[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27437]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

45 CFR Part 310

RIN 0970-AB73


Comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Interim final rule; open consultations.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given for the dates, locations and hotel 
sites for the final two Tribal consultations on the interim final rule 
for funding of comprehensive Tribal child support enforcement (CSE) 
programs that are currently operating. An interim final rule that will 
implement direct child support enforcement program funding to Federally 
recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations was published in the 
Federal Register on August 21, 2000 (65 FR 50786). In the interest of 
providing Tribes and Tribal organizations and the public adequate time 
to review and comment on the interim final rule, we modified the 
standard 60-day comment period by extending it to 120 days. The Federal 
Office of Child Support Enforcement is sponsoring a total of four 
consultations with federally recognized Indian Tribes, the general 
public, and Tribal organizations during the 120-day notice and comment 
period to receive public comment on the interim final rule. The notice 
for the first two consultations was published September 13, 2000 in the 
Federal Register (65 FR 55261). The initial consultation was held 
October 3-5, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the second consultation 
will be held October 24-26, 2000 in Anchorage, Alaska. The notification 
provides specific information for the final two consultations.

DATES: The final two consultations will be held November 1-3, 2000 in 
Washington, DC and November 28-30, 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona. The 
consultations will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on the 
first two days. The final half-day session will begin promptly at 9 
a.m. and end at 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The third consultation, November 1-3, 2000, will be held at 
the Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. The 
telephone number for reservations is (202) 429-2400. The fourth 
consultation, November 28-30, 2000, will be held at the Crowne Plaza 
Hotel, 100 North 1st Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. The telephone 
number for reservations is (602) 333-0000. All interested parties are 
invited to attend these public consultations. Seating may be limited 
and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Persons 
needing special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other special accommodation, should contact the Deputy Director of the 
Native American Child Support Enforcement Program, Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, at the address listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Virginia Apodaca, Deputy Director, 
Native American Child Support Enforcement Program, Office of Child 
Support Enforcement, Fourth Floor East, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447 (telephone (202) 401-9376; fax (202) 401-5559; e-
mail: [email protected]). These are not toll-free numbers. It is 
expected that there will be only four consultations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A separate notice of the proposed rulemaking 
open consultations for Tribal CSE programs is published concurrently 
with this document in this Federal Register. Please review that notice 
for additional information on the consultations including the purpose, 
public participation, the agenda, and the minutes.

    Dated: October 18, 2000.
David Gray Ross,
Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 00-27437 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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