[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 104 (Friday, May 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 30714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12086]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-46]


Order of Succession

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of order of succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for 
the Office of General Counsel for the Department. This Order of 
Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the General Counsel, 
published on August 22, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Opitz, Assistant General Counsel 
for Procurement and Administrative Law, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500, (202) 
708-0622. This is not a toll-free number. For those needing assistance, 
this number may be accessed via TTY by calling the Federal Information 
Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Counsel for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development is issuing this Order of Succession of 
officials authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Office 
of the General Counsel when, by reason of absence, disability or 
vacancy in office, the General Counsel is not available to exercise the 
powers or perform the duties of the office. This Order of Succession is 
subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 
3345-3349d. This publication supersedes the Order of Succession notice 
published on August 22, 2000 at 65 FR 51016.
    Accordingly, the General Counsel designates the following Order of 
Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Vacancy Reform Act of 1998, during 
any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is not available to exercise the powers or perform the 
duties of the General Counsel, the following officials within the 
Office of General Counsel are hereby designated to exercise the powers 
and perform the duties of the Office:
    (1) Deputy General Counsel for Equal Opportunity and Administrative 
Law;
    (2) General Deputy General Counsel;
    (3) Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Enforcement;
    (4) Associate General Counsel for Assisted Housing and Community 
Development;
    (5) Associate General Counsel for Finance and Regulatory 
Compliance;
    (6) Associate General Counsel for Insured Housing;
    (7) Associate General Counsel for Litigation;
    (8) Associate General Counsel for Program Enforcement;
    (9) Associate General Counsel for Human Resources;
    (10) Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing;
    (11) Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
Office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all the other officials, whose position titles precede his/hers 
in this order, are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or 
vacancy in office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the 
General Counsel, published at 65 FR 51016 (August 22, 2000).

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

    Dated: May 21, 2004.
Richard A. Hauser,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 04-12086 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
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