Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Notices 52131

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, or Parcellena P.

Fielding, Contact Representatives,

Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of

Competition, Room 303, Washington,

DC 20580 (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26388 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Appointments to the Medicare

Payment Advisory Commission

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice of appointments.

SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of

1997 establishes the Medicare Payment

Advisory Commission, with members to

be appointed by the Comptroller

General. This notice announces the

appointment and terms of the initial

members, and the designation of the

chairman and vice chairman, of the

Commission.

DATES: Appointments effective October

1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The General Accounting

Office is at 441 G St. NW., Washington,

DC, 20548. The Office of the Chairman

of the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission will be at 2120 L St. NW.,

Washington, DC, 20037–1527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General Accounting Office: Walter S.

Ochinko, 202–512–7157. Medicare

Payment Advisory Commission: Lauren

LeRoy, 202–653–7220, or Don Young,

202–401–8986.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1805 of the Social Security Act, as

added by section 4022 of the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33, 111

Stat. 251, 350) provided for creation of

the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission, comprising 15 members

appointed by the Comptroller General.

The Comptroller General is to designate

one member as chairman and one

member as vice chairman. Members

serve 3-year terms, except that the

Comptroller General is to establish

staggered terms for the members first

appointed.

The appointments, to be effective

October 1, 1997, are: Gail R. Wilensky,

Chair; Joseph P. Newhouse, Vice Chair;

P. William Curreri, M.D.; Anne B.

Jackson; Spencer Johnson; Peter

Kemper; Judith R. Lave; Donald T.

Lewers, M.D.; Hugh W. Long, William

A. MacBain; Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.,

M.D.; Janet G. Newport; Alice F.

Rosenblatt; John W. Rowe, M.D.; and

Gerald M. Shea.

The following members will serve 1-

year terms, to expire September 30,

1998: P. William Curreri, Anne B.

Jackson, Spencer Johnson, Donald T.

Lewers, M.D., and Janet G. Newport.

The following members will serve 2-

year terms, to expire September 30,

1999: Peter Kemper, Judith R. Lave,

Hugh W. Long, William A. MacBain,

and Gerald M. Shea. The following

members will serve 3-year terms, to

expire September 30, 2000: Gail R

Wilensky, Joseph P. Newhouse,

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D., Alice F.

Rosenblatt, and John W. Rowe, M.D.

Subsequent appointments will be for 3

years.

James F. Hinchman,

Acting Comptroller General of the United

States.

[FR Doc. 97–26449 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1610–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Responsibilities of Awardees and

Applicant Institutions for Reporting

Possible Misconduct in Science (42 CFR

Part 50 and PHS 6349)—0937–0198—

Revision—As required by Section 493 of

the Public Health Service Act, the

Secretary by regulation shall require

that applicant and awardee institutions

receiving PHS funds must investigate

and report instances of alleged or

apparent misconduct in science.

Respondents: State or local

governments; Businesses or other forprofit; Non-profit institutions—

Reporting Burden Information—Number

of Respondents: 3607; Number of

Annual Responses: 3,700; Average

Burden per Response: 29.85 minutes;

Total Reporting Burden: 1,841 hours—

Disclosure Burden Information—

Number of Respondents: 3,607; Number

of Annual Responses: 3,667; Average

Burden per Response: 30 minutes; Total

Disclosure Burden: 1,834 hours—

Recordkeeping Burden Information—

Number of Respondents: 40; Number of

Annual Responses: 140; Average Burden

per Response: 7.03 hours; Total

Recordkeeping Burden: 984 hours—

Total Burden—4,659 hours. OMB Desk

Officer: Allison Eydt

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling the OS Reports Clearance

Officer on (202) 690–6207. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above at the following

address: Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Comments may also be sent to

Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 503H,

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.

Written comments should be received

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97–26347 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research

Agency information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Policy

and Research, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research’s. (AHCPR) intention to

request the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) to allow a proposed

information collection of the ‘‘Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance

Component (MEPS–IC) for 1998 and

1999.’’ In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),

AHCPR invites the public to comment

on this proposed information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Ruth A. Celtnieks,

Reports Clearance Officer, AHCPR, 2101

East Jefferson Street, Suite 500,

Rockville, MD 20852–4908