[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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