[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20836]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 990

[Docket No. FR-4425-N-05]


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; 
Cancellation August Meeting and Announcement of September Meeting

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 cancellation of the meeting of the 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation, which had 
been scheduled to take place on August 11 and August 12, 1999. This 
document also announces the dates, time, and location of the September 
committee meeting. These ongoing meetings are sponsored by HUD for the 
purpose of discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that would change 
the current method of determining the payment of operating subsidies to 
public housing agencies (PHAs).

DATES: The committee meeting scheduled to take place on August 11 and 
August 12, 1999 has been cancelled.
    The September committee meeting will be held on September 14 and 
September 15, 1999.
    The first day of the September committee meeting will begin at 
approximately 9:30 am and end at approximately 5:00 pm. The second day 
of the September committee meeting will begin at approximately 9:00 am 
and end at approximately 4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The September committee meeting will take place at the 
Hilton Washington Dulles Hotel, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, VA 
20171.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan DeWitt, Director, Funding and 
Financial Management Division, Public and Indian Housing, Room 4216, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone (202) 708-1872 ext. 4035 (this 
telephone number is not toll-free). Hearing or speech-impaired 
individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of HUD has established the 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation to 
negotiate and develop a proposal that would change the current method 
of determining the payment of operating subsidies to PHAs.
    This document announces the cancellation of the meeting of the 
committee, which had been scheduled to take place on August 11 and 
August 12, 1999. The cancellation will allow HUD to more fully develop 
a subsidy allocation proposal for committee consideration.
    This document also announces the dates, time, and location of the 
September committee meeting, which will take place as described in the 
DATES and ADDRESSES section of this document.
    The agenda planned for the committee meeting includes: (1) 
Workgroup sessions to discuss various issues related to the 
implementation of an operating fund formula; (2) full committee 
discussions of the work-products developed by the workgroups; (3) 
development of draft regulatory language; and (4) the scheduling of 
future meetings, if necessary.
    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 notice. 
Summaries of committee meetings will be available for public inspection 
and copying at the address in the same section.

    Dated: August 6, 1999.
Deborah Vincent,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-20836 Filed 8-9-99; 11:04 am]
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