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1See Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2024, Public Law 118–47, div. C, title II sec. 216 

(incorporating by reference Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law 116–93, div. 

D, title II, sec. 216, prohibiting the Department of 

Homeland Security from using funds provided by 

the Act or any other Act, except in certain 

circumstances, ‘‘to place in detention, remove, refer 

for a decision whether to initiate removal 

proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings against 

a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a 

household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an 

unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 

462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 279(g)) based on information shared by the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services,’’ with 

certain limited exceptions in sec. 216(b) regarding 

sponsors convicted of serious crimes affecting the 

welfare of the child); see also 45 CFR 410.1303(h). 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Vanessa Garcia, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29152 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement 

(ORR), Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is modifying 

an existing system of records 

maintained by the Office of Refugee 

Resettlement (ORR) within HHS’ 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), System No. 09–80– 

0321, ORR Division of Children’s 

Services Records (being renamed ORR 

Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) 

Administrative Program Records). 

DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(4) and (11), this system of 

records is effective January 13, 2025, 

subject to a 30-day period in which to 

comment on the new and revised 

routine uses, described below. Please 

submit any comments by January 13, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

written comments on this notice to 

Hanan Abu Lebdeh, Senior Agency 

Officer for Privacy, by mail at 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 

C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, or 

by email at hanan.abulebdeh@

acf.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General questions about the modified 

system of records may be submitted to 

Edward Nazarko, Technical Lead for UC 

Technology, Administration for 

Children and Families, by mail or email 

at 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 

20201, or edward.nazarko@acf.hhs.gov, 

or by phone at (202) 839–0615. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background on ORR Responsibilities, 

Affecting SORN 09–80–0321 

Within ORR, the Unaccompanied 

Children Bureau (UCB) administers 

ORR’s responsibilities for the 

placement, care, and services provided 

to unaccompanied children who are in 

Federal custody by reason of their 

immigration status. Such 

responsibilities are carried out pursuant 

to ORR’s statutory and delegated 

authorities under section 462 of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA), 

6 U.S.C. 279, section 235 of the William 

Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

(TVPRA), 8 U.S.C. 1232, and regulations 

at 45 CFR parts 410 and 411. Systems 

of records maintained by ORR are 

‘‘mixed,’’ in that they contain, or could 

contain, records pertaining to both (1) 

individuals who are covered by the 

Privacy Act and (2) individuals who are 

not covered by the Privacy Act. SORN 

09–80–0321 includes a statement to this 

effect in the ‘‘Categories of Individuals’’ 

section. 

The Privacy Act applies only to 

individuals who are U.S. citizens or 

non-U.S. citizens lawfully admitted for 

permanent residence in the United 

States. As a matter of discretion, ORR 

treats information maintained in its 

mixed systems of records as being 

subject to the protections of the Privacy 

Act, regardless of whether the 

information relates to individuals 

covered by the Privacy Act. This policy 

implements a 1975 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

recommendation to apply, as a matter of 

discretion, the administrative provisions 

of the Privacy Act to records about 

individuals in mixed systems of records 

(referred to as the non-U.S. persons 

policy). See OMB Privacy Act 

Implementation: Guidelines and 

Responsibilities, 40 FR 28948, 28951 

(July 9, 1975). 

The Privacy Act defines a ‘‘routine 

use’’ with respect to the disclosure of a 

record to mean ‘‘the use of such record 

for a purpose which is compatible with 

the purpose for which it was collected.’’ 

5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7). Because ORR is not 

an immigration enforcement agency— 

but rather is responsible for placing 

unaccompanied children with vetted 

and approved sponsors, providing care 

and services to unaccompanied children 

who are in Federal custody by reason of 

their immigration status, and identifying 

and assessing the suitability of a 

potential sponsor for each child—it is 

incompatible with ORR’s program 

purposes to share information in a 

system of records, particularly 

confidential mental health or behavioral 

information in children’s case files, for 

immigration enforcement purposes. See 

H.R. Rep No. 116–450, at 185 (2020) 

(directing ORR to ‘‘refrain from sharing 

any information with immigration 

courts for master calendar hearings, 

where the court is not making any 

decisions about the child’s custody,’’ 

and to ‘‘develop policies and protocols 

to ensure the confidentiality of 

counseling and mental health services 

provided to unaccompanied children, 

and of all related documentation, 

including case notes and records of 

therapists and other clinicians, and to 

incorporate these policies into the ORR 

policy guide . . .’’); see also id. at 230 

(noting the inclusion in that year’s 

appropriations a provision ‘‘prohibiting 

the use of funds to share information 

provided by unaccompanied children 

during mental health or therapeutic 

services with the Department of 

Homeland Security or the Department of 

Justice for the purposes of immigration 

enforcement.’’). In addition, consistent 

with TVPRA 8 U.S.C. 1232(c) and HSA, 

6 U.S.C. 279(b), information shared by 

HHS, with certain limited exceptions, 

cannot be used to enforce immigration 

laws against an unaccompanied child’s 

sponsor, potential sponsor or a member 

of their household.1 Accordingly, SORN 

09–80–0321 mentions at the start of the 

‘‘Routine Uses’’ section that disclosures 

for immigration enforcement purposes 

will not be made under routine uses, but 

would be made only with the subject 

individual’s prior written consent. 

ORR may share relevant information 

in the system of records for other law 

enforcement and child welfare 

purposes, such as anti-trafficking 

investigations, child welfare 

investigations, or other investigations 

that seek to ensure that children are 

‘‘protected from traffickers and other 

persons seeking to victimize or 

otherwise engage such children in 

criminal, harmful, or exploitative 

activity.’’ 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(1). 

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includes routine uses authorizing 

disclosures for such law enforcement 

purposes. 

