[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26923-26924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12434]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Chapter IX

[Docket No. FR-4459-N-04]


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Section 8 Housing Certificate 
Fund Rule; Meetings

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

ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the second, third, fourth, and fifth 
meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Section 8 Tenant-
based Contract Renewal Allocation. These meetings are sponsored by HUD 
for the purpose of discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that 
would change the current method of distributing funds to public housing 
agencies (PHAs) for purposes of renewing assistance contracts in the 
tenant-based Section 8 program.

DATES: The second committee meeting will be held on June 2 and June 3, 
1999. The third committee meeting will be held on June 21 and June 22, 
1999. The fourth committee meeting will be held on July 19 and July 20, 
1999. The fifth committee meeting will be held on August 19 and 20, 
1999. All meetings will begin at approximately 9:00 am and conclude at 
approximately 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The second committee meeting will take place at Hyatt Dulles 
Hotel (Concorde Ballroom), 2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, VA 
22701. The locations of the third, fourth and fifth committee meetings 
will be announced through separate Federal Register document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Dalzell, Senior Program 
Advisor, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Room 4204, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500; 
telephone (202) 708-1380 (this telephone number is not toll-free). 
Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number via TTY 
by

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calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 26, 1999 (64 FR 20232), HUD 
published a Federal Register document announcing the establishment of 
the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee on Section 8 Tenant-Based 
Contract Renewal. The April 26, 1999 notice also announced the 
committee members, and the dates, location, and agenda for the first 
committee meeting. The purpose of the committee is to discuss and 
negotiate a rule that would change the current method of distributing 
funds to public housing agencies (PHAs) for purposes of renewing 
assistance contracts in the tenant-based Section 8 program.
    The second, third, fourth, and fifth meetings of the negotiated 
rulemaking committee will take place as described in the DATES and 
ADDRESSES section of this document.
    The agenda planned for the meetings includes: (1) review and 
approval of the minutes for the first committee meeting; (2) discussion 
of the issues relating to the development of regulations implementing 
new section 8(dd); (3) development of draft regulatory language; and 
(4) the scheduling of future meetings.
    The meeting will be open to the public without advance 
registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available. 
Members of the public may make statements during the meeting, to the 
extent time permits, and file written statements with the committee for 
its consideration. Written statements should be submitted to the 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this document. 
Summaries of committee meetings will be available for public inspection 
and copying at the address in the same section.

    Dated: May 12, 1999.
Deborah Vincent,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-12434 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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