[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3514-3515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1716]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4170-N-02]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and 
approval by January 24, 1997. The Department is

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soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is: January 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not 
a toll-free number. Copies of available documents may be obtained from 
Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed ``Native American Housing Block Grant Program--
Notice of Transition Requirements and Negotiated Rulemaking'' [Docket 
No. FR-4170-N-02]. HUD seeks to implement portions of section 106 of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-330, approved October 26, 1996), which 
requires HUD to publish a notice establishing any requirements 
necessary to provide for the transition from the provision of 
assistance for Indian tribes and Indian housing authorities under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 and other related provisions of law 
to the provision of assistance in accordance with NAHASDA. The 
information collection requirements of the notice concern the 
submission of Indian housing plans (IHPs), a prerequisite to funding 
under the new program. The requirements of the notice are for 
transition purposes only, and thus, are temporary in nature. The final 
requirements will be contained in regulations that are under 
development.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal:
    Native American Housing Block Grant Program--Notice of Transition 
Requirements and Negotiated Rulemaking
    (2) Summary of the collection of information:
    The collection of information presents transition requirements for 
the preparation and submission by, or on behalf of, Indian tribes of 
Indian Housing Plans (IHPs), which are a prerequisite for any 
distribution of funds under NAHASDA. In general, the IHP must contain a 
description of the housing needs of the tribe, planned activities to 
address those needs, and a description of how the activities will be 
carried out. The IHP is required by statute to have two main 
components, a 5-year plan and a 1-year plan.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    NAHASDA eliminates several separate funding programs for Indian 
housing and establishes instead a single Indian Housing Block Grant 
Program, to be effective beginning with FY 1998. Section 106 of NAHASDA 
requires HUD to establish any requirements necessary to provide for the 
transition from the provision of assistance under the eliminated 
programs to the provision of assistance under the new law. In order to 
assure that assistance for Indian housing activities is not 
interrupted, IHPs must be prepared and submitted well before FY 1998 
funds are made available, and this collection of information provides 
the temporary requirements necessary for the preparation of the first 
IHPs under the new program. Permanent requirements will be contained in 
regulations developed to implement NAHASDA.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information:
    Respondents will be Indian tribes or tribally designated housing 
entities selected by tribal governments to act on their behalf.
    The estimated number of likely respondents is 350. As to frequency 
of responses, there will only be one response submitted under these 
temporary, transitional requirements. Permanent requirements will be 
included in program regulations to be developed, for which a separate 
information approval will be obtained.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:
    Number of respondents: 350.
    Burden hours per response: 120.
    Frequency of responses: 1.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 42,000.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 17, 1997.
Kay Weaver,
Acting Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
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