72302 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 231 / Friday, December 2, 2005 / Notices 

leasehold acquisitions. This collection 

requires contractors to submit 

information to the Government to 

substantiate an increase or decrease in 

real estate taxes under a leasehold 

acquisition so that the Government can 

make tax adjustments as necessary to 

the leasehold acquisition. Information 

collected under this authority is 

necessary to assess proper tax 

adjustments against each leasehold 

acquisition. The clearance currently 

expires on April 30, 2006. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

function of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; ways to minimize the burden 

of the information collection on 

respondents including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: January 31, 

2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerald Zaffos, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 208–6091. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), General Services Administration, 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 3090–0280, Tax Adjustment 

Clause 552.270–30, in all 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) has various mission 

responsibilities related to the 

acquisition and provision supply, 

service, and leasehold acquisitions. 

These mission responsibilities generate 

requirements that are realized through 

the solicitation and award of various 

types of contracts. Individual 

solicitations and resulting contracts may 

impose unique information collection 

and reporting requirements on 

contractors, not required by regulation, 

but necessary to evaluate particular 

program accomplishments, measure 

success in meeting program objectives, 

or adjust acquisition requirements. 

Leasehold acquisitions provide for real 

estate tax adjustments due to changes in 

real estate taxes on land and buildings 

occupied by the Government. In a 

leasehold acquisition, the lessor shall 

provide the following information 

regarding real estate taxes: (1) Any 

notice which may affect the valuation of 

land and buildings covered by this lease 

for real estate tax purposes; (2) Any 

notice of a tax credit or tax refund 

related to land and buildings covered by 

this lease; and (3) Each tax bill related 

to land and building covered by this 

lease. The lessor is also required to 

provide the contracting officer a proper 

invoice including evidence of payment 

to receive the tax adjustment. 

Depending on the leasehold acquisition, 

the tax adjustment can result in either 

the lessor receiving a credit or the 

Government receiving a credit. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 7041. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 7041. 

Hours Per Response: 6. 

Total Burden Hours: 42,246. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

208–7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 

3090–0280, Tax Adjustment Clause 

552.270–30, in all correspondence. 

Dated: November 28, 2005. 

Gerald Zaffos, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. E5–6738 Filed 12–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Request for Public Comment; Public 

Meetings in Calendar Years 2005 and 

2006; Economic Impact of Federal 

Health Care Regulations 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

dates and locations of the Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (ASPE) Town Hall meetings 

to be held in calendar years 2005 and 

2006 to solicit public comment on 

quantifying the economic impact of 

major Federal regulations governing the 

health care industry. These public 

meetings provide a forum for interested 

parties to make oral presentations and/ 

or to submit written comments about 

the impact of regulations. In particular, 

commenters are requested to provide an 

estimate of the economic impact of 

Federal health care regulations, 

guidance documents, or paperwork 

requirements, and also to describe the 

methods used to calculate the economic 

impact of the regulations. The Town 

Hall meetings will be held in several 

cities across the country to provide an 

opportunity for input. In addition, 

individuals may also submit written 

comments for consideration regardless 

of their ability to attend the Town Hall 

meetings. 

DATES: Meeting Dates: The first Town 

Hall meeting was held on November 3, 

2005, in Washington, DC. The 

remaining meetings will be held on 

December 8, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois; 

January 12, 2006 in Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma; and February 2, 2006 in San 

Francisco, California. Information about 

the Town Hall meetings and registration 

procedures are available on the Web site 

http://aspe.hhs.gov/arrb/index.shtml. 

Each meeting day will begin at 10 

a.m. and end at 3 p.m. (in the respective 

cities’ time zones). On-site registration 

and sign-up for public comments will 

open one hour before each meeting. 

Participants are encouraged to preregister for the meetings (see below for 

registration information). 

ADDRESSES: The December 8, 2005 

Town Hall meeting will be held at: 

Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel 

Chicago, 163 East Walton Place @ North 

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. 

Telephone: 312–751–8100. Fax: 312–

751–9205. 

The January 12, 2006 Town Hall 

meeting will be held at: The Sheraton 

Oklahoma City, One North Broadway, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Telephone: 

405–235–2780. Fax: 405–232–4782. 

The February 2, 2006 Town Hall 

meeting will be held at: Hilton San 

Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf, 2620 

Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94133. 

Telephone: 415–885–4700. Fax: 415–

771–8945. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marty McGeein, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 

(202) 690–6443. 

