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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Amendment to the Inland Waterways
Users Board
AGENCY:
DoD.
Charter Amendment for Federal
Advisory Committee.
ACTION:
Under the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102–
3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives
notice that it is amending the charter for
the Inland Waterways Users Board
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Board’’).
The Board is authorized by statute, and
shall provide the Secretary of Defense,
through the Secretary of the Army and
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Civil Works, independent advice and
recommendations on matters relating to
construction and rehabilitation
priorities and spending levels on the
commercial navigation features and
components of the U.S. inland
waterways and inland harbors as
defined in Public Law 95–502 and
amended by Public Law 99–662.
According to 33 U.S.C. 2251b, the
Board shall annually file their
recommendations with the Secretary of
the Army and with Congress. The
Secretary of the Army, pursuant to DoD
policy, may act upon the Board’s advice
and recommendations. Board members,
as determined by the Department of
Defense, shall be representative
members and, pursuant to 33 U.S.C.
2251(a), the Board shall be composed of
eleven members.
Based upon the Secretary of the
Army’s recommendation, the Secretary
of Defense shall invite primary
commercial users and shippers of the
inland and intracoastal waterways to
serve on the Board. Commercial users
and shippers invited to serve on the
Board shall designate an individual to
represent the organization’s interests.
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The Department of Defense, when
considering prospective users and
shippers to be represented on the Board,
shall ensure selections represent various
regions of the country and a spectrum
of the primary users and shippers
utilizing the inland and intracoastal
waterways for commercial purposes.
Due consideration shall be given to
assure a balance among the members
based on the ton-mile shipments of the
various categories of commodities
shipped on inland and intracoastal
waterways.
A primary user or shipper may be
represented on the Board, at the request
of the Secretary of the Army and with
the approval of the Secretary of Defense,
for a two-year term of service with
annual renewals. A user or shipper may
be represented on the Board for no more
than two terms of service (four years); a
user or shipper may be subsequently
represented on the Board, but only after
being off the Board for at least two
years.
In addition to the primary users and
shippers invited by the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Army shall
designate, and the Secretaries of
Agriculture, Transportation and
Commerce may each designate a
representative to act as an observer of
the Board. These observers, who have
no voting rights, shall be full-time or
permanent part-time employees of his or
her respective agency.
Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the
Secretary of the Army shall designate
one Board member to serve as the
Board’s Chairperson. With the exception
of travel and per diem for official travel,
all Board members shall serve without
compensation.
With DoD approval and according to
DoD policies and procedures, the Board,
consistent with its mission, is
authorized to establish subcommittees,
task groups, or working groups to
support the Board. These
subcommittees or working groups shall
operate under the provisions of FACA,
the Sunshine Act, and other governing
Federal statutes and regulations, and
governing DoD policies and procedures.
Such subcommittees or task groups
shall not work independently of the
chartered Board, and shall report all
their recommendations and advice to
the Board for full deliberation and
discussion. Subcommittees have no
authority to make decisions on behalf of
the chartered Board; nor can any
subcommittee or its members update or
report directly to the Department of
Defense or any Federal officers or
employees.
All subcommittee members shall be
appointed in the same manner as the
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Board members; that is, the Secretary of
Defense shall appoint subcommittee
members even if the member in
question is already a Board member.
Subcommittee members, with the
approval of the Secretary of Defense,
may serve a term of service on the
subcommittee of two years; however, no
member shall serve more than two
consecutive terms of service on the
subcommittee.
With the exception of travel and per
diem for official travel, subcommittee
members shall serve without
compensation.
Dated: April 12, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
Jim
Freeman, Acting Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, 703–692–5952.
ACTION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Board
shall meet at the call of the Board’s
Designated Federal Officer, in
consultation with the Chairperson. The
Board shall meet at least semi-annually.
