[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22844]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-11]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice redelegates to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Native American Programs in the Office of Native American Programs 
(ONAP) of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, the Director of the 
Denver ONAP Office of Grants Management, and the Director of the Denver 
ONAP Office of Grants Evaluation, the authority to administer Rural 
Housing and Economic Development grants awarded to Indian Tribes and 
tribal entities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 18, 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 October 27, 1997). 
The RHED program is administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development. However, because of the unique 
relationship between the Office of Public and Indian Housing and Indian 
tribes, the Secretary delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing the authority to administer RHED grants awarded to 
Indian tribes and tribal entities by the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development.
    This notice redelegates the authority to administer RHED grants 
from the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, the Director 
of the Denver ONAP Office of Grants Management, and the Director of the 
Denver ONAP Office of Grants Evaluation.

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates 
the authority to administer RHED grants awarded to Indian Tribes and 
tribal entities to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American 
Programs, and the Director, Denver ONAP Office of Grants Management, 
and the Director, Denver ONAP Office of Grants Evaluation in the Office 
of Native American Programs.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated under Section A does not include: (1) The 
authority to issue and waive regulations; and (2) the authority to sue 
and be sued.

Section C. Authority Revoked

    The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing revokes all 
prior delegations pertaining to RHED grants awarded to Indian Tribes 
and tribal entities, including but not limited to, the delegation of 
authority published on September 28, 1999 (64 FR 52340).

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

    Dated: July 18, 2003.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 03-22844 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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