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VI. Impact Statement

HCFA has examined the impact of

this notice as required by Executive

Order 12866. Executive Order 12866

directs agencies to assess all costs and

benefits of available regulatory

alternatives and, when rules are

necessary, to select regulatory

approaches that maximize net benefits

(including potential economic

environments, public health and safety,

other advantages, distributive impacts,

and equity). We believe that this notice

is consistent with the regulatory

philosophy and principles identified in

the Executive Order.

This notice merely provides advance

notification of the reserved FY 1998

State allotments available to provide

Federal funding to individual States,

Commonwealths, and Territories for

expenditures in the new Children’s

Health Insurance Program and the

assumption and methodology that

HCFA used to determine these reserved

allotments. The formula for State

allotments is specified in the statute.

This notice by itself has no economic

impact. Final allotments will be

calculated using the statutory formula

and may vary from these reserved

amounts depending upon the number of

States that submit approved State plans

under title XXI. (As noted above, the

allotment process will be set forth in

more detail in future rule making.)

We believe this notice will have an

overall positive impact by informing

States of the extent to which they will

be permitted to expend funds under

approved State child health plans in FY

1998. States will be able to conduct

advance planning necessary for

implementation of the State Child

Health Insurance Program if they

choose, beginning October 1, 1997.

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, this notice was

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

(Section 1102 of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1302)

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Request for Nominations of

Candidates To Serve on the National

Vaccine Advisory Committee,

Department of Health and Human

Services

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

soliciting nominations for possible

membership on the National Vaccine

Advisory Committee (NVAC). This

committee studies and recommends

ways to encourage the availability of an

adequate supply of safe and effective

vaccination products in the States;

recommends research priorities and

other measures the Director of the

National Vaccine Program should take

to enhance the safety and efficacy of

vaccines; advises the Director of the

Program in the implementation of

sections 2102, 2103, and 2104, of the

PHS Act; and identifies annually, for the

Director of the Program, the most

important areas of government and nongovernment cooperation that should be

considered in implementing sections

2102, 2103, and 2104, of the PHS Act.

Nominations are being sought for

individuals engaged in vaccine research

or the manufacture of vaccines or who

are physicians, members of parent

organizations concerned with

immunizations, or representatives of

State or local health agencies or public

health organizations. Federal employees

will not be considered for membership.

Members may be invited to serve a fouryear term.

Close attention will be given to

minority and female representation;

therefore nominations from these groups

are encouraged.

The following information is

requested: name, affiliation, address,

telephone number, and a current

curriculum vitae. Nominations should

be sent, in writing, and postmarked by

September 26, 1997, to: Felecia D.

Pearson, Committee Management

Specialist, NVAC, National Vaccine

Program Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton

Road, NE, M/S D50, Atlanta, Georgia

30333. Telephone and facsimile

submissions cannot be accepted.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Supplement to the Cooperative

Agreement With the National

Association of State Alcohol and Drug

Abuse Directors, Inc.

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a revision to a

previous Federal Register Notice

regarding a planned single source

supplemental award.

SUMMARY: SAMHSA’s Federal Register

notice (Vol. 62, No. 133), dated July 11,

1997, regarding a planned single source

supplemental award is revised as

follows:

In the third paragraph, revise the first

sentence to read:

In view of the above considerations,

SAMHSA has determined that a

supplement to the existing cooperative

agreement is the most effective way to

assist the States by developing a

detailed inventory of prevention

activities, an inventory and analysis of

each State’s data capability, and a

project to further the development of

existing mentoring programs for youth

and build on the existing infrastructure

of mentoring programs throughout the

country.

Following the fifth paragraph add the

following:

The supplement related to mentoring

is intended to assist the States in

strengthening existing mentoring

programs for youth and building on the

existing infrastructure of mentoring

programs throughout the development

of Statewide mentoring initiatives. This

project is not intended to recreate or

compete with the mentoring network,

but rather to focus existing resources to

support, strengthen, promote and

enhance the ability of the current

mentoring network to accomplish its

goals. Experience has shown the

strength of mentoring in reducing

alcohol and drug use, teen pregnancy,

academic failure and gang participation

and its associated violent behavior.

Further, mentoring is a key prevention

strategy that can be implemented across

multiple service systems to target

specific problems that affect society.

This mentoring project is intended to

provide certain State alcohol and drug

agencies with the support and guidance

through training and technical

assistance to initiate and/or grow their

own Statewide mentoring initiatives,
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which will in turn support and guide

the State’s existing mentoring programs.

As a result of their participation in the

project, it is expected that these States

will become catalysts in a new paradigm

of prevention collaboration at the State

and community levels.

Availability of Funds: At the end of

the first sentence add: ‘‘and up to

$350,000 will be available for the

mentoring project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen G. Wing, SAMHSA Office of

Policy and Program Coordination, Room

12C–05, Parklawn Building (301–443–

0593). The mailing address is: 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4286–D–01]

Redelegation of Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Redelegation of authority.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the field

reorganization Revocation and

Redelegation of Authority for the Office

of Housing, published on December 6,

1994, at 59 FR 62739. In this notice, the

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner redelegates

nationwide authority to perform all

functions related to the Multifamily

Coinsurance Program, to the Director,

Multifamily Housing Division, in the

Greensboro, North Carolina field office.

