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The Panel shall be comprised of no 

more than 14 members, 10 of which 

shall be appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense. Those members shall include 

medical facility design experts; military 

healthcare professionals; representatives 

of premier health care centers in the 

United States; and former retired senior 

military officers with joint operational 

and budgetary experience. 

The Chairmen and ranking members 

of the Committees on the Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives may each designate one 

member of the Panel, for a total of four 

members. Individuals designated by the 

Chairman and ranking members of the 

Committees on the Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of 

Representatives shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense. 

Panel members may be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense for the duration 

of the Panel, with annual renewals of 

appointments. Members of the Panel, 

who are not full-time or permanent parttime Federal officers or employees, shall 

be appointed to serve as experts or 

consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to 

serve as special government employee 

(SGE) members. Those individuals who 

are full-time or permanent part-time 

Federal officers or employees shall be 

appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.130(a) to serve as regular government 

employee (RGE) members. Each member 

of the Panel is appointed to provide 

advice on behalf of the Government on 

the basis of his or her best judgment 

without representing any particular 

point of view and in a manner that is 

free from conflict of interest. With the 

exception of reimbursement of official 

Panel-related travel and per diem, 

members of the Panel shall serve 

without compensation. 

The Secretary of Defense may appoint 

additional experts and consultants, with 

relevant expertise, to assist the Panel on 

an ad-hoc basis as advisers. These nonmember experts and consultants, who 

do not count toward the Panel’s total 

membership, shall be appointed to serve 

as SGE members under the authority of 

5 U.S.C. 3109; however, these experts 

and consultants have no voting rights on 

the Panel and are prohibited from 

engaging in any deliberations by 

members of the Panel. These advisers 

shall be reimbursed for necessary travel 

expenses. The Department, when 

necessary and consistent with the 

Panel’s mission and DoD policies and 

procedures, may establish 

subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups to support the Panel. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or USD(P&R), as 

the Panel’s sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the Panel and shall 

report all of their recommendations and 

advice solely to the Panel for full and 

open deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions and recommendations, 

verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 

Panel, directly to the DoD or any 

Federal officers or employees. 

The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense will 

appoint subcommittee members to a 

term of service of one-to-four years, with 

annual renewals, even if the member in 

question is already a member of the 

Panel. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

employees, will be appointed as experts 

or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

3109, to serve as SGE members. Those 

individuals who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal officers or 

employees shall be appointed, pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a), to serve as RGE 

members. With the exception of 

reimbursement of official Panel-related 

travel and per diem, subcommittee 

members shall serve without 

compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, 

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD policies 

and procedures. 

The Panel’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) shall be a full-time or 

permanent part-time DoD employee 

appointed in accordance with governing 

DoD policies and procedures. 

The Panel’s DFO is required to 

attendance at all meetings of the Panel 

and its subcommittees for the entire 

duration of each and every meeting. 

However, in the absence of the Panel’s 

DFO, a properly approved Alternate 

DFO, duly appointed to the Panel 

according to established DoD policies 

and procedures, shall attend the entire 

duration of all meetings of the Panel and 

its subcommittees. 

The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall 

call all meetings of the Panel and its 

subcommittees; prepare and approve all 

meeting agendas; and adjourn any 

meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate 

DFO, determines adjournment to be in 

the public interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies 

and procedures. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Independent Review Panel 

on Military Medical Construction 

Standards membership about the 

Panel’s mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the Independent 

Review Panel on Military Medical 

Construction Standards. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the 

Independent Review Panel on Military 

Medical Construction Standards, and 

this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Independent 

Review Panel on Military Medical 

Construction Standards DFO can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

of the Independent Review Panel on 

Military Medical Construction 

Standards. The DFO, at that time, may 

provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is renewing the charter for the Defense 

Health Board (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(d), established the Board. 

The Board is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee that provides the 

Secretary of Defense and/or the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, through the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

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Readiness (USD(P&R)), and the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs, independent advice and 

recommendations to maximize the 

health, safety, and effectiveness of 

Department of Defense (DoD) health 

care beneficiaries and: 

a. DoD healthcare policy and program 

management; 

b. Health research programs; 

c. Requirements for how the DoD 

Treatment and preventions of disease 

and injury; 

d. Promotion of health and wellness 

within DoD, and the delivery of 

efficient, effective high-quality health 

care services to DoD beneficiaries; and 

e. Other health-related matters of 

special interest to DoD, as determined 

by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the USD(P&R). 

The Board is not established to 

provide advice on individual DoD 

procurements. No matter will be 

assigned to the Board for its 

consideration that would require any 

Board member to participate personally 

and substantially in the conduct of any 

specific procurement or place him or 

her in the position of acting as a 

contracting or procurement official. 

