[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23526-23527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Transfer of ARPA-H to NIH

    Notice is hereby given that I have transferred the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to the National Institutes 
of Health (NIH) as authorized by title II of division H of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103, and pursuant 
to the notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on March 30, 2022.
    The transfer is subject to the following condition:
     The Director, ARPA-H will report directly to the Secretary 
Delegation of Authority.
    I have delegated to the Director, NIH, the following authorities 
vested in me as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for the 
purpose of carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to advanced research projects for health to:
     Administer the functions, personnel, missions, activities, 
authorities, and funds of ARPA-H
     Support activities with funds provided under the heading 
`Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health' under title II of 
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 
117-103, that shall not be subject to the requirements of section 
406(a)(3)(A)(ii) or 492 of the PHS Act.
     Make or rescind appointments of scientific, medical, and 
professional personnel without regard to any provision in title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments under the civil service 
laws.
    The delegation is subject to the following conditions:
     The authority delegated to the Director, NIH, herein shall 
transfer to the Director, ARPA-H, upon appointment of the Director, 
ARPA-H, or naming of an acting Director, ARPA-H.
     NIH may not subject ARPA-H to NIH policies.
    I have affirmed and ratified any actions taken by the Director, 
NIH,

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Director, ARPA-H, or Acting Director, ARPA-H, which involved the 
exercise of the authorities delegated herein prior to the effective 
date of the delegation.
    This delegation of authority does not impact any other delegations 
of authority within NIH or in any other U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services Operating Division or Staff Division. The transfer and 
delegation became effective upon the date of signature.

    Dated: April 15, 2022.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-08456 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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