In addition, the Designated Federal
Officer is required to be in attendance
at all Board and subcommittee meetings
for the entire duration of each and every
meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, the
Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the
Board or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
statements to the Inland Waterways
Users Board membership about the
Board’s mission and functions. Written
statements may be submitted at any
time or in response to the stated agenda
of planned meeting of the Inland
Waterways Users Board.
All written statements shall be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Inland Waterways Users
Board, and this individual will ensure
that the written statements are provided
to the membership for their
consideration. Contact information for
the Inland Waterways Users Board’s
Designated Federal Officer can be
obtained from the GSA’s FACA
Database—https://www.fido.gov/
facadatabase/public.asp.
The Designated Federal Officer,
pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the
Inland Waterways Users Board. The
Designated Federal Officer, at that time,
may provide additional guidance on the
submission of written statements that
are in response to the stated agenda for
the planned meeting in question.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Termination of Provider
Reimbursement Demonstration Project
for the State of Alaska
Department of Defense (DoD).
Notice of demonstration
termination.
AGENCY:
This notice provides a
termination of the demonstration project
in the State of Alaska for individual
provider payment rates. Under the
demonstration, payment rates for
physicians and other non-institutional
individual professional providers in the
State of Alaska have been set at a rate
higher than the Medicare rate. The goal
of the demonstration was to determine
at what rate payment would need to be
set in order to encourage higher
participation in the TRICARE program
by providers in Alaska.
DATES: The demonstration regarding
payment rates for physicians and other
non-institutional providers is
terminated effective May 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management
Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, 16401 East
Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–
9066.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn J. Corn, TRICARE Management
Activity, Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, telephone (303)
676–3566.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 20, 2006 (71 FR 67113), DoD
published a Notice of a TRICARE
demonstration project for the State of
Alaska, with an effective date of January
1, 2007. The demonstration set payment
rates for physicians and other noninstitutional individual professional
providers in the State of Alaska at a rate
higher than the Medicare rate in order
to determine if more individual
providers would participate in the
TRICARE program. The demonstration
was effective January 1, 2007 for a
period of three years, ending on
December 31, 2009. The demonstration
was extended twice. On December 18,
2009 (74 FR 67179), DoD published a
Notice of demonstration extension that
extended the demonstration through
December 31, 2010, and on July 8, 2010
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(75 FR 39213), DoD published a Notice
of demonstration extension that
extended the demonstration through
December 31, 2012.
An analysis of the effectiveness of the
demonstration was conducted and it
showed an increase in provider
participation. This increased
participation opened access to local
specialty care that had previously been
severely impaired, and it decreased the
overall cost of health care by reducing
the travel costs incurred by the
Department for Prime beneficiaries who
had been forced to travel long distances
to receive care outside of Alaska. The
demonstration also showed that each
geographic area in Alaska had increased
participation using the same
‘‘multiplier’’ of the Medicare rate. Thus
in order to preserve the successes made
through the demonstration project in
improving provider access and to keep
the CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable
Charge rates in relative proportion with
the demonstration rates, the Department
has determined that it can use its
current authority under Title 10, United
States Code, section 1079(h)(5) to
provide a state-wide locality based
reimbursement waiver without
requesting additional statutory or
regulatory authority for the State of
Alaska. A state-wide locality based
waiver was approved by the Director of
TMA under current authority (Title 32,
Code of Federal Regulations, section
199.14(j)(1)(iv)(D)) on September 15,
2011, and thus the need for this
demonstration has ceased. This statewide locality based reimbursement
waiver allows the higher individual
provider payment rates associated with
the demonstration project.
Dated: March 30, 2012.
Patricia Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory
Board; Notice of Meeting
Department of the Air Force,
U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory
Board.
ACTION: Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
Due to difficulties, beyond the
control of the U.S. Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board or its Designated
Federal Officer, the Board was unable to
file a Federal Register notice for the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Amendment to the Inland Waterways Users Board
AGENCY: DoD.
