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Indian Children OPM–306’’. Type of 

Information Collection Request: 

Extention of a currently approved 

collection which expires November 30, 

2005. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection which expires 

November 30, 2005. Form Number: OF–

306 Addendum to Declaration for 

Federal Employment (OF 306) Indian 

Health Service Child Care & Indian 

Child Care Worker Positions. Need and 

Use of Information Collection: This is a 

request for approval of collection 

information required by section 408 of 

the Indian Child Protection and Family 

Violence Prevention Act, Public Law 

101–630, 104 Stat. 4544, 25 U.S.C. 

3201–3211. The IHS is required to 

compile a list of all authorized positions 

within the IHS where the duties and 

responsibilities involve regular contact 

with, or control over, Indian children; 

and to conduct an investigation of the 

character of each individual who is 

employed, or is being considered for 

employment in a position having 

regular contact with, or control over, 

Indian children. Section 3207(b) of the 

Indian Child Protection and Family 

Violence Prevention Act was amended 

by Section 814 of S. 3031, the Native 

American Laws Technical Corrections 

Act of 2000, which requires that the 

regulations prescribing the minimum 

standards of character ensure that none 

of the individuals appointed to 

positions involving regular contact with, 

or control over Indian children have 

been found guilty of, or entered a plea 

of nolo contendere or guilty to any 

felonious offense, or any of two or more 

misdemeanor offenses under Federal, 

State, or Tribal law involving crimes of 

violence; sexual assault, molestation, 

exploitation, contact or prostitution, 

crimes against persons; or offenses 

committed against children. In addition, 

42 U.S.C. 13041 requires each agency of 

the Federal government and every 

facility operated by the Federal 

government (or operated under contract 

with the Federal government), that hires 

(or contracts for hire) individuals 

involved with children under the age of 

18 or child care services to assure that 

all existing and newly-hired employees 

undergo a criminal history background 

check. The background is to be initiated 

through the personnel program of the 

applicable Federal agency. This section 

requires employment applications for 

individuals who are seeking work for an 

agency of the Federal government, or for 

a facility or program operated by (or 

through contract with) the Federal 

government, in positions involved with 

the provision to children under the age 

of 18 or child care services, to contain 

a question asking whether the 

individual has ever been arrested for or 

charged with a crime involving a child. 

Affected Public: Individual and 

households. Type of Respondents: 

Individuals. Table 1 below provides the 

following: Types of data collection 

instruments, estimated number of 

respondents, number of responses per 

respondent, annual number of 

responses, average burden hour per 

response, and total annual burden hour. 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

42 CFR Part 36 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response * 

Total annual 

burden hrs 

Addendum to OF306 Declaration for Federal Employment ............................ 200 1 0.25 (15 min) 500 

* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes. 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

IHS processes the information collected 

in a useful and timely fashion; (c) the 

accuracy of the public burden estimate 

(the estimated amount of time needed 

for individual respondents to provide 

the requested information); (d) whether 

the methodology and assumptions used 

to determine the estimate are logical; (e) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (f) ways to minimize the 

public burden through the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Send your 

written comments and suggestions 

regarding the proposed information 

collection contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, to: Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: Desk Officer for IHS. 

To request more information on the 

proposed collection or to obtain a copy 

of the data collection instrument(s) and/ 

or instruction(s), contact: Mrs. Christina 

Rouleau, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 

801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852–1601, or call nontoll free (301) 443–5938 or send via 

facsimile to (301) 443–2316, or send 

your e-mail requests, comments, and 

return address to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received on or before 30 days of the date 

of this publication. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–22221 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

[Funding Opportunity Number HHS–2006–

IHS–SP–0001] [CFDA Numbers: 93.971, 

93.123, and 93.972] 

Health Professions Preparatory, Health 

Professions Pregraduate and Indian 

Health Professions Scholarship 

Programs 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Key Dates: Application Deadline: 

February 28, 2006. Application Review: 

March 27–31, 2006. Application 

Notification: Third week of June 2006. 

