Department of Health and Human Services July 12, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for FDA staff entitled ``FDA Oversight of Food Products Covered by Systems Recognition Arrangements.'' This draft guidance provides recommendations related to the FDA's regulatory oversight activities for food products imported from countries whose food safety systems the FDA has recognized in Systems Recognition Arrangements (SRAs).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms. This data collection permits claimants under EEOICPA to provide information potentially useful in reconstructing radiation doses, and to confirm that they have no further information to submit.

ACF, ORR, announces the issuance of one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to BCFS HHS, San Antonio, Texas in the amount of up to $475,868,102. ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for potential increases in apprehensions of UAC at the Southwest Border. Planning for increased shelter capacity is a prudent step to ensure that ORR is able to meet its responsibility, by law, to provide shelter for UAC referred to its care by the Department of Homeland Security. To ensure sufficient capacity to provide shelter to UAC referred to HHS, ORR is requesting that BCFS HHS continue the use of up to 1008 hard-sided beds at Carrizo Springs, Texas.

As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force (Task Force) will hold a virtual meeting on July 30, 2021. The purpose of this meeting is to consider interim recommendations addressing future pandemic preparedness, mitigation, and resilience needed to ensure equitable response and recovery in communities of color and other underserved populations. This meeting is open to the public and will be live- streamed at www.hhs.gov/live. Information about the meeting will be posted on the HHS Office of Minority Health website: www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/healthequitytaskforce/ prior to the meeting.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection requirements relating to a Grantee Survey and a Local Implementation Organization Survey that will be used by ACL to evaluate the fidelity with which ACL and its grantee organizations, under the Older Americans Act, implement the required evidence-based programs.

The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (ICCFASD) is developing an updated strategic plan to guide its efforts over the next five years. As sponsor and chair of the ICCFASD, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will be issuing a Request for Information to seek comments on the draft outline of the ICCFASD's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan from diverse stakeholders, including scientific experts, health care providers, patients and family members, advocacy groups, other federal agencies, and non-governmental scientific, professional, and healthcare organizations.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC, announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space available. The are 200 spaces for the audio conference and computer lines combined. The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact person below. Written comments received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting. The public is also welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining a teleconference line and/or computer connection (information below).

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), an institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive, sublicensable patent license to Yeda Research & Development Co, Ltd (``YEDA''), the technology transfer company of the Weizmann Institute of Science, a non-profit research institution located in Rehovot, Israel for NCI's rights to the patent applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a revised final guidance for industry entitled ``Submission of Plans for Cigarette Packages and Cigarette Advertisements (Revised).'' This is a revision to the third edition of this final guidance, which issued in February 2021, and is intended to assist those required to submit cigarette plans for cigarette packages and cigarette advertisements by providing content, timing, and other recommendations related to those submissions. FDA is revising this guidance to reflect the May 21, 2021, court order that postponed the effective date of the final rule entitled ``Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements'' to July 13, 2022. Pursuant to the court order, this revised guidance strongly encourages entities to submit cigarette plans to FDA as soon as possible after publication of the final rule, and in any event, by the recommended submission date, which is currently September 13, 2021.