or Council) has been rechartered. The effective 
date of the recharter is February 19, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary, 
Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, HRSA, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 08W60, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: (301) 443-6839; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACBSCT provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on policy, program development, and 
other matters of significance concerning the activities under the 
authority of 42 U.S.C. 274k; 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 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 is to provide a consolidated, 
comprehensive source of expert, unbiased analysis and recommendations 
to the Secretary on the latest advances in the science of blood stem 
cell transplantation.
    The recharter for ACBSCT was approved on February 18, 2021, and 
filed on February 19, 2021. Recharter of ACBSCT gives authorization for 
the Council to operate until February 19, 2023.
    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/.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-03990 Filed 2-25-21; 8:45 am]
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