[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24735-24736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6246]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4837-D-59]


Amendment, Consolidated Delegation of Authority for the Office of 
Community Planning and Development

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Amendment to Consolidated Delegation of Authority for the 
Office of Community Planning and Development.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the existing Consolidated Delegation of 
Authority for Community Planning and Development to add the Renewal 
Communities, urban Empowerment Zones, and urban Enterprise Communities 
(RC/EZ/EC) Initiative and Technical Assistance Awards to the list of 
programs delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
and Development and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development. This amendment also authorizes the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary to further redelegate any of the 
authority delegated under the Consolidated Delegation of Authority, as 
amended.

DATES: Effective Date: March 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Daly, Director of Policy 
Development and Coordination, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 7240, Washington, DC 20410-7000, (202) 708-1817. 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: On September 16, 2003 (68 FR 54238), the 
Department published a Consolidated Delegation of Authority for 
Community Planning and Development programs. This notice amends the 
existing Consolidated Delegation of Authority for Community Planning 
and Development by adding the Renewal Communities, urban Empowerment 
Zones, and urban Enterprise Communities (RC/EZ/EC) Initiative and 
Technical Assistance Awards to the list of programs delegated to the 
Assistant Secretary and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development. The Consolidated Delegation 
authorized the Assistant Secretary to further redelegate any authority 
included therein, excluding those authorities expressly excepted. This 
amendment similarly authorizes the General Deputy Assistant Secretary 
to further redelegate any delegated authority, excluding those 
expressly excepted. This notice also clarifies the authority excepted 
from the Consolidated Delegation and updates the list of prior 
delegations of authority superseded by the Consolidated Delegation. 
Accordingly, the Secretary amends the Consolidated Delegation of 
Authority for CPD programs at 68 FR 54238 (September 16, 2003), as 
follows:

Section A. Amendment to Consolidated Delegation of Authority

    At Section A of 68 FR 54238-9 (September 16, 2003), under the 
heading entitled ``Authority'':
    1. Paragraph 6 is amended to read as follows:
    6. The Renewal Communities, urban Empowerment Zones, and urban 
Enterprise Communities (RC/EZ/EC) Initiative as authorized under title 
26, subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter U of the Internal Revenue Code, 
as amended, 26 U.S.C. 1391 et seq. with respect to urban Empowerment 
Zones and urban Enterprise Communities and title 26, subtitle A, 
chapter 1, subchapter X of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, 26 
U.S.C. 1400E et seq. with respect to Renewal Communities; and grants 
for urban Empowerment Zones as provided for in annual HUD 
appropriations acts (e.g., Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 
Fiscal Year 2003, Pub. L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 11, approved February 20, 
2003).
    2. After paragraph 19(f), a new paragraph is added to the list of 
programs under which authority is delegated as follows:
    20. Technical Assistance Awards as authorized under Section 
107(b)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 42 
U.S.C. 5307; Sections 233 and 242 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 12773 and 12781-83; Section 423 of 
the Stuart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11383 et 
seq.; Title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act, as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, 
42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.; and as provided for in annual HUD 
appropriations acts (e.g., Consolidated

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Appropriations Resolution, Fiscal Year 2003, Pub. L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 
11, approved February 20, 2003).

Section B. Amendment to Authority Excepted

    At Section B of 68 FR 54238 (September 16, 2003), under the heading 
entitled ``Authority Excepted,'' paragraph 2.b. is amended as follows:
    b. The power to administer the section 107 programs listed in the 
Delegation of Authority to the Assistant Secretary for Policy 
Development and Research at 68 FR 42749 (July 18, 2003);

Section C. Amendment to Authority to Redelegate

    At Section C of 68 FR 54238 (September 16, 2003), under the heading 
entitled ``Authority to Redelegate,'' is amended to read as follows:
    The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and 
the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development are authorized to redelegate to employees of the Department 
any of the authority delegated under Section A, excluding the authority 
excepted under Section B, the authority to issue or waive rules and 
regulations.

Section D. Amendment to Delegations Superseded

    At Section D of 68 FR 54238 (September 16, 2003), under the heading 
entitled ``Delegations Superseded,'' after paragraph 19, two new 
paragraphs are added to the list of delegations superseded as follows:
    20. Delegation of Authority from the Secretary to the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development, published on January 
26, 1998 (63 FR 3761);
    21. Delegation of Authority from the Secretary to the Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development, published on January 
11, 1999 (64 FR 1637).

Section E. Actions Ratified

    The Secretary hereby ratifies all actions previously taken by the 
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, with respect to the programs and matters listed in Section 
A.


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

    Dated: March 27, 2006.
Alphonso Jackson,
Secretary.
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