Award Start Date: August 1, 2006. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is 

committed to encouraging American 

Indians and Alaska Natives to enter the 

health professions and to assuring the 

availability of Indian health 

professionals to serve Indians. The IHS 

is committed to the recruitment of 

students for the following programs: 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Preparatory Scholarships authorized by 

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section 103 of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (IHCIA), as amended. 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Pregraduate Scholarships authorized by 

section 103 of the IHCIA, as amended. 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Scholarships authorized by section 104 

of the IHCIA, as amended. 

Full-time and part-time scholarships 

will be funded for each of the three 

scholarship programs. 

II. Award Information 

Awards under this initiative will be 

administered using the grant 

mechanism of the IHS. 

Estimated Funds Available: An 

estimated $11.6 million will be 

available for FY 2006 awards. 

Anticipated Number of Awards: 

Approximately 159 awards will be made 

under the Health Professions 

Preparatory and Pregraduate 

Scholarship Programs for Indians. The 

awards are for 10 months in duration 

and the average award to a full-time 

student is approximately $23,619. An 

estimated 273 awards will be made 

under the Indian Health Scholarship 

(Professions) Program. The awards are 

for 12 months in duration and the 

average award to a full-time student is 

for approximately $35,242. In FY 2006, 

an estimated $4,640,000 is available for 

continuation awards, and an estimated 

$6,960,000 is available for new awards. 

Project Period—The project period for 

the Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarship support is limited to 2 years 

for full-time students and the part-time 

equivalent of 2 years, not to exceed 4 

years for part-time students. The project 

period for the Health Professions 

Pregraduate Scholarship Support is 

limited to 4 years for full-time students 

and the part-time equivalent of 4 years, 

not to exceed 8 years for part-time 

students. The Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship support is limited to 4 years 

for full-time students and the part-time 

equivalent of 4 years, not to exceed 8 

years for part-time students. 

III. Eligibility Information 

This announcement is a limited 

competition for awards made to 

American Indians (federally recognized 

Tribal members, state recognized Tribal 

members, and first and second degree 

descendants of Tribal members), or 

Alaska Natives only. 

1. Eligible Applicants 

The Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarship awards are made to 

American Indians (federally recognized 

Tribal members, state recognized Tribal 

members, and first and second degree 

descendants of Tribal members), or 

Alaska Natives who: 

• Have successfully completed high 

school education or high school 

equivalency; 

• Have been accepted for enrollment 

in a compensatory, pre-professional 

general education course or curriculum; 

and 

• In descending order of Indian 

eligibility: (1) Enrolled members of 

federally recognized Tribes, (2) first and 

second degree Tribal members, and (3) 

state recognized Tribal members. 

The Health Professions Pregraduate 

Scholarship awards are made to 

American Indians (federally recognized 

Tribal members, state recognized Tribal 

members, and first and second degree 

Tribal members), or Alaska Natives 

who: 

• Have successfully completed high 

school education or high school 

equivalency; 

• Have been accepted for enrollment 

or are enrolled in an accredited 

pregraduate program leading to a 

baccalaureate degree in pre-medicine, 

pre-dentistry and pre-podiatry; and 

• In descending order of Indian 

eligibility: (1) Enrolled members of 

federally recognized Tribes, (2) first and 

second degree Tribal members, and (3) 

state recognized Tribal members. 

The Indian Health Scholarship 

(Professions) may be awarded only to an 

individual who is a member of a 

federally recognized Indian Tribe as 

provided by section 4(c), and 4(d) of the 

IHCIA. Membership in a Tribe 

recognized only by a state does not meet 

this statutory requirement. To receive an 

Indian Health Scholarship (Professions) 

an otherwise eligible individual must be 

enrolled in an appropriately accredited 

school and pursuing a course of study 

in a health profession (see list in 

Application Review Information) as 

defined by section 4(n) of the IHCIA. 