II. Explanation of Modifications to 

System of Records 09–80–0321 

This system of records covers records 

about unaccompanied children in 

Federal custody by reason of their 

immigration status, their sponsors, 

potential sponsors, household members 

of potential sponsors, alternate 

caregivers identified by sponsors, and 

information necessary to determine the 

placement of children within the ORR 

care provider network, provide services 

to children and determine their release 

to a potential sponsor. The System of 

Records Notice (SORN) has been 

modified as follows: 

• The name of the system of records 

has been changed from ‘‘ORR Division 

of Unaccompanied Children Services 

Records’’ to ‘‘ORR Unaccompanied 

Children Bureau (UCB) Administrative 

Program Records.’’ 

• The Purpose(s) section now 

includes two additional purpose 

descriptions: to assess the suitability of 

sponsors of unaccompanied children, 

and to provide post-release services to 

children released from ORR custody. 

• The Categories of Individuals 

section now includes bullet points to 

separate the unaccompanied children 

category from the sponsors and 

household members categories, and it 

mentions that household members may 

include adult caregivers and foster 

parents. 

• The Categories of Records section 

now describes the record categories as 

biographical information about 

unaccompanied children, sponsor 

background check records, identity 

documents, and post-release services 

(PRS) records for greater consistency 

with the UC Bureau regulations at 

45 CFR parts 410 and 411, instead of as 

a computerized indexing system and 

case files. 

• The list of sources in the Record 

Source Categories section has been 

revised to add ‘‘ORR-funded grantees 

and contractors’’ and ‘‘ORR staff’’ and 

remove ‘‘third parties.’’ 

• In the Routine Uses section, ten 

existing routine uses have been revised 

and five have been removed, and seven 

new routine uses have been added, 

explained as follows: 

Æ Routine use 1, Disclosure to an 

Attorney or Representative, has been 

revised to describe an additional 

purpose for attorney representation of 

an unaccompanied child in a state 

juvenile court matter (i.e., ‘‘obtaining a 

predicate order needed to obtain Special 

Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification’’) 

and to describe purposes for attorney 

representation of unaccompanied 

children and sponsors in matters related 

to ORR appellate procedures. 

Æ Routine use 2, Disclosure for Health 

and Safety, has been revised and 

reorganized. It now consistently 

describes the disclosure recipients as 

‘‘health care providers’’ (instead of 

describing them in the opening sentence 

as ‘‘any state or local health care 

authorities’’ and elsewhere as ‘‘a health 

provider’’); it describes additional types 

of evaluations that the disclosures could 

aid in coordinating (i.e., ‘‘emergency,’’ 

‘‘routine,’’ ‘‘necessary,’’ and 

‘‘disability’’); and it now states that 

private health information not related to 

illnesses that affect public health and 

safety ‘‘is not authorized to be disclosed 

under this routine use’’ (instead of 

stating that it ‘‘will remain 

confidential’’). 

Æ Routine use 3, Disclosure to 

Protection and Advocacy Organization, 

has been revised to omit disclosures to 

Child Advocates, which are still 

authorized, without change, in a 

separate routine use instead (see 

Routine Use 4, Disclosure to Child 

Advocates); and to include these 

additional statutory authorities under 

which disclosures may be made to 

Protection and Advocacy Organizations: 

The Developmental Disabilities 

Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 

2000 (‘‘DD Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 15043 and 

15044; Protection and Advocacy for 

Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) Act, 

42 U.S.C. 300d–53; and the Protection 

and Advocacy for Individual Rights 

(PAIR) Act 29 U.S.C. 794(e). 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 4, Disclosure to 

Plaintiffs Counsel, has been removed as 

such disclosures are governed by 

applicable federal court orders, and 

disclosures made pursuant to a federal 

court order are authorized directly in 

the Privacy Act statute at 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12) without the need for a 

routine use. 

Æ Routine use 5, Disclosure to 

Department of Homeland Security, has 

been updated to clarify in more detail 

the instances in which information 

sharing with the Department of 

Homeland Security may occur (i.e., a 

more specific list of nine instances, a. 

through j., is now included instead of 

this description of four instances: ‘‘for 

the purpose of adjudicating or deciding 

immigration relief, notification of 

admission/discharge information and 

forms, and reported escapes of an 

unaccompanied child from ORR 

custody; and for background check 

purposes to ensure safe releases’’), and 

to require that disclosures under the 

routine use be made with an express 

written advisory that no other uses by 

DHS and no subsequent disclosures by 

DHS to other entities can be made. In 

addition, a description of certain nonpermitted disclosures has been added at 

the end of the routine use. 

Æ Routine use 6, Disclosure for Law 

Enforcement or Child Welfare Purpose, 

is now titled ‘‘Disclosure for Law 

Enforcement, Child Welfare 

Investigation, and State Licensing 

Purposes.’’ It now describes additional 

disclosure purposes (i.e., ‘‘to assist with 

investigations into missing children’’ 

and ‘‘case management’’), and now 

requires that disclosures under the 

routine use be made with an express 

written advisory that no other uses by 

the receiving entity and no subsequent 

disclosures by the receiving entity to 

other entities can be made. In addition, 

a description of certain non-permitted 

disclosures has been added at the end 

of the routine use. 

Æ A new routine use, numbered as 

routine use 7, Disclosure to the National 

Center for Missing and Exploited 

Children (NCMEC), has been added to 

authorize disclosures to NCMEC for 

purposes of assisting with investigations 

into missing children. 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 7, Disclosure 

for Private Relief Legislation, has been 

removed, as such disclosures are not 

made from this system of records, but 

would be made from system of records 

09–90–0068, Federal Private Relief 

Legislation. 

Æ Routine use 9, Disclosure to 

Department of Justice, or in 

Proceedings, has been reorganized but 

not otherwise changed, except to no 

longer state that the disclosures must be 

compatible with the original purpose for 

which the information was collected. 

The statement is unnecessary to include 

in the wording of a routine use, because 

compatibility with original collection 

purpose is part of the definition of a 

routine use. 

