[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 60168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16893]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5076-D-10]


Delegations of Authority for the Office of Housing--Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA); Redelegations of Authority to Other HUD 
Offices

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegations of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice updates and reiterates the notice of redelegations 
of authority issued on August 11, 2003, by the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner to HUD officials in HUD offices 
other than the Office of Housing, and published on August 20, 2003. 
This notice also updates the redelegation of authority issued on March 
4, 2004, by the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner to the General Counsel, published on March 12, 2004.

DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot C. Horowitz, Senior Advisor to 
the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, 
Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW., Room 9110, Washington, DC 20410-8000, phone (202) 
708-0614, extension 2125. (This is not a toll-free number.) Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service number at 1-
(800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Housing legislation and programs are implemented and administered 
by the Office of Housing. However, in some instances, the nature of a 
statute or program, or component thereof, requires another HUD office 
to conduct the program or participate in its administration. On August 
11, 2003, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner (Assistant Secretary for Housing) redelegated authority to 
the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) and the Office 
of the General Counsel, and revoked all prior redelegations from the 
Assistant Secretary for Housing to other HUD offices. This notice of 
redelegations of authority was published on August 20, 2003, at 68 FR 
50173.
    On March 5, 2004, the Assistant Secretary for Housing issued a 
redelegation of authority to the General Counsel, the purpose of which 
was to clarify and supplement the authority that was previously 
redelegated to the General Counsel. That notice of redelegation of 
authority was published on March 12, 2004, at 69 FR 11880.
    Today's notice reaffirms and consolidates, into this one document, 
the authority previously redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity and to the General Counsel. Please note that the 
redelegation of authority to the General Counsel does not affect the 
authority of the Mortgagee Review Board, described in 24 CFR 30.35, or 
of the Assistant Secretary for Housing to initiate civil money penalty 
actions.

II. Authority Redelegated

    The Assistant Secretary for Housing and the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner 
(General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing) retain and redelegate, 
to the officials listed below, the power and authority described as 
follows:

A. Assistant Secretary, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

    Authority is redelegated on a nation-wide basis to exercise the 
fair housing provisions of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (FHEFSSA) at 12 U.S.C. 4545, and under 
the regulations at 24 CFR part 81, subpart C, as described in the 
Federal Register notice of delegation of authority of February 12, 1999 
(64 FR 7407), and subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth 
in that February 12, 1999 notice.

B. General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

    Authority is redelegated to the General Counsel to issue a notice 
of violation under the terms of a regulatory agreement and a notice of 
default under the terms of a housing assistance payments contract and 
to take all actions permitted under 24 CFR 30.36, 24 CFR 30.45, and 24 
CFR 30.68.

III. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated in Section II does not include the 
authority to waive regulations under the program jurisdiction of the 
Assistant Secretary for Housing.

IV. Further Redelegations

    A. The authority redelegated to the Assistant Secretary for Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity may not be redelegated.
    B. The General Counsel is authorized to redelegate the authority 
redelegated in Section II.B. above. This notice has no impact upon the 
redelegation of authority issued by the General Counsel to the 
Departmental Enforcement Center on March 5, 2004, and published on 
March 12, 2004. (See notice of redelegation of authority published on 
March 12, 2004, at 69 FR 11879.)

V. Prior Redelegations Superseded

    The redelegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity and the General Counsel, published on 
August 20, 2003 and the redelegation of authority to the General 
Counsel published on March 12, 2004, are reiterated in this notice.

VI. Revocation of Authority

    The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner 
may revoke the authority authorized herein, in whole or part, at any 
time. Any revocation or modification of a redelegation will be 
published in the Federal Register.

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


    Dated: September 15, 2006.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
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