Web site: Additional details regarding 

the Town Hall meeting process for 

public comments on the economic 

impact of Federal health care 

regulations, along with information on 

how to register and guidelines for an 

effective presentation and/or electronic 

comment submission, can be found on 

the project Web site at: http:// 

aspe.hhs.gov/arrb/index.shtml. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 231 / Friday, December 2, 2005 / Notices 72303 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

House Appropriations Committee 

Report 108–636 includes a provision for 

the Health and Human Services 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (HHS/ASPE) and the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) to 

establish an interagency committee, to 

be coordinated by HHS. The 

committee’s role is to examine major 

Federal regulations governing the health 

care industry and to make suggestions 

regarding how health care regulation 

could be coordinated and simplified to 

reduce costs and burdens and improve 

translation of biomedical research into 

medical practice, while continuing to 

protect patients. The interagency 

committee will examine the economic 

impact of the major Federal regulations 

governing the health care industry, and 

will explore both immediate steps and 

longer-term proposals for reducing 

regulatory burden, while maintaining 

the highest quality health care and other 

patient protections. 

In accord with the House 

Appropriations Committee’s intent, 

ASPE and OMB have undertaken 

several complementary activities. The 

HHS/OMB interagency committee is 

conducting a comprehensive review of 

Federal health care regulations, 

guidance, and paperwork requirements 

in order to identify areas for reform. In 

order to facilitate the work of this 

committee, ASPE and OMB are 

soliciting public nominations of 

regulatory reforms in several ways. 

First, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register on October 4, 2005, 

soliciting public nominations of 

reforms. Second, we are holding a series 

of Town Hall meetings in several cities 

across the country to provide an 

opportunity for input from health care 

administrators, institutional providers, 

physicians, practitioners, patients, and 

others about the impact of regulations, 

and to identify other potential areas for 

reform. 

The purpose of this Federal Register 

notice is to give potential participants in 

these Town Hall meetings more 

information regarding how their 

participation and the information they 

provide can facilitate the consideration 

of their suggestions for regulatory 

reform. In particular, participants in the 

Town Hall meetings and individuals 

who submit written comments are 

requested to provide, to the extent 

feasible, an estimate of the economic 

impact of health care regulations, 

guidance documents, or paperwork 

requirements, and also to describe the 

methods used to calculate the economic 

impact of the regulations. The findings 

from the Town Hall meetings, other 

reform nominations and comments from 

the public, and the subsequent work of 

the HHS/OMB committee will be 

synthesized and included in a report to 

Congress. 

II. Registration 

Registration Procedures: Registration 

can be completed online at http:// 

aspe.hhs.gov/arrb/index.shtml. To 

register by telephone, contact Bridgette 

Saunders of Social and Scientific 

Systems at (301) 628–3158. (Social and 

Scientific Systems is the Contractor to 

HHS/ASPE to provide logistical support 

for the Town Hall meetings.) The 

following information must be provided 

when registering: Name, organization 

name and address, and consent to 

publish contact information on a 

participants list and other reports to 

document the Town Hall Meeting. A 

Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. staff 

member will confirm your registration 

by mail, e-mail, or fax. 

III. Presentations and Comment Format 

A. ‘‘5-Minute’’ Public Comment 

Presentations 

Meeting attendees can sign up at the 

meeting, on a first-come, first-served 

basis, to make 5-minute presentations. 

We ask that commenters focus on the 

economic impacts of health care 

regulations, and quantify these impacts 

to the extent possible. Depending on the 

number of persons who sign up to make 

public comments, we will decide 

whether additional time will be allotted. 

In order to offer the same opportunity to 

all attendees, there is no pre-registration 

for 5-minute speakers. Attendees can 

sign up only on the day of the meeting 

to make a 5-minute presentation. They 

must provide their name, title, and 

organization name on the sign-up sheet, 

and identify the general area of health 

care regulation that they will address. 

B. Written Comments From Meeting 

Attendees 

Written comments are welcome from 

the public regardless of attendance at a 

Town Hall Meeting or whether they 

make an oral presentation at a Town 

Hall Meeting. Written comments can be 

submitted either at the meeting, or 

before or after the meeting via e-mail to 

the mailboxes specified on the project 

Web site: http://aspe.hhs.gov/arrb/ 

index.shtml or via regular mail to Marty 

McGeein, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. Please note that 

electronic submissions are preferred due 

to delays in receiving U.S. Postal Mail. 

We are able to consider only those 

comments received in writing and/or 

via e-mail by 5 p.m. EST on February 9, 

2006. 

IV. Special Accommodations 

Individuals attending a meeting who 

are hearing- or visually-impaired and 

have special requirements, or a 

condition that requires special 

assistance or accommodations, must 

provide this information when 

registering for the meeting and 

accommodations will be made. 

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

Donald Young, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (ASPE), HHS. 

John D. Graham, 

Administrator, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB. 

[FR Doc. 05–23582 Filed 12–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10001, CMS–

10009, CMS–10167, and CMS–10062] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: HIPAA 

Nondiscrimination Provisions 

(Regulation HCFA 2022–IFC); Form