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completed online at the following web 

address: http://www.hhs.gov/omha/

index.html. Seating capacity for inperson attendees is limited to the first 

400 registrants. 

After completing the registration, 

online registrants will receive a 

confirmation email which they should 

bring with them to the meeting. If 

unable to register online, please register 

by sending an email to 

OSOMHAAppellantForum@hhs.gov. 

Please include first and last name, title, 

organization, address, office telephone 

number, and email address. If seating 

capacity has been reached, a notification 

will be sent that the meeting has 

reached capacity. 

IV. Security, Building, and Parking 

Guidelines 

Because the OMHA Medicare 

Appellant Forum will be conducted on 

Federal property, for security reasons, 

any persons wishing to attend these 

meetings must register by the date 

specified in the DATES section of this 

notice. Please allow sufficient time to go 

through the security checkpoints. It is 

suggested that you arrive at the Wilbur 

J. Cohen building, located at 330 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, no later than 9:30 a.m. EST 

if you are attending the forum in person. 

Security measures include the 

following: 

• Present of photographic 

identification to the Federal Protective 

Service or Guard Service personnel. 

• Passing through a metal detector 

and inspection of items brought into the 

building. We note that all items brought 

to the Cohen Building, whether personal 

or for the purpose of demonstration or 

to support a demonstration, are subject 

to inspection. We cannot assume 

responsibility for coordinating the 

receipt, transfer, transport, storage, setup, safety, or timely arrival of any 

personal belongings or items used for 

demonstration or to support a 

demonstration. 

Note: Individuals who are not registered in 

advance will not be permitted to enter the 

building and will be unable to attend the 

forum in person. 

Attendees must enter the Cohen 

Building thru the C Street entrance and 

proceed to the registration desk. All 

visitors must be escorted in areas other 

than the auditorium area and access to 

the restrooms on the same level in the 

building. Seating capacity is limited to 

the first 400 registrants. 

Parking in Federal buildings is not 

available for this event. In addition, 

street side and commercial parking is 

extremely limited in the downtown 

area. Attendees are advised to use 

Metro-rail to either the Federal Center 

SW station (Blue/Orange line) or the 

L’Enfant Plaza station (Yellow/Green or 

Blue/Orange lines). The Wilbur J. Cohen 

building is approximately 11⁄2 blocks 

from each of these Metro-rail stops. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.770, Medicare—Prescription 

Drug Coverage; Program No. 93.773, 

Medicare—Hospital Insurance; and Program 

No. 93.774, Medicare—Supplementary 

Medical Insurance Program) 

Dated: October 9, 2014. 

Nancy J. Griswold, 

Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of 

Medicare Hearings and Appeals. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24637 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Renewal of Charters for Certain 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App), the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) is 

hereby announcing that the charters 

have been renewed for the following 

federal advisory committees for which 

the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health provides management support: 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory 

Committee (CFSAC); President’s 

Council on Fitness, Sports, and 

Nutrition (PCFSN); Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research 

Protections (SACHRP); and Advisory 

Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety 

and Availability (ACBTSA). 

Functioning as federal advisory 

committees, these committees are 

governed by the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). Under FACA, it is stipulated 

that the charter for a federal advisory 

committee must be renewed every two 

years in order for the committee to 

continue to operate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olga 

B. Nelson, Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Health; U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services; 200 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 714B; Washington, 

DC 20201; (202) 690–5205. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CFSAC 

was established on September 5, 2002 as 

a discretionary federal advisory 

committee. The Committee provides 

science-based advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services, through 

the Assistant Secretary for Health, on 

abroad range of issues and topics 

pertaining to myalgic 

encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue 

syndrome (ME/CFS), including (1) the 

current state of knowledge and research 

and the relevant gaps in knowledge and 

research about the epidemiology, 

etiologies, biomarkers, and risk factors 

relating to ME/CFS, and identifying 

potential opportunities in these areas; 

(2) impact and implications of current 

and proposed diagnosis and treatment 

methods for ME/CFS; (3) development 

and implementation of programs to 

inform the public, health care 

professionals, and the biomedical, 

academic, and research communities 

about ME/CFS advances; and (4) 

partnering to improve the quality of life 

of ME/CFS patients. 

There was one amendment proposed 

and approved for the new charter. The 

charter has been amended to change all 

references to chronic fatigue syndrome 

(CFS) to include the myalgic 

encephalomyelitis (ME). This 

amendment to the charter was proposed 

to satisfy a recommendation previously 

made by CFSAC. During the October 

2010 meeting, the Committee had 

recommended that the Department 

should ‘‘adopt [use of] the term ME/CFS 

across all HHS programs. After the 

recommendation was made, the 

Committee elected to use ME/CFS when 

discussing this health condition. 

