[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23330]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 1000

[Docket No. FR-4676-N-11]


Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a meeting of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to discuss and negotiate a 
proposed rule that would change the regulations for the Indian Housing 
Block Grant (IHBG) program allocation formula, and other regulatory 
issues that arise out of the allocation or reallocation of IHBG funds.

DATES: The committee meeting will be held on Monday, September 22, 
2003, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Wednesday, September 24, 2003, and 
Thursday, September 25, 2003. The committee meeting will begin at 
approximately 9 a.m. on Monday, September 23, 2003, and is scheduled to 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hilton Washington, 1919 
Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20009; telephone (202) 797-5820 
(this is not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodger J. Boyd, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Room 4126, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-5000, telephone, (202) 401-
7914 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired 
individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    HUD has established the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for the purposes of 
discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that would change the 
regulations for the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program 
allocation formula, and other IHBG program regulations that arise out 
of the allocation or reallocation of IHBG funds.
    The IHBG program was established under the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) 
(NAHASDA). NAHASDA reorganized housing assistance to Native Americans 
by eliminating and consolidating a number of HUD assistance programs in 
a single block grant program. In addition, NAHASDA provides federal 
assistance for Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of 
Indian self-determination and tribal self-government. Following the 
procedures of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 561-570), 
HUD and its tribal partners negotiated the March 12, 1998 (63 FR 12349) 
final rule, which created a new 24 CFR part 1000 containing the IHBG 
program regulations.

II. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting

    This document announces a meeting of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. The 
committee meeting will take place as described in the DATES and 
ADDRESSES section of this document. The agenda planned for the meeting 
includes discussion of work group reports by the full committee and the 
development of draft regulatory language. The meeting will be open to 
the public without advance registration. Public attendance may be 
limited to the space available. Members of the public may be allowed to 
make statements during the meeting, to the extent time permits, and 
file written statements with the committee for its consideration. 
Written statements should be submitted to the address listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Rodger J. Boyd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
[FR Doc. 03-23330 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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