[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58905-58906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28855]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 954

[Docket No. FR-3567-F-02]
RIN 2577-AB35


Indian HOME Program

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule adopts as final the interim rule for the Indian HOME 
Program at 24 CFR part 954, published on June 21, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Knott, Office of Native American

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Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, 
Suite 3390, Denver, CO; telephone (303) 675-1600 (voice) or 1-800-877-
8339 (TTY for speech or hearing impaired individuals). These are not 
toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Paperwork Burden

    The information collection requirements contained in Secs. 954.106, 
954.505, 954.506, 954.507 of this rule 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-
0191. 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.

II. Background

    On June 21, 1996, at 61 FR 32292, HUD published an interim rule to 
move the Indian HOME Program from 24 CFR part 92 to part 954. The 
interim rule also included clarifications and simplifications intended 
to facilitate the use of the rule by interested parties, increase 
similarity with the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) 
program, and simplify administration of Native American Tribal 
Programs.
    Comments were solicited on the interim rule for a period of 60 
days. No public comments were received, and HUD has determined to 
promulgate the June 21, 1996 interim rule without any changes as a 
final rule. Although section 505 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-
330, approved October 26, 1996) ends the Indian HOME Program in Fiscal 
Year (FY) 1998, which begins on October 1, 1997, this final rule is 
being issued to provide for the administration of any Indian HOME funds 
and Indian HOME-assisted projects that will continue beyond the date 
when new funding under the program will no longer be made available.

III. Findings and Certifications

Regulatory Flexibility Act--Impact on Small Entities

    The Secretary, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this rule before publication and by 
approving it certifies that this rule does not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The rule 
promulgates as final the interim rule revisions to the existing Indian 
HOME program under which Indian tribes receive grant assistance from 
HUD to increase the number of housing opportunities for low-income and 
very low-income people. HUD does not anticipate a significant economic 
impact on small entities since Indian tribes will continue to carry out 
their Indian HOME program activities as they now do.

Environmental Review

    At the time of publication of the interim rule, a Finding of No 
Significant Impact with respect to the environment was made in 
accordance with HUD regulations in 24 CFR part 50 that implement 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). The interim rule is adopted by this final rule without 
significant change. Accordingly, the initial Finding of No Significant 
Impact remains applicable, 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 at the above address.

Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children From Environmental Health 
Risks and Safety Risks

    This rule will not pose an environmental health risk or safety risk 
on children.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Secretary has reviewed this rule before publication and by 
approving it certifies, in accordance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1532), that this rule does not impose a Federal 
mandate that will result in the expenditure by state, local, and tribal 
governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any one year.

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for the HOME 
Program is 14.239.

List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 954

    Grant programs--housing and community development, Manufactured 
homes, Rent subsidies, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the preamble, title 24 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations is amended by adopting the interim rule 
published in the Federal Register on June 21, 1996 (61 FR 32292) as 
final without change.

    Dated: October 22, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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