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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94716-94717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28059]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees--
Defense Health Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Renewal of Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is 
renewing the Defense Health Board (DHB).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee 
Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-697-1142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DHB is being renewed in accordance with 
chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly referred 
to as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act'' or ``FACA'') and 41 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) chapter 102-3.50(d).

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The charter and contact information for the DHB's Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) are found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/FACAPublicAgencyNavigation.
    The DHB provides independent advice and recommendations to maximize 
the safety and quality of, as well as access to, health care for DoD 
health care beneficiaries. The DHB will focus on matters pertaining to: 
(a) DoD health care policy and program management; (b) the delivery of 
high-quality health care services to DoD beneficiaries; (c) the 
promotion of health, wellness, and prevention within the DoD; (d) the 
treatment of disease and injury by the DoD; (e) health research 
priorities; and (f) other health-related matters of special interest to 
the DoD, as determined by the Secretary of Defense of the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense (``the DoD Appointing Authority''), or the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)). All DHB 
work will be in response to written terms of reference (ToR) approved 
by the DoD Appointing Authority or the USD(P&R), unless otherwise 
provided in statute or Presidential directive.
    The DHB shall be composed of no more than 20 members, and as 
determined by the DoD Appointing Authority, the DHB's total parent-
level and subcommittee-level membership cannot exceed 50 members unless 
otherwise directed by the DoD Appointing Authority. Membership will 
consist of private and public health care leaders with a diversity of 
background, experience, and thought in support of the DHB mission in 
one or more of the following disciplines: health systems, clinical 
health care, infectious disease, public health, trauma medicine, 
beneficiary representation, heal the informatics, patient care safety/
quality care, neuroscience, and/or behavioral health.
    The appointment or designation of DHB members to the DHB shall be 
approved by the DoD Appointing Authority for a term of service of one-
to-four years, with annual renewals, in accordance with DoD policy and 
procedures. No member, unless approved by the DoD Appointing Authority, 
may serve more than two consecutive terms of service on the DHB, to 
include its subcommittees, or serve on more than two DoD Federal 
advisory committees at one time. The DoD Appointing Authority shall 
appoint the DHB's leadership from among the membership previously 
approved to serve on the DHB, in accordance with DoD policy and 
procedures, for a leadership term of service of one-to-two years, with 
annual renewal, not to exceed the member's approved DHB appointment.
    DHB members who are not full-time or permanent part-time Federal 
civilian officers or employees, or active-duty members of the Uniformed 
Services, shall be appointed as experts or consultants pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special government employee (SGE) members. DHB 
members who are full-time or permanent part-time Federal civilian 
officers or employees, or active-duty members of the Uniformed 
Services, shall be designated pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.130(a) to serve 
as regular government employee (RGE) members. The DoD Appointing 
Authority shall appoint the DHB's leadership from among the membership 
previously approved to serve on the DHB in accordance with DoD policy 
and procedures, for a term of service of one-to-two years, with annual 
renewal, which shall not exceed the member's approved DHB appointment 
or designation.
    DHB members are appointed or designated to exercise their own best 
judgment on behalf of the DoD, without representing any particular 
points of view, and to discuss and deliberate in a manner that is free 
from conflicts of interest. Except for reimbursement of official DHB-
related travel and per diem, DHB members serve without compensation.
    The public or interested organizations may submit written 
statements to the DHB about the DHB's mission and functions. Written 
statements may be submitted at any time or in response to the stated 
agenda of planned meeting of the DHB. All written statements shall be 
submitted to the DFO for the DHB, and this individual will ensure that 
the written statements are provided to the membership for their 
consideration.

    Dated: November 25, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-28059 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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