2. Cost Sharing/Matching 

The Scholarship Program does not 

require matching funds or cost sharing 

to participate in the competitive grant 

process. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

Applicants are responsible for 

contacting and requesting an 

application packet from their IHS Area 

coordinator. They are listed on the IHS 

Web site at http://www.ihs.gov/ 

JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/Scholarships/ 

SCoordinator_Directory.asp. This 

information is listed below. Please 

review the following list to identify the 

appropriate IHS Area coordinator for 

your state. Application packets may be 

obtained by calling or writing to the 

following individuals listed below: 

IHS area office and states/locality served: Scholarship coordinator/address: 

Aberdeen Area IHS: 

Iowa ..............................................................

Nebraska ......................................................

North Dakota ................................................

South Dakota ...............................................

Ms. Kim Lawrence, IHS Area Coordinator, Aberdeen Area IHS, 115 4th Avenue, SE., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Tele: (605) 226–7532. 

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium—Alaska Ms. Sheila Turner, IHS Area Coordinator, 4000 Ambassador Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508. 

Tele: 1–800–684–8361. 

Albuquerque Area IHS: 

Colorado .......................................................

New Mexico ..................................................

Ms. Shirley Toribio, IHS Area Coordinator, Albuquerque Area IHS, 5300 Homestead Road, 

NE., Albuquerque, MN 87110. Tele: (505) 248–4987. 

Bemidji Area IHS: 

Illinois ...........................................................

Indiana .........................................................

Michigan .......................................................

Minnesota .....................................................

Wisconsin .....................................................

Mr. Tony Buckanaga, IHS Area Coordinator, Bemidji Area IHS, 522 Minnesota Avenue, NW., 

Room 209, Bemidji, MN 56601. Tele: (218) 444–0486. 

Billings Area IHS: 

Montana .......................................................

Wyoming ......................................................

Mr. Sandy Macdonald, IHS Area Coordinator, Billings Area IHS, Area Personnel Office, P.O. 

Box 36600, 2900 4th Avenue, North Billings, MT 59103. Tele: (406) 247–7210. 

California Area IHS: 

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IHS area office and states/locality served: Scholarship coordinator/address: 

California ......................................................

Hawaii ..........................................................

Ms. Mona Celli, IHS Area Coordinator, HI California Area IHS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 7–100, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. Tele: (916) 930–3981. 

Nashville Area IHS: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, 

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia.

Ms. Shirley Toribio, IHS Area Coordinator, Nashville Area IHS, 5300 Homestead Road, NE., 

Albuquerque, MN 87110. Tele: 1–800–382–3027. 

Navajo Area IHS: 

Arizona ......................................................... Ms. Roselinda Allison, IHS Area Coordinator, Navajo Area IHS, P.O. Box 9020, Window Rock, 

AZ 86515. Tele: (928) 871–1358. 

Oklahoma City Area IHS: 

Kansas ......................................................... Mr. Jim Ingram, IHS Area Coordinator, Oklahoma City Area IHS, Five Corporate Plaza, 3625 

N.W. 56th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112. Tele: (580) 276–5983. 

Phoenix Area IHS: 

Arizona .........................................................

Nevada .........................................................

Utah ..............................................................

Mr. Al Peyketewa, IHS Area Coordinator, Phoenix Area IHS, Two Renaissance Square, 40 

North Central Avenue, Suite #510, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Tele: (602) 364–5252. 

Portland Area IHS: 

Idaho ............................................................

Oregon, ........................................................

Washington ..................................................

Ms. Athena Bezahaloni, IHS Area Coordinator, Portland Area IHS, 1220 SW. Third Area IHS, 

Rm. 440e, Portland, OR 97204–2892. Tele: (503) 326–2625. 

Tucson Area IHS: 

Arizona .........................................................

Texas ...........................................................

Ms. Reanetta Siquieros, IHS Area Coordinator, Tucson Area IHS, 7900 South ‘‘J.’’ Stock Rd., 

Tucson, AZ 85746. Tele: (520) 295–2440. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Each applicant will be responsible for 

submitting a completed application and 

1 copy (Forms IHS–856–1, through 856–

8) to their IHS Area Coordinator. 

Electronic applications are not being 

accepted for this cycle. The application 

will be considered complete if the 

following documents (original and 1 

copy) are included. 