The Board reports to the Secretary of 

Defense and/or the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense, through the USD(P&R). The 

USD(P&R), pursuant to DoD policy, may 

act upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Board will be comprised of no 

more than 19 members who are 

appointed to serve a term of service of 

one-to-four years, with annual renewals, 

by the Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense. The 

members are eminent authorities in one 

or more of the following disciplines: 

Clinical health care, disease and injury 

prevention, health care delivery and 

administration, or strategic decision 

making in government, industry, or 

academia. The USD(P&R) selects and 

appoints the Board’s President from the 

total membership. 

Each member, based upon his or her 

individual professional experience, 

provides his or her best judgment on the 

matters before the Board, and he or she 

does so in a manner that is free from 

conflict of interest. Board members who 

are not full-time or permanent part-time 

Federal officers or employees, will be 

appointed as experts or consultants 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as 

special government employee (SGE) 

members. 

Board members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal officers or 

employees, will serve as regular 

government employee (RGE) members 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a). No 

member may serve more than two 

consecutive terms of service without 

Secretary of Defense or Deputy 

Secretary of Defense approval. 

Board members are not compensated 

for service on the Board, but each 

member is reimbursed for travel and per 

diem as it pertains to official business 

of the Board. 

Pursuant to DoD policies and 

procedures, the USD(P&R) may appoint 

experts or consultants with special 

expertise to assist, on an ad hoc 

intermittent basis, the Board or its 

subcommittees on specific issues. These 

experts or consultants have no voting 

rights whatsoever and will not engage or 

participate in any deliberations by the 

Board or its subcommittees. These 

experts or consultants, if not full-time or 

permanent part-time Government 

employees, will be appointed pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 3109, serve as a SGE. 

The DoD, when necessary and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees, task forces, or 

working groups to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees is 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or USD(P&R), as 

the Board’s Sponsor. 

Such subcommittees will not work 

independently of the Board and will 

report all of their recommendations and 

advice solely to the Board for full and 

open deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions and recommendations, 

verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 

Board. No subcommittee or any of its 

members can update or report, verbally 

or in writing, on behalf of the Board, 

directly to the DoD or any Federal 

officers or employees. 

Each member, based upon his or her 

individual professional experience, 

provides his or her best judgment on the 

matters before the Board, and he or she 

does so in a manner that is free from 

conflict of interest. All subcommittee 

members will be appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense to a term of service 

of one-to-four years, with annual 

renewals, even if the individual in 

question is already a member of the 

Board. Subcommittee members will not 

serve more than two consecutive terms 

of service, unless authorized by the 

Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense. Subcommittee 

members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal officers or 

employees will be appointed as an 

expert or consultant pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 3109, to serve as a SGE member. 

Subcommittee members who are fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees will be appointed 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a), to 

serve as a RGE member. With the 

exception of reimbursement of official 

travel and per diem related to the Board 

or its subcommittees, subcommittee 

members will serve without 

compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, 

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and established DoD 

policies and procedures. 

Currently, DoD has approved the 

following permanent subcommittees to 

the Board: 

a. Public Health Subcommittee: This 

subcommittee will be comprised of not 

more than 10 members, who are 

eminent authorities in at least one of the 

following disciplines; infectious 

disease, occupational health/medicine, 

preventive medicine, public health, and 

toxicology. The subcommittee, when 

tasked according to DoD policy and 

procedures, provides advice on matters 

pertaining to improving the overall 

health of members of the Armed Forces 

and their families through the 

evaluation of DoD public health 

programs and initiatives, including 

education, health promotion, and 

prevention activities, as well as disease 

and injury prevention research. 

b. Health Care Delivery 

Subcommittee: This subcommittee will 

be comprised of not more than nine 

members, who are eminent authorities 

in at least one of the following 

disciplines: Health care academia; 

health care finance/economics; health 

care policy/executive leadership; and 

patient care. 

The subcommittee, when tasked 

according to DoD policies and 

procedures, provides advice on matters 

pertaining to health care delivery, to 

include DoD health care policy and 

program management, and research. 

c. Neurological/Behavioral Health 

Subcommittee: This subcommittee will 

be comprised of not more than 10 

members, who are eminent authorities 

in at least one of the following 

disciplines; neurology, post-traumatic 

stress disorder, psychiatry; psychology, 

and traumatic brain injury. The 

subcommittee, when tasked according 

to DoD policies and procedures, 

provides advice on matters pertaining to 

psychological/mental health issues and 

neurological symptoms or conditions 

among members of the Armed Forces 

and their families. 

d. Medical Ethics Subcommittee: This 

subcommittee will be comprised of not 

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more than five members, who are 

eminent authorities in at least one of the 

following disciplines: Clergy, DoD 

leadership, human research protection, 

attorneys with expertise in medical 

ethics, and military health system 

beneficiaries. One member must have 

formal bioethics or medical ethics 

training or expertise. 

The subcommittee, when tasked 

according to DoD policies and 

procedures, provides advice on matters 

pertaining to medical ethics. 

e. Trauma and Injury Subcommittee: 

This subcommittee will be comprised of 

not more than 10 members, who are 

eminent authorities in at least one of the 

following disciplines: Civilian or 

military trauma medicine systems. 