Æ Routine use 10, Disclosure to 

Department of Justice for LOPC 

Facilitation, is now titled ‘‘Disclosure to 

Department of Justice for Legal 

Orientation Programs for Custodians 

(LOPC) Facilitation.’’ It has been revised 

to add that information such as the 

child’s name, Alien Number, and 

sponsor category may be shared with 

DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration 

Review as part of a case status summary 

in advance of the child’s immigration 

hearing that ORR determines is in the 

best interest of the child. 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure to 

the Government Publishing Office, has 

been added as routine use 12 to 


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authorize information sharing with GPO 

for purposes of creating portable 

versions of ORR release or discharge 

records. 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 13, Disclosure 

to Office Personnel Management, has 

been removed, as such disclosures are 

not in fact made from this system of 

records but would be made from a 

system of records that covers personnel 

management records, such as 90–90– 

0020, Suitability for Employment 

Records. 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 12, Disclosure 

to Contractors, Grantees, and Others, is 

now numbered as routine use 13 and 

titled ‘‘Disclosure to Contractors, 

Grantees, and Stakeholders.’’ It has 

been revised to list examples of 

stakeholders and to require that the 

work the disclosure recipients are 

performing for which the disclosures are 

needed ‘‘relat[e] to the administration of 

services provided by the 

Unaccompanied Children Bureau 

(including ancillary purposes, such as 

information technology (IT) system 

support).’’ 

Æ Routine use 14, Disclosure in 

Connection with Litigation, is now titled 

‘‘Disclosure in Connection with 

Litigation or Settlement Discussions’’ 

and, at the end of the routine use, 

‘‘litigation or discussions’’ has been 

changed to ‘‘litigation or settlement 

discussions.’’ 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 16, Disclosure 

for Administrative Claims, Complaints, 

and Appeals, has been removed, as such 

disclosures are not made from this 

system of records, but would be made 

from a system of records that covers 

records about personnel claims. 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 17, Disclosure 

to State Refugee Coordinators, is now 

numbered as routine use 16, and the 

disclosure purposes it describes are now 

stated to be ‘‘in accordance with 

8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(2).’’ 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 18, Disclosure 

to other Federal Departments and 

Nongovernmental Organizations and 

Foreign Governments for Safe 

Repatriation of UC, is now numbered as 

routine use 17 and is now titled 

‘‘Disclosure to other Federal 

Departments and Nongovernmental 

Organizations and Foreign Governments 

for Safe Repatriation of Unaccompanied 

Children and for Reuniting Children 

with a Parent or Sponsor Abroad.’’ It 

has been revised to include this 

additional disclosure purpose: 

‘‘reuniting unaccompanied children 

with a parent or sponsor abroad in 

appropriate cases under the Homeland 

Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 279(b)(1)(H).’’ 

Æ The two breach response-related 

routine uses that were added in 

February 2018 (one of which was a 

revised version of an existing routine 

use, and one of which was new) are now 

numbered as routine uses 18 and 19. 

Æ The routine use previously 

numbered as routine use 20 (which 

authorized disclosures to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) in the event that information 

from this system of records were 

captured in an intrusion detection 

system used by DHS for cybersecurity 

monitoring purposes) has been deleted. 

The reason for the deletion is to enable 

ORR to evaluate any such disclosure in 

advance, by requiring DHS to make a 

formal law enforcement request under 

5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7) any time that DHS 

needs to examine information captured 

in an intrusion detection system to 

address a cybersecurity incident. 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure to 

Department of State, has been added as 

routine use 20 to authorize information 

sharing with the Department of State for 

purposes such as humanitarian 

operations, sponsor background checks, 

best interest determinations, and family 

unification efforts. It includes a 

description of certain non-permitted 

disclosures at the end of the routine use, 

and it requires that disclosures under 

the routine use be made with an express 

written advisory that no other uses by 

the Department of State and no 

subsequent disclosures by the 

Department of State to other entities can 

be made. 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure to 

State and Local Child Welfare Agencies 

and State and Local Governments, has 

been added as routine use 21 to 

authorize information sharing with state 

child welfare agencies and state and 

local governments to assist community 

agencies in providing services to 

unaccompanied children placed in their 

localities and for school enrollment. It 

includes a description of certain nonpermitted disclosures at the end of the 

routine use, and it requires that 

disclosures under the routine use be 

made with an express written advisory 

that no other uses by the receiving 

entity and no subsequent disclosures by 

the receiving entity to other entities can 

be made. 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure to a 

Foreign Government’s Embassy or 

Consulate, has been added as routine 

use 22 to authorize information sharing 

with foreign embassies and consulates 

for the purposes of authenticating 

identity documents and information 

about children in ORR custody with 

respective consulates, and fulfilling the 

consular notification obligations 

binding on federal agencies pursuant to 

international law and treaties in 

accordance with Department of State 

guidance on applicable law 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure for 

Approved Research Purposes, has been 

added as routine use 23 to authorize 

information sharing related to research 

purposes that ORR determines to be 

likely to contribute to the policymaking, 

operations, and mission of the UC 

Bureau. 

Æ A new routine use, Disclosure to 

ACF Unaccompanied Children Office of 

the Ombuds, has been added as routine 

use 24 to authorize information sharing 

with the ACF Unaccompanied Children 

Office of the Ombuds for investigation 

and reporting purposes. 

Æ The Storage section now states: 

‘‘Records are stored on cloud web 

servers and/or in file folders,’’ instead 

of: ‘‘Computer records are stored on a 

computer network. Paper records are 

stored in file folders.’’ 

Æ The Retrieval section now includes 

date of birth, and no longer includes 

SSN, in the description of personal 

identifiers used for retrieval. 

Æ The Retention section now states 

that records are retained for 50 years 

after a child is released from ORR 

custody, citing disposition schedules 

DAA–0292–2019–0009–0001 and DAA– 

0292–2019–0009–0002. (Previously, it 

stated that computerized indexing 

system records were retained 

permanently and that case files were 

retained for five years following receipt 

of the final progress report, citing 

disposition schedules N1–292–90–04, 

item 15 and N1–292–90–4, item 34.) 

