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‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs,’’ and 45 CFR Part 100,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Program and Activities.’’ Under

the Order, States may design their own

processes for reviewing and

commenting on proposed Federal

assistance under covered programs.

Note: State/territory participation in the

intergovernmental review process does not

signify applicant eligibility for financial

assistance under a program. A potential

applicant must meet the eligibility

requirements of the program for which it is

applying prior to submitting an application

to its SPOC, if applicable, or to ACF.

The following jurisdictions have

elected not to participate in the

Executive Order process: Alabama,

Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii,

Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota,

Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New

York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,

Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee,

Vermont, Virginia, Washington,

American Samoa and Palau. Applicants

from these jurisdictions or for projects

administered by federally-recognized

Indian Tribes need take no action in

regard to E.O. 12372. Although the

jurisidictions listed above no longer

participate in the process, entities

which have met the eligibility

requirements of the program are still

eligible to apply for a grant even if a

State, Territory, Commonwealth, etc.

does not have a SPOC. All remaining

jurisdictions participate in the

Executive Order process and have

established SPOCs. Applicants from

participating jurisdictions should

contact their SPOC as soon as possible

to alert them of the prospective

applications and receive instructions .

Applicants must submit any required

material to the SPOCs as soon as

possible so that the program office can

obtain and review SPOC comments as

part of the award process. The applicant

must submit all required materials, if

any, to the SPOC and indicate the date

of this submittal (or the date of contact

if no submittal is required) on the

Standard Form 424, item 16a.

Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has

60 days from the application deadline to

comment on proposed new or

competing continuation awards.

SPOCs are encouraged to eliminate

the submission of routine endorsements

as official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to

clearly differentiate between mere

advisory comments and those offical

State process recommendations which

may trigger the ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ rule. A list of the Single State

Point of Contacts for each State and

Territory can be found on the following

website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

omb/grants/spoc.html.

When comments are submitted

directly to ACF, they should be

addressed to: William Wilson, Head

Start Bureau, Office of Grants

Management, 330 C. Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20447. ATTN: Early

Childhood Higher Education Faculty

Initiative

Reminder: In order to satisfactorily

compete under this announcement, it

will be necessary for potential

applicants to read the full

announcement which is available

through the Head Start Bureau’s

website: www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/

hsb/announce/index.html. Mail

applications to: ACYF Operations

Center, Attention: Early Childhood

Higher Education Faculty Initiative,

1815 North Fort Myers Drive, Suite 300,

Arlington, VA 22209 (1–800–351–2293).

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Patricia Montoya,

Commissioner, Administration on Children,

Youth and Families.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Medical Child Support Working Group

AGENCY: Administration for Children

and Families, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), notice is given of the date for

the ninth meeting of the Medical Child

Support Working Group (MCSWG). The

Medical Child Support Working Group

was jointly established by the

Secretaries of the Department of Labor

(DOL) and the Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS) under section

401(a) of the Child Support Performance

and Incentive Act of 1998. The purpose

of the MCSWG is to identify the

impediments to the effective

enforcement of medical support by State

child support enforcement agencies, and

to submit to the Secretaries of DOL and

DHHS a report containing

recommendations for appropriate

measures to address those impediments.

DATES: The ninth meeting of the

MCSWG will be held on Thursday, June

8, 2000, from 10:30 pm to

approximately 12:30 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the sixth floor conference room of the

Aerospace Building, 901 D Street, SW,

Washington, DC. All interested parties

are invited to attend this public

meeting. Seating may be limited and

will be available on a first-come, firstserve basis. Persons needing special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other special

accommodation, should contact the

Executive Director of the Medical Child

Support Working Group, Office of Child

Support Enforcement, at the address

listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Samara Weinstein, Executive Director,

Medical Child Support Working Group,

Office of Child Support Enforcement,

Fourth Floor East, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447

(telephone (202) 401–6953; fax (202)

401–5559; e-mail:

sweinstein@acf.dhhs.fov). These are not

toll-free numbers. The date, location

and time for subsequent MCSWG

meetings will be announced in advance

in the Federal Register. However, it is

expected this will be the last meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5

U.S.C. Appendix 2) (FACA), notice is

given of meetings of the Medical Child

Support Working Group (MCSWG). The

Medical Child Support Working Group

was jointly established by the

Secretaries of the Department of Labor

(DOL) and the Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS) under section

401(a) of the Child Support Performance

and Incentive Act of 1998 (P.L. 105–

200).

