[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7640]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 985

[Docket No. FR-4498-C-03]
RIN 2577-AC10


Technical Amendment to the Section 8 Management Assessment 
Program (SEMAP); Correction

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

ACTION: Correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 3, 1999, HUD published a final rule amending its 
regulations for the Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). 
The December 3, 1999 final rule adopted without change the amendments 
to the SEMAP regulations made by HUD's July 26, 1999 interim rule. The 
final rule also made several amendments to conform the SEMAP 
regulations to HUD's October 21, 1999 final rule implementing the 
statutory merger of the Section 8 tenant-based certificate and voucher 
programs. The purpose of this document is to make two typographical 
corrections to the December 3, 1999 final rule.

DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald J. Benoit, Director, Real 
Estate and Housing Performance Division, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 4220, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-0477, 
extension 4069 (this is not a toll-free number). 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 December 3, 1999 (64 FR 67982), HUD 
published a final rule amending its regulations for the Section 8 
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). The December 3, 1999 final rule 
adopted the amendments to the SEMAP regulations made by HUD's July 26, 
1999 (64 FR 40496) interim rule. The July 26, 1999 interim rule made 
various technical amendments to the SEMAP regulations. The public 
comment period on the interim rule closed on September 24, 1999. No 
public comments were submitted on the interim rule. Accordingly, the 
December 3, 1999 final rule adopted the amendments made by the interim 
rule without change. The final rule became effective on January 3, 
2000.
    In addition to finalizing the July 26, 1999 interim rule, the 
December 3, 1999 final rule also made several amendments to conform the 
SEMAP regulations to HUD's October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56894) final rule 
implementing the statutory merger of the Section 8 tenant-based 
certificate and voucher programs into the new Housing Choice Voucher 
program (the regulations for this new program are codified at 24 CFR 
part 982).
    The purpose of this document is to correct two typographical errors 
contained in the SEMAP regulations at 24 CFR part 985. Specifically, 
Sec. 985.3 provides two incorrect percentages in the provisions 
regarding the rating of public housing agency (PHA) management 
performance. The corrections were intended to be part of the December 
3, 1999 final rule, but were inadvertently omitted from that rule. This 
document makes the necessary correction to the December 3, 1999 final 
rule.

    Accordingly, in the final rule entitled ``Technical Amendment to 
the Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP),'' FR Document 99-
31440, beginning at 64 FR 67982, in the issue of Friday, December 3, 
1999, the following corrections are made:


Sec. 985.5  [Corrected]

    1. On page 67983, in the second column, amendatory instruction 2 is 
corrected by removing the word ``and'' after paragraph i., and adding 
new paragraphs k. and l. to read as follows:
    k. In paragraph (l)(3)(i), revise the phrase ``99 percent'' to read 
``100 percent''; and
    l. In paragraph (o)(3)(v), revise the phrase ``70 percent'' to read 
``79 percent.''

    Dated: March 22, 2000.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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