[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 12149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6412]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; Notice of Open 
Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board

AGENCY: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department 
of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the third meeting of the Community 
Development Advisory Board (the ``Advisory Board''), which provides 
advice to the Director of the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (the ``Fund'').

DATES: The third meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board 
will be held on Friday, March 27, 1998 at 10:00 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, 
NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 622-8662 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 104(d) of the Community Development 
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(d)) 
established the Community Development Advisory Board. The charter for 
the Advisory Board has been filed in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
    The function of the Advisory Board is to advise the Director of the 
Fund (who has been delegated the authority to administer the Fund) on 
the policies regarding the activities of the Fund. The Fund is a wholly 
owned corporation within the Department of the Treasury. The Advisory 
Board shall not advise the Fund on the granting or denial of any 
particular application. The Advisory Board shall meet at least 
annually.
    It has been determined that this document is not a major rule as 
defined in Executive Order 12291 and that regulatory impact analysis 
therefore is not required. In addition, this document does not 
constitute a rule subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
Chapter 6).
    The third meeting of the Advisory Board, all of which will be open 
to the public, will be held in the Boardroom of the American Institute 
of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C., on Friday, 
March 27, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. The room will accommodate 75 persons. 
Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Participation 
in the discussions of the meeting will be limited to Advisory Board 
members and Department of the Treasury staff. Anyone who would like to 
have the Advisory Board consider a written statement must submit it to 
the Fund, at the address of the Fund specified above in the For Further 
Information Contact  section, by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 1998.
    At the meeting, the new management of the Fund will be introduced, 
information will be presented on the past rounds of the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Program and the Bank Enterprise 
Award Program, and the Director of the Fund will seek advice from 
members of the Community Development Advisory Board regarding future 
rounds under these programs, new initiatives of the Fund and the 
utilization of the Advisory Board.

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4703; Chapter X, Pub. L. 104-19, 109 Stat. 
237.

    Dated: March 9, 1998.
Ellen Lazar,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 98-6412 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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