3314 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2022 / Notices 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Grant Report ........................................................................ 700 1 700 36 25,200 

Total .............................................................................. 700 ........................ 700 ........................ 25,200 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01114 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Tick-Borne Disease Working 

Group (TBDWG) will hold a virtual 

meeting. The meeting will be open to 

the public. For this meeting, the 

TBDWG will (1) hear presentations from 

six subcommittees on findings and 

potential actions from reports prepared 

for the TBDWG to consider and (2) 

further discuss plans for developing the 

next report to the HHS Secretary and 

Congress on federal tick-borne activities 

and research, taking into consideration 

the 2018 and 2020 report. The 2022 

report will address a wide range of 

topics related to tick-borne diseases, 

such as, surveillance, prevention, 

diagnosis, diagnostics, and treatment; 

identify advances made in research, as 

well as overlap and gaps in tick-borne 

disease research; and provide 

recommendations regarding any 

appropriate changes or improvements to 

such activities and research. 

DATES: The meeting will be held online 

via webcast on February 28–March 1, 

2022 from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. ET (times are tentative and 

subject to change) each day. The 

confirmed times and agenda items for 

the meeting will be posted on the 

TBDWG web page at https://

www.hhs.gov/ash/advisory-committees/ 

tickbornedisease/meetings/2022-02-28/ 

index.html when this information 

becomes available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Berger, Designated Federal Officer 

for the TBDWG; Office of Infectious 

Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Health, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 

C Street SW, Suite L600, Washington, 

DC 20024. Email: tickbornedisease@

hhs.gov. Phone: 202–795–7608. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Registration information can be found 

on the meeting website at https://

www.hhs.gov/ash/advisory-committees/ 

tickbornedisease/meetings/2022-02-28/ 

index.html when it becomes available. 

The public will have an opportunity to 

present their views to the TBDWG orally 

during the meeting’s public comment 

session or by submitting a written 

public comment. Comments should be 

pertinent to the meeting discussion. 

Persons who wish to provide verbal or 

written public comment should review 

instructions at https://www.hhs.gov/ 

ash/advisory-committees/ 

tickbornedisease/meetings/2022-02-28/ 

index.html and respond by midnight 

February 16, 2022 ET. Verbal comments 

will be limited to three minutes each to 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible during the 30 minute session. 

Written public comments will be 

accessible to the public on the TBDWG 

web page prior to the meeting. 

Background and Authority: The TickBorne Disease Working Group was 

established on August 10, 2017, in 

accordance with Section 2062 of the 

21st Century Cures Act, and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 

as amended, to provide expertise and 

review federal efforts related to all tickborne diseases, to help ensure 

interagency coordination and minimize 

overlap, and to examine research 

priorities. The TBDWG is required to 

submit a report to the HHS Secretary 

and Congress on their findings and any 

recommendations for the federal 

response to tick-borne disease every two 

years. 

Dated: January 10, 2022. 

James J. Berger, 

Designated Federal Officer, Tick-Borne 

Disease Working Group, Office of Infectious 

Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01106 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Advisory Committee on 

Children and Disasters 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response (ASPR), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Advisory 

Committee on Children and Disasters 

(NACCD or the Committee) is required 

by section 2811A of the PHS Act as 

amended by the Pandemic and All 

Hazards Preparedness and Advancing 

Innovation Act (PAHPAIA) and 

governed by the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). The NACCD shall evaluate 

issues and programs and provide 

findings, advice, and recommendations 

to the Secretary of HHS to support and 

enhance all-hazards public health and 

medical preparedness, response, and 

recovery aimed at meeting the unique 

needs of children and their families 

across the entire spectrum of their 

wellbeing. The Secretary of HHS has 

formally delegated authority to operate 

the NACCD to ASPR. 

DATES: The NACCD will conduct an 

inaugural public meeting (virtual) on 

February 17, 2022. The new advisory 

committee will be sworn in along with 

the presentation and discussion of 

challenges, opportunities, and priorities 

for national public health and medical 

preparedness, response and recovery, 

specific to the needs of children and 

their families in disasters. A more 


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