National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting, 50034-50035 [2020-17853]

Download as PDF 50034 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 159 / Monday, August 17, 2020 / Notices indicated below. Individuals who plan to view the virtual meeting and need special assistance or other reasonable accommodations to view the meeting should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. The meeting will be videocast and can be accessed from the NIH Videocasting and Podcasting website (https:// videocast.nih.gov/). A portion of the National Cancer Advisory Board meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Cancer Advisory Board. Date: September 1, 2020. Open: 1:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Agenda: NCAB Subcommittee Meetings— Subcommittee on Planning and Budget; Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Experimental Therapeutics; Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Population Science, Epidemiology and Disparities; and Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Global Cancer Research. Place: National Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (Virtual Meetings). Instructions regarding access to the virtual Subcommittee Meetings will be posted at: https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/ncab/ ncabmeetings.htm. Name of Committee: National Cancer Advisory Board. Date: September 2, 2020. Open: 1:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Agenda: Director’s and Program reports and presentations; business of the Board. Closed: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Paulette S. Gray, Ph.D., Executive Secretary Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute—Shady Grove, National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical Center Drive, 7th Floor, Room 7W444 Bethesda, MD 20892, 240–276–6340, grayp@mail.nih.gov. Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person. Information is also available on the Institute’s/Center’s home page: NCAB: https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/ncab/ ncabmeetings.htm, where an agenda, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 14, 2020 Jkt 250001 instructions for accessing the virtual NCAB meetings, and any additional information for the meetings will be posted when available. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: August 12, 2020. Melanie J. Pantoja, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2020–17906 Filed 8–14–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. The meeting will be held as a virtual meeting and is open to the public, as indicated below. Individuals who plan to view the virtual meeting and need special assistance or other reasonable accommodations to view the meeting, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. The open session will be videocast and can be accessed from the NIH Videocasting and Podcasting website (https:// videocast.nih.gov/). A portion of this meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. Date: September 10, 2020. Closed: 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Open: 12:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Agenda: Presentations and other business of the Council. Place: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Neurosciences Center Building, 6001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Susan R.B. Weiss, Ph.D., Director, Division of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS, 6001 Executive Boulevard, NSC, Room 5274, MSC 9591, Rockville, MD 20892, 301–443–6487, sweiss@nida.nih.gov. Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person. Information is also available on the Institute’s/Center’s home page: www.drugabuse.gov/NACDA/ NACDAHome.html, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.277, Drug Abuse Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, Scientist Development Awards, and Research Scientist Awards; 93.278, Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards for Research Training; 93.279, Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: August 11, 2020. Tyeshia M. Roberson, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2020–17817 Filed 8–14–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Emergency Awards: Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS–CoV–2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19). Date: August 27, 2020. E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 159 / Monday, August 17, 2020 / Notices Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70 Rockville, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Mohammed S. Aiyegbo, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 761–7106, mohammed.aiyegbo@nih.gov. This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and funding cycle. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: August 11, 2020. Tyeshia M. Roberson, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2020–17853 Filed 8–14–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Docket ID FEMA–2020–0016] Voluntary Agreement Under Section 708 of the Defense Production Act; Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary To Respond to a Pandemic Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces the formation of a voluntary agreement under Section 708 of the Defense Production Act for the Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary to Respond to a Pandemic. This Notice contains the text of the Voluntary Agreement. SUMMARY: Harold Lucie, Joint DPA Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472–3184, telephone (202) 212–2900, and email FEMA-DPA@fema.dhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 17:13 Aug 14, 2020 Jkt 250001 Background FEMA sought and received approval from the Attorney General, after consultation with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to begin consultation with the private sector, as required by Section 708(c)(2). Pursuant to that approval, on May 12, 2020, FEMA posted an announcement of a public meeting and request for comments to develop a Voluntary Agreement in the Federal Register (85 FR 28031). FEMA held a public meeting on May 21, 2020, and accepted public comments until June 5, 2020.3 FEMA received 34 public comments and considered these comments when preparing the Voluntary Agreement.4 The Attorney General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, made the required finding that the purpose of the voluntary agreement may not reasonably be achieved through an agreement having less anticompetitive effect or without any voluntary agreement. Pursuant to Sec. 708(f)(1)(B) of the Defense Production Act, the Department of 1 77 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Sep<11>2014 Authority Section 708 of the Defense Production Act (DPA), 50 U.S.C. 4558, allows the President to provide for the formation of voluntary agreements by the private sector to help provide for the national defense. This authority was delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security generally in section 401 of Executive Order 13603,1 ‘‘National Defense Resources Preparedness,’’ and specifically for response to COVID–19 in section 3 of Executive Order 13911,2 ‘‘Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID–19.’’ The Secretary of Homeland Security has delegated these authorities to the FEMA Administrator in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Delegation 09052 Rev. 00, ‘‘Delegation of Defense Production Act Authority to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,’’ (Jan. 3, 2017), and DHS Delegation 09052 Rev. 00.1, ‘‘Delegation of Defense Production Act Authority to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’ (Apr. 1, 2020), respectively. FR 16651 (Mar. 22, 2012). FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020). 3 The original comment period was extended to allow commentators additional time to respond. FEMA posted notices of extension to www.regulations.gov under the Docket ID for this notice, FEMA–2020–0016. 4 Available on www.regulations.gov under Docket ID for this notice. 2 85 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50035 Justice is separately publishing this finding in this issue of the Federal Register as a notice. The FEMA Administrator, as the Sponsor of the agreement, has certified in writing that the agreement is necessary to help provide for the national defense. Text of the Voluntary Agreement, Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary To Respond to a Pandemic Table of Contents Preface I. Purpose II. Authorities III. General Provisions A. Definitions B. Committee Participation C. Effective Date and Duration of Participation D. Withdrawal E. Plan of Action Activation and Deactivation F. Rules and Regulations G. Modification and Amendment H. Expenses I. Record Keeping IV. Antitrust Defense V. Terms and Conditions A. Plan of Action Execution B. Information Management and Responsibilities C. Oversight VI. Establishment of the Committee VII. Application and Agreement VIII. Assignment Voluntary Agreement, Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary To Respond to a Pandemic Preface Pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA), as amended (50 U.S.C. 4558), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator (Administrator), after consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Attorney General of the United States (Attorney General), and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has developed this Voluntary Agreement (Agreement). This Agreement is intended to maximize the effectiveness of the manufacture and distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources nationwide to respond to a pandemic by establishing unity of effort between the Participants and the Federal Government for integrated coordination, planning, information sharing with FEMA, and allocation and distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources. The activities contemplated by this Agreement are limited to those necessary to respond to a Pandemic, at the sole determination of FEMA. This Agreement affords Participants defenses E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 159 (Monday, August 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50034-50035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17853]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of 
Closed Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of the following meeting.
    The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 
U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could 
disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as 
patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals 
associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Emergency Awards: Rapid 
Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 
(SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    Date: August 27, 2020.

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    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
    Place: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70 
Rockville, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Mohammed S. Aiyegbo, Ph.D., Scientific Review 
Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural 
Activities, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health. 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70 
Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 761-7106, [email protected].
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, 
Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes 
of Health, HHS)

    Dated: August 11, 2020.
Tyeshia M. Roberson,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 2020-17853 Filed 8-14-20; 8:45 am]
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