Thus, the authority of the Director,

Multifamily Housing Division in the

Greensboro, North Carolina field office

is extended to include properties

located not only in the Greensboro

geographic area, but throughout the

nation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Harris, Acting Director,

Operations Division, Office of

Multifamily Asset Management and

Disposition, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

S.W., Room 6186, Washington, D.C.

20410, (Telephone No. (202) 708–0216),

(HUD’s TTY No. (202) 708–1455); or

Daniel A. McCanless, Multifamily

Housing Division Director, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

North Carolina State Office, Koger

Building, 2306 West Meadowview Road,

Greensboro, North Carolina, 27407–

3707, (Telephone No. (910) 547–4020),

(HUD North Carolina State Office’s TTY

No. (910) 547–4055). Persons with

hearing or speech impairments may also

utilize the Federal Information Relay

Service’s TTY Number at (800) 877–

8339. With the exception of the ‘‘800’’

number, all telephone and TTY

numbers listed are not toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

307 of the Housing and Community

Development Act of 1974 amended the

National Housing Act by adding a new

section 244, entitled ‘‘Coinsurance.’’ See

12 U.S.C. § 1715z–9. The Multifamily

Coinsurance Program was intended to

function as a joint venture between the

private and public sectors, in which

lenders and HUD would share mortgage

insurance risk, thereby providing an

alternative to traditional HUD full

insurance financing. The Multifamily

Coinsurance Program experienced an

unacceptably high level of loan defaults

and losses to the FHA General Insurance

Fund, and was ultimately terminated in

October of 1990. See 55 FR 41312,

published October 10, 1990.

In 1990, the Coinsurance Management

Division was established in the Office of

Multifamily Asset Management and

Disposition to provide oversight of the

coinsured and formerly coinsured (i.e.,

coinsured loans converted to full

insurance due to the failure of the

coinsuring lender) portfolios. In

September, 1995, with the decline of the

coinsured mortgage portfolio, the

Coinsurance Management Division was

abolished and the coinsurance

management workload was absorbed by

the Operations Division within the

Office of Multifamily Asset Management

and Disposition.

On December 6, 1994, at 59 FR 62739,

the Department published a Notice of

Revocation and Redelegation of

Authority which granted authority to

carry out the Multifamily Coinsurance

Program to various specified field

offices. That field reorganization

redelegation has been amended on

several occasions and remains in effect,

as amended.

Based upon a thorough analysis of the

coinsured and formerly coinsured

mortgage portfolio workload, in order to

best utilize its finite resources, and to

ensure that the Department is able to

most effectively service its coinsured

and formerly coinsured portfolio, the

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner has determined

to redelegate nationwide authority to

perform all functions related to the

Multifamily Coinsurance Program, to

the Director, Multifamily Housing

Division, in the Greensboro, North

Carolina field office.

Additionally, the coinsurance

regulations, at 24 CFR 251.3, 252.3 and

255.3, were revised to provide for the

conversion of individual coinsured

loans to full insurance, in conjunction

with either a full or partial claim

payment. See 61 FR 49036, published

September 17, 1996. Under this

revision, coinsuring lenders were given

the option of requesting that a coinsured

mortgage be converted to full insurance.

Under the coinsurance regulations, as

cited above, the Federal Housing

Commissioner has authority to endorse

such conversions from coinsurance to

full insurance. In this notice, the

Federal Housing Commissioner also

redelegates the authority to endorse

such requests, on a nationwide basis, to

the Director, Multifamily Housing

Division, in the Greensboro, North

Carolina field office.

Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary

for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner redelegages authority as

follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

The Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner

redelegates authority to the Director,

Multifamily Housing Division in the

Greensboro, North Carolina field office,

and modifies the field reorganization

Revocation and Redelegation of

Authority, published December 6, 1994

at 59 FR 62739, as follows:

1. The Director, Multifamily Housing

Division, Greensboro, North Carolina is

redelegated nationwide authority with

regard to the Multifamily Coinsurance

Program (Section 244 of the National

Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z–9).

2. The Director, Multifamily Housing

Division, Greensboro, North Carolina, is

redelegated the authority to perform all

functions on a nationwide basis relating

to the Multifamily Coinsurance

Program. This authority includes but is

not limited to performing the functions

relating to multifamily coinsurance that

are listed within the field reorganization

redelegation at 59 FR 62739; in

addition, with regard to the function

listed at B., III., (a), (iii), A., 24, 59 FR

62743, the Director is herein redelegated

the authority to execute second

mortgage documents without first

obtaining Headquarters approval of

partial payment of claims. Also, the

Director, Multifamily Housing Division,

Greensboro, North Carolina is herein

specifically redelegated the authority to

perform the function of endorsing