Æ The Safeguards section now 

describes specific administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards that 

are used to protect the records from 

unauthorized access, instead of merely 

stating that Safeguards conform to the 

HHS Information Security Program. 

Æ The Request Procedures sections 

have been updated to require that 

access, amendment, and notification 

requests include date and place of birth; 

to no longer require that requests 

include SSN; to explain that an 

accounting of disclosures may also be 

requested; and to explain how to verify 

identity instead of referring to the HHS 

Privacy Act regulations for an 

explanation. 

III. The Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(5 U.S.C. 552a), governs the means by 

which the U.S. Government collects, 

maintains, and uses information about 


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individuals in a system of records for 

purposes compatible with the purpose 

for which the record is collected. A 

‘‘system of records’’ is a group of any 

records under the control of a federal 

agency from which information about 

an individual is retrieved by the 

individual’s name or other personal 

identifier. The Privacy Act requires each 

agency to publish in the Federal 

Register a system of records notice 

(SORN) identifying and describing each 

system of records the agency maintains, 

including the purposes for which the 

agency uses information about 

individuals in the system, the routine 

uses for which the agency discloses 

such information outside the agency, 

and how individual record subjects can 

exercise their rights under the Privacy 

Act (e.g., to determine if the system 

contains information about them). 

As required by the Privacy Act at 5 

U.S.C. 552a(r), HHS has sent a report of 

this amended system of records and 

new system of records to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 

Committee on Oversight and 

Accountability of the House of 

Representatives, and the OMB Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs. 

Robin Dunn Marcos, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Humanitarian 

Services Director, Office of Refugee 

Resettlement. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

ORR Unaccompanied Children 

Bureau (UCB) Administrative Program 

Records, 09–80–0321. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The address of the component 

responsible for the system of records is 

the Bureau of Operations, Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (ORR), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS), Mary E. 

Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20201. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Principal Deputy Director, Office of 

Refugee Resettlement, Administration 

for Children and Families, Mary E. 

Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20201, UCPolicyRegulatoryAffairs@acf.hhs.gov, (202) 

401–9246. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

6 U.S.C. 279 and 8 U.S.C. 1232. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The records are used within HHS/ 

ACF/ORR to administer the 

Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) 

program, the purposes of which are: 

• to provide care and custody of 

unaccompanied children transferred to 

ORR custody until (1) their release to a 

family member or sponsor in the United 

States or abroad, in appropriate cases, 

(2) their removal to their home country 

by Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) immigration officials, (3) they 

receive lawful immigration status, or (4) 

they turn 18 years of age; 

• to assess the suitability of sponsors 

of unaccompanied children; and 

• to provide post-release services to 

children released from ORR custody. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The records are about these categories 

of individuals: 

• Unaccompanied children (UC), 

which include: 

Æ unaccompanied children currently 

and formerly in ORR’s care and custody 

by reason of their immigration status; 

Æ children of unaccompanied 

children who are housed together with 

their unaccompanied child parents who 

are in ORR custody; 

Æ unaccompanied children who later 

receive an adjustment of status or 

become U.S. citizens; and 

Æ children referred to ORR as likely 

to be an unaccompanied child; 

• sponsors and potential sponsors of 

unaccompanied children; and 

• members of a sponsor’s or potential 

sponsor’s household (including both 

U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, adult 

caregivers, and foster parents). 

Unaccompanied children are children 

who have no lawful immigration status 

in the United States; have not attained 

18 years of age; and with respect to 

whom (i) there is no parent or legal 

guardian in the United States; or (ii) no 

parent or legal guardian in the United 

States is available to provide care and 

physical custody. See 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2). 

The Privacy Act applies only to U.S. 

citizens and non-U.S. citizens lawfully 

admitted for permanent residence in the 

United States. As a matter of discretion, 

ORR will treat information that it 

maintains in its mixed systems of 

records (i.e., those that contain records 

about both individuals who are—and 

individuals who aren’t—covered by the 

Privacy Act) as being subject to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, regardless 

of whether the information relates to 

individuals covered by the Privacy Act. 

This implements a 1975 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

recommendation to apply, as a matter of 

policy, the administrative provisions of 

the Privacy Act to records about 

individuals who aren’t covered by the 

Privacy Act when the records are 

maintained in mixed systems of records 

(referred to as the non-U.S. persons 

policy). 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The records consist of the below 

categories of records, which are used in 

providing care, custody, placement, 

services, and release of unaccompanied 

children. They include biographical 

information about unaccompanied 

children, sponsor background check 

records, identity documents, and postrelease services (PRS) records, further 

described below: 

• Biographical information about 

unaccompanied children includes the 

child’s name, Alien Registration 

Numbers (A#), Fingerprint 

Identification Numbers (FINs), and date 

and place of birth, as well as 

information about apprehension; 

criminal records; financial information; 

addresses; attorney of record; parents 

and other family members; sponsors and 

potential sponsors and their household 

members (including adult caregivers 

and foster parents) identified in a 

sponsor care plan; case disposition 

information; home-study results; sexual 

assault hotline and National Call Center 

information; admission documents; 

legal records; health information 

(medical, dental, DNA, mental health, 

and behavioral health records); child 

assessments; educational records; 

incident and grievance reports; release/ 

discharge records; sponsor application 

and supporting documentation; and 

sponsor assessments. 

• Sponsor background check records 

may include the sponsor’s, potential 

sponsor’s and, as applicable, household 

member’s and adult caregiver’s 

biographical information, such as name, 

address, and date of birth, as well as FBI 

fingerprint check results and state 

criminal and child protective services 

check results. 

• Identity documents include, for 

example, birth certificates, driver’s 

licenses, Permanent Resident Cards or 

Alien Registration Receipt Cards, 

passports, document authentication 

records, and other official domestic and 

foreign government-issued identity 

documents. 

