Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2004 / Notices 75315

1. FC Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas, 

and First Community Holdings of 

Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; 

to become bank holding companies by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of First Community Bank San 

Antonio, National Association, San 

Antonio, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, December 10, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–27480 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than January 10, 

2005.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs 

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106–2204:

1. GSB, MHC, Greenfield, 

Massachusetts; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of 

Greenfield Savings Bank, Greenfield, 

Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. The South Financial Group, Inc., 

Greenville, South Carolina; to merge 

with Pointe Financial Corporation, Boca 

Raton, Florida, and thereby indirectly 

acquire Pointe Bank, Boca Raton, 

Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 13, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–27577 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Appointments to the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group

ACTION: Notice of application period.

SUMMARY: The Comptroller General of 

the United States will appoint 14 

individuals, including a Chairperson, to 

serve as members of the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group as required by the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108–173). The 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

also serves as a member of the Working 

Group and is required by the MMA to 

establish the Working Group. This 

group will help lead a nationwide 

public discussion and debate on ways to 

improve the health care system and 

provide every American with the ability 

to obtain quality and affordable health 

care coverage. The Working Group will 

make recommendations to the President 

and the Congress. 

Individuals interested in serving for 

the two-year term may apply online by 

visiting 

http://citizenshealthcarewg.gao.gov.

Individuals unable to apply online may 

call 866–324–9219 (toll-free) to request 

an application form. The closing date 

for accepting applications will be 

January 14, 2005. The Comptroller 

General will announce his 

appointments by late February 2005. 

Closing Date: Applications must be 

postmarked by January 14, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

GAO 866–324–9219 (toll-free).

(Sec. 1014, Pub. L. 108–173, 117 Stat. 2066, 

2441)

David M. Walker, 

Comptroller General of the United States.

[FR Doc. 04–27482 Filed 12–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Human Research Protections

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given that the Secretary’s 

Advisory Committee on Human 

Research Protections (SACHRP) will 

hold its fifth meeting. The meeting will 

be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, January 31, 2005 from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, February 1, 

2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Radisson Hotel Old 

Town Alexandria, 901 North Fairfax 

Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Schwetz, D.V.M., Ph.D., 

Director, Office for Human Research 

Protections (OHRP), or Catherine 

Slatinshek, Executive Director, 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Human Research Protections, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 

200, Rockville, MD 20852; (301) 496–

7005; fax: (301) 496–0527; email 

address: sachrp@osophs.dhhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended, SACHRP was established to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Assistant Secretary for Health on issues 

and topics pertaining to or associated 

with the protection of human research 

subjects. 

On January 31, 2005, SACHRP will 

receive and discuss reports from its 

three subcommittees, the Subpart C 

subcommittee (HHS regulations and 

policies for research involving 

prisoners); the Subcommittee on 

Research Involving Children; and the 

newly formed Subpart A Subcommittee. 

The first two subcommittees were 

established by SACHRP at its meeting 

held on July 22, 2003, and the Subpart