7234 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 32 / Tuesday, February 18, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of National AIDS Policy; Notice

of Meeting of the Presidential Advisory

Council on HIV/AIDS and its

Subcommittees

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of the meeting of

the Presidential Advisory Council on

HIV/AIDS on April 5–8, 1997, at the

Madison Hotel, Washington, D.C. The

meeting of the Presidential Advisory

Council on HIV/AIDS will take place on

Saturday, April 5, Sunday April 6,

Monday, April 7 and Tuesday, April 8

from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Madison

Hotel, 1177 15th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20005. The meetings

will be open to the public.

The purpose of the subcommittee

meetings will be to finalize

recommendations and assess the status

of previous recommendations made to

the Administration. The agenda of the

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/

AIDS will include presentations from

the Council’s five committees, Research,

Services, Prevention, Discrimination

and Prison Issues.

Daniel C. Montoya, Office of National

AIDS Policy, 750 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Phone (202)

632–1090, Fax (202) 632–1096, will

furnish the meeting agenda and roster of

committee members upon request. Any

individual who requires special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact

Kimberly Farrell at (301) 986–4870 no

later than March 28.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Daniel C. Montoya,

Office of National AIDS Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–3825 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3195–01–M

Meeting of the National Bioethics

Advisory Commission (NBAC), Human

Subjects Subcommittee

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is given of the third meeting of the

subcommittee on the protection of

human subjects of the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission. The

subcommittee members will continue

addressing the protection of the rights

and welfare of human subjects in

research. The meeting is open to the

public and opportunities for statements

by the public will be provided.

DATE: Monday, February 24, 1997, 8:00

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The subcommittee will meet

at the Holiday Inn Bethesda, 8120

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD

20814, in the Versailles I Room, at the

Mezzanine level.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

President established the National

Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)

by Executive Order 12975 on October 3,

1995. The mission of the NBAC is to

advise and make recommendations to

the National Science and Technology

Council and other entities on bioethical

issues arising from the research on

human biology and behavior, and in the

applications of that research including

clinical applications.

Tentative Agenda

The subcommittee will continue

discussion of current approaches to the

protection of human subjects by Federal

agencies; special protections in research

on cognitively impaired subjects;

possible topics for further analysis,

including the concept of vulnerability,

community, and the changing context

and paradigm of research; and other

related issues.

Public Participation

The meeting is open to the public

with attendance limited by the

availability of space. Members of the

public who wish to present oral

statements should contact the Deputy

Executive Director of the NBAC by

telephone, fax machine, or mail as

shown below as soon as possible, prior

to the meeting. The Chair of the

subcommittee will reserve time for

presentations by persons requesting an

opportunity to speak. The order of

speakers will be assigned on a first

come, first serve basis. Individuals

unable to make oral presentations are

encouraged to mail or fax their

comments to the NBAC at least two

business days prior to the meeting for

distribution to the subcommittee

members and inclusion in the record.

Persons needing special assistance,

such as sign language interpretation or

other special accommodations, should

contact NBAC staff at the address or

telephone number listed below as soon

as possible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr, National

Bioethics Advisory Commission, MSC–

7508, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite

3C01, Rockville, Maryland 20892–7508,

telephone 301–402–4242, fax number

301–480–6900.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr,

Deputy Executive Director, National Bioethics

Advisory Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–3862 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

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Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research

Nominations of Topics for Evidencebased Practice Centers (EPCs);

Extension for Submission of Topic

Nominations

The Agency for Health Care Policy

and Research is extending the time of

submission for nominations of topics to

March 24, 1997. This notice was

published in the Federal Register on

December 23, 1996 (61 FR 67554–

67556).

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Clifton R. Gaus,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–3920 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement Number 722]

Intervention Studies for Construction

Safety and Health; Availability of

Funds for Fiscal Year 1997

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), announces that applications

are being accepted for intervention

projects relating to occupational safety

and health in the construction industry.

Such projects are intended to develop

and evaluate the effectiveness of

methods or approaches for preventing

illnesses and injuries among

construction workers. Thus, this

announcement is not intended for

traditional hypothesis-testing research

projects to identify and investigate the

relationships between health outcomes

and occupational exposures to

hazardous agents.

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

area of ‘‘Occupational Safety and

Health.’’ (For ordering a copy of

‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ see the section