[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52340-52341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25089]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4486-D-01]


Delegation and Redelegation of Authority To Award and Administer 
Native American Rural Housing and Economic Development Grant Funds

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates the power and authority to award and administer the Native 
American Rural Housing and Economic Development Initiative grant funds 
to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. The Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates this power and 
authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American 
Programs, who further redelegates certain specific power and authority, 
as noted herein, to the Alaska Office of Native American Programs 
Administrator; the Director, Office of Loan Guarantees; the Director, 
Office of Grants Management; and the Director, Office of Grants 
Evaluation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Bullough, Office of Native 
American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4130, 
Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number: (202) 401-7914 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired persons may access this 
number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-65, approved October 27, 1997; 111 Stat. 1344) 
(the ``FY 1998 HUD Appropriations Act'') contained the following 
provision:

    Of the [$4,675,000,000] made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for the Secretary [of HUD], in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to make grants, not 
to exceed $4,000,000 each, for rural and tribal areas, including at 
least one Native American area in Alaska and one rural area in each 
of the States in Iowa and Missouri, to test comprehensive approaches 
to developing a job base through economic development, developing 
affordable low- and moderate-income rental and homeownership 
housing, and increasing the investment of both private and nonprofit 
capital.

    HUD refers to those portions of the above-referenced grant funding 
that are designated specifically for Native Americans as the Native 
American Rural Housing and Economic Development Initiative grant funds. 
This document delegates and redelegates power and authority with 
respect to the Native American Rural Housing and Economic Development 
Initiative grant funds.
    The present action delegates from the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing the Secretary's power and authority with respect to the Native 
American Rural Housing and Economic Development Initiative grant funds, 
except for the authority to sue or be sued. The Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing redelegates this power and authority to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, except for the 
authority to terminate grants pursuant to 24 CFR 85.43. The Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs further redelegates 
certain specific authority, as noted herein, to the Alaska Office of 
Native American Programs Administrator; the Director, Office of Loan 
Guarantees; the Director, Office of Grants Management; and the 
Director, Office of Grants Evaluation.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates, the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing redelegates, and the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs redelegates as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing all 
power and authority to award and administer the Native American Rural 
Housing and Economic Development Initiative grant funds, except for the 
authority to sue or be sued.

Section B. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs all 
power and authority to award and administer the Native American Rural 
Housing and Economic Development Initiative grant funds, except for the 
authority to terminate grants pursuant to 24 CFR 85.43.

Section C. Authority Further Redelegated

    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs 
redelegates

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to the Alaska Office of Native American Programs Administrator; the 
Director, Office of Loan Guarantees; the Director, Office of Grants 
Management; and the Director, Office of Grants Evaluation the following 
power and authority with respect to the Native American Rural Housing 
and Economic Development Initiative grant funds:
    (1) Execute all necessary agreements, including, but not limited 
to, grant agreements;
    (2) Review performance reports submitted by the grantee and issue 
reports based upon such review; and
    (3) All other authority necessary to carry out the purposes of the 
program which have not been excepted from this notice.

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

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
Jacqueline Johnson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-25089 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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