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Performance Conditions, and 

Information on the Volunteers 

Sponsored for Deeming. Specifically, 

the application includes the following 

proposed changes: 

• Volunteers Sponsored for Deeming: 

A new question has been added to better 

assist health centers sponsoring VHPs 

who perform activities during declared 

emergencies. The question asks if the 

submitted application relates to services 

provided during a declared emergency. 

• Credentialing and Privileging: 

Language has been added to ensure 

grantees understand the 2-year 

requirement for credentialing and 

privileging. 

3. Application for Free Clinics To 

Sponsor Individuals for Deemed PHS 

Employment With Liability Protections 

Under the FTCA 

HRSA is proposing several changes to 

the content of the Applications for Free 

Clinics to Sponsor Individuals for 

Deemed PHS Employment with 

Liability Protections Under the FTCA, to 

be used for deeming sponsorship 

applications for CY 2024 and thereafter, 

to improve question clarity and clarify 

required documentation. Specifically, 

the application includes the following 

proposed changes: 

• In Section III, ‘‘Sponsoring Free 

Clinic Eligibility,’’ a note was added to 

clarify the non-profit status 

documentation requirements for free 

clinics; and 

• In Section VII, ‘‘Patient Visit Data,’’ 

clarifying language was added to ensure 

that free clinics provide precise and 

accurate data. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Deeming applications must 

address certain specified criteria 

required by law to be approved, and 

FTCA application forms are critical to 

HRSA’s deeming determination process. 

The application submissions provide 

HRSA with the information essential to 

evaluate the application and make a 

deeming determination. Moreover, the 

application information is also used to 

determine whether a site visit is 

appropriate to assess issues relating to 

quality of care and to determine 

technical assistance needs. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents 

include Health Center Program funding 

recipients seeking deemed PHS 

employee status for purposes of 

eligibility for liability protections, 

including FTCA coverage; Health Center 

Program funding recipients that have 

been deemed as PHS employees and 

that seek to sponsor VHPs for deemed 

PHS employee status for purposes of 

eligibility for liability protections, 

including FTCA coverage; and free 

clinics that seek to sponsor individuals 

for deemed PHS employee status for 

purposes of eligibility for liability 

protections, including FTCA coverage. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Application for Health Center Program Recipients for Deemed PHS Employment with Liability Protections Under the FTCA ............................... 1,160 1 1,160 2.5 2,900 

Application for Deemed Health Center Program Recipients to Sponsor 

Volunteer Health Professionals (VHPs) for Deemed PHS Employment 

with Liability Protections Under the FTCA ............................................... 1,156 3 3,468 2.0 6,936 

Application for Free Clinics to Sponsor Individuals for Deemed PHS Employment with Liability Protections Under the FTCA ............................... 374 3 1,122 2.0 2,244 

Total ...................................................................................................... 2,655 7 5,705 9 12,080 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Announcement of the Fourth Meeting 

of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention 

and Health Promotion, Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health (OASH); Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Food, Nutrition, 

and Consumer Services (FNCS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Departments of Health 

and Human Services and Agriculture 

announce the fourth meeting of the 2025 

Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

(Committee). This meeting will be open 

to the public virtually. 

DATES: The fourth Committee meeting 

will be held on January 19, 2024, from 

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

accessible online via livestream and 

recorded for later viewing. Registrants 

will receive the livestream information 

prior to the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Designated Federal Officer, 2025 Dietary 

Guidelines Advisory Committee, Janet 

M. de Jesus, MS, RD; Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 

Wootton Parkway, Suite 420, Rockville, 

MD 20852; Phone: 240–453–8266; Email 

DietaryGuidelines@hhs.gov. Additional 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority and Purpose: Under section 

301 of Public Law 101–445 (7 U.S.C. 

5341, the National Nutrition Monitoring 

and Related Research Act of 1990, Title 

III), the Secretaries of HHS and USDA 

are directed to publish the Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans jointly at least 

every five years. See 88 FR 3423, 

January 19, 2023, for notice of the first 

meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines 

Advisory Committee, the complete 

Authority and Purpose, and the 

Committee’s Task. The 2025 Dietary 

Guidelines Advisory Committee is 

formed and governed under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 

463, as amended (5 U.S.C., app). 

Purpose of the Meeting: The 

Committee will meet to provide 

subcommittee updates, including 

presentations by each subcommittee, 

and deliberation by the full Committee 

regarding progress made since the third 

public meeting, including protocol 

development, evidence review and 

synthesis, draft conclusion statements, 

and plans for future Committee work. 

Meeting Agendas: The agenda will be 

announced in advance of the meeting on 

DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

Meeting Registration: This Committee 

meeting is open to the public. The 

meeting will be accessible online via 

livestream and recorded for later 

viewing. Registration is required for the 

livestream. To register, go to 

DietaryGuidelines.gov and click on the 

link for ‘‘Meeting Registration.’’ 

Meeting materials for each meeting 

will be accessible at 

DietaryGuidelines.gov. Materials may be 

requested by email at 

DietaryGuidelines@hhs.gov. 

Public Comments: A call for written 

public comment to the Committee 

opened on January 19, 2023 and will 

remain open throughout the 

Committee’s deliberations. Written 

comments may be submitted at 

Regulations.gov (Document ID: HHS– 

OASH–2022–0021–0001). 

Paul Reed, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office 

of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Glioma, 

Multiple Sclerosis, and Neuroinflammation. 

Date: December 22, 2023. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Salma Asmat Quraishi, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (301) 594–0592, salma.quraishi@

nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: December 7, 2023. 

Melanie J. Pantoja, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed 

Meetings 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special 

Emphasis Panel; NINDS Clinician K Review. 

Date: January 9, 2024. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Virtual 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: William C. Benzing, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, 

NINDS/NIH, NSC, 6001 Executive Blvd., 

Rockville, MD 20852, 301–496–0660, 

benzingw@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special 

Emphasis Panel; HEAL Initiative: Team 

based research review meeting. 

Date: January 23, 2024. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Virtual 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: Abhignya Subedi, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, 

NINDS/NIH NSC, 6001 Executive Blvd., 

Rockville, MD 20852, 301–496–9223, 

abhi.subedi@nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special 

Emphasis Panel; Team-Research BRAIN 

Circuits U19 Review. 

Date: January 25–26, 2024. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Canopy by Hilton, 940 Rose Avenue, 

North Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Contact Person: Tatiana Pasternak, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, 

NINDS/NIH NSC, 6001 Executive Blvd., 

Rockville, MD 20852, 301–496–9223, 

tatiana.pasternak@nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special 

Emphasis Panel; HEAL Initiative: Biomarker 

applications review. 

Date: January 30, 2024. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 

cooperative agreement applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 


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