[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53196-53197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22846]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-30]


Redelegation of Authority for Public and Indian Housing and 
Supersedure of Prior Redelegation Concerning Native American Housing 
Programs

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

ACTION: Notice of redelegation and supersedure of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing updates the redelegation of authority for administration of 
Native American housing programs to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Native American Programs, the Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) 
Administrators, the Director of the Office of Grants Management, and 
the Director of the Office of Grants Evaluation, within ONAP, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing.

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 Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) 
provides housing assistance to Native Americans by means of a single 
block grant program. In a notice published in the Federal Register on 
October 2, 1998 (63 FR 53085), the Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing redelegated, subject to certain exceptions, the 
authority to administer programs under NAHASDA to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, the ONAP Administrators, the 
Director of the Office of Grants Management, and the Director of the 
Office of Grants Evaluation, within ONAP, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing. The Department is now in the process of updating its 
delegations. This updated redelegation supersedes the 1998 redelegation 
of authority. This updated redelegation also supersedes the 
redelegations of authority published on March 1, 1994 (59 FR 9764), and 
May 11, 1994 (59 FR 24463). The 1994 delegations referred to the head 
of ONAP as the Director and that title was subsequently changed to 
Deputy Assistant Secretary.

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    Subject to authority excepted in section C of this notice, the 
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates to the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs all the 
Assistant Secretary's authority to administer the programs under Titles 
I through V of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, including the authority to review plans 
submitted in compliance with section 102 of NAHASDA and to notify the 
Tribe or tribally designated entity whether the plan complies with the 
statutory requirements, the reasons for noncompliance and the 
modifications necessary to meet the requirements of section 102 of 
NAHASDA.

Section B. Authority Further Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary further redelegates to the ONAP 
Administrators, the Director of the Office of Grants Management, and 
the Director of the Office of Grants Evaluation the authority to:
    1. Conduct environmental reviews in compliance with section 105(b) 
of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4115);
    2. Execute all necessary agreements, including but not limited to 
grant agreements;
    3. Review performance reports submitted by the Tribe or the 
tribally designated entity and issue reports based on such review; and
    4. Any other authority necessary to carry out the purposes of 
Titles I through V of NAHASDA, which has not been excepted from this 
delegation.

Section C. Authority Excepted

    The authority redelegated under section A and section B does not 
include (1) the authority to issue and waive regulations; (2) the 
authority to waive the requirement for submitting the plan as set forth 
in section 101(b)(2) of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116); (3) the authority to 
require replacement of a tribally designated housing entity pursuant to 
section 402 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4162); or (4) the authority to effect 
remedies for noncompliance requiring notice and opportunity for a 
hearing.

Section D. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The authority delegated in section B, subject to the exceptions in 
section C may be redelegated to employees of the Department in 
accordance with a written delegation.

Section E. Authority Revoked

    This delegation revokes and supersedes the redelegations of 
authority published on October 2, 1998 (63 FR 53085), March 1, 1994 (59 
FR 9764), and May 11, 1994 (59 FR 24463).

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


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    Dated: July 18, 2003.
Michael Liu,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 03-22846 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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