[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56090-56094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27839]



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Part II





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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NOFA for Rental Assistance for Persons With Disabilities in Support of 
Designated Housing Allocation Plans; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4085-N-01]


NOFA for Rental Assistance for Persons With Disabilities, in 
Support of Designated Housing Allocation Plans

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability (NOFA).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of up to $78.6 million 
($20.3 million in two-year budget authority and $58.3 million in five-
year budget authority) for Section 8 rental certificates and vouchers 
for persons with disabilities in support of designated housing 
allocation plans. This funding will support approximately 4,300 rental 
vouchers and certificates. Public housing agencies (HAs) are invited to 
respond to this NOFA. This NOFA is not applicable to Indian Housing 
Authorities (IHAs), as the requirements of Section 7 (42 U.S.C. 1437e) 
pertinent to designated housing allocation plans are not applicable to 
IHAs.
    The purpose is to provide rental vouchers and certificates to 
enable persons with disabilities to rent affordable private housing.

DATES: There is no application deadline for this NOFA.
    Applications may be submitted by HAs to the local HUD Office 
immediately following the publication of this NOFA, or at any 
subsequent time. The $78.6 million in funding available under this NOFA 
will be used to approve HA applications on a first-come, first-served 
basis until all the funding has been obligated. Any additional funding 
made available for this purpose will also be used to approve HA 
applications in accordance with this NOFA. Consequently, this NOFA has 
no closing date and applications will continue to be accepted by the 
local HUD Offices until further notice. HUD will not accept application 
materials sent via facsimile (FAX) transmission.

ADDRESSES: HUD Headquarters, Office of Public and Assisted Housing 
Operations, Room 4206, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 
20410; and the local HUD State or Area Office, Attention: Director, 
Office of Public Housing, are the official places of receipt for all 
applications. An HA's application (see paragraph C., Application 
Submission Requirements, regarding the multiple components that must 
comprise an HA's application) should be submitted concurrently to both 
offices. For ease of reference, the term ``HUD Office'' will be used 
throughout this NOFA to mean the HUD State Office, and HUD Area Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations 
Division, Office of Rental Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-8000, 
telephone number (202) 708-0477 (this is not a toll-free number). For 
hearing- and speech-impaired persons, this number may be accessed via 
TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 
(this is a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    The Section 8 information collection requirements contained in this 
NOFA have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), and assigned OMB control number 2577-0169. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless the collection displays a valid 
control number.

Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Requirement

    Unless specifically exempted by HUD, all rental voucher or rental 
certificate funding reserved with FY 1996 funds (except funding for 
renewals or amendments) will be used to establish or contribute to the 
minimum size of an HA's FSS program.

A. Purpose and Substantive Description

    (1) Authority. Legislative authority to provide Section 8 
assistance in support of allocation plans to designate public housing 
for occupancy by elderly families only, persons with disabilities only, 
and/or elderly families and disabled families only (covering $20.3 
million of the total of $78.6 million available through this NOFA) is 
found at Section 7 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437e). 
The Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act, Pub.L 104-
134, approved April 26, 1996 (Appropriations Act), contains language 
authorizing the use of Section 8 rental certificate and voucher funding 
for housing agencies to implement allocation plans approved by the 
Secretary for designated housing. Legislative authority (applicable to 
$58.3 million of the total of $78.6 million available under this NOFA) 
for rental assistance for persons with disabilities is found in the 
Appropriations Act which states that the Secretary may designate up to 
25 percent of the amounts earmarked for Section 811 of the National 
Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 8013) for tenant-based 
assistance, as authorized under that section.
    (2) Application Funding. HUD will award funding for rental vouchers 
or certificates to HAs that submit an allocation plan to designate 
public housing for occupancy by elderly families only, disabled 
families only, and/or disabled and elderly families only, and that also 
administer a Section 8 rental certificate or rental voucher program.
    HUD will make available approximately 4,300 rental vouchers and 
certificates (2,000 rental vouchers and certificates representing $20.3 
million in two-year budget authority, and 2,300 rental vouchers and 
certificates representing $58.3 million in five-year budget authority) 
to support approvable HA allocation plans. The $58.3 million of five-
year budget authority will be obligated first, before the $20.3 million 
of two-year budget authority is obligated. The rental vouchers and 
certificates will assist HAs in providing sufficient alternative 
resources to meet the housing needs of those persons with disabilities 
who would have been housed by the HA if occupancy in the designated 
public housing project were not restricted to elderly households and 
assist HAs that wish to continue to designate their buildings as 
``mixed elderly and disabled buildings'' but can demonstrate a need for 
alternative resources for persons with disabilities that is consistent 
with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan and the low-income housing 
needs of the jurisdiction. Applicants who choose to apply should review 
the Housing Program Opportunity Extension Act of 1996, Pub.L 104-120, 
approved March 28, 1996 (Extender Act), which significantly changed the 
requirements for public housing allocation plans. HUD has not yet 
issued regulations implementing the Extender Act; however, an 
explanatory HUD publication, Notice PIH 96-60 (HA), was issued on 
August 5, 1996. The Notice states that HAs are not normally required to 
submit allocation plans if they wish to keep all their ``elderly'' 
housing as ``mixed population'' housing; however, HAs that wish to 
obtain certificates under this NOFA must by law submit an allocation 
plan in accordance with this NOFA.

