[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80574-80575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Charter Renewal of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 
that the charter for the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) has been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jomana Musmar, M.S., Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, 
Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: 202-746-1512; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1251534050527a7a613c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca898b98888aa2a2b9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Advisory Council on 
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB), established by 
Executive Order 13676, is continued by section 505 of Public Law 116-
22, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation 
Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA). Activities and duties of the PACCARB are 
governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of Federal advisory committees. 
FACA stipulates that the charter for a Federal advisory committee must 
be renewed every two years.
    The PACCARB shall advise and provide information and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(Secretary) regarding programs and policies intended to reduce or 
combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may present a public health 
threat and improve capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or 
treat such resistance. The PACCARB shall function solely for advisory 
purposes.
    Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to 
improving: the effectiveness of antibiotics; research and advanced 
research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods 
for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new 
treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to 
antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and 
antimicrobial stewardship activities; surveillance of antibiotic-
resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-
date information on resistance to antibiotics; education for health 
care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on 
antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to 
antibiotics related to humans and animals; methods to prevent or reduce 
the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; 
including stewardship programs; and coordination with respect to 
international efforts in order to inform and advance the United States 
capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance.
    On August 29, 2024, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
approved the renewal of the PACCARB's charter. The new charter was 
executed and filed with the appropriate Congressional committees and 
the Library of Congress on August 29, 2024. The renewal of the

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charter gives the PACCARB authorization to operate until August 29, 
2026.
    A copy of the charter is available on the PACCARB's website at: 
www.hhs.gov/paccarb.

    Dated: September 26, 2024.
B. Kaye Hayes,
Director, Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-22794 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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