[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6646-6647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1706]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. FR-4572-D-16]


Office of the Secretary--Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner; 
Delegation and Redelegation of Authority Under Section 203(d)(6) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority to recommend 
to the General Services Administration disposal of surplus real 
property, including buildings, fixtures and equipment situated thereon 
and to take all steps necessary, including fixing the sale or lease 
value, to sell or lease such property for the purpose of self-help 
housing, in accordance with Section 203(k)(6) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)(6)) (FPASA).

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SUMMARY: In this Notice, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, who retains and 
redelegates this authority to the Director, Office of Single Family 
Assets Management, the authority under Section 203(d)(6) of FPASA to 
recommend to the General Services Administration disposal of surplus 
real property, including buildings, fixtures and equipment situated 
thereon and to take all steps necessary, including fixing the sale or 
lease value, to sell or lease such property of self-help housing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Single Family 
assets Management, Room 9162, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: 
(202) 708-1672. This is not a toll-free number. This number may be 
accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pub. Law 105-50 (Oct. 6, 1997) amended the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
484) by adding section 203(k)(6), which authorizes the Secretary of 
HUD, in consultation with the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration, to dispose of surplus federal property to states, their 
political subdivisions or instrumentalities, and nonprofits for the 
purpose of providing self-help housing to low income individuals. These 
responsibilities are being delegated by the Secretary to the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, who further 
redelegates them to the Director, Office of Single Family Assets 
Management.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates, and the Assistant Secretary 
for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner redelegates, authority as 
follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated

    1. The authority of the Secretary under Section 203(k)(6) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
484) to recommend surplus federal real property to the Administrator of 
the General Services Administration as needed for providing housing or 
housing assistance for low-income persons and to take all steps 
reasonably necessary to sell and lease surplus federal property for 
that purpose, including fixing sale or lease value, is hereby delegated 
to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, 
who retains this authority and redelegates it to the Director, Office 
of Single Family Assets Management.


    Authority: Section 203(k)(6) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)).

    Dated: January 12, 2001.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 01-1706 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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