Amending the charter to reflect the use 

of ME/CFS demonstrates that the 

Department supports the Committee’s 

recommendation. 

On September 5, 2014, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services approved 

for the CFSAC charter with the 

proposed amendment to be renewed. 

The new charter has been made 

effective; the charter was filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress on 

September 5, 2014. Renewal of the 

CFSAC charter provides authorization 

for the Committee to continue to operate 

until September 5, 2016. A copy of the 

Committee charter is available on the 

CFSAC Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

advcomcfs. 

The PCFSN is a non-discretionary 

federal advisory committee. The PCFSN 

was established under Executive Order 

13545, dated June 22, 2010. This 

authorizing directive was issued to 

amend the purpose, function, and name 

of the Council, which formerly operated 

as the President’s Council on Physical 

Fitness and Sports (PCPFS). The scope 

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of the Council was changed to include 

nutrition to bring attention to the 

importance of good nutritional habits 

with regular physical activity for 

maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The 

PCFSN is the only federal advisory 

committee that is focused solely on the 

promotion of physical activity, fitness, 

sports, and nutrition. Since the PCFSN 

was established by Presidential 

directive, appropriate action had to be 

taken by the President or agency head 

to authorize continuation of the PCFSN. 

The President issued Executive Order 

13652, dated September 30, 2013, to 

give authorization for the PCFSN to 

continue to operate until September 30, 

2015. 

No amendments were recommended 

for the PCFSN charter. The charter was 

approved by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services and filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress on 

September 10, 2014. A copy of the 

Council charter is available on the 

PCFSN Web site at http://fitness.gov. 

SACHRP is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee. SACHRP provides 

advice to the Secretary, through the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, on 

matters pertaining to the continuance 

and improvement of functions within 

the authority of the Department of 

Health and Human Services concerning 

protections for human subjects in 

research. 

No amendments were recommended 

for the SACHRP charter. On October 1, 

2014, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services approved for the 

SACHRP charter to be renewed. The 

new charter also was filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress on October 

1, 2014. SACHRP is authorized to 

continue to operate until October 1, 

2016. A copy of the charter is available 

on the Committee Web site at http://

www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/. 

The ACBTSA is a discretionary 

federal advisory committee. The 

Committee provides advice to the 

Secretary, through the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, on a range of 

policy issues related to the safety of 

blood, blood products, organs, and 

tissues. For organs and blood stem cells, 

the Committee’s work is limited to 

policy issues related to donor derived 

infectious disease complications of 

transplantation. 

The following amendments were 

proposed and approved for the ACBTSA 

charter: (1) Under Objectives and Scope 

of Activities, the term ‘‘human’’ has 

been removed. Xenotransplantation is 

the transplantation of living cells, 

tissues, and organs from one species to 

another. Such cells, tissues or organs are 

called xenografts. Due to the 

unavailability of certain human organs, 

animal (pig) tissues are used in 

transplantation. All aspects of 

transplantation need to be covered as 

the shorter life span and diseases of 

animals are different from that of 

humans; (2) Under Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), the text has been 

amended to include information about 

the Alternate DFO assuming the 

responsibilities associated with the 

position in the absence of the DFO; (3) 

Under Membership and Designation, the 

reference to an organ procurement 

organization as one of the official 

industry representatives was changed to 

reflect the Association of Organ 

Procurement Organizations (AOPO) 

because this is the only organ 

procurement organization from which a 

qualified representative can be selected. 

Also under this section, the information 

about the number of non-voting exofficio members was changed from nine 

to eight. As the charter was previously 

worded, it appeared that the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) was 

authorized to have two representative 

positions—one each for intra- and 

extramural research. Authorization had 

been given for NIH to have only one 

representative member on the ACBTSA. 

The charter has been changed to reflect 

that there are eight non-voting ex-officio 

members, and the description of the 

representation to be provided for the 

NIH has been removed. 

On October 8, 2014, the new charter 

was approved by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services and filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and the Library of Congress. ACBTSA is 

authorized to operate until October 9, 

2016. A copy of the charter can be 

obtained on the ACBTSA Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/ash/bloodsafety. 

Copies of the charters for the 

designated committees also can be 

obtained by accessing the FACA 

database that is maintained by the 

Committee Management Secretariat 

under the General Services 

Administration. The Web site address 

for the FACA database is http://

facadatabase.gov/. 

Dated: October 15, 2014. 

Wanda K. Jones, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–0985] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

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