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developments, that are relevant to

transplantation.

II. Structure

The Committee shall consist of up to

20 members. The Secretary shall

appoint members, including the Chair,

from individuals knowledgeable in such

fields as health care public policy,

transplantation medicine and surgery,

non-physician transplant professions,

biostatistics, immunology, health

economics, epidemiology and bioethics

as well as representatives of transplant

candidates, transplant recipients, organ

donors, and family members. To the

extent practicable, Committee members

should represent the minority, gender

and geographic diversity of transplant

candidates, transplant recipients, organ

donors and family members served by

the OPTN. The Secretary may appoint

non-voting Ex-Officio members, or

designees of such officials, as the

Secretary deems necessary for the

Committee to effectively carry out its

function.

Subcommittees, composed of

members of the parent Committee, may

be established to perform specific

functions. The HHS Committee

Management Officer shall be notified

upon establishment of each standing

subcommittee and shall be provided

with information on its name,

membership, function, and estimated

frequency of meetings.

A member shall be appointed for a

term of 4 years, except that initially the

Secretary shall appoint a portion of the

members to terms of 1 year, 2 years, and

3 years. Members of the Committee may

serve after the expiration of their terms

until their successors have taken office.

Meetings shall be held not more than

3 times per year at the call of the Chair

with the advance approval of a Federal

Government official who shall also

approve the agenda. A Federal

Government official shall be present at

all meetings.

A vacancy on the Advisory

Committee shall be filled in the manner

in which the original appointment was

made and shall be subject to any

conditions that applied with respect to

the original appointment. An individual

chosen to fill a vacancy shall be

appointed for the remainder of the term

of the member replaced. The vacancy

shall not affect the power of the

remaining members to execute the

duties of the Committee.

All members of HRSA advisory

committees shall adhere to the conflict

of interest rules applicable to special

Government employees as such

employees are defined in 18 U.S.C.

section 202(a). These rules include

relevant provisions in 18 U.S.C. related

to criminal activity, Standards of Ethical

Conduct for Employees of the Executive

branch (5 CFR part 2635), and Executive

Order 12674 (as modified by Executive

Order 12731).

Management and support services

shall be provided by the Director,

Division of Transplantation, Office of

Special Programs, HRSA.

III. Compensation

Members shall be paid at a rate not to

exceed the daily equivalent of the rate

in effect for Executive level IV of the

Executive Schedule for each day they

are engaged in the performance of their

duties as members of the Committee.

Members shall receive per diem and

travel expenses as authorized by 5

U.S.C. 5703, as amended, for persons

employed intermittently in the

Government service. Members who are

officers or employees of the United

States shall not receive compensation

for service on the Committee.

IV. Nominations

HHS will consider nomination of all

qualified individuals with a view to

ensuring that the Committee includes

the areas of subject matter expertise

noted above (see ‘‘Structure’’).

Individuals may nominate themselves

or other individuals, and professional

associations and other organizations

may nominate individuals.

HHS has a strong interest in ensuring

that women, minority groups, and

physically challenged individuals are

adequately represented on the

Committee and, therefore, encourages

nominations of qualified candidates

from these groups. HHS also encourages

geographic diversity in the composition

of the Committee.

A nomination package should include

the following information for each

nominee: (1) A letter of nomination

stating the name, affiliation, and contact

information for the nominee, the basis

for the nomination (i.e., what specific

attributes recommend him/her for

service in this capacity), and the

nominee’s field(s) of expertise; (2) a

biographical sketch of the nominee and

a copy of his or her curriculum vitae;

and (3) the name, return address, and

daytime telephone number at which the

nominator can be contacted.

All nomination information should be

provided in a single, complete package

within 30 days of the publication of this

notice. All nominations for membership

should be sent to the Director at the

address provided above.

Dated: September 11, 2000.

Claude Earl Fox,

Administrator, Health Resources and Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–25000 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning

opportunity for public comment on

proposed collections of information, the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects. To request more information

on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the information collection

plans, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–7978.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collections of information

are necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Community Mental

Health Services Block Grant Application

Guidance and Instructions, FY 2002–

2004—(OMB No. 0930–0168,

Revision)—Sections 1911 through 1920

of the Public Health Service Act (42

U.S.C. 300x through 300x–9) provide for

annual allotments to assist States to

establish or expand an organized,

community-based system of care for

adults with serious mental illness and

children with serious emotional

disturbances. Under the provisions of

the law, States may receive allotments

only after an application is submitted

and approved by the Secretary of the

Department of Health and Human

Services.

For the Federal fiscal year 2002–2004

Community Mental Health Services

Block Grant application cycles,

SAMHSA will provide States with

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revised application guidance and

instructions. These changes affect

several areas of the application and add

a new section to accommodate reporting

of uniform data on the public mental

health system. Proposed revisions to the

previously approved application

include: (1) A table for listing mental

health planning council membership in

order to determine whether the

membership and threshold

requirements of the law (42 U.S.C.

300x–4) are being met; (2) several minor

changes in the format, including moving

the report required under 42 U.S.C

300x–52 to the Implementation Report;

and, (3) addition of a new Section IV

requiring States to report uniform data

on their public mental health systems

with a focus on community mental

health services, along with a State-level

reporting system capacities checklist in

order to ascertain States’ ability to

report uniform data. Section IV has been

developed through a collaborative

partnership and consultation with a

data working group consisting of

representatives from the National

Association of State Mental Health

Program Directors, State level data

experts and consumer representatives.

In the previous application approved

by the Office of Management and

Budget, it was estimated that the

average annual hourly burden for each

State would be 195 hours, taking into

consideration the option provided to

States for electronic submission of the

application. This included 115 hours to

complete the Plan (Sections I–III) and 80

hours to complete the Implementation

Report. Based on anecdotal information,

it is anticipated that for the Plan the

burden will remain at 115 hours and for

the Implementation Report the burden

will remain at 80 hours. The burden for

Section IV, which requires States to

complete several data tables along with

a State level reporting system capacities

checklist, is estimated to be 20 hours.

The following table summarizes the

annual burden for the revised

application.

Part of application Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Burden per

response

(Hrs.)

Total burden

Plan (Sections I–III) ......................................................................................... 59 1 115 6,785

Data tables & Checklist (Section IV) ............................................................... 59 1 20 1,180

Implementation Report (Section V) ................................................................. 59 1 80 4,720

Total ...................................................................................................... 59 ........................ 215 12,685

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: September 21, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 00–24897 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4565–N–26]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request;

Application for FHA Insured Mortgage

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November

27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room

8202, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of

Single Family Program Development,

Single Family Housing, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410;

telephone (202) 708–2121 (this is not a

toll free number) for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

the use of appropriate automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of proposal: Application for FHA

Insured Mortgage.

OMB control number, if applicable:

2502–0059.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

documents requested are used to

determine the eligibility of a loan

application for FHA’s mortgage

insurance. Without these documents,

HUD would have difficulty in

determining the eligibility of a loan

application and, thus, put in jeopardy

the insurance fund.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

HUD–92900–A, HUD–92900–WS, HUD–

92900–PUR, HUD–92561, HUD–92544.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: An estimation of the

total numbers of hours needed to

prepare the information collection is

215,025, the number of respondents is

estimated to be 1,000,000, the frequency

of response is on occasion, and the

hours per response varies from 15

minutes to 1 hour.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement, without

change, of a previously approved

collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.