822 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2018 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Advisory Council on Migrant 

Health 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations for voting members. 

SUMMARY: HRSA is requesting 

nominations to fill vacancies on the 

National Advisory Council on Migrant 

Health (NACMH). The NACMH is 

authorized and governed under the 

Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as 

amended. 

DATES: The agency will receive 

nominations on a continuous basis. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations must be 

submitted in hardcopy to the Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), NACMH, 

Strategic Initiatives and Planning 

Division, Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Bureau of Primary Health 

Care, HRSA, 16N38B, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All 

requests for information regarding the 

NACMH nominations should be sent to 

Esther Paul, DFO, NACMH, HRSA, in 

one of three ways: (1) Send a request to 

the following address: Esther Paul, 

Office of Policy and Program 

Development, Bureau of Primary Health 

Care, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

16N38B, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) 

call (301) 594–4300; or (3) send an email 

to epaul@hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

authorized under section 217 of the PHS 

Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 218), the 

Secretary established the NACMH. The 

NACMH is governed by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2), which sets forth standards 

for the formation and use of advisory 

committees. 

The NACMH consults with and makes 

recommendations to the HHS Secretary 

and the HRSA Administrator 

concerning the organization, operation, 

selection, and funding of migrant health 

centers and other entities under grants 

and contracts under section 330 of the 

PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 254b). 

The authorizing statute and the 

NACMH Charter require that the 

Council consist of 15 members, each 

serving a 4-year term. Twelve Council 

members are required by statute to be 

governing board members of migrant 

health centers or other entities assisted 

under section 254b of the PHS Act. Of 

these 12, at least nine must be patient 

members of health center governing 

boards who are familiar with the 

delivery of health care to migratory and 

seasonal agricultural workers. The 

remaining three Council members must 

be individuals qualified by training and 

experience in the medical sciences or in 

the administration of health programs. 

New members filling a vacancy that 

occurred prior to expiration of a term 

may serve only for the remainder of 

such term. 

Compensation: Members who are not 

full-time federal employees shall be 

paid at the rate of $200 per day, 

including travel time plus per diem and 

travel expenses in accordance with 

Standard Government Travel 

Regulations. 

Specifically, HRSA is requesting 

nominations for: 

Governing Board Members (8 

Vacancies) 

Nominees must be members of a 

governing board of a migrant health 

center or other entity assisted under 

section 330 of the PHS Act. Of the eight 

board member vacancies, five nominees 

must also be patients of the entities they 

represent. (The Council has four current 

board members who are patients.) 

Additionally, board member nominees 

must be familiar with the delivery of 

primary health care to migratory and 

seasonal agricultural workers and their 

families. 

A complete nomination package 

should include the following 

information for each nominee: (1) A 

NACMH nomination form; (2) three 

letters of reference; (3) a statement of 

prior service on the NACMH; and (4) a 

biographical sketch of the nominee or a 

copy of his/her curriculum vitae. The 

nomination package must also state that 

the nominee is willing to serve as a 

member of the NACMH and appears to 

have no conflict of interest that would 

preclude membership. An ethics review 

is conducted for each selected nominee. 

Please contact Esther Paul at epaul@

hrsa.gov and/or Carole Chamberlain at 

cchamberlain@hrsa.gov to obtain a 

nomination form. 

HHS strives to ensure that the 

membership of HHS federal advisory 

committees is balanced in terms of 

points of view represented, consistent 

with the committee’s authorizing statute 

and charter. Appointment to the 

NACMH shall be made without 

discrimination on the basis of age, race, 

ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, 

disability, and cultural, religious, or 

socioeconomic status. The Department 

encourages nominations of qualified 

candidates from all groups and 

locations. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00096 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Government-Owned Inventions; 

Availability for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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