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HUD intends to fund all approvable applications for designated housing 
allocation plans on a first-come, first-served basis.
    (3) Limit on Rental Assistance Requested. An HA submitting a 
designated housing allocation plan may apply for only the number of 
units needed to meet the requirements of the allocation plan to provide 
housing resources for persons who otherwise would have received public 
housing.
    (4) Guidelines.
    (a) Definitions.
    Allocation plan. A HUD-approved allocation plan required of HAs 
seeking to designate a project for occupancy by elderly families only, 
disabled families only, and/or elderly and disabled families only. See 
42 U.S.C. 1437e, as amended by the Extender Act. (The requirements of 
42 U.S.C. 1437e are not applicable to IHAs.)
    Disabled Family. A family whose head, spouse or sole member is a 
person with disabilities. The term ``disabled family'' may include two 
or more persons with disabilities living together, and one or more 
persons with disabilities living with one or more persons who are 
determined to be essential to the care or well-being of the person or 
persons with disabilities. A disabled family may include persons with 
disabilities who are elderly.
    Person with disabilities. A person who--
    (a) Has a disability as defined in section 223 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423), or
    (b) Is determined to have a physical, mental or emotional 
impairment that:
    (i) Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration;
    (ii) Substantially impedes his or her ability to live 
independently; and
    (iii) Is of such a nature that such ability could be improved by 
more suitable housing conditions, or
    (c) Has a developmental disability as defined in section 102 of the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 
6001(5)).
    The term ``person with disabilities'' does not exclude persons who 
have the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or any 
conditions arising from the etiologic agent for acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV).
    (b) Eligible HAs. HAs that submit an allocation plan to designate 
public housing for occupancy by elderly families only, disabled 
families only, and/or elderly and disabled families only, receive HUD 
approval of that allocation plan, and that also administer a Section 8 
Rental Certificate or Rental Voucher Program.
    Some housing agencies currently administering the Section 8 Rental 
Voucher and Certificate Programs have, at the time of publication of 
this NOFA, major program management findings that are open and 
unresolved or other significant program compliance problems (e.g., HA 
has not implemented mandatory FSS Program). HUD will not accept 
applications for additional funding from these HAs as contract 
administrators if, on the application deadline date, the findings are 
not closed to HUD's satisfaction. If these HAs want to apply under this 
NOFA, the HA must submit an application that designates another housing 
agency, non-profit agency, or contractor that is acceptable to HUD and 
includes an agreement with the other housing agency or contractor to 
administer the new funding increment on behalf of the HA. The Office of 
Public Housing in the local HUD Office will notify, immediately after 
the publication of this NOFA, those HAs that are not eligible to apply. 
Applications submitted by these HAs without an agreement from another 
housing agency or contractor, approved by HUD, to serve as contract 
administrator will be rejected.
    (c) Eligible Participants.
    Only persons with disabilities and disabled families who live in 
public housing that has been designated for occupancy by the elderly, 
or disabled families who are on the HA's public housing waiting list, 
may receive a rental voucher or certificate awarded in conjunction with 
designated housing allocation plans. Non-elderly persons with 
disabilities and disabled families who live in public housing 
designated for the elderly in accordance with an allocation plan 
submitted in response to this NOFA, or are on the HA's public housing 
waiting list, need not be listed on the Section 8 waiting list in order 
to be offered and receive Section 8 rental assistance. These families 
may be admitted to the Section 8 program as a special admission (24 CFR 
982.203).
    (d) Rental Voucher and Certificate Assistance.
    (i) Section 8 regulations. HAs must administer the Section 8 
assistance in accordance with HUD regulations governing the Section 8 
rental voucher and certificate programs.
    (ii) Section 8 admissions requirements. Section 8 assistance must 
be provided to eligible applicants in conformity with applicable rules 
governing the Section 8 program, and in accordance with the terms of 
the HA's designated housing allocation plan and administrative plan.
    (iii) Turnover. When a rental voucher or rental certificate under 
this program becomes available for reissue (e.g., the individual or 
family initially selected for the program drops out of the program or 
is unsuccessful in the search for a unit), the rental assistance may be 
used only for another individual or family eligible for assistance 
under this program for five years subject to appropriations for renewal 
funding (for two-year budget authority), and the five-year term of the 
ACC for rental assistance for five-year budget authority.
    (e) HA Responsibilities. In addition to normal HA responsibilities 
under the Section 8 programs and under HUD regulations for 
nondiscrimination based on handicap (24 CFR 8.28), HAs that receive 
rental voucher or certificate funding must:
    (i) Assist program participants to gain access to supportive 
services available within the community, and to identify public or 
private funding sources for accessibility features, when participants 
request such assistance, but not require eligible applicants or 
participants to accept supportive services as a condition of 
participation or continued occupancy in the program;
    (ii) Not deny persons who qualify for rental assistance under this 
program other housing opportunities for which they are eligible; and
    (iii) Not deny other housing opportunities, or otherwise restrict 
access to HA programs, to eligible applicants who choose not to 
participate.

