[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8503-8504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3226]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

7 CFR Part 3560

RIN 0575-AC13


Reinvention of the Sections 514, 515, 516 and 521 Multi-Family 
Housing Programs

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service is delaying implementation of 
selected sections of the interim final rule published on November 26, 
2004 (69 FR 69032-69176). The interim final rule contains requirements 
regarding citizenship eligibility about which the Agency received 
several comments. The comments suggested that Agency procedures 
unnecessarily imposed more requirements than those required under the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) procedures for 
similar programs. As a result the Agency has decided to delay 
implementation of the sections listed below in order to harmonize its 
procedures with HUD under 42 U.S.C. 1436a.

DATES: The effective date for Sec. Sec.  3560.152(a)(1), 
3560.154(a)(7), 3560.156(c)(12), and 3560.254(c)(3) are delayed 
indefinitely from February 24, 2005, until the Agency publishes an 
effective date in a future Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie White, Director, Multi-
Family Housing Portfolio Management Division, Rural Housing Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 1265, South Building, Stop 0782, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0782, telephone 
(202) 720-1615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Delay of Implementation

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In the interim final rule published November 26, 2004 (69 FR 69032-
69176), implementation of the specific words in quotes in the following 
specific sections will be delayed indefinitely:

PART 3560--[AMENDED]


Sec.  35560.152  [Amended]

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On page 69133, second column, Sec.  3560.152 (a) (1) ``Be a United 
States citizen or qualified alien, and'';


Sec.  3560.154  [Amended]

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On page 69134, third column, Sec.  3560.154 (a) (7) ``* * * and a 
certification that the applicant is a U.S. citizen or a qualified alien 
as defined in Sec.  3560.11 * * *'';


Sec.  3560.156  [Amended]

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On page 69136, third column, Sec.  3560.156 (c) (12) ``* * * their 
citizenship status, * * *''; and


Sec.  3560.254  [Amended]

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On page 69144, first column, Sec.  3560.254 (c) (3) ``Whose head of the 
household is a U.S. citizen or a legal alien as defined in Sec.  
3560.11.''


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    Dated: February 14, 2005.
Gilbert Gonzales,
Acting Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 05-3226 Filed 2-18-05; 8:45 am]
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