ACTION: Charter Amendment for Federal Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5
U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives
notice that it is amending the charter for the Inland Waterways Users
Board (hereafter referred to as ``the Board''). The Board is authorized
by statute, and shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the
Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works, independent advice and recommendations on matters relating to
construction and rehabilitation priorities and spending levels on the
commercial navigation features and components of the U.S. inland
waterways and inland harbors as defined in Public Law 95-502 and
amended by Public Law 99-662.
According to 33 U.S.C. 2251b, the Board shall annually file their
recommendations with the Secretary of the Army and with Congress. The
Secretary of the Army, pursuant to DoD policy, may act upon the Board's
advice and recommendations. Board members, as determined by the
Department of Defense, shall be representative members and, pursuant to
33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the Board shall be composed of eleven members.
Based upon the Secretary of the Army's recommendation, the
Secretary of Defense shall invite primary commercial users and shippers
of the inland and intracoastal waterways to serve on the Board.
Commercial users and shippers invited to serve on the Board shall
designate an individual to represent the organization's interests.
The Department of Defense, when considering prospective users and
shippers to be represented on the Board, shall ensure selections
represent various regions of the country and a spectrum of the primary
users and shippers utilizing the inland and intracoastal waterways for
commercial purposes. Due consideration shall be given to assure a
balance among the members based on the ton-mile shipments of the
various categories of commodities shipped on inland and intracoastal
waterways.
A primary user or shipper may be represented on the Board, at the
request of the Secretary of the Army and with the approval of the
Secretary of Defense, for a two-year term of service with annual
renewals. A user or shipper may be represented on the Board for no more
than two terms of service (four years); a user or shipper may be
subsequently represented on the Board, but only after being off the
Board for at least two years.
In addition to the primary users and shippers invited by the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army shall designate, and
the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation and Commerce may each
designate a representative to act as an observer of the Board. These
observers, who have no voting rights, shall be full-time or permanent
part-time employees of his or her respective agency.
Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2251(a), the Secretary of the Army shall
designate one Board member to serve as the Board's Chairperson. With
the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, all Board
members shall serve without compensation.
With DoD approval and according to DoD policies and procedures, the
Board, consistent with its mission, is authorized to establish
subcommittees, task groups, or working groups to support the Board.
These subcommittees or working groups shall operate under the
provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, and other governing Federal
statutes and regulations, and governing DoD policies and procedures.
Such subcommittees or task groups shall not work independently of
the chartered Board, and shall report all their recommendations and
advice to the Board for full deliberation and discussion. Subcommittees
have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the chartered Board;
nor can any subcommittee or its members update or report directly to
the Department of Defense or any Federal officers or employees.
All subcommittee members shall be appointed in the same manner as
the
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Board members; that is, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint
subcommittee members even if the member in question is already a Board
member. Subcommittee members, with the approval of the Secretary of
Defense, may serve a term of service on the subcommittee of two years;
however, no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms of
service on the subcommittee.
With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel,
subcommittee members shall serve without compensation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Acting Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-692-5952.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board shall meet at the call of the
Board's Designated Federal Officer, in consultation with the
Chairperson. The Board shall meet at least semi-annually.
In addition, the Designated Federal Officer is required to be in
attendance at all Board and subcommittee meetings for the entire
duration of each and every meeting; however, in the absence of the
Designated Federal Officer, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend the entire duration of the Board or subcommittee meeting.
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and 102-3.140, the public or
interested organizations may submit written statements to the Inland
Waterways Users Board membership about the Board's mission and
functions. Written statements may be submitted at any time or in
response to the stated agenda of planned meeting of the Inland
Waterways Users Board.
All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer for the Inland Waterways Users Board, and this individual will
ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for
their consideration. Contact information for the Inland Waterways Users
Board's Designated Federal Officer can be obtained from the GSA's FACA
Database--https://www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp.
The Designated Federal Officer, pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, will
announce planned meetings of the Inland Waterways Users Board. The
Designated Federal Officer, at that time, may provide additional
guidance on the submission of written statements that are in response
to the stated agenda for the planned meeting in question.
Dated: April 12, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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