B. Allocation Amounts

    This NOFA announces the availability of up to $78.6 million 
(approximately) of budget authority that will support about 4,300 
rental vouchers or certificates. HAs are provided with the opportunity 
to apply for rental vouchers and certificates in conjunction with 
submission of an allocation plan to designate public housing for 
elderly families only, disabled families only, and/or elderly and 
disabled families only.

C. Application Submission Requirements

    (1) Form HUD-52515. All HAs must complete form HUD-52515, Funding 
Application, for the Section 8 rental certificate and rental voucher 
programs (dated January 1996). This form was recently revised to 
include all necessary certifications for Fair Housing, Drug Free 
Workplace and Lobbying Activities; therefore, HAs can complete and sign 
the new form HUD-52515 to meet the requirements of these 
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include the information in Section C, Average Monthly Adjusted Income, 
of form HUD-52515 in order for HUD to calculate the amount of Section 8 
budget authority necessary to fund the requested number of units. 
Copies of form HUD-52515 may be obtained from the local HUD Office.
    (2) Local Government Comments. Section 213 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 requires that HUD independently 
determine that there is a need for the housing assistance requested in 
applications and solicit and consider comments relevant to this 
determination from the chief executive officer of the unit of general 
local government. The HUD Office will obtain Section 213 comments from 
the unit of general local government in accordance with 24 CFR part 
791, subpart C, Applications for Housing Assistance in Areas Without 
Housing Assistance Plans. Comments submitted by the unit of general 
local government must be considered before an application can be 
approved.
    For purposes of expediting the application process, the HA should 
encourage the chief executive officer of the unit of general local 
government to submit a letter with the HA application commenting on the 
HA application in accordance with Section 213. Because HUD cannot 
approve an application until the 30-day comment period is closed, the 
Section 213 letter should not only comment on the application, but also 
state that HUD may consider the letter to be the final comments and 
that no additional comments will be forthcoming from the unit of 
general local government.
    (3) Letter of Intent and Narrative. All the items in this Section 
must be included in the application submitted to the HUD Office. The HA 
must state in its cover letter to the application whether it will 
accept a reduction in the number of rental certificates or rental 
vouchers and the minimum number of rental certificates or rental 
vouchers it will accept, since the funding is limited and HUD may only 
have enough funds to approve a smaller amount than the number of rental 
certificates or rental vouchers requested.
    (4) Approvable Designated Housing Allocation Plan. The application 
must include an approvable allocation plan to designate housing [for 
the elderly] in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1437e, as amended by the 
Extender Act.

