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[FR Doc No: 94-9453]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as
amended most recently at 58 FR 64408-9, December 7, 1993), is amended
to reflect the establishment of the Office of Program Planning and
Legislation (OPPL) within the Office of the Director, National Center
for Human Genome Research (OD/NCHGR). The establishment of the OPPL
will allow the NCHGR to carry out its program planning and legislation,
computer and network operations, and committee management functions at
an appropriate level of the organization and will clarify lines of
supervisory control.
Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as follows:
Under the heading National Center for Human Genome Research (HN4),
insert the following after the statement for the Office of Scientific
Review (HN414):
Office of Program Planning and Legislation (HN415). (1) Advises the
Director, Deputy Director, and senior Center staff on a broad range of
functions and policy matters; (2) develops, implements, and supervises
the program planning and evaluation activities of the NCHGR; (3)
analyzes and tracks legislation and assists in the preparation of
Congressional hearings, briefings, visits, and testimony of the
Director; (4) plans, coordinates, and maintains automated data
processing hardware, software, and computerized applications systems;
and (5) coordinates all aspects of committee management, including the
planning and operation of the activities of all Congressionally
mandated committees and advisory councils.
Dated: April 5, 1994.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 94-9453 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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