Notices. Notice

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BILLING CODE 6372-01-M FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than November 14, 2005. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Garth Lee Gibson and Cynthia Annette Gibson* , both of Montrose, Colorado; to acquire voting shares of First Montana Company, Montrose, Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of MontroseBank, Montrose, Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 24, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-5964 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843).

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than November 21, 2005. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia** (Michael E.

Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521: *1. First Wyoming Financial Corporation* , Wyoming, Delaware; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank of Wyoming, Wyoming, Delaware. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta** (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: *1. Gwinnett Commercial Group, Inc.* , Lawrenceville, Georgia; to merge with Buford Banking Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Lanier Community Bank, both of Buford, Georgia. **C.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. BancFirst Corporation* , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Park State Bank, Nicoma Park, Oklahoma. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 24, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E5-5963 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation;

Medicaid Program; Announcement of the Appointment of New Individuals To Serve on the Medicaid Commission AGENCY: Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation (ASPE), HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of three new individuals to serve on the Medicaid Commission and the release of one Commissioner from service on the Medicaid Commission. Notice of this announcement is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 2(b)(5)).

The Medicaid Commission will advise the Secretary on ways to modernize the Medicaid program so that it can provide high-quality health care to its beneficiaries in a financially sustainable way. *New Medicaid Commission Voting Members:* John Ellis “Jeb” Bush, Joe Manchin III, and Donald Young. *Medicaid Commission Member Released from Service on the Medicaid Commission:* Michael O'Grady. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 2005, CMS published a notice (70 FR 29765) announcing the Medicaid Commission and requesting nominations for individuals to serve on the Medicaid Commission.

The next meeting of the Medicaid Commission will be held October 26-27, 2005, as previously published in the **Federal Register** (70 FR 58706). The meeting will be held at the following address: Holiday Inn on The Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001, United States, telephone: 1

(202)638-1616, fax: 1

(202)638-0707. *Web site:* You may access up-to-date information on this meeting at *http://www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/mc/default.asp.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Reiser, Medicaid Commission,

(202)205-8255. Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2). Dated: October 20, 2005. Michael J. O'Grady, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 05-21411 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]

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