The purpose of the MCSWG is to

identify the impediments to the

effective enforcement of medical

support by State child support

enforcement agencies, and to submit to

the Secretaries of DOL and DHHS a

report containing recommendations for

appropriate measures to address those

impediments. This report will include:

(1) Recommendations based on

assessments of the form and content of

the National Medical Support Notice, as

issued under proposed regulation; (2)

appropriate measures that establish the

priority of withholding of child support

obligations, medical support

obligations, arrearages in such

obligations, and in the case of a medical

support obligation, the employee’s

portion of any health care coverage

premium, by such State agencies in light

of the restrictions on garnishment

provided under title III of the Consumer

Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1671–

1677); (3) appropriate procedures for

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coordinating the provision,

enforcement, and transition of health

care coverage under the State programs

for child support, Medicaid and the

Child Health Insurance Program; (4)

appropriate measures to improve the

availability of alternate types of medical

support that are aside from health care

coverage offered through the

noncustodial parent’s health plan, and

unrelated to the noncustodial parent’s

employer, including measures that

establish a noncustodial parent’s

responsibility to share the cost of

premiums, co-payments, deductibles, or

payments for services not covered under

a child’s existing health coverage; (5)

recommendations on whether

reasonable cost should remain a

consideration under section 452(f) of the

Social Security Act; and (6) appropriate

measures for eliminating any other

impediments to the effective

enforcement of medical support orders

that the MCSWG deems necessary.

The membership of the MCSWG was

jointly appointed by the Secretaries of

DOL and DHHS, and includes

representatives of: (1) DOL; (2)DHHS;

(3) State Child Support Enforcement

Directors; (4) State Medicaid Directors;

(5) employers, including owners of

small businesses and their trade and

industry representatives and certified

human resource and payroll

professionals; (6) plan administrators

and plan sponsors of group health plans

(as defined in section 607(1) of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(1)); (7)

children potentially eligible for medical

support, such as child advocacy

organizations; (8) State medical child

support organizations; and (9)

organizations representing State child

support programs.

Agenda: The agenda for this meeting

includes review approval of the

MCSWG’s report to the Secretaries

containing recommendations for

appropriate measures to address the

impediments to the effective

enforcement of medical child support as

listed above. At the May, 1999 meeting,

the MCSWG formed four (4) subcommittees to discuss barriers, issues,

options, and recommendations in the

interim between full MCSWG meetings.

At the next three meetings (August,

1999, October, 1999, and November,

1999), the sub-committees presented

their draft recommendations to the full

MCSWG for further discussion and

consideration. At the January, 2000

meeting, the MCSWG discussed the

recommendations to be contained in the

report to the Secretaries. At the March,

2000 meeting, the MCSWG reviewed for

approval the draft report. At this

meeting, the MCSWG will review and

approve the final report.

Public participation: Members of the

public wishing to present oral

statements to the MSCWG should

forward their requests to Samara

Weinstein, MCSWG Executive Director,

as soon as possible and at least four

days before the meeting. Such request

should be made by telephone, fax

machine, or mail, as shown above. Time

permitting, the Chairs of the MCSWG

will attempt to accommodate all such

requests by reserving time for

presentations. The order of persons

making such presentations will be

assigned in the order in which the

requests are received. Members of the

public are encouraged to limit oral

statements to five minutes, but extended

written statements may be submitted for

the record. Members of the public also

may submit written statements for

distribution to the MCSWG membership

and inclusion in the public record

without presenting oral statements.

Such written statements should be sent

to the MCSWG Executive Director, as

shown above, by mail or fax at least five

business days before the meeting.

Minutes of all public meetings and

other documents made available to the

MCSWG will be available for public

inspection and copying at both the DOL

and the DHHS. At DHHS, these

documents will be available at the

MCSWG Executive Director’s Office,

Office of Child Support Enforcement

(OCSE), Administration for Children

and Families, U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, Aerospace

Building, Fourth Floor-East, 370

L’Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington,

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

Questions regarding the availability of

documents from DHHS should be

directed to Andrew J. Hagan, OCSE

(telephone (202) 401–5375). This is not

a toll-free number. Any written

comments on the minutes should be

directed to Ms. Samara Weinstein,

Executive Director of the Working

Group, as shown above.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Frank Fuentes,

Deputy Commissioner, Office of Child

Support Enforcement.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00N–1200]

Dietary Supplements Containing

Ephedrine Alkaloids; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension

of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is extending to

July 3, 2000, the comment period for a

notice published in the Federal Register

of April 3, 2000, that announced the

availability of new adverse event reports

(AER’s) and related information

concerning dietary supplements

containing ephedrine alkaloids. This

action is being taken in response to

requests for more time to submit

comments to FDA.

DATES: Submit written comments on the

notice of availability by July 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.

1061, Rockville, MD 20852, or via email to ‘‘FDADockets@oc.fda.gov’’.

Comments are to be identified with the

docket number found in brackets in the

heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marquita B. Steadman, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HF–26),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

301–827–6733.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Extension of Comment Period

In the Federal Register of April 3,

2000 (64 FR 17510), FDA published a

notice announcing a new public docket

that makes available new adverse event

reports and related information

concerning dietary supplements

containing ephedrine alkaloids. The

Federal Register notice also announced

FDA’s intent to participate in a public

forum to address safety information on

such products.

Since publication of the April 3, 2000,

Federal Register notice, FDA has

received requests, both oral and written,

to allow additional time for interested

persons to comment. FDA believes that

an extension of the comment period for

an additional 45 days, until July 3, 2000,

would be appropriate, in light of the

amount of data FDA made publicly

available on April 3, 2000. This

extension will provide the public with