• Post-release services (PRS) records 

may include monthly reports, case 

notes, service plans, list of resources 

and referrals, safety plans, initial 

assessments, mental health assessments, 

trafficking assessments, additional 

ongoing assessments, closing reports, 

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2See 45 CFR 1201(b) stating ‘‘ORR shall not 

disqualify potential sponsors based solely on their 

immigration status and shall not collect information 

on immigration status of potential sponsors for law 

enforcement or immigration enforcement related 

purposes. ORR shall not share any immigration 

status information relating to potential sponsors 

with any law enforcement or immigration 

enforcement related entity at any time.’’ 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Record subjects; family members; 

private individuals; private and public 

hospitals; doctors, nurses, and other 

clinicians; law enforcement agencies 

and officials; attorneys; ORR-funded 

grantees and contractors; ORR staff; 

foreign governments; other federal 

agencies, state and local governments, 

agencies, and instrumentalities. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to the disclosures 

authorized directly in the Privacy Act at 

5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(1) and (2) and (4) 

through (11), these routine uses, which 

are published pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(3) and (e)(4)(D) and (11), specify 

circumstances under which ACF may 

disclose information from this system of 

records without the prior written 

consent of the record subject. A routine 

use is defined in the Privacy Act at 5 

U.S.C. 552a(a)(7) as a disclosure of a 

record for a use that is compatible with 

the purpose for which the record was 

collected; accordingly, each of these 

routine uses authorizes disclosures for 

purposes that are compatible with the 

purpose for which the information was 

collected. 

Each proposed disclosure of 

information under these routine uses 

(and any proposed disclosure in 

response to a law enforcement request 

that complies with 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7)) 

will be evaluated to ensure that the 

disclosure is legally permissible and 

consistent with ORR’s responsibilities 

under the William Wilberforce 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2008, 8 U.S.C. 

1232 and the Homeland Security Act, 6 

U.S.C. 279 to provide for the care and 

custody of unaccompanied children in 

Federal custody by reason of their 

immigration status, place them in the 

least restrictive setting while in HHS 

custody, and release them to a suitable 

sponsor, primarily their parent or a 

family member, pending resolution of 

their immigration status. ORR is not an 

immigration enforcement agency and 

does not maintain records for 

immigration enforcement purposes. 

Accordingly, in no case shall a 

disclosure under a routine use (or a 

disclosure in response to a law 

enforcement request that complies with 

5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(7)) include sharing 

information from this system of records 

with other federal agencies or entities 

(e.g., the Department of Homeland 

Security, the Department of Justice) for 

purposes that are incompatible with 

HHS/ORR Unaccompanied Children 

Bureau statutes, regulations and 

policies, such as for immigration 

enforcement purposes (including 

initiating immigration enforcement 

activities, determining whether an 

individual should be removed from the 

United States, for immigration detention 

or bond determinations, or verifying an 

individual’s statements in removal 

proceedings 2). Any disclosure for 

immigration enforcement purposes 

would be made only with the prior 

written consent of the subject 

individual(s). 

1. Disclosure to an Attorney or 

Representative. Information may be 

disclosed to: an attorney or 

representative (as defined in 8 CFR 1.2) 

who is acting on behalf of an individual 

covered by this system of records in 

connection with any proceeding before 

the Department of Homeland Security or 

the Executive Office for Immigration 

Review; an attorney representing an 

unaccompanied child in a state juvenile 

court matter that may determine or alter 

the unaccompanied child’s custody 

status or placement or for purposes of 

obtaining a predicate order needed to 

obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) 

classification; an attorney representing 

an unaccompanied child in a juvenile or 

criminal court in relation to criminal 

charges; and an attorney representing an 

unaccompanied child in a hearing or 

other matter related to ORR’s appellate 

procedures, including those relating to 

placement in a restrictive setting, risk 

determinations, or release from ORR 

custody. Information may be released to 

an attorney representing an 

unaccompanied child with respect to 

decisions involving the child’s 

placement, care, custody and release, 

and/or the administration of 

psychotropic medications to the child. 

Information regarding a significant 

incident related to an unaccompanied 

child may be disclosed to an attorney 

representing the child. A disability 

evaluation report pertaining to an 

unaccompanied child may be disclosed 

to an attorney representing the child. 

Information may also be disclosed to an 

attorney representing a potential 

sponsor in relation to ORR’s appellate 

procedures concerning a sponsorship 

denial of a parent, legal guardian, or 

close relative. 

2. Disclosure for Health and Safety. 

Private health information of 

unaccompanied children may be 

disclosed to health care providers for 

the purposes of coordinating emergency, 

routine, and necessary medical, mental 

health, and disability evaluations, 

services, and care for unaccompanied 

children while in ORR care and 

custody. Information may be shared 

with a health provider to make age 

determinations for unaccompanied 

children. Information related to 

communicable diseases or other 

illnesses that have the potential to affect 

public health and safety may be 

disclosed to any state or local health 

authorities, to ensure that all health 

issues potentially affecting public health 

and safety in the United States are 

being, or have been, adequately 

addressed. Private health information 

not related to communicable diseases or 

other illnesses that affect public health 

and safety is not authorized to be 

disclosed under this routine use. 

3. Disclosure to Protection and 

Advocacy Organization. Information 

may be disclosed to a Protection and 

Advocacy organization when access is 

authorized by, and the request is 

appropriately made under, one or more 

of the following: The Protection and 

Advocacy for Individuals with Mental 

Illness Act (PAMI), 42 U.S.C. 10801 et 

seq.; The Developmental Disabilities 

Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 

2000 (‘‘DD Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 15043 and 

15044; Protection and Advocacy for 

Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) Act 42 

U.S.C. 300d–53; or the Protection and 

Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR) 

Act, 29 U.S.C. 794(e). 

4. Disclosure to Child Advocate. 

Information may be disclosed to an 

HHS-appointed child advocate for the 

purpose of effectively advocating for the 

best interest of the child. Child 

advocates are granted access to this 

information under section 235(c)(6) of 

the William Wilberforce Trafficking 

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

of 2008, 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(6). 

