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be considered before any redesignation 

is made. The criteria are as follows: 

(1) The number of Indians residing in 

the area proposed to be so included or 

excluded; 

(2) Whether the Tribal governing body 

has determined that Indians residing in 

the area near the reservation are socially 

and economically affiliated with the 

Tribe; 

(3) The geographic proximity to the 

reservation of the area whose inclusion 

or exclusion is being considered; and 

(4) The level of funding which would 

be available for the provision of PRC. 

Additionally, the regulations require 

that any redesignation of a PRCDA be 

made in accordance with the procedures 

of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 

U.S.C. 553). 42 CFR 136.22(c). In 

compliance with this requirement, the 

IHS is publishing this Notice and 

requesting public comments. 

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation is located Hill 

and Choteau Counties of Montana. The 

Chippewa Cree Tribe operates their PRC 

program under an Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act agreement with the IHS. 

The Chippewa Cree Tribe has requested 

that the IHS expand its PRCDA to 

include Cascade County, Montana. The 

requested PRCDA redesignation would 

share Cascade County with the PRCDA 

of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Montana (‘‘Little Shell 

Tribe’’). The Billings Area held 

discussions with the Little Shell Tribe, 

during which the Little Shell Tribe did 

not raise any objections to the 

expansion of the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s 

PRCDA to include Cascade County. 

Under 42 CFR 136.23, those otherwise 

eligible Indians who do not reside on a 

reservation, but reside within a PRCDA, 

must be either members of the Tribe or 

other IHS beneficiaries who maintain 

close economic and social ties with the 

Tribe. In this case, applying the 

aforementioned PRCDA redesignation 

criteria required by operative 

regulations codified at 42 CFR part 136, 

subpart C, the following findings are 

made: 

1. By expanding the PRCDA to 

include Cascade County, Montana, the 

IHS and the Chippewa Cree Tribe 

estimate that the Tribe’s PRC eligible 

population would increase by an 

estimated 251 Tribal members. 

2. As part of their expansion request, 

the Chippewa Cree Tribe submitted a 

resolution from the Tribe’s governing 

body. The resolution explains that the 

expansion is intended to serve their 

members living in Cascade County, 

Montana and it describes those 

members as being socially and 

economically tied to the Tribe’s 

reservation. The IHS therefore finds that 

the Tribal members within the 

proposed, expanded PRCDA are socially 

and economically affiliated with the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe. 

3. The expanded PRCDA county 

forms a contiguous area with the 

existing PRCDA. Members of the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe reside in the 

county proposed for inclusion in the 

expanded PRCDA. Through their 

expansion request, the Tribe described 

how close Cascade County, Montana is 

to their reservation and explained that 

it is close enough for their members 

residing there to return frequently to the 

Tribe’s reservation for ceremony and 

participation in Tribal elections. For 

these reasons, the IHS has determined 

the additional county proposed for 

inclusion herein to be geographically 

proximate, meaning ‘‘on or near,’’ to the 

Tribe’s reservation. 

4. Through the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s 

request to expand its PRCDA, the Tribe 

has indicated that the PRC program can 

continue providing the same level of 

care to the PRC eligible population if the 

PRCDA is expanded as proposed, 

without requiring additional funding 

from the IHS or reduction of the current 

medical priority level. 

Accordingly, the IHS proposes to 

expand the PRCDA of the Chippewa 

Cree Tribe to include the county of 

Cascade in the state of Montana. 

This Notice does not contain 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

subject to prior approval by the Office 

of Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. 

Roselyn Tso, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

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Name of Committee: National Institute of 

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Emphasis Panel; HHS–NIH–NIAID–SBIR 

PHS 2025–1 Phase 1 and Fast Track: New 

Drug Classes with Novel Mechanisms of 

Action for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Tuberculosis 

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Date: January 17–24, 2025. 

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and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

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Lauren A. Fleck, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

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National Eye Institute; Notice of 

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meeting of the National Advisory Eye 

Council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

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Name of Committee: National Advisory 

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Date: February 21, 2025. 

Open: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

Agenda: Presentation of the NEI Director’s 

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concept clearances. 

Address: National Eye Institute, 1st Floor, 

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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

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Address: National Eye Institute, 1st Floor, 

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Meeting Format: In Person and Virtual 

Meeting. 

Contact Person: Kathleen C. Anderson, 

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(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

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National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: December 12, 2024. 

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Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

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