[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2094-2095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-827]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 1000

[Docket No. FR-4676-N-12]


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

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

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ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the final 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 Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 
Wednesday, January 14, 2004, Thursday, January 15, 2004, and Friday, 
January 16, 2004. The committee meeting will begin at approximately 
8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, and is scheduled to adjourn at 
approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4255 
S. Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109; telephone (702) 369-4400 (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.
    This document announces the final 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 and approval 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 section 
of this document.

    Dated: January 9, 2004.
Rodger J. Boyd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-827 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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