5. Disclosure to Department of 

Homeland Security. Information may be 

disclosed to the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) for: 

a. Reporting the death or arrest of an 

unaccompanied child in ORR custody 

or unauthorized absences of 

unaccompanied children from ORR 

custody; 

b. Transferring individuals to DHS 

custody for the limited purpose of 

facilitating continuity of medical care 

(subject to the applicable information 

sharing restrictions set forth in 45 CFR 

parts 410 and 411 and the ORR UC 

Policy Guide); 

c. Facilitating transfer to DHS custody 

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or who turn 18 years old, including 

information relevant to determining 

whether the individual committed a 

crime that ORR determines would make 

the individual a danger to the 

community; 

d. Communicating reports of abuse, 

neglect, sexual harassment, or 

inappropriate sexual behavior that 

occurred while a child was in DHS 

custody before being transferred to ORR 

custody; 

e. Correcting the child’s information 

in government systems; and for age 

determinations, see 8 U.S.C. 1232(b)(4); 

f. Providing notice of transfers of 

unaccompanied children in ORR 

custody between care provider facilities, 

and for discharge notifications; 

g. The limited purpose of facilitating 

human trafficking investigations by DHS 

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) 

to ensure child safety; 

h. Validating the relationship between 

a child and an accompanying adult (e.g., 

where DHS potentially separated a child 

from their parent or legal guardian 

before transferring the child to ORR); 

i. Communicating a child’s medical 

information with the DHS Office of 

Health Security for the purpose of 

facilitating continuity of medical care 

for the child. 

In no case shall information from this 

system of records, including mental 

health or behavioral information, be 

shared or used for purposes that are 

incompatible with HHS/ORR 

Unaccompanied Children Bureau 

statutes, regulations and policies, such 

as for immigration enforcement 

purposes (including initiating 

immigration enforcement activities, 

determining whether an individual 

should be removed from the United 

States, for immigration detention or 

bond determinations, or verifying an 

individual’s statements in removal 

proceedings). 

Disclosures under this routine use 

will be made with an express written 

advisory that no other uses by DHS and 

no subsequent disclosures by DHS the 

receiving entity to other entities can be 

made. 

6. Disclosure for Law Enforcement, 

Child Welfare Investigation, and State 

Licensing Purposes. Disclosures under 

this routine use will be made with an 

express written advisory that no other 

uses by the receiving entity and no 

subsequent disclosures by the receiving 

entity to other entities can be made. 

Information may be disclosed to the 

appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, 

or foreign agency responsible for 

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or 

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, 

or order, if the information is relevant 

to a violation or potential violation of 

civil or criminal law or regulation 

within the jurisdiction of the receiving 

entity (other than immigration 

enforcement) and ORR determines that 

the disclosure is in the best interest of 

the child; to assist with investigations 

into missing children; and for sponsor 

background checks and case 

management, to ensure safe releases. 

Information may be shared with certain 

state and local agencies that provide 

child welfare services such as state 

licensing agencies, Child Protective 

Services, and education agencies such 

as state, county, or municipal schools 

for the purpose of protecting an 

unaccompanied child’s health and 

welfare and sponsor background check 

purposes to ensure safe releases. In no 

case shall information from this system 

of records be further shared or used for 

purposes that are incompatible with 

HHS/ORR Unaccompanied Children 

Bureau statutes, regulations and 

policies, such as for immigration 

enforcement purposes (including 

initiating immigration enforcement 

activities, determining whether an 

individual should be removed from the 

United States, for immigration detention 

or bond determinations, or verifying an 

individual’s statements in removal 

proceedings). 

7. Disclosure to the National Center 

for Missing and Exploited Children 

(NCMEC). Information may be disclosed 

to the NCMEC to assist with 

investigations into missing children. 

8. Disclosure to Congressional Office. 

Information may be disclosed to a 

congressional office from the record of 

an individual in response to a written 

inquiry from the congressional office 

made at the written request of the 

individual. 

9. Disclosure to Department of Justice, 

or in Proceedings. Information may be 

disclosed to the Department of Justice, 

or in a proceeding before a court, 

adjudicative body, or other 

administrative body before which HHS 

is authorized to appear, when any of the 

following is a party to the proceedings 

or has an interest in such proceedings, 

and the use of such records by the 

Department of Justice or HHS is deemed 

by HHS to be relevant and necessary to 

the proceedings: 

• HHS, or any component thereof; 

• any employee of HHS in his or her 

official capacity; 

• any employee of HHS in his or her 

individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or HHS has agreed 

to represent the employee; or 

• the United States, if HHS 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect HHS or any of its components. 

10. Disclosure to Department of 

Justice for Legal Orientation Programs 

for Custodians (LOPC) Facilitation. 

Information may be disclosed to the 

Department of Justice, Executive Office 

for Immigration Review (EOIR) for 

purposes of collaboration in facilitating 

sponsors’ participation in LOPCs under 

section 235(c)(4) of the William 

Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, 

8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(4). ORR may also share 

limited information with EOIR as part of 

a case status summary in advance of a 

child’s immigration hearing that ORR 

determines is in the best interest of the 

child, such as name, Alien Number, and 

sponsor category. 

11. Disclosure to the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA). Information may be disclosed 

to the National Archives and Records 

Administration in its records 

management inspections. 

12. Disclosure to the Government 

Publishing Office (GPO). Information 

may be shared with GPO for purposes 

of creating portable versions of ORR 

release or discharge records. 

13. Disclosure to Contractors, 

Grantees, and Stakeholders. Information 

may be disclosed to contractors, 

grantees, consultants, volunteers, or 

stakeholders (including, but not limited 

to, legal service providers, case 

coordinators, medical providers, nonHHS Federal agency partners, child 

advocates, attorneys of record, sponsors 

and potential sponsors, educational 

institutions, and organizations 

providing services to unaccompanied 

children and sponsors) performing or 

working on a contract, service, grant, 

cooperative agreement, job, or 

memorandum of understanding, or 

other activity for HHS relating to the 

administration of services provided by 

the Unaccompanied Children Bureau 

(including ancillary purposes, such as 

information technology (IT) system 

support) and who have a need to have 

access to the information in the 

performance of their duties or activities 

for HHS, and for reunification purposes. 

