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###### Department of Health and Human Services

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Notice.

# 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:                         *CARB@hhs.gov.*

# 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                           ( print page 80575)                        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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