[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-362]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 1000

[Docket No. FR-4938-N-02]


Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting of negotiated rulemaking committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a two-day session of the negotiated 
rulemaking committee that developed HUD's February 25, 2005, proposed 
rule for public comment to revise the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) 
program allocation formula. Through the IHBG program, HUD makes 
assistance available to eligible Indian tribes for affordable housing 
activities. The public comment period on the proposed rule closed on 
April 26, 2005. The purpose of the two-day session is to provide the 
negotiated rulemaking committee members with the opportunity to review 
and consider responses to the public comments received on the February 
25, 2005, proposed rule.

DATES: The session will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, and 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006. On each day, the session will begin at 
approximately 8:30 am, and will adjourn at approximately 6 pm.

ADDRESSES: The sessions will take place at the Grand Hyatt Denver 
hotel, 1750 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; telephone: (303) 
295-1234 (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

    On February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9490), HUD published a proposed rule 
for public comment to make several revisions to the Indian Housing 
Block Grant (IHBG) program allocation formula authorized under section 
302 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
    Through the IHBG program, HUD makes assistance available to 
eligible Indian tribes for affordable housing activities. The amount of 
assistance made available to each Indian tribe is determined using an 
allocation formula (IHBG Formula) that was developed jointly by HUD and 
Indian tribes using the procedures of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 
1990 (5 U.S.C. 561-570). A regulatory description of the IHBG Formula 
is located in subpart D of the IHBG program regulations codified at 24 
CFR part 1000.
    HUD negotiated the February 25, 2005, proposed rule with active 
tribal participation and using the procedures of the Negotiated 
Rulemaking Act. The proposed regulatory changes reflect the consensus 
decisions reached by HUD and the tribal representatives on ways to 
improve and clarify the current regulations governing the IHBG Formula. 
Additional details regarding the proposed regulatory revisions are 
provided in the preamble to the February 25, 2005, proposed rule. The 
public comment period on the proposed rule closed on April 26, 2005.
    This notice announces a two-day session of the negotiated 
rulemaking committee that developed the February 25, 2005, proposed 
rule. Since the negotiated rulemaking committee has concluded its 
negotiations, the session will not involve the re-opening of 
negotiations on the consensus and nonconsensus items identified in the 
preamble to the February 25, 2005, proposed rule and thoroughly 
negotiated during the committee meetings that developed the proposed 
regulatory changes. Rather, the purpose of the two-day session is to 
provide the negotiated rulemaking committee members with the 
opportunity to review and consider responses to the public comments 
received on the February 25, 2005, proposed rule.
    The two-day session will take place as described in the DATES and 
ADDRESSES section of this document. The session will be open to the 
public; however, 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.

    Dated: January 9, 2006.
Rodger J. Boyd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
 [FR Doc. E6-362 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
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