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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. D-94-1053; FR-3657-D-02]

 

Redelegation of Authority for Indian Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing is 
revoking all authority previously redelegated to HUD Regional 
Administrators with respect to Indian and Alaska Native programs, as 
well as any further redelegations of that authority, and redelegating 
that authority to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters 
Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of 
Native American Programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominic A. Nessi, Director, Office of Native American Programs, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, room 4140, 451 7th Street SW., telephone (202) 708-1015. 
(This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 902 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550; October 28, 1992) (``Housing 
Act of 1992'') established a new office for Indian and Alaska Native 
programs to be located within the Office of Public and Indian Housing. 
The Housing Act of 1992 states that the office is to be headed by the 
Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs. Subsequent 
Congressional guidance indicated that it would not be inappropriate, 
however, for the head of the office to have a different job title.
    The Department is therefore establishing within the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, the Office of Native American programs, to 
be headed by a Director. According to the statute, the office is to 
administer and coordinate all programs of the Department relating to 
Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development. The office 
is responsible for directing, coordinating, and assisting in managing 
HUD field offices that administer Indian and Alaska Native programs. 
The statute also provides that the office is responsible for 
administering the provision of assistance to Indian tribes under the 
Community Development Act of 1974.
    In a delegation of authority appearing elsewhere in the Federal 
Register today, the responsibility for administering and delivering the 
Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska 
Natives under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), presently delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development is revoked, and the 
authority is delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing.
    The present redelegation of authority revokes all authority 
previously redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing to HUD Regional Administrators with respect to Indian and 
Alaska Native programs, and any further redelegations of that 
authority, and redelegates that authority (including all authority with 
respect to the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian 
Tribes and Alaska Natives) to the Director, the Deputy Director for 
Headquarters Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations, 
Office of Native American Programs.

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates 
to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters Operations, and 
the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of Native American 
Programs, all authority with respect to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development's programs for Indians and Alaska Natives. Among the 
specific authorities redelegated are:
    1. All power and authority with respect to the management and 
development or acquisition of public housing for Indian families, 
including the modernization of existing public housing projects for 
Indian families pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), and the development or acquisition of public 
housing under the Mutual Help Homeownership Opportunity Program under 
Section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb).
    2. All power and authority with respect to the HOME Investment 
Partnerships (HOME) Program for Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 12701 et 
seq.).
    3. All power and authority with respect to the Indian community 
development block grant program, pursuant to Title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), as amended.
    4. The authority to approve or to approve conditionally 
homeownership plans submitted by IHAs under the section 5(h) 
Homeownership Program--pursuant to 24 CFR part 905, subpart P (Sections 
905.1001-1021). This includes the authority to execute implementing 
agreements under 24 CFR 905.1019.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated under Section A does not include the 
power to sue and be sued or the power to issue or waive rules and 
regulations.

Section C. Revocation and Supersedure

    This redelegation revokes and supersedes all redelegations of 
authority to Regional Administrators, and any further redelegations of 
that authority, with respect to Indian and Alaska Native programs.
    Among the specific redelegations revoked or revoked in part are:

1. The redelegation of authority published at 57 FR 46401, October 8, 
1992.
2. The redelegation of authority published at 57 FR 12516, April 10, 
1992, with respect to Indian Housing Authorities only.
3. The redelegation of authority published at 56 FR 56524, November 5, 
1991, with respect to Indian Housing Authorities only.
4. The redelegation of authority published at 51 FR 27604, August 1, 
1986.

    Authority: Section 902, Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992; Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

    Dated: February 15, 1994.
Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing.
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