Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 203 / Thursday, October 19, 2000 / Notices 62719

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open

Market Committee meeting of August 22, 2000,

which include the domestic policy directive issued

at that meeting, are available upon request to the

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s

annual report.

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals To Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

To Acquire Companies That Are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than November 2, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem,

North Carolina; to acquire FirstSpartan

Financial Corp., Spartanburg, South

Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire

First Federal Bank, Spartanburg, South

Carolina, and thereby engage in

traditional thrift activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y;

FirstService Corporation, Spartanburg,

South Carolina, and thereby engage in

discount brokerage activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(7)(i) of Regulation Y; and

First Trust Group, Inc., Greenville,

South Carolina, and thereby engage in

lending activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 13, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–26850 Filed 10–18–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Open Market Committee;

Domestic Policy Directive of August

22, 2000

In accordance with § 71.5 of its rules

regarding availability of information (12

CFR part 271), there is set forth below

the domestic policy directive issued by

the Federal Open Market Committee at

its meeting held on August 22, 2000.1

The Federal Open Market Committee

seeks monetary and financial conditions

that will foster price stability and

promote sustainable growth in output.

To further its long-run objectives, the

Committee in the immediate future

seeks conditions in reserve markets

consistent with maintaining the federal

funds rate at an average of around 61⁄2

percent.

By order of the Federal Open Market

Committee, October 12, 2000.

Donald L. Kohn,

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.

[FR Doc. 00–26849 Filed 10–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

White House Commission on

Complementary and Alternative

Medicine Policy; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the White

House Commission on Complementary

and Alternative Medicine Policy will

convene the second Town Hall Meeting.

Additional Town Hall meetings are

anticipated at future dates and other

locations. The purpose of the meeting is

to convene the Commission for a public

hearing to receive public testimony from

individuals and organizations interested

in the subject of federal policy regarding

complementary and alternative

medicine. Comments received at the

meeting may be used by the

Commission to prepare the report to the

President as required by the Executive

Order.

Comments should focus on the four

areas that follow. Questions for

consideration include, but are not

limited to those presented below. For

each question, please consider

including in your response concerns,

possible obstacles, existing programs,

and suggested solutions to guide the

Commission in their deliberations.

I. Coordinated Research and

Development to Increase Knowledge of

Complementary and Alternative

Medicine Practices and Interventions

(A) What can be done to expand the

current research environment so that

practices and interventions that lie

outside conventional science are

adequately and appropriately

addressed?

(B) What types of incentives are

needed to stimulate the research of

CAM practices and interventions by the

public and private sectors?

(C) How can we more effectively

integrate the CAM and conventional

research communities to stimulate and

coordinate research?

II. Guidance for Access to, Delivery of,

and Reimbursement for

Complementary and Alternative

Medicine Practices and Interventions

(A) Do you have ready access to CAM

practices and interventions?

(B) How can access to safe and

effective CAM practices and

interventions be improved?

(C) What types of CAM practices and

interventions should be reimbursable

through federal programs or other health

care coverage systems?

III. Training, Education, Certification,

Licensure, and Accountability of Health

Care Practitioners in Complementary

and Alternative Medicine

(A) How can uniform standards of

education, training, licensure and

certification be applied to all CAM

practitioners?

(B) What training and education

should be required of all health care

providers to assure access to safe and

effective CAM practices and

interventions?

(C) What sources of funds exist for the

education and training of CAM

practitioners?

(D) Are performance standards or

practice guidelines needed to ensure the

public will have access to the full range

of safe and effective CAM practices and

interventions?

IV. Delivery of Reliable and Useful

Information on Complementary and

Alternative Medicine to Health Care

Professionals and the Public

(A) How can useful, reliable, and

updated information about CAM

practices and interventions be made

more accessible? How would you like to

receive such information?

(B) As a consumer, what kinds of

information about CAM practices and