The subcommittee, when tasked 

according to DoD policies and 

procedures, provides advice on matters 

pertaining to trauma and injury, to 

include methods for prevention, 

recognition, clinical management, and 

treatment. 

The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) must be a full-time or 

permanent part-time DoD officer or 

employee, appointed in accordance 

with established DoD policies and 

procedures. The Board’s DFO is 

required to attend at all meetings of the 

Board and its subcommittees for the 

entire duration of each and every 

meeting. However, in the absence of the 

Board’s DFO, a properly approved 

Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the 

Board according to established DoD 

policies and procedures, must attend 

the entire duration of all meetings of the 

Board and its subcommittees. 

The DFO or the Alternate DFO, calls 

all meetings of the Board and its 

subcommittees; prepares and approves 

all meeting agendas; and adjourn any 

meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate 

DFO, determines adjournment to be in 

the public interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies 

and procedures. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Defense Health Board 

membership about the Board’s mission 

and functions. Written statements may 

be submitted at any time or in response 

to the stated agenda of planned meeting 

of the Defense Health Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the Defense 

Health Board, and this individual will 

ensure that the written statements are 

provided to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the Defense Health Board DFO can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

of the Defense Health Board. The DFO, 

at that time, may provide additional 

guidance on the submission of written 

statements that are in response to the 

stated agenda for the planned meeting 

in question. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Revision to Military Freight Traffic 

Unified Rules Publication (MFTURP) 

NO. 1, Section F, Air Transportation 

Service Provider Rules and Domestic 

Air Tender Freight Carrier Registration 

Program (FCRP) 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

SUMMARY: On September 3, 2014, Air 

Mobility Command (AMC) published a 

30-day public notice in the Federal 

Register (Federal Register Volume 79, 

Number 170, Docket No. 2014–20877) to 

invite public comment on the intent to 

change Domestic Air Tender Policy 

within MFTURP No.1 to restrict 

registration in the FCRP for Domestic 

Air Tenders to Civil Reserve Air Fleet 

(CRAF) Transportation Service 

Providers (TSP) only. At the end of the 

30-day comment period, AMC received 

five responses from transportation 

industry professionals 

ADDRESSEES: AMC/A4TC, Commercial 

Services, email: org.amca4-67@

us.af.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

AMC/A4TC, Commercial Services 

Team, (618) 229–4684, THOMAS J. 

TRUMBULL II, Colonel, USAF, Chief 

Air Transportation Division 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Detailed 

Comments and Responses. 

1. Commenters asked for a definition 

of CRAF. CRAF is a voluntary program 

through which the nation’s airlines 

provide stand-by commitments of 

aircraft and crews to support 

mobilization as a supplement to organic 

airlift capacity. As an incentive to 

participate in the CRAF program, air 

carriers that participate in the CRAF are 

entitled to participate in the award of 

DOD’s peacetime airlift requirements. A 

series of presidential executive orders 

and memoranda of understanding, the 

first of which was signed December 15, 

1951 formalized the CRAF program. The 

National Airlift Policy, released in July 

1987, reinforced the need for and use of 

the CRAF program. 

2. Commenters expressed concerns 

with decreased competition and 

performance, as well as increased cost. 

Currently, 24 airlines participate in the 

CRAF program. Competition will 

continue to exist among CRAF 

participants as CRAF carriers maintain 

a commercial network to support and 

regularly provide commercial less-thanplaneload cargo service. Under the 

policy change, CRAF participants may 

associate with and use services 

provided by an agent to meet 

commercial less-than-planeload service 

requirements with no limitations placed 

on the number of agents per CRAF 

participant. The Government expects 

fair and reasonable costs under the 

policy change, since competition will 

exist within the group of CRAF 

participants and published rates are 

readily available. 

3. Commenters expressed concern 

about a negative impact to small 

business. The Government understands 

the importance and appreciates the 

contributions of small businesses. CRAF 

carriers will have the opportunity to 

utilize agents, expected to comprise 

principally small businesses of the sort 

currently involved in domestic air 

tender performance, and are encouraged 

to develop relationships with small 

business transportation service 

providers. 

4. A commenter expressed agreement 

with the proposed policy because it 

promotes continued carrier 

participation in CRAF at a time when 

other DOD program business is expected 

to significantly decline. The 

Government agrees the change will 

promote continued CRAF participation 

and supports keeping vital commercial 

airlift resources available as a 

mobilization base in the event of a 

national or military emergency. 

5. A commenter stated that the other 

programs allocated to CRAF only are 

sufficient to ensure a healthy CRAF 

Program. Changes in operational areas 

and decreasing requirements cause 

significant decline in business segments 

across DOD airlift and directly impact 

programs allocated to CRAF only. The 

policy change will promote continued 

CRAF participation as losses are 

experienced across business segments. 

Additionally, it will align domestic air 

tender policy with the long-standing 

international air tender CRAF eligibility 

policy. 

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