• Completed Signed Application 

Checklist. 

• Original Signed Complete 

Application Form IHS–856 (For 

Continuation Students-Data Sheet in 

place of IHS–856). 

• Current Letter of Acceptance from 

College/Proof of Application to Health 

Professions Program. 

• Official Transcripts for All Colleges. 

• Cumulative GPA: Applicants 

Calculation. 

• Documents for Indian Eligibility. 

A. If you are a member of a Federally 

recognized Tribe (recognized by the 

Secretary of the Interior), provide 

evidence of membership such as: 

(1) Certification of Tribal enrollment 

by the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

through the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA Certification: Form 4432–Category 

A or D, whichever is applicable); or 

(2) In the absence of BIA certification, 

documentation that you meet 

requirements of Tribal membership as 

prescribed by the charter, articles of 

incorporation or other legal instrument 

of the Tribe and have been officially 

designated as a Tribal member as 

evidenced by an accompanying 

document signed by an authorized 

Tribal official, or 

(3) Other evidence of Tribal 

membership satisfactory to the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

B. If you are a member of a Tribe 

terminated since 1940 or a State 

recognized Tribe, provide official 

documentation that you meet the 

requirements of Tribal membership as 

prescribed by the charter, articles of 

incorporation or other legal instrument 

of the Tribe and have been officially 

designated as a Tribal member as 

evidenced by an accompanying 

document signed by an authorized 

Tribal official; or other evidence, 

satisfactory to the Secretary of the 

Interior, that you are a member of the 

Tribe. In addition, if the terminated or 

state recognized Tribe of which you are 

a member is not on a list of such Tribes 

published by the Secretary of the 

Interior in the Federal Register, you 

must submit an official signed 

document that the Tribe has been 

terminated since 1940 or is recognized 

by the state in which the Tribe is 

located in accordance with the law of 

that state. 

C. If you are not a Tribal member but 

are a natural child or grandchild of a 

Tribal member, you must submit: (1) 

Evidence of that fact, e.g., your birth 

certificate and/or your parent’s birth 

certificate showing the name of the 

Tribal member; and (2) evidence of your 

parent’s or grandparent’s Tribal 

membership in accordance with 

paragraphs A and B. The relationship to 

the Tribal member must be clearly 

documented. Failure to submit the 

required documentation will result in 

the application not being accepted for 

review. 

Note: If you meet the criteria of B or 

C you are eligible only for the 

Preparatory or Pregraduate 

Scholarships. 

• Two Faculty/Employer Evaluations 

with original signature. 

• Reasons for Requesting Scholarship. 

• Delinquent Debt Form. 

• 2006 W–4 Form with original 

signature. 

• Course Curriculum Verification 

with original signature. 

• Acknowledgment Card. 

• Curriculum for Major. 

Health Professions Applicants Only: 

• Health Related Experience (MPH 

only)—Optional Form 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Receipt Date: The 

application deadline for new applicants 

is Tuesday, February 28, 2006. 

Applications (original and 1 copy) shall 

be considered as meeting the deadline if 

they are received by the appropriate IHS 

Area Coordinator on the deadline date 

or postmarked on or before the deadline 

date. Applicants should request a 

legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark or obtain a legibly dated 

receipt from a commercial carrier or 

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U.S. Postal Service. Private metered 

postmarks will not be acceptable as 

proof of timely mailing and will not be 

considered for funding. Once the 

application is received, the applicant 

will receive an ‘‘Acknowledge of 

Receipt of Application’’ (IHS–815) card 

that is included in the application 

packet. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372 requiring 

intergovernmental review is not 

applicable to this program. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

No more than 5% of available funds 

will be used for part-time scholarships 

this fiscal year. Students are considered 

part-time if they are enrolled for a 

minimum of 6 hours of instruction and 

are not considered in full-time status by 

their college/university. Documentation 

must be received from part-time 

applicants that their school and course 

curriculum allows less than full-time 

status. Both part-time and full-time 

scholarship awards will be made in 

accordance with 42 CFR 136.320, 

136.330 and 136.370 incorporated in the 

application materials; and for Health 

Professions Scholarship Program for 

Indians. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

New Applicants are responsible for 

contacting and requesting an 

application packet from their IHS Area 

Coordinator. Electronic applications are 

not being accepted for this award cycle. 

