[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65725-65726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29058]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-40]


Redelegation of Authority to the Director of the Office of Labor 
Relations

AGENCY: Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: Published concurrently in the Federal Register is a delegation 
of authority from the Secretary of HUD to the Director of Office of 
Departmental Operations and Coordination (ODOC), which delegates the 
authority to perform certain functions related to the requirements of 
various labor relation and labor standards statutes and authorities. By 
this notice, the Director of ODOC retains and redelegates all such 
authority to the Director of the Office of Labor Relations (OLR).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward L. Johnson, Director, Office of 
Labor Relations, Office Of Departmental Operations and Coordination, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Suite 2102, Washington, DC 20410-9000, telephone (202) 708-0370 
extension 5540. (This is not a toll-free number.) Individuals with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is in the process of updating 
delegations issued to officials within the Department. In this 
redelegation, the Director of ODOC retains and redelegates to the 
Director of OLR, the authority to perform certain functions related to 
the requirements of certain labor standards statutes and authorities.
    Accordingly, the Director of ODOC redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Redelegated

    The Director of ODOC retains and redelegates to the Director of OLR 
all authority with respect to labor standards administration and 
enforcement vested in, or delegated or assigned to, the Secretary under 
statutes and authorities relating to labor standards, including but not 
limited to the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.), the Copeland 
Act (40 U.S.C. 3145), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 
(40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 1 Reorg. Plan 14), the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), Section 202 of the National Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q); the National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704 et seq.), 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j), the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), the Hawaiian Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000 
(25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), Executive Order 13202 (66 FR 11225) as 
amended (66 FR 18717), and certain Department of Labor regulations (29 
CFR parts 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7).
    The authority redelegated includes the authority to determine or 
adopt prevailing wage rates, which is vested in the Secretary by 
certain statutes, including, but not limited to, the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j), the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), and the 
Hawaiian Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.).

Section B. Authority to Redelegate

    The authority redelegated herein may be redelegated by a written 
redelegation of authority.

Section C. Authority Revoked

    All prior redelegations of the authority redelegated herein are 
revoked.

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

    Dated: November 10, 2003.
Frank Davis,
Director of the Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-29058 Filed 11-20-03; 8:45 am]
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