[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45846-45847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-21]


Revocation and Redelegation of Fair Housing Act Complaint 
Processing Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Revocation and redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO) revokes all prior redelegations of authority for Fair Housing 
Act complaint processing made within the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO under the Fair Housing Act and redelegates this 
authority to FHEO field and headquarters staff.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen A. Newton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Operations and Management, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW., Room 5128, Washington, DC 20410-0001, telephone 
(202) 708-0768. (This is not a toll-free number.) Hearing- and speech-
impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a March 30, 1989, notice (54 FR 13121), 
the Secretary of HUD delegated the authority to enforce the Fair 
Housing Act to the Assistant Secretary for FHEO and the General 
Counsel, among other Department officials. Since 1989, the Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO has published several redelegations of Fair Housing 
Act complaint processing authority to staff. In this notice, the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO revokes all prior redelegations of 
authority for Fair Housing Act complaint processing made by the 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 
et seq.), and redelegates this authority. Accordingly, the Assistant

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Secretary for FHEO redelegates this authority as provided in this 
notice.

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates the authority for Fair 
Housing Act complaint processing, as provided in 24 CFR part 103, to 
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further redelegates 
the authority under 24 CFR part 103, subparts A, B, D (with the 
exception of the filing of a Secretary-initiated complaint under 24 CFR 
103.200(b) and 24 CFR 103.204(a)), E, and F, to the FHEO Hub Directors, 
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, and to 
the Director of the Office of Enforcement.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further redelegates 
the authority, under 24 CFR part 103, subpart C, to the FHEO Hub 
Directors, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further redelegates 
the authority under 24 CFR 103.510(a) and (d) to the FHEO Hub 
Directors, to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Programs and to the Director of the Office of Enforcement, with the 
exception of pattern and practice referrals to the Attorney General, 
which are redelegated only to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs, and to the Director of the Office of 
Enforcement.
    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates to the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to reconsider no cause 
determinations. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for FHEO further 
redelegates this authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Programs, and to the Director of the Office of 
Enforcement.
    The Assistant Secretary for FHEO redelegates to the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for FHEO the authority to issue subpoenas related 
to the Young v. Martinez litigation. The General Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for FHEO further redelegates this authority to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs and to the Director of 
the Young Implementation Office.

Section B. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs, the 
Director of the Office of Enforcement, the FHEO Hub Directors, and the 
Director of the Young Implementation Office may not redelegate the 
authorities provided in Section A of this notice.

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of authority for Fair Housing complaint 
processing made within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for FHEO 
are revoked.

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

    Dated: July 25, 2003.
Carolyn Y. Peoples,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Floyd O. May,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity.
[FR Doc. 03-19786 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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