The Division of Grants Operations will 

mail continuation students an 

application packet and if you do not 

receive this information please contact 

your IHS Area Coordinator to request a 

continuation application. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

Applications will be reviewed and 

scored with the following criteria: 

• Needs of the IHS (Health Work 

Force needs in Indian Country). 

Applicants are considered for 

scholarship awards based on their 

desired career goals and how these goals 

relate to current Indian health work 

force needs. Applications for each 

health career category are reviewed and 

ranked separately. 

• Academic Performance (40 points). 

Applicants are rated according to their 

academic performance as evidenced by 

transcripts and faculty evaluations. In 

cases where a particular applicant’s 

school has a policy not to rank students 

academically, faculty members are 

asked to provide a personal judgement 

of the applicant’s achievement. Health 

Professions applicants with a 

cumulative GPA below 2.0 are not 

eligible to apply. 

• Faculty/Employer 

Recommendations (30 points). 

Applicants are rated according to 

evaluations by faculty members, current 

and/or former employers and Tribal 

officials regarding the applicant’s 

potential in the chosen health related 

professions. 

• Stated Reasons for Asking for the 

Scholarship and Stated Career Goals (30 

points). Applicants must provide a brief 

written explanation of reasons for 

asking for the scholarship and of their 

career goals. The applicant’s narrative 

will be judged on how well it is written 

and its content. 

• Applicants who are closest to 

graduation or completion are awarded 

first. For example, senior and junior 

applicants under the Health Professions 

Pregraduate Scholarship receive funding 

before freshmen and sophomores. 

• Priority Categories. 

The following is a list of health 

professions that will be funded in each 

scholarship program in FY 2006. 

• Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarships. 

A. Pre-Clinical Psychology (Jr & Sr 

undergraduate years). 

B. Pre-Dietetics. 

C. Pre-Engineering. 

D. Pre-Medical Technology. 

E. Pre-Nursing. 

F. Pre-Occupational Therapy. 

G. Pre-Pharmacy. 

H. Pre-Physical Therapy (Jr and Sr 

undergraduate years). 

I. Pre-Sanitarian. 

J. Pre-Social Work (Jr and Sr 

undergraduate years). 

• Health Professions Pregraduate 

Scholarships. 

A. Pre-Dentistry. 

B. Pre-Medicine. 

C. Pre-Podiatry 

• Indian Health Scholarships 

(Professions). 

A. Chemical Dependency Counseling: 

Baccalaureate and Masters Level. 

B. Clinical Psychology: Ph.D. 

Program. 

C. Coding Specialist. 

D. Counseling Psychology: Ph.D. 

Program. 

E. Dental Hygiene: B.S. 

F. Dentistry: D.D.S. or D.M.D. 

G. Diagnostic Radiology Technology: 

Certificate, Associate, and B.S. 

H. Dietitian: B.S. 

I. Environmental Health & 

Engineering: B.S. 

J. Health Care Administration: 

Bachelors & Masters Level. 

K. Health Education: Bachelors & 

Masters Level. 

L. Health Records: R.H.I.T and 

R.H.I.A. 

M. Injury Prevention Specialist: 

Certificate. 

N. Medical Technology: B.S. 

O. Medicine: Allopathic and 

Osteopathic. 

P. Nurse: Associate & Bachelor 

Degrees & advanced degrees in 

Psychiatry, Geriatric, Women’s Health, 

Pediatric Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist, & 

Nurse Practitioner. 

*(Priority consideration will be given 

to Registered Nurses employed by the 

Indian Health Service; in a program 

assisted under a contract entered into 

under the Indian Self-Determination 

Act; or in a program assisted under Title 

V of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act.) 

Q. Occupational Therapy: B.S. 

R. Optician: Associate degree. 

S. Optometry: O.D. 

T. Pharmacy: Pharm D. 

U. Physician Assistant: PAC. 

V. Physical Therapy Assistant: 

Associate degree. 