14. Disclosure in Connection with 

Litigation or Settlement Discussions. 

Information may be disclosed in 

connection with litigation or settlement 

discussions regarding claims by or 

against HHS, including public filing 

with a court, to the extent that 

disclosure of the information is relevant 

and necessary to the litigation or 

settlement discussions. 

15. Disclosure Incident to Requesting 

Information. Information may be 

disclosed (to the extent necessary to 

identify the individual, inform the 

source of the purpose of the request, and 


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to identify the type of information 

requested), to any source from which 

additional information is requested 

when necessary to obtain information 

relevant to an agency decision 

concerning benefits. 

16. Disclosure to State Refugee 

Coordinators. Information may be 

shared with State Refugee Coordinators 

for children in ORR care who are being 

transferred into ORR’s Unaccompanied 

Refugee Minors program for purposes of 

coordinating appropriate placement and 

services for the child in accordance with 

8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(2). The State Refugee 

Coordinator refers to the individual(s) 

designated by a Governor or a State to 

be responsible for, and authorized to, 

ensure coordination of public and 

private resources in refugee 

resettlement. 

17. Disclosure to other Federal 

Departments and Nongovernmental 

Organizations and Foreign Governments 

for Safe Repatriation of Unaccompanied 

Children and for Reuniting Children 

with a Parent or Sponsor Abroad. 

Information may be disclosed to other 

federal agencies (such as the 

Department of State, Department of 

Justice, Department of Homeland 

Security), nongovernmental 

organizations and foreign governments 

as it relates to the safe repatriation of 

unaccompanied children to their 

country of origin as directed under the 

William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

section 235(a)(5), 8 U.S.C. 1232(a)(5) 

and for reuniting unaccompanied 

children with a parent or sponsor 

abroad in appropriate cases under the 

Homeland Security Act, 6 U.S.C. 

279(b)(1)(H). 

18. Disclosure in the Event of a 

Security Breach Experienced by HHS. 

Information may be disclosed to 

appropriate agencies, entities, and 

persons when (1) HHS suspects or has 

confirmed that there has been a breach 

of the system of records; (2) HHS has 

determined, as a result of the suspected 

or confirmed breach, there is a risk of 

harm to individuals, the agency 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the Federal 

Government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with HHS’ efforts to respond 

to the suspected or confirmed breach, or 

to prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm. 

19. Disclosure to Assist Another 

Agency Experiencing a Breach. 

Information may be disclosed to another 

federal agency or federal entity, when 

HHS determines that information from 

this system of records is reasonably 

necessary to assist the recipient agency 

or entity in (1) responding to a 

suspected or confirmed breach, or (2) 

preventing, minimizing, or remedying 

the risk of harm to individuals, the 

recipient agency or entity (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security, resulting from a 

suspected or confirmed breach. 

20. Disclosure to Department of State. 

Information may be disclosed to the 

Department of State for humanitarian 

operations, sponsor background checks, 

best interest determinations, and family 

unification efforts, including obtaining 

and verifying identity documents (birth 

certificates, passports, and governmentissued identifications) of 

unaccompanied children, their 

sponsors, and household members who 

are also eligible for immigration relief, 

family unification, or humanitarian 

evacuation. In no case shall such 

information be shared for immigration 

enforcement purposes (including 

initiating immigration enforcement 

activities, such as determining whether 

an individual should be removed from 

the United States, for immigration 

detention or bond determinations or 

verifying an individual’s statements in 

removal proceedings). Disclosures 

under this routine use will be made 

with an express written advisory that no 

other uses by the Department of State 

and no subsequent disclosures by the 

Department of State to other entities can 

be made. 

21. Disclosure to State and Local 

Child Welfare Agencies and State and 

Local Governments. ORR may disclose 

information of children and sponsors to 

local and state agencies offering postrelease services to the child or sponsor 

for the purpose of facilitating delivery of 

child welfare services and safe releases 

if ORR determines that the disclosure is 

in the child’s best interest. ORR may 

also disclose information of children 

and sponsors to state and local 

government entities, such as school 

districts, for the purpose of facilitating 

enrollment of unaccompanied children 

in a school or educational program and 

for individualized education planning, 

including but not limited to obtaining 

special education services when 

needed. In no case shall such 

information be shared with state or local 

entities for immigration enforcement 

purposes (including initiating 

immigration enforcement activities, 

such as determining whether an 

individual should be removed from the 

United States, for immigration detention 

or bond determinations or verifying an 

individual’s statements in removal 

proceedings). Disclosures under this 

routine use will be made with an 

express written advisory that no other 

uses by the receiving entity and no 

subsequent disclosures by the receiving 

entity to other entities can be made. 

22. Disclosure to a Foreign 

Government’s Embassy or Consulate. 

ORR may disclose copies of birth 

certificates, passports, or other official, 

foreign government-issued identity 

documents to foreign embassies and 

consulates for the purpose of 

authenticating those documents, 

verifying identity, and for sponsor 

background check purposes. ORR may 

also disclose information of children 

when notifying foreign embassies and 

consulates that a child from their 

country is in ORR custody in 

accordance with Department of State 

guidance on applicable law. In no case 

shall information from this system of 

records, including mental health or 

behavioral information, be shared or 

used for purposes that are incompatible 

with HHS/ORR Unaccompanied 

Children Bureau statutes, regulations 

and policies, such as disclosing 

information to foreign consulates that 

may indicate a child may have a fear of 

persecution or other mistreatment by 

their country, or may be seeking asylum 

or refugee status. Disclosure for 

Approved Research Purposes. ORR may 

disclose information for research 

purposes and predictive modeling to 

entities conducting relevant research 

that ORR determines contributes to 

ORR’s policymaking, operations, and 

mission of the UC Bureau. 

