37796 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 117 / Friday, June 16, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Native American Research Centers for

Health; Intent to Fund Competitive

Grants

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund

competitive grants for Native American

research centers for health.

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service

(IHS) in association with the National

Institute of General Medical Sciences

(NIGMS), National Institutes of Health,

announces the intent to fund

competitive grants to establish

American Indian/Alaska Native research

centers in fiscal year (FY) 2001.

This new grant program is titled

Native American Research Centers for

Health (NARCH). It is authorized under

section 301(a) of the Public Health

Service Act and described at Catalog of

Federal Assistance #93.933.

Intent of Notice: The intent of this

notice is to alert potential tribal and

area/national Indian health applicants

of the program and to encourage them

to identify and to develop partnerships

with academic research centers and

universities in preparation for applying

for a grant.

The IHS and NIGMS plan to hold

technical assistance and information

sharing workshops about this grant

program in July and August 2000. You

should contact Dr. William Freeman at

the location below for information on

dates and locations of these workshops.

It is anticipated that the program

announcement and application

guidelines will be available for

distribution in mid-July 2000 with an

application receipt deadline of

December 12, 2000. Application packets

will be distributed directly to eligible

organizations, i.e., Tribal Chairmen;

Directors of tribal health departments,

and Executive Directors of Indian health

organizations.

Purposes: The purposes of the centers

are: to encourage competitive research

on well-defined diseases and health

conditions of importance for American

Indians; to develop and evaluate

interventions to reduce health

disparities and to enhance the strengths

and resiliencies of Native communities

and individuals; to develop a cadre of

American Indian scientists and health

professionals engaged in biomedical,

clinical, and behavioral research that is

competitive for NIH funding; and to

increase the capacity of both the

research intensive organizations and the

Indian organizations to work in

partnership to produce competitive

research.

Eligibility: Federally recognized

tribes, tribal consortia, and area/national

non-profit Indian health organizations

that are sanctioned by tribal

governments are eligible to apply for

this grant award, with collaborations

with academic research centers and

universities required. Each center shall

have a governing board predominately

composed of tribal representatives that

will be responsible for determining the

research priorities in consultation with

the tribal and Indian communities

involved.

Funding Availability: It is anticipated

the $1.5 million will be available for

award of up to five grants in FY 2001,

with this amount available for each

succeeding year through FY 2004.

Award of grants is subject to the

availability of funds. Awards will be

issued with one-year budget periods

with total project periods of up to four

years, renewable annually.

Applicants under this program are

encouraged to seek additional funding

from other sources (university, tribal,

private foundation, etc.) to augment

monies available from the IHS.

Contacts for Information: If you have

questions regarding this program, you

may contact the following:

Program Information

William L. Freeman, MD, MPH,

Research Program, Indian Health

Service, Twinbrook Metro Plaza,

Room 450, 12300 Twinbrook

Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 29852,

Telephone: (301) 443–0578, FAX:

(301) 443–7538, Email:

wfreeman@HQE.ihs.gov

Grants (Business) Information

Patricia SpottedHorse, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Twinbrook

Metro Plaza, Suite 100, 123

Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville,

Maryland 20852, Telephone: (301)

443–5204, FAX: (301) 443–9602

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Michel E. Lincoln,

Acting Director.

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BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4557–N–24]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clifford Taffet, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7262,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs

Assistance Programs.

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BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of the Draft

Sonora Tiger Salamander Recovery

Plan for Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Document

Availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service announces the availability for

public review of a draft Recovery Plan

for the Sonora tiger salamander