W. Physical Therapy: M.S. and D.P.T. 

X. Podiatry: D.P.M. 

Y. Public Health: M.P.H. only 

(Applicants must be enrolled or 

accepted in a school of public health 

with concentration in Epidemiology). 

Z. Public Health Nutrition: Masters 

Level only. 

AA. Respiratory Therapy: Associate. 

BB. Social Work: Masters Level only 

(Direct Practice and Clinical 

concentrations). 

CC. Ultrasonography (Prerequisite: 

Diagnostic Radiology Technology). 

2. Review and Selection Process 

The applications will be reviewed & 

scored by the IHS Scholarship 

Programs’ Application Review 

Committee appointed by the IHS. Each 

reviewer will not be allowed to review 

an application from his/her area or his/ 

her own Tribe. Each application will be 

reviewed by three reviewers. The 

average score of the three reviews 

provide the final Ranking Score for each 

applicant. To determine the ranking of 

each applicant, these scores are sorted 

from the highest to the lowest within 

each scholarship, health discipline, date 

of graduation, and score. If several 

students have the same date of 

graduation and score within the same 

discipline, computer ranking list will 

randomly sort and will not be sorted by 

alphabetical name. Selections for 

recommendations to the Director, IHS, 

are then made from the top of each 

ranking list to the extent that funds 

allocated by the IHS among the three 

scholarships are available for obligation. 

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VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

It is anticipated that applicants will 

be notified in writing during the third 

week of June, 2006. An Award Letter 

will be issued to successful applicants. 

Unsuccessful applicants will be notified 

in writing, which will include a brief 

explanation of the reasons the 

application was not successful and 

provide the name of the IHS official to 

contact if more information is desired. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Regulations at 42 CFR 136.304 

provide that the IHS shall, from time to 

time, publish a list of health professions 

eligible for consideration for the award 

of Indian Health Professions Preparatory 

and Pregraduate Scholarships and 

Indian Health Scholarships 

(Professions). Section 104(b)(1) of the 

IHCIA, as amended by the Indian Health 

Care Amendment of 1988, Pub. L. 100–

713, authorizes the IHS to determine 

specific health professions for which 

Indian Health Scholarships will be 

awarded. 

Awards for the Indian Health 

Scholarships (Professions) will be made 

in accordance with 42 CFR 136.330. 

Recipients shall incur a service 

obligation prescribed under section 

338A of the Public Health Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 254l) which shall be met by 

service: 

(1) In the Indian Health Service; 

(2) In a program conducted under a 

contract or compact entered into under 

the Indian Self-Determination Act and 

Education Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–

638) and its amendments; 

(3) In a program assisted under Title 

V of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (Pub. L. 94–437) and 

its amendments; and 

(4) In a private practice option of his 

or her profession, if the practice (a) is 

situated in a health professional 

shortage area, designated in regulations 

promulgated by the Secretary and (b) 

addresses the health care needs of a 

substantial number (51%) of Indians as 

determined by the Secretary in 

accordance with guidelines of the 

Service. 

Pursuant to the Indian Health 

Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–573), 

a recipient of an Indian Health 

Professions Scholarship may, at the 

election of the recipient, meet his/her 

active duty service obligation prescribed 

under section 338A of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l) by a 

program specified in options (1)–(4) 

above that: 

(i) Is located on the reservation of the 

Tribe in which the recipient is enrolled; 

or 

(ii) Serves the Tribe in which the 

recipient is enrolled. 

In summary, all recipients of the 

Indian Health Scholarship (Health 

Professions) are reminded that 

recipients of this scholarship incur a 

service obligation. Moreover, this 

obligation shall be served at a facility 

determined by the Director, IHS, 

consistent with IHCIA, Pub. L. 94–437, 

as amended by Pub. L. 100–713, and 

Pub. L. 102–573. 

