[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23267]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 990

[Docket No. FR-4425-N-06]


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; 
Notice of Advisory Committee Renewal

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

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Renewal.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the renewal of the Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation. The purpose of the 
committee is to discuss and negotiate a proposed rule that would change 
the current method of determining the payment of operating subsidies to 
public housing agencies (PHAs).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan DeWitt, Director, Funding and 
Financial Management Division, Public and Indian Housing, Room 4216, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 431 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: On March 16, 1999 (64 FR 12920), HUD 
published a notice in the Federal Register that announced the 
establishment of HUD's Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating 
Fund Allocation (the ``Committee''). The purpose of the Committee is to 
negotiate and develop a proposed rule that would change the current 
method of determining the payment of operating subsidies to PHAs. The 
establishment of the Committee is required by the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 105-276, approved October 
21, 1998; 112 Stat. 2461) (the ``Public Housing Reform Act'').
    The Public Housing Reform Act makes extensive changes to HUD's 
public and assisted housing programs. These changes include the 
establishment of an Operating Fund for the purpose of making assistance 
available to PHAs for the operation and management of public housing. 
The Public Housing Reform Act requires that the assistance to be made 
available from the new Operating Fund be determined using a formula 
developed through negotiated rulemaking procedures.
    The original Committee charter will expire on September 30, 1999. 
Additional time is required for completion of the Committee's work. 
Therefore, the Secretary of HUD has renewed the Committee charter, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) and the implementing General Services Administration 
regulations at 41 CFR part 101-6. The Committee will terminate upon 
completion of the proposed rule, unless the Designated Federal Officer 
and the Committee members agree to extend the duration of the 
Committee. In no case will the Committee be extended beyond the 
publication of the final rule.

    Dated: August 25, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-23267 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]
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