34856 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

House of Representatives Committee on

Commerce.

The legislation specifies that the

Council is to comprise 17 members.

Appointed individuals are to include

representatives of practicing primary

care physicians, national and specialty

physician organizations, international

medical graduates, medical student and

house staff associations, schools of

medicine and osteopathy, public and

private teaching hospitals, health

insurers, business, and labor. Federal

representation includes the Assistant

Secretary for Health, DHHS; the

Administrator of the Health Care

Financing Administration, DHHS; and

the Chief Medical Director of the

Veterans Administration. Staff,

logistical, and management support for

the Council resides within the

Department of Health and Human

Services’ Health Resources and Services

Administration.

Each member serves up to a four-year

term and is a voting member of the

Council. Several positions in the

Council are being vacated later this year

by retiring members, and represent the

following areas of expertise: practicing

primary care physicians, national

physician organizations, specialty

physician organizations, medical and

house staff associations, osteopathic and

allopathic schools of medicine, public

and private teaching hospitals, business,

labor, and health insurers.

Nominations Procedure

In late May 1996, letters requesting

nominees to the Council were sent to a

variety of organizations representing the

statutorily required composition of the

retiring members of the Council.

Because of the importance of the work

of the Council, this notice expands the

call for nominees from the public as

well. Any other interested organization

or person may nominate for

consideration one or more qualified

individuals for membership on the

Council. Nominators shall note that the

nominee is willing to serve as a member

of the Council for the full four-year

term, and that such person appears to

have no conflict of interest that would

preclude this service. For each nominee,

include a complete curriculum vitae, a

current business address, and a daytime

telephone number. Your letter should

include the name of the person(s) you

recommend and your assessment of

their special abilities for meeting the

objectives of the Council. Individuals

who are recommended should have

relevant background and experience.

The Department has a special interest

in assuring that appropriately qualified

citizens who are women, member of

racial and ethnic minority populations,

or persons who have a physical

disability are adequately represented on

advisory bodies. It therefore encourages

the nomination of such candidates to

the Council on Graduate Medical

Education. The department will also

give close consideration to an equitable

geographic representation.

Appointments shall be made without

discrimination on the basis of age, race,

ethnicity, sex, culture, religion, or

socioeconomic status.

Please note that as a result of this

notice, we are extending the date by

which nominations to the Council must

be received to July 26, 1996 for those

organizations that received letters

directly requesting nominees to the

Council.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–16978 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–M

National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute; Notice of

Meeting

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of a meeting of

the Board of Scientific Counselors,

National Cancer Institute.

The meeting will be open to the

public as indicated below, with

attendance by the public limited to

space available. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language interpretation of other

reasonable accommodations, should

notify the contact Person listed below in

advance of the meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sec. 552b(c)(6),

title 5, U.S.C. The closed session will be

devoted to the review, discussion and

evaluation of individual programs and

projects. This will include consideration

of personnel qualifications and

performance, the competence of

individual investigators and similar

matters, the disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Committee Name: Board of Scientific

Counselors, National Cancer Institute—

Basic Sciences Subcommittee.

Dates: July 22–23, 1996.

Place: National Institutes of Health,

9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 31, C Wing,

6th floor, Conference Rooms 10,

Bethesda, MD 20892.

Open: July 22, 1996–8:30 a.m. to 9:30

a.m.

Agenda: Introductions and

presentations regarding the NCI’s

current and future activities.

Closed: July 22, 1996–9:30 a.m. to 5

p.m.; July 23, 1996–8:30 a.m. to

adjournment.

Agenda: To discuss administrative

confidential site visit reports pertaining

to laboratories in the Division of Basic

Sciences.

Contact Person: Edward Harlow,

Ph.D., Bldg. 31, Rm. 3A11, 9000

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892,

Telephone: 301–435–2277.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program numbers: 93.393, Cancer Cause and

Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer

Detection and Diagnosis Research; 93.395,

Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer

Biology Research; 93.397, Cancer Center

Support; 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower;

93.399, Cancer Control.)

Dated: June 26, 1996.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 96–16905 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Institute of Mental Health;

Notice of Closed Meeting

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 meeting

of the National Institute of Mental

Health Special Emphasis Panel:

Agenda/Purpose: To review and

evaluate grant applications

Committee Name: National Institute

of Mental Health Special Emphasis

Panel

Date: July 3, 1996.

Time: 3:30 p.m.

Place: Parklawn Building, Room 9C–

26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857.

Contact Person: Rehana A.

Chowdhury, Parklawn Building, Room

9C–26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, Telephone: 301, 443–6470.

The meeting will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in secs. 552(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.

This notice is being published less

than fifteen days prior to the meeting

due to the urgent need to meet timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.