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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Laboratory Animal Welfare: Draft
Report on Recommendations To
Reduce Administrative Burden on
Researchers
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice; request for comments.
The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) is seeking input on the
draft report by the 21st Century Cures
Act Working Group on Reducing
Administrative Burden to Researchers
for Animal Care and Use in Research.
The draft report is a coordinated effort
of the Director of the National Institutes
of Health, in collaboration with the
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs. It
describes the proposed actions that the
working group has identified to reduce
administrative burden on investigators
while maintaining the integrity and
credibility of research findings and
protection of research animals.
DATES: The Request for Information
regarding the proposed actions that the
working group has identified is open for
public comment for a period of 60 days.
Comments must be submitted
electronically at https://grants.nih.gov/
grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=83 and must be
received by February 5, 2019 to ensure
consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Brown, Office of Laboratory
Animal Welfare (OLAW), Office of
Extramural Research, National Institutes
of Health, Suite 2500, 6700B Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892–6910,
phone: 301–496–7163, email: olaw@
od.nih.gov.
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SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This request for information is a
coordinated effort of the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, in
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collaboration with the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, to seek input on the
draft report by the 21st Century Cures
Act, Section 2034(d) Working Group on
Reducing Administrative Burden to
Researchers for Animal Care and Use in
Research.
Section 2034(d) of the 21st Century
Cures Act (Pub. L. 114–255) was
enacted December 13, 2016 and requires
that the NIH, in collaboration with the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), complete a
review of applicable regulations and
policies for the care and use of
laboratory animals and make revisions
to reduce administrative burden on
investigators. NIH OLAW, USDA, and
FDA formed a Working Group to: (1)
Identify overlapping regulations and
policies; (2) take steps to reduce such
identified regulations and policies; and
(3) take actions to improve coordination,
as directed by the U.S. Congress. Input
is sought on the draft report of the
Working Group and others within the
federal government and the proposed
recommendations to reduce the
administrative burden associated with
research activities with laboratory
animals while maintaining appropriate
protections and scientific integrity. The
draft report is available at https://
olaw.nih.gov/sites/default/files/21CCA_
draft_report.pdf.
Dated: November 16, 2018.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Laboratory Animal Welfare: Draft Report on Recommendations To
Reduce Administrative Burden on Researchers
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking input on
the draft report by the 21st Century Cures Act Working Group on
Reducing Administrative Burden to Researchers for Animal Care and Use
in Research. The draft report is a coordinated effort of the Director
of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. It
describes the proposed actions that the working group has identified to
reduce administrative burden on investigators while maintaining the
integrity and credibility of research findings and protection of
research animals.
DATES: The Request for Information regarding the proposed actions that
the working group has identified is open for public comment for a
period of 60 days. Comments must be submitted electronically at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=83 and must be received by
February 5, 2019 to ensure consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Brown, Office of Laboratory
Animal Welfare (OLAW), Office of Extramural Research, National
Institutes of Health, Suite 2500, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD
20892-6910, phone: 301-496-7163, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This request for information is a coordinated effort of the
Director of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to
seek input on the draft report by the 21st Century Cures Act, Section
2034(d) Working Group on Reducing Administrative Burden to Researchers
for Animal Care and Use in Research.
Section 2034(d) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255) was
enacted December 13, 2016 and requires that the NIH, in collaboration
with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), complete a review of applicable
regulations and policies for the care and use of laboratory animals and
make revisions to reduce administrative burden on investigators. NIH
OLAW, USDA, and FDA formed a Working Group to: (1) Identify overlapping
regulations and policies; (2) take steps to reduce such identified
regulations and policies; and (3) take actions to improve coordination,
as directed by the U.S. Congress. Input is sought on the draft report
of the Working Group and others within the federal government and the
proposed recommendations to reduce the administrative burden associated
with research activities with laboratory animals while maintaining
appropriate protections and scientific integrity. The draft report is
available at https://olaw.nih.gov/sites/default/files/21CCA_draft_report.pdf.
Dated: November 16, 2018.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
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