D. Corrections to Deficient Applications

    (1) Acceptable Applications. The HUD Office will initially screen 
all applications and notify HAs of deficiencies (exclusive of the 
allocation plan which will be reviewed by HUD Headquarters) by letter 
within 7 calendar days.
    If an application has deficiencies, the HA will have 14 calendar 
days from the date of the issuance of the HUD notification letter to 
submit the missing or corrected information to the HUD Office before 
the application can be considered for further processing by HUD.
    All HAs must submit corrections within 14 calendar days from the 
date of the HUD Office letter notifying the applicant of any such 
deficiency. Information received after 3 p.m. local time (i.e., the 
time in the appropriate HUD Office), of the 14th calendar day of the 
correction period will not be accepted and the application will be 
rejected as incomplete.
    (2) Unacceptable Applications. (a) After the 14-calendar day 
deficiency correction period, the HUD Office will immediately notify 
any HA that submitted an application (exclusive of the allocation plan 
portion of the application) that the HUD Office determines is not 
acceptable for processing. The HUD Office must also concurrently notify 
HUD Headquarters, Attention: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Operations 
Division, Room 4220, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 20410, 
of this decision so that Headquarters will be able to take this into 
consideration as part of its processing of the HA's allocation plan. 
The HUD Office notification of rejection letter to the HA and HUD 
Headquarters must state the basis for the decision.
    (b) Applications for Section 8 rental assistance (exclusive of the 
allocation plan) that fall into any of the following categories will 
not be processed:
    (i) There is a pending civil rights suit against the HA instituted 
by the Department of Justice or there is a pending administrative 
action for civil rights violations instituted by HUD (including a 
charge of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act).
    (ii) There has been an adjudication of a civil rights violation in 
a civil action brought against the HA by a private individual, unless 
the HA is operating in compliance with a court order or implementing a 
HUD-approved resident selection and assignment plan or compliance 
agreement designed to correct the areas of noncompliance.
    (iii) There are outstanding findings of noncompliance with civil 
rights statutes, Executive Orders, or regulations, as a result of 
formal administrative proceedings, or the Secretary has issued a charge 
against the applicant under the Fair Housing Act, unless the applicant 
is operating under a conciliation or compliance agreement designed to 
correct the areas of noncompliance.
    (iv) HUD has denied application processing under Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Attorney General's Guidelines (28 CFR 
50.3), and the HUD Title VI regulations (24 CFR 1.8) and procedures 
(HUD Handbook 8040.1), or under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 and HUD regulations (24 CFR 8.57).
    (v) The HA has serious unaddressed, outstanding Inspector General 
audit findings, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity monitoring review 
findings, or HUD management review findings for its rental voucher or 
rental certificate programs. The only exception to this category is if 
the HA has been identified under the policy established in section 
A.(4)(b) of this NOFA and the HA makes application with a designated 
contract administrator.
    (vi) The HA is involved in litigation and HUD determines that the 
litigation may seriously impede the ability of the HA to administer an 
additional increment of rental vouchers or rental certificates.
    (vii) An HA application (exclusive of the allocation plan) that 
does not comply with the requirements of 24 CFR 982.102 and this NOFA, 
after the expiration of the 14-calendar day technical deficiency 
correction period will be rejected from processing.
    (viii) The application is from an HA that has failed to achieve a 
lease-up rate of 90 percent of units in its HUD-approved budget for the 
HA fiscal year prior to application for funding in each of its rental 
voucher and certificate programs.

E. Application Selection Process

    (1) HUD Office Review. Upon receipt, the Office of Public Housing 
in the HUD Office will screen HA applications (exclusive of the 
allocation plan) and stop processing any applications found 
unacceptable for further processing, as per paragraph D.(2) above.
    If the HUD Office determines that the application (exclusive of the 
allocation plan) is approvable, it will notify HUD Headquarters that it 
is recommending that the application be funded (contingent upon 
Headquarters' approval of the allocation plan). Headquarters [at the 
address specified in paragraph D.(2)] shall be notified by the HUD 
Office within 30 days of the date of its receipt of the HA's 
application in response to this NOFA.
    If HUD Headquarters disapproves an allocation plan submitted in 
response to this NOFA, the HA's Section 8 application will be rejected 
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will not be eligible for the rental vouchers and certificates available 
under this NOFA.
    (2) Funding. Headquarters will fund, on a first-come, first-served 
basis, all applications for which the allocation plans are determined 
approvable by HUD Headquarters and for which the Section 8 application 
is recommended for approval by the HUD Office. The ``first-come'' 
status of each HA's application shall be based on the date and time the 
concurrently submitted application (see paragraph entitled Addresses at 
the beginning of this NOFA) is received in HUD Headquarters where the 
designated housing allocation plan portion of the application will be 
reviewed. As HAs are selected, the cost of funding the applications 
will be subtracted from the funds available. Five-year budget authority 
will be obligated first until all such funds have been obligated, and 
then two-year budget authority will be obligated until all those funds 
have been obligated.
    (3) Program Type. If an HA application specifically requests 
funding for either rental vouchers or rental certificates, and funding 
for the specified program is not available, HUD will award the 
available form of assistance, notwithstanding the program type 
specified in the HA application.

