[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51016-51017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21386]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4572-D-09]


Order of Succession

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of order of succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of General Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of 
Succession for the General Counsel, published at 62 FR 29731 (June 2, 
1997).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Opitz, Assistant General Counsel 
for Procurement and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-0622. 
(This is not a toll-free number.) This number may be accessed via TTY 
by calling the Federal Information Relay Service 1-800-877-8339 (toll-
free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of the General Counsel when, by reason of absence, disability or 
vacancy in office, the General Counsel is not available to exercise the 
powers or perform the duties of the office. This Order of Succession is 
subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 
3345-3349d. This publication supersedes the Order of Succession notice 
on June 2, 1997 at 62 FR 29731.
    Accordingly, the General Counsel designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998, during 
any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is not available to exercise the powers or perform the 
duties of the General Counsel, the following officials within the 
Office of General Counsel are hereby designated to exercise the powers 
and perform the duties of the Office:

(1) Deputy General Counsel for Programs and Regulations
(2) Deputy General Counsel for Litigation
(3) Deputy General Counsel for Housing Finance and Operations
(4) Associate General Counsel for Assisted Housing and Community 
Development
(5) Associate General Counsel for Finance and Regulatory Enforcement
(6) Associate General Counsel for Insured Housing
(7) Associate General Counsel for Litigation
(8) Associate General Counsel for Human Resources Law
(9) Associate General Counsel for Appeals
(10) Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing

    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
Office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

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Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the 
General Counsel, published at 62 FR 29731 (June 2, 1997).

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

    Dated: August 15, 2000.
Gail W. Laster,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-21386 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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