3. Reporting 

Scholarship Program Minimum 

Academic Requirements 

It is the policy of the IHS that a 

scholarship recipient awarded under the 

Health Professions Scholarship Program 

of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

Act maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade 

point average (GPA) each semester/ 

quarter and be a full-time student 

(minimum of 12 credit hours considered 

by your school as full-time). A recipient 

of a scholarship under the Health 

Professions Pre-Graduate and Health 

Professions Preparatory Scholarship 

authority must maintain a good 

academic standing each semester/ 

quarter and be a full time student 

(minimum of 12 credit hours or the 

number of credit hours considered by 

your school as full-time). In addition to 

the two requirements stated above, a 

Health Professions Scholarship program 

grantee must be enrolled in an 

approved/accredited school for a health 

professions degree. 

Part-time students for the three 

scholarship programs must also 

maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA and 

must take at least 6 credit hours each 

semester/quarter but less than the 

number of hours considered full-time by 

your school. Scholarship grantees must 

be approved for part-time status at the 

time of scholarship award. Scholarship 

grantees may not change from part-time 

status to full-time status or vice versa in 

the same academic year. 

The following reports must be sent to 

the IHS Scholarship Program at the 

identified time frame. Each scholarship 

grantee will be provided with an IHS 

Scholarship Handbook where the below 

needed reports are located. If a 

scholarship grantee fails to submit these 

reports as required, they will be 

ineligible for continuation of 

scholarship support and scholarship 

award payments will be discontinued. 

A. Recipient’s Enrollment and Initial 

Progress Report 

Within thirty (30) days from the 

beginning of each semester or quarter, 

scholarship grantees must submit a 

Recipient’s Enrollment and Initial 

Progress Report (Form F–02 of the 

student handbook). 

B. Transcripts 

Within thirty (30) days from the end 

of each academic period, i.e., semester, 

quarter, or summer session, scholarship 

grantees must submit an Official 

Transcript showing the results of the 

classes taken during that period. 

C. Notification of Academic Problem/ 

Change 

If at any time during the semester/ 

quarter, scholarship grantees are 

advised to reduce the number of credit 

hours for which they are enrolled below 

the minimum of 12 (or the number of 

hours considered by their school as full 

time) for a full-time student or at least 

6 hours for part-time students; or if they 

experience academic problems, they 

must submit this report (page F–04 of 

student handbook). 

D. Change of Status 

• Change of Academic Status. 

Scholarship Grantees must immediately 

notify the IHS Area Coordinator if they 

are placed on academic probation, 

dismissed from school, or voluntarily 

withdraw for any reason (personal or 

medical). 

• Change of Health Discipline. 

Scholarship Grantees may not change 

from the approved IHS Scholarship 

Program health discipline during the 

school year. If an unapproved change is 

made, scholarship payments will be 

discontinued. 

• Change in Graduation Date. Any 

time that a change occurs in a 

scholarship grantee’s expected 

graduation date, they must notify their 

IHS Area Coordinator immediately in 

writing. Justification must be attached 

from the school advisor. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Please address application inquiries 

to the appropriate IHS Area 

Coordinator. Other programmatic 

inquiries may be addressed to Mr. Jess 

Brien, Chief, Scholarship Branch, Indian 

Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue, 

Suite 120, Rockville, Maryland 20852; 

Telephone (301) 443–6197. (This is not 

a toll free number.) For grants 

information, contact the Grants 

Scholarship Coordinator, Division of 

Grants Operations, Indian Health 

Service, 801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 

120, Rockville, Maryland 20852; 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2005 / Notices 67731 

1 ‘‘Sensitive Security Information’’ or ‘‘SSI’’ is 

information obtained or developed in the conduct 

of security activities, the disclosure of which would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy, 

reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential 

information, or be detrimental to the security of 

transportation. The protection of SSI is governed by 

49 CFR part 1520. 

Telephone (301) 443–0243. (This is not 

a toll-free number). 

VIII. Other Information 

Access to Quality Health Services 

There are primary care objectives that 

will be enhanced through this grant 

program. 

The Public Health Service (PHS) is 

committed to achieving the health 

promotion and disease prevention 

objectives of Healthy People 2010, a 

PHS-led activity for setting priority 

areas. This program announcement is 

related to the priority area of Education 

and Community-Based Programs. 

