[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42749-42750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18184]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-10]


Delegation of Authority for Rural Housing and Economic 
Development Grants Awarded to Indian Tribes and Tribal Entities

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing the authority to administer 
Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) grants awarded to Indian 
tribes and tribal

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entities by HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Fagan, Office of Native 
American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4126, 
Washington DC 20410-5000; telephone (202) 401-7914. (This is not a 
toll-free number.) For those needing assistance, this number may be 
accessed through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Housing and Economic Development 
(RHED) program provides funding to Indian tribes, state housing finance 
agencies, state community and/or economic development agencies, local 
rural nonprofits, and community development corporations to support 
innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. 
The program is authorized in annual HUD appropriations acts and was 
originally authorized in the Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 HUD Appropriation 
Act (Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1357, approved Oct. 27, 1997). The 
RHED program is administered by the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development. Because the Office of Native American 
Programs is in the Office of Public and Indian Housing, the authority 
for management of RHED grants awarded to Indian tribes and tribal 
entities by the Office of Community Planning and Development is 
delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing as 
follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of HUD delegates to the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing the authority to administer RHED grants 
awarded to Indian tribes and tribal entities.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated under Section A does not include the 
authority to sue and be sued, or the authority to issue or waive 
regulations for the RHED program.

Section C. Authority to Redelegate

    The authority delegated under Section A may be further redelegated 
to employees of the Department through written redelegations of 
authority.

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

    Dated: July 9, 2003.
Mel Martinez,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18184 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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