23. Disclosure to ACF 

Unaccompanied Children Office of the 

Ombuds. ORR may disclose information 

to the ACF Unaccompanied Children 

Office of the Ombuds in accordance 

with the Ombuds’ investigation and 

reporting purposes. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are stored on cloud web 

servers and/or in file folders. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Personal identifiers used for retrieval 

include the name, Alien Registration 

Number, and/or date of birth of the 

unaccompanied child; name and/or date 

of birth of the potential sponsor; and the 

name and/or date of birth of the 

potential sponsor’s household member 

or adult caregiver identified in a 

sponsor care plan. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained for 50 years after 

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(see National Archives and Records 

Administration-approved record 

retention and disposition schedules 

DAA–0292–2019–0009–0001 and DAA– 

0292–2019–0009–0002). 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Information in this system is 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable laws, rules, and policies. 

Access to the records is restricted to 

authorized personnel who are advised 

of the confidentiality of the records and 

the civil and criminal penalties for 

misuse. All record keepers are required 

to maintain appropriate administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards to 

protect the records from unauthorized 

access. Administrative safeguards 

include background checks, as well as 

training individuals who have access to 

the records on how to handle them 

appropriately, incident response plans, 

mandatory security and privacy 

awareness training, limiting access to 

individuals who need to know the 

information, and reviewing security 

controls on an ongoing basis. Technical 

safeguards include the use of antivirus 

software, vulnerability patching, multifactor authentication when required, or 

username and password, and storing 

electronic records in encrypted form, to 

limit system access to authorized users. 

Physical safeguards include storing hard 

copy records and computer terminals 

used to access electronic records in 

physically locked locations when not in 

use. Safeguards conform to the HHS 

Information Security Program, https://

www.hhs.gov/ocio/securityprivacy/ 

index.html. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals may request access to a 

record about them in this system of 

records by submitting a written access 

request to the System Manager. The 

request must include, as applicable, the 

individual’s name, Alien Registration 

Number, date and place of birth, 

telephone number and/or email address, 

current address, and signature. In 

addition, to further verify the 

individual’s identity, the individual 

must provide either a notarization of the 

request or a written certification that the 

requester is the individual who the 

requester claims to be and understands 

that the knowing and willful request for, 

or acquisition of, a record pertaining to 

an individual under false pretenses is a 

criminal offense under the Privacy Act, 

subject to a fine of up to $5,000. An 

individual may also request an 

accounting of disclosures that have been 

made of any records about that 

individual. Verification of identity is 

also required for a parent or legal 

guardian who makes a request on behalf 

of a minor (in addition to verifying the 

minor’s identity). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to amend a record 

about them in this system of records 

must submit a written request for 

amendment to the System Manager. The 

request must provide the same 

information described under ‘‘Record 

Access Procedures,’’ including identity 

verification information, and must 

specify the information that is 

contested, the corrective action sought, 

and the reason(s) for requesting the 

correction, and include supporting 

information. The right to contest records 

is limited to information that is factually 

inaccurate, incomplete, irrelevant, or 

untimely (obsolete). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether this system of records contains 

information about them must submit a 

written notification request to the 

System Manager. The request must 

include the same information described 

under ‘‘Record Access Procedures,’’ 

including identity verification 

information. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

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6591 (Feb. 14, 2018). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2024–N–0008] 

Advisory Committee; Science Board to 

the Food and Drug Administration; 

Renewal 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; renewal of Federal 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or the Agency) is 

announcing the renewal of the Science 

Board to the Food and Drug 

Administration by the Commissioner of 

Food and Drugs (the Commissioner). 

The Commissioner has determined that 

it is in the public interest to renew the 

Science Board to the Food and Drug 

Administration for an additional 2 years 

beyond the charter expiration date. The 

new charter will be in effect until the 

June 26, 2026, expiration date. 

DATES: Authority for the Science Board 

to the Food and Drug Administration 

will expire on June 26, 2026, unless the 

Commissioner formally determines that 

renewal is in the public interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rakesh Raghuwanshi, Office of the 

Chief Scientist, Office of the 

Commissioner, Food and Drug 

Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 

Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 3309, Silver Spring, 

MD 20993–0002, 301–796–4769, 

rakesh.raghuwanshi@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.65 and approval by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and by the General Services 

Administration, FDA is announcing the 

renewal of the Science Board to the 

Food and Drug Administration (the 

Committee). The Committee is a 

discretionary Federal advisory 

committee established to provide advice 

to the Commissioner. The Committee 

advises the Commissioner or designee 

in discharging responsibilities as they 

relate to helping to ensure safe and 

effective drugs for human use and, as 

required, any other product for which 

FDA has regulatory responsibility. 

The Committee shall provide advice 

to the Commissioner and other 

appropriate officials on specific 

complex scientific and technical issues 

important to FDA and its mission, 

including emerging issues within the 

scientific community. Additionally, the 

Committee will provide advice that 

supports the Agency in keeping pace 

with technical and scientific 

developments, including in regulatory 

science; and input into the Agency’s 

research agenda and on upgrading its 

scientific and research facilities and 

training opportunities. It will also 

provide, where requested, expert review 

of Agency-sponsored intramural and 

extramural scientific research programs. 

The Committee shall consist of a core 

of 21 voting members including a Chair 

and Co-Chair. The members, Chair, and 

Co-Chair are selected by the 

Commissioner or designee from among 

authorities knowledgeable in the fields 

of food science, safety, and nutrition; 

chemistry; pharmacology; translational 

and clinical medicine and research; 

toxicology; biostatistics; medical 

devices; imaging; robotics; cell and 

tissue based products; regenerative 

medicine; public health and 

epidemiology; international health and 

regulation; product safety; product 

manufacturing sciences and quality; and 

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