[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33504]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Cooperative Agreement With the National Academy of Sciences

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On behalf of the Public Health Service agencies (PHS), the 
Office of Public Health and Science has entered into a cooperative 
agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to provide core support 
for activities in a number of health areas, including health promotion 
and disease prevention; health care services; neuroscience and 
behavioral health; health sciences policy; food and nutrition; 
international health; radiation effects research; environmental studies 
and toxicology; and children, youth and families. The purpose of this 
cooperative agreement is to provide access to expertise regarding 
matters of interest to PHS, including independent advice on how complex 
issues might be defined and addressed in discrete studies and on 
planning to address the problems and issues identified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Oswald, Contract Specialist, 
Program Support Center, AOS/Division of Acquisition Management, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 5-101, Rockville, Maryland 20857, for information 
about this program, and Linda Meyers, Ph.D., Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, 
Room 738-G, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201, for 
programmatic technical assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Approximately $450,000 will be available in 
FY 1998 to support this project. This award was effective December 1, 
1997, for a 12-month budget period with a project period of 5 years. 
Funding estimates may vary and are subject to change. Continuation 
awards within the project period will be made if progress is 
satisfactory and funds are available.
    The PHS is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease 
prevention objectives of Healthy People 2000, an HHS-led national 
activity to reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the quality of 
life. This announcement is related to objectives in nearly all priority 
areas. (To order a copy of ``Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 
Revisions,'' contact the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954; Telephone 
(202) 512-1800; Internet address: <a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/
index.html">http://www.access.gpo.gov/
index.html</a>.)

Authority

    This program is authorized under Sections 301 and 1701 of the 
Public Health Act.

Smoke-free Workplace

    The PHS strongly encourages all funding recipients to provide a 
smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco products, 
and Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children's Act of 1994, prohibits 
smoking in certain facilities that receive Federal funds in which 
education, library, day care, health care, and early childhood 
development services are provided to the children.

Eligible Applicant

    Assistance was provided only to the National Academy of Sciences, 
Washington, D.C. No other applications were solicited. The National 
Academy of Sciences (NAS) is the only organization that has the ability 
to assemble such National scientific expertise in a range of health-
related fields to furnish independent advice and guidance of the 
highest quality with an unparalleled level of objectivity. This 
combination of advice and objectivity is a distinct asset to the PHS in 
carrying out its mission.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    A Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number is not required 
because the project is the only one funded in this activity.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    This application is not subject to Intergovernmental Review of 
Federal Programs as governed by Executive Order 12372.

Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements.

    Dated: December 17, 1997.
Susanne A. Stoiber,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion).
[FR Doc. 97-33504 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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