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amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings 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; Preclinical Services for the 

Development of Biopharmaceutical Products 

for Infectious Diseases. 

Date: May 11, 2011. 

Time: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6610 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Yong Gao, PhD, Scientific 

Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, 

DHHS/NIH/NIAID, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

Room 3246, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–443– 

8115, gaol2@niaid.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 

Emphasis Panel; Immune Response to Viral 

Infections. 

Date: May 12, 2011. 

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6700B 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817. 

(Telephone Conference Call.) 

Contact Person: Richard W. Morris, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Program, DEA/NIAID/NIH/DHHS, Room 

2217, 6700–B Rockledge Drive, MSC–7616, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–7616, 301–496–2550, 

rmorris@niaid.nih.gov. 

(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: April 12, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9322 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

Director’s Council of Public 

Representatives. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public, with attendance limited to space 

available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

Name of Committee: Director’s Council of 

Public Representatives. 

Date: May 6, 2011. 

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: The Council will discuss issues 

related to how best to gather input from the 

public as well as how COPR can assist in 

promoting K–12 education. Further 

information will be available on the COPR 

Web site. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, Conference Room 6, 31 Center 

Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Sheria Washington, 

Executive Secretary/Outreach Program 

Specialist, Office of Communications and 

Public Liaison, Office of the Director, 

National Institutes of Health, 1 Center Drive, 

Room 331, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–594– 

4837, Sheria.Washington@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. 

In the interest of security, NIH has 

instituted stringent procedures for entrance 

onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 

including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles 

will be inspected before being allowed on 

campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 

form of identification (for example, a 

government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, 

or passport) and to state the purpose of their 

visit. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// 

www.copr.nih.gov, where an agenda and any 

additional information for the meeting will 

be posted when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research 

Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research 

Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, 

Loan Repayment Program for Research 

Generally; 93.39, Academic Research 

Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan 

Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program for Individuals from 

Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS.) 

Dated: April 12, 2011. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9320 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[DHS Docket No. DHS–2009–0032] 

Guidance to Federal Financial 

Assistance Recipients Regarding Title 

VI Prohibition Against National Origin 

Discrimination Affecting Limited 

English Proficient Persons 

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights and Civil 

Liberties, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; final policy guidance. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security is finalizing guidance to 

recipients of Federal financial assistance 

regarding Title VI’s prohibition against 

national origin discrimination affecting 

persons with limited English proficient 

persons. This guidance is issued 

pursuant to Executive Order 13166 and 

is consistent with government-wide 

guidance previously issued by the 

Department of Justice. 

DATES: This guidance is effective May 

18, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebekah Tosado, Senior Advisor to the 

Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 

Liberties, Office for Civil Rights and 

Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland 

Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW., 

Building 410, Washington, DC 20528, 

Mail Stop 0190. Toll free: 1–866–644– 

8360 or TTY 1–866–644–8361. Local: 

202–401–1474 or TTY: 202–401–0470. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 13166 directs each Federal agency 

that extends assistance subject to the 

requirements of Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d, et 

seq., to publish guidance for its 

respective recipients clarifying that 

obligation. Executive Order 13166, 

Improving Access to Services for 

Persons with Limited English 

Proficiency, 65 FR 50121 (August 11, 

2000). Executive Order 13166 further 

directs that all such guidance 

documents be consistent with the 

compliance standards and framework 

detailed by the Department of Justice 

(DOJ). See Enforcement of Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964—National 

Origin Discrimination Against Persons 

with Limited English Proficiency, 65 FR 

50123 (August 16, 2000) (DOJ Agency 

LEP Guidance). 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) adopts guidance that 

adheres to the Government-wide 

compliance standards and framework 

detailed in the DOJ Agency LEP 

Guidance and in the DOJ’s own 

guidance to its financial assistance 

recipients. Guidance to Federal 

Financial Assistance Recipients 


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