[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54240-54241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23514]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-35]


Consolidated Delegation of Authority for the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice is a comprehensive delegation of authority for 
administration of HUD's Public and Indian Housing programs from the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Dalzell, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 4228,Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
(202) 708-0440. (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: Under this delegation, which supersedes all 
prior delegations to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, the Secretary delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing all powers and authorities with respect to HUD's 
Public and Indian Housing programs, except for those powers and 
authorities, which are specifically excepted from this delegation.

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing the power and authority of the Secretary to:
    1. Administer programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that 
are carried out pursuant to the authority transferred from the Public 
Housing Administration under section 5(a) of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3534);
    2. Administer each program of the Department that is authorized 
pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.), including but not limited to the Public Housing program, Section 
8 programs (except the following Section 8 Project-Based programs: New 
Construction, Substantial Rehabilitation, Loan Management Set-Aside and 
Property Disposition), the HOPE VI program and predecessor programs 
that are no longer funded but have ongoing commitments.
    3. Administer such other programs for which assistance is provided 
for or on behalf of public housing agencies or public housing 
residents.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated under Section A does not include the power 
to sue and be sued.

Section C. Authority To Redelegate

    The authority delegated in Section A may be redelegated to 
employees of the Department through written delegations of authority, 
except for the authority to issue and waive regulations.

Section D. Authority Revoked

    All authority previously delegated to the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing is revoked and is superseded by this 
delegation of authority.

Section E

    This notice of delegation of authority shall be conclusive evidence 
of the authority of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing or a delegate, to execute, in the name of the Secretary,

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any instrument or document relinquishing or transferring any right, 
title, or interest of the Department in real or personal property.

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

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Mel Martinez,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-23514 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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