[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1637-1638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4281-N-08]


Delegation of Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development the Secretary's authority to designate 15 
urban Empowerment Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391, as amended by 
Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New 
Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Braverman, Empowerment Zone/
Enterprize Community Initiative, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7130, Washington, DC 20410-

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0400, Telephone Number (202) 708-2290. Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may also utilize HUD's TTY Number at (202) 708-1455 or the 
Federal Information Relay Service's TTY Number at (800) 877-8339. Aside 
from the ``800'' number, the telephone and TTY numbers listed are not 
toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title XIII, Subchapter C, Part I Section 
1391 (Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and Rural Development 
Investment Areas) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, 
Public Law 103-66, 107 Stat. 543, approved August 10, 1993, codified as 
26 U.S.C. 1391, et seq., authorized the designation of an aggregate of 
nine Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities. Under this Act, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was authorized to 
designate up to six urban Enterprise Communities, and the Secretary of 
Agriculture was authorized to designate up to three rural Empowerment 
Zones and up to 30 rural Enterprise Communities.
    Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New 
Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997, amended 26 U.S.C. 1391 to 
add a new paragraph (g), that changed the eligibility criteria for 20 
new Empowerment Zones, 15 of which are to be in urban areas and 
designated by the Secretary of HUD, and five of which are to be in 
rural areas and designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 1997 
Act also made some specific changes in the eligibility criteria for new 
Empowerment Zones.
    (On January 7, 1998, the Secretary of HUD delegated his authority 
to designate two additional urban Empowerment Zones, in accordance with 
an amendment made by section 951 of the 1997 Act, to the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Notice was given to 
the public of this delegation of authority by publication in the 
Federal Register on January 26, 1998 (63 FR 3761).)
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates authority as follows.

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development the authority to designate 15 additional urban Empowerment 
Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391(g) as amended by Title IX, Subtitle 
F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New Empowerment Zones) of the 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-34, 111 Stat. 885, approved 
August 5, 1997.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated under Section A does not include the power 
to sue or be sued.

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

    Dated: December 30, 1998.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-442 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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