Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices 32833

1 In addition to persons who meet all

requirements of 45 CFR 400.43, Requirements for

documentation of refugee status, eligibility for

refugee social services also includes: (1) Cuban and

Haitian entrants, under section 501 of the Refugee

Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96–

422); (2) certain Amerasians from Vietnam who are

admitted to the U.S. as immigrants under section

584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as

included in the FY 1988 Continuing Resolution

(Pub. L. No. 100–202); and (3) certain Amerasians

from Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, under title

II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Pub.

L. No. 100–461), 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101–167), and

1991 (Pub. L. No. 101–513). For convenience, the

term refugee is used in this notice to encompass all

such eligible persons unless the specific context

indicates otherwise.

Refugees admitted to the U.S. under admissions

numbers set aside for private-sector-initiative

admissions are not eligible to be served under the

social service program (or under other programs

supported by Federal refugee funds) during their

period of coverage under their sponsoring agency’s

agreement with the Department of State—usually

two years from their date of arrival or until they

obtain permanent resident alien status, whichever

comes first.

Place: Parklawn Building, Room 9C–18,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD. 20857.

Contact Person: Michael D. Hirsch,

Parklawn Building, Room 9C–18, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

Telephone: 301, 443–1000.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.242, 93.281, 93.282)

Dated: June 18, 1996.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 96–16181 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

Division of Research Grants; Notice of

Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following Division

of Research Grants Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Purpose/Agenda: To review individual

grant applications.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: July 12, 1996.

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 5196,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Ms. Carol Campbell,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5196, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1257.

Name of SEP: Behavioral and

Neurosciences.

Date: July 17–19, 1996.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Holiday Inn, Chevy Chase, MD.

Contact Person: Dr. Samuel C. Rawlings,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5160, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1243.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: July 25–26, 1996.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Ramada Inn, Rockville, MD.

Contact Person: Dr. Anthony Carter,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5108, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1167.

Name of SEP: Chemistry and Related

Sciences.

Date: July 28–30, 1996.

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Place: University Silver Cloud Inn, Seattle,

WA.

Contact Person: Dr. Marjam Behar,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5218, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1180.

Purpose/Agenda: To review Small

Business Innovation Research.

Name of SEP: Microbiological and

Immunological Sciences.

Date: July 13, 1996.

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: Bellevue Hilton, Bellevue, WA.

Contact Person: Dr. Mohindar Poonian,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4198, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1218.

Name of SEP: Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Date: July 29, 1996.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: Georgetown Inn, Washington, DC.

Contact Person: Dr. Paul Parakkal,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5118, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1172.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–

93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878,

93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of Health,

HHS)

Date: June 18, 1996.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 96–16182 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

Administration for Children and

Families

Availability of Discretionary Grants for

Services to Newly Arriving Refugees,

Including: Promoting Increased

Placement of Newly Arrived Refugees 1

in Preferred Communities; Responding

to Unanticipated Arrivals or Significant

Increases in Arrivals of Refugees to

Communities Where Adequate or

Appropriate Services Do Not Exist;

Providing Orientation Services in Local

Communities; Providing Mental Health

Services on Behalf of Refugees in

Local Communities. In Addition, There

is Available Discretionary Grants for

Technical Assistance for the

Orientation Projects

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement,

ACF, HHS.

SUMMARY: This ORR standing

announcement invites submission of

grant applications for funding, on a

competitive basis, in five categories: (1)

to promote the increase of refugee

placements in communities where they

have ample opportunities for early

employment and sustained economic

independence; (2) to provide services to

unanticipated arrivals, i.e., refugees who

have arrived without prior notice in

communities where adequate or

appropriate services for these refugees

do not exist; (3) to provide ethnicallyand linguistically-matched orientation

services to newly arriving refugees in

the local communities; (4) to provide

technical assistance to the grantees

including those funded under Category

3, orientation; and (5) to provide mental

health orientation, staff development,

and technical expertise to improve

services for newly arriving refugee

populations.

This notice revises previous

publications. The programs numbered

(1) and (2) above were first published as

Categories 1 and 2 of the notice

published in the Federal Register on

May 18, 1994 (59 FR 25929). The notice

was revised January 17, 1995 (60 FR

3416). A Category 3, added in the

revision of January 17, 1995, was

canceled as published in the Federal

Register on February 15, 1996 (61 FR

6018). New categories, which are added

to this standing announcement, are

numbered 3. Orientation, 4. Orientation

Technical Assistance, and 5. Mental

Health Services.

This announcement supersedes all

prior announcements of the same name.

The categories are summarized as

follows:

Category 1

Preferred Communities: To increase

placement of arriving refugees in preferred

communities where refugees have