Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on December 8-9, 2005, 70077-70078 [05-22990]

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[FR Doc. 05–23098 Filed 11–18–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics on December 8– 9, 2005 AGENCY: The President’s Council on Bioethics, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The President’s Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-second meeting, at which, among other things, it will discuss ethical issues relating to children. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (though not on the agenda for the present one) include: Cloning, assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, inheritable genetic modification, patentability of human organisms, neuroscience, aging E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1 70078 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 223 / Monday, November 21, 2005 / Notices retardation, lifespan-extension, and organ procurement for transplantation. Publications issued by the Council to date include: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); Being Human: Readings from the President’s Council on Bioethics (December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies (March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society (September 2005). DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, December 8, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET; and Friday, December 9, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. ADDRESSES: City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20037. Phone 202–775– 0800. Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://www.bioethics.gov. Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in person or in writing. 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[FR Doc. 05–22990 Filed 11–18–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4154–06–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fees for Sanitation Inspections of Cruise Ships Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. Average cost per inspection = The average cost per inspection is multiplied by a size/cost factor to determine the fee for vessels in each size category. The size/cost factor was established in the proposed fee schedule published in the Federal Register on July 17, 1987, (52 FR 27060) and revised in a schedule published in the Federal Register on November 28, 1989, (54 FR 48942). The revised size/cost factor is presented in Appendix A. SUMMARY: This notice announces an increase in the fees for vessel sanitation inspections for the remainder of fiscal year 2006 (January 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006). DATES: Effective January 1, 2006. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70077-70078]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on 
December 8-9, 2005

AGENCY: The President's Council on Bioethics, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, 
MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-second meeting, at which, among 
other things, it will discuss ethical issues relating to children. 
Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (though not on the agenda 
for the present one) include: Cloning, assisted reproduction, 
reproductive genetics, IVF, ICSI, PGD, sex selection, inheritable 
genetic modification, patentability of human organisms, neuroscience, 
aging

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retardation, lifespan-extension, and organ procurement for 
transplantation. Publications issued by the Council to date include: 
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond 
Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); 
Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics 
(December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), 
Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies 
(March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A 
White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our 
Aging Society (September 2005).

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, December 8, 2005, from 9 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET; and Friday, December 9, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20037. Phone 202-775-0800.
    Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://
www.bioethics.gov.
    Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in 
person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public 
may address the Council, beginning at 11:30 a.m., on Friday, December 
9. Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or 
organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director 
of Communications, in advance of your intention to make a public 
statement, and give your name and affiliation. To submit a written 
statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. Gianelli at one of the addresses 
given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Gianelli, Director of 
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-4669. E-
mail: info@bioethics.gov. Web site: https://www.bioethics.gov.

    Dated: November 16, 2005.
Richard Roblin,
Acting Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
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