[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37240-37241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15069]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5557-D-04]


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 the notice of redelegations of authority 
published on October 12, 2006, by the Assistant Secretary for Housing 
Federal Housing Commissioner to HUD officials in HUD offices other than 
the Office of Housing.

DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of the Associate General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 
Room 9110, Washington, DC 20410-8000, phone 202-708-2601. (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 Relay 
Service at 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 October 
12, 2006 (71 FR 60168), the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
Housing Commissioner (Assistant Secretary for Housing) redelegated 
certain authority to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
(FHEO) and the Office of the General Counsel (General Counsel) and 
revoked all prior redelegations from the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing to these HUD offices.
    The October 12, 2006, publication also reiterated and updated the 
authority previously redelegated to the General Counsel. (That previous 
notice of redelegation of authority was published on March 12, 2004 (69 
FR 11880).
    Today's notice reaffirms the authority previously redelegated by 
the Assistant Secretary for Housing 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.
    In addition, today's notice revokes authority previously 
redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for Housing to the Assistant 
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Previously, certain 
programmatic regulation authorities exercised by the Secretary of HUD 
over the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) pursuant to the 
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 
(FHEFSSA), 12 U.S.C 4501 et seq., had been delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing. Certain of these oversight requirements 
involving affordable housing goals were implemented by the Office of 
Housing; certain other oversight requirements involving fair housing 
performance by the GSEs were implemented by the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) pursuant to a redelegation to that office 
by the Assistant Secretary for Housing. At this time, regulatory 
authority over the GSEs has been vested in the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub. 
L. 110-289, approved July 30, 2008) except for certain fair housing 
requirements which fall wholly within the purview of the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity. Therefore, this notice revokes the 
previous October 2006 redelegation of authority from the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity. By separate notice HUD will publish a

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delegation from the Secretary of HUD to the Assistant Secretary for 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for these residual oversight 
activities.

II. Authority Revoked

    The Assistant Secretary for Housing and the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner 
(General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing) and the Associate 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing revoke the previous 
redelegation of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity.

III. Authority Redelegated

    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 section 8 housing assistance payments 
contract, Rental Assistance Payment Contract, Project Rental Assistance 
Contract or Use Agreement, and to take all actions permitted under 24 
CFR 30.36, 24 CFR 30.45, and 24 CFR 30.68.

IV. Authority Excepted

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

V. Further Redelegations

    The General Counsel is authorized to redelegate the authority 
redelegated in Section III, above. This notice has no impact upon the 
redelegation of authority issued by the General Counsel to the 
Departmental Enforcement Center on July 18, 2011 (76 FR 42463).

VI. Prior Redelegations Superseded

    The previous redelegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary 
for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and the General Counsel, 
published on October 12, 2006 are superseded by this notice.

VII. Revocation of Authority

    The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing or Associate General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing 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: June 5, 2012.
Carol J. Galante,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2012-15069 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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