Potential applicants may obtain a copy 

of Healthy People 2010, (Full Report; 

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or Healthy 

People 2010 (Summary Report; Stock 

No. 017–001–00473–1) through the 

Superintendent of Documents, 

Government Printing Office, 

Washington, DC 20402–9325 

[Telephone (202) 783–3238]. 

Interested individuals are reminded 

that the list of eligible health and allied 

health professions is effective for 

applicants for the 2006–2007 academic 

year. These priorities will remain in 

effect until superseded. Applicants for 

health and allied health professions not 

on the above priority list will be 

considered pending the availability of 

funds and dependent upon the 

availability of qualified applicants in 

the priority areas. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–22166 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket Nos. TSA–2004–19166 and TSA–

2004–17982] 

Privacy Act of 1974: System of 

Records; Transportation Security 

Threat Assessment System (T-STAS) 

and Registered Traveler (RT) 

Operations Files 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS. 

ACTION: Notice to alter two existing 

systems of records; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: TSA is altering two existing 

systems of records under the Privacy 

Act of 1974. The revisions affect the 

Transportation Security Threat 

Assessment System (T-STAS), DHS/ 

TSA 002, and Registered Traveler (RT) 

Operations Files, DHS/TSA 015, and 

will update the ‘‘Categories of 

individuals covered by the system’’

section for both systems, and the 

‘‘Categories of records in the system’’

section for the T-STAS system. 

DATES: Submit comments by December 

8, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the TSA docket numbers 

to this rulemaking, using any one of the 

following methods: 

Comments Filed Electronically: You 

may submit comments through the 

docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov. 

You also may submit comments through 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or 

In Person: Address or deliver your 

written, signed comments to the Docket 

Management System, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

format and other information about 

comment submissions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

S. Dean, Privacy Officer, Office of 

Transportation Security Policy, TSA–9, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

22202–4220; telephone (571) 227–3947; 

facsimile (571) 227–2555. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

TSA invites interested persons to 

participate by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. See 

ADDRESSES above for information on 

where to submit comments. 

With each comment, please include 

your name and address, identify the 

docket number at the beginning of your 

comments, and give the reason for each 

comment. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

document, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. You may submit 

comments and material electronically, 

in person, by mail, or fax as provided 

under ADDRESSES, but please submit 

your comments and material by only 

one means. If you submit comments by 

mail or delivery, submit them in two 

copies, in an unbound format, no larger 

than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. 

If you want TSA to acknowledge 

receipt of comments submitted by mail, 

include with your comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which 

the docket number appears. We will 

stamp the date on the postcard and mail 

it to you. 

TSA will file in the public docket all 

comments received, except for 

comments containing confidential 

information and sensitive security 

information (SSI) 1, TSA will consider 

all comments received on or before the 

closing date for comments and will 

consider comments filed late to the 

extent practicable. The docket is 

available for public inspection before 

and after the comment closing date. 

Handling of Confidential or Proprietary 

Information and Sensitive Security 

Information (SSI) Submitted in Public 

Comments 

Do not submit comments that include 

trade secrets, confidential commercial 

or financial information, or SSI to the 

public regulatory docket. Please submit 

such comments separately from other 

comments on the rulemaking. 

Comments containing this type of 

information should be appropriately 

marked as containing such information 

and submitted by mail the address listed 

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

TSA will not place such comments in 

the public docket, but rather, will 

handle these comments in accordance 

with applicable safeguards and 

restrictions on access. TSA will hold 

them in a separate file to which the 

public does not have access, and place 

a note in the public docket that TSA has 

received such materials from the 

commenter. If TSA receives a request to 

examine or copy this information, TSA 

will treat it as any other request under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of 

Homeland Security’s (DHS’) FOIA 

regulation found in 6 CFR part 5. 

Reviewing Comments in the Docket 

Please be aware that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the applicable Privacy 

Act Statement published in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477), or you may visit http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

You may review the comments in the 

public docket by visiting the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,