F. Other Matters

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The Federal Domestic 
Assistance numbers for this program are: 14.855 and 14.857.
    Environmental Impact. A Finding of No Significant Impact with 
respect to the environment was made for the FY 1995 NOFA for this 
program in accordance with the Department's regulations at 24 CFR part 
50, which implement section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). That Finding remains applicable to 
this NOFA and is available for public inspection between 7:30 a.m. and 
5:30 p.m. weekdays in the Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, room 
10276, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20410.
    Federalism Impact. The General Counsel, as the Designated Official 
under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined 
that the policies contained in this notice will not have substantial 
direct effects on States or their political subdivisions, or the 
relationship between the Federal Government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government. As a result, the notice is not subject to review under the 
Order. This notice is a funding notice and does not substantially alter 
the established roles of the Department, the States, and local 
governments, including HAs.
    Impact on the Family. The General Counsel, as the Designated 
Official under Executive Order 12606, The Family, has determined that 
this notice does not have potential for significant impact on family 
formation, maintenance, and general well-being within the meaning of 
the Executive Order and, thus, is not subject to review under the 
Order. This is a funding notice and does not alter program requirements 
concerning family eligibility.
    Accountability in the Provision of HUD Assistance. Section 102 of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (HUD 
Reform Act) and the final rule codified at 24 CFR part 4, subpart A, 
published on April 1, 1996 (61 FR 1448), contain a number of provisions 
that are designed to ensure greater accountability and integrity in the 
provision of certain types of assistance administered by HUD. On 
January 14, 1992, HUD published, at 57 FR 1942, a notice that also 
provides information on the implementation of section 102. The 
documentation, public access, and disclosure requirements of section 
102 are applicable to assistance awarded under this NOFA as follows:
    Documentation and public access requirements. HUD will ensure that 
documentation and other information regarding each application 
submitted pursuant to this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis 
upon which assistance was provided or denied. This material, including 
any letters of support, will be made available for public inspection 
for a five-year period beginning not less than 30 days after the award 
of the assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the 
recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal Register 
notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a competitive 
basis.
    Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years 
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in 
connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made 
available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case 
for a period less than three years. All reports--both applicant 
disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 15.
    Section 103 HUD Reform Act. Section 103 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, and HUD's 
implementing regulation codified at subpart B of 24 CFR part 4, applies 
to the funding competition announced today. These requirements continue 
to apply until the announcement of the selection of successful 
applicants. HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in 
the making of funding decisions are limited by section 103 from 
providing advance information to any person (other than an authorized 
employee of HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from otherwise giving 
any applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for 
assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the 
subject areas permitted under section 103 and subpart B of 24 CFR part 
4.
    Applicants or employees who have ethics related questions should 
contact the HUD Office of Ethics (202) 708-3815. (This is not a toll-
free number.) For HUD employees who have specific program questions, 
such as whether particular subject matter can be discussed with persons 
outside HUD, the employee should contact the appropriate Field Office 
Counsel, or Headquarters counsel for the program to which the question 
pertains.
    Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities. The use of funds awarded 
under this NOFA is subject to the disclosure requirements and 
prohibitions of section 319 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 
1352) (the ``Byrd Amendment'') and the implementing regulations at 24 
CFR part 87. These authorities prohibit recipients of Federal 
contracts, grants, or loans from using appropriated funds for lobbying 
the Executive or Legislative Branches of the Federal Government in 
connection with specific contract, grant, or loan. The prohibition also 
covers the awarding of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
loans unless the recipient has made an acceptable certification 
regarding lobbying. Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and 
subrecipients of assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no 
Federal funds have been or will be spent on lobbying activities in 
connection with the assistance. IHAs established by an Indian tribe as 
a result of the exercise of the tribe's sovereign power are excluded 
from coverage of the Byrd

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Amendment, but IHAs established under State law are not excluded from 
the statute's coverage.

    Dated: October 22, 1996.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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