Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Notices 56119 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23072 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Diabetes and 

Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice 

of Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

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

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel, Fellowships in 

Digestive Diseases and Nutrition. 

Date: October 18, 2010. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hotel Monaco, 501 Geary Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94102. 

Contact Person: Thomas A. Tatham, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 760, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–3993. 

tathamt@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel. Kidney Disease 

Ancillary Studies. 

Date: October 18, 2010. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Two 

Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892. (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Najma Begum, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 749, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–8894, 

begumn@niddk.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology 

and Hematology Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Aging; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

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

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Initial Review Group; Behavior and 

Social Science of Aging Review Committee. 

Date: October 7–8, 2010. 

Time: 4 p.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: DoubleTree Bethesda Hotel, 8120 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Jeannette L. Johnson, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, National Institutes 

on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 7201 

Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2C–212, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, 301–402–7705, 

johnsonj9@nia.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of General Medical 

Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

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

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

General Medical Sciences Initial Review 

Group; Minority Programs Review 

Subcommittee A. 

Date: November 5, 2010. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill 

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Mona R. Trempe, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific 

Review, National Institute of General Medical 

Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 45 

Center Drive, Room 3AN12, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301–594–3998, 

trempemo@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.375, Minority Biomedical 

Research Support; 93.821, Cell Biology and 

Biophysics Research; 93.859, Pharmacology, 

Physiology, and Biological Chemistry 

Research; 93.862, Genetics and 

Developmental Biology Research; 93.88, 

Minority Access to Research Careers; 93.96, 

Special Minority Initiatives, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the Pathobiology of 

Kidney Disease Study Section, October 

7, 2010, 8 a.m. to October 7, 2010, 7 


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p.m., Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One 

Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on August 31, 2010, 75 FR 53317– 

53319. 

The meeting will be two days October 

6, 2010, 7 p.m. to October 7, 2010, 5 

p.m. The meeting location remains the 

same. The meeting is closed to the 

public. 

Dated: September 8, 2010. 

Jennifer S. Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. ICEB–2010–0003] 

RIN 1653–ZA01 

Employment Authorization for Haitian 

F–1 Nonimmigrant Students 

Experiencing Severe Economic 

Hardship as a Direct Result of the 

January 12, 2010 Earthquake in Haiti 

AGENCY: U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement; DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of suspension of 

applicability of certain requirements. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

of the suspension of certain regulatory 

requirements for F–1 nonimmigrant 

students whose country of citizenship is 

Haiti and who are experiencing severe 

economic hardship as a direct result of 

the January 12, 2010 earthquake in 

Haiti. The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is taking action to 

provide relief to these F–1 students so 

they may obtain employment 

authorization, work an increased 

number of hours while school is in 

session, and reduce their course load, 

while continuing to maintain their F–1 

student status. F–1 students who are 

granted employment authorization by 

means of this notice will be deemed to 

be engaged in a ‘‘full course of study’’ for 

the duration of their employment 

authorization, provided that they satisfy 

the minimum course load requirement 

described in this notice. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

September 15, 2010 and will remain in 

effect until July 22, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Louis Farrell, Director, Student and 

Exchange Visitor Program; MS 5600, 

U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement; 500 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20536–5600; (703) 603– 

3400. This is not a toll-free number. 

Program information can be found at 

http://www.ice.gov/sevis/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

What action is DHS taking under this 

notice? 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

is exercising her authority under 8 CFR 

214.2(f)(9) to temporarily suspend the 

applicability of certain requirements 

governing on-campus and off-campus 

employment. F–1 students granted 

employment authorization by means of 

this notice will be deemed to be engaged 

in a ‘‘full course of study’’ for the 

duration of their employment 

authorization if they satisfy the 

minimum course load described in this 

notice. See 8 CFR 214.2(f)(6)(i)(F). 

Who is covered by this notice? 

This notice applies exclusively to F– 

1 students whose country of citizenship 

is Haiti and who were lawfully present 

in the United States in F–1 

nonimmigrant status on January 12, 

2010 under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)(i) and (1) 

are enrolled in an institution that is 

Student and Exchange Visitor Program 

(SEVP)-certified for enrollment of F–1 

students; (2) are currently maintaining 

F–1 status; and (3) are experiencing 

severe economic hardship as a direct 

result of the January 12, 2010 

earthquake in Haiti. 

This notice applies both to 

undergraduate and graduate students, as 

well as elementary school, middle 

school, and high school students. The 

notice, however, applies differently to 

elementary school, middle school, and 

high school students, as discussed in 

Question, ‘‘Does this notice apply to 

elementary school, middle school, and 

high school students in F–1 status?’’ 

F–1 students covered by this notice 

who transfer to other academic 

institutions that are SEVP-certified for 

enrollment of F–1 students remain 

eligible for the relief provided by means 

of this notice. 

Why is DHS taking this action? 

DHS is taking action to provide relief 

to F–1 students whose country of 

citizenship is Haiti and who are 

experiencing severe economic hardship 

as a direct result of the January 12, 2010 

earthquake in Haiti. These students may 

obtain employment authorization, work 

an increased number of hours while 

school is in session, and reduce their 

course load, while continuing to 

maintain their F–1 student status. 

Haiti has limited resources to cope 

with a natural disaster like this 

earthquake, which was the strongest one 

to strike the island nation in 200 years. 

The country’s critical infrastructure was 

severely damaged, and many 

government offices, schools, businesses, 

and hospitals were completely 

destroyed. Millions of Haitians have 

been displaced from their homes and 

must depend on international aid 

organizations to receive basic 

necessities such as food and water. 

Approximately 1,127 F–1 students 

whose country of citizenship is Haiti are 

enrolled in schools in the United States. 

Given the extent of the destruction and 

humanitarian challenges in Haiti, 

affected F–1 students whose primary 

means of financial support comes from 

family members in Haiti may now need 

to be exempted from the normal student 

employment requirements to be able to 

continue their studies in the United 

States. Without employment 

authorization, these students may lack 

the means to meet basic living expenses. 

What is the minimum course load 

requirement set forth in this notice? 

Undergraduate students who are 

granted on-campus or off-campus 

employment authorization under this 

notice must remain registered for a 

minimum of six semester/quarter hours 

of instruction per academic term. 

Graduate-level F–1 students who are 

granted on-campus or off-campus 

employment authorization under this 

notice must remain registered for a 

minimum of three semester/quarter 

hours of instruction per academic term. 

See 8 CFR 214.2(f)(5)(v). In addition, F– 

1 students (both undergraduate and 

graduate) granted on-campus or offcampus employment authorization 

under this notice may count up to the 

equivalent of one class or three credits 

per session, term, semester, trimester, or 

quarter of online or distance education 

toward satisfying this minimum course 

load requirement, unless the F–1 

student’s course of study is in a 

language study program. See 8 CFR 

214.2(f)(6)(i)(G). Elementary school, 

middle school, and high school students 

must maintain ‘‘class attendance for not 

less than the minimum number of hours 

a week prescribed by the school for 

normal progress toward graduation,’’ as 

required under 8 CFR 214.2(f)(6)(i)(E). 

May Haitian F–1 students who already 

have on-campus or off-campus 

employment authorization benefit from 

the suspension of regulatory 

requirements under this notice? 

Yes. Haitian F–1 students who 

already have on-campus or off-campus 

employment authorization may benefit 

under this notice, which suspends 


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