[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 47316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19415]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6177-D-01]


Delegation of Concurrent Authority to the Associate Deputy 
Secretary

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of concurrent authority.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development delegates to the Associate Deputy 
Secretary concurrent authority, vested in or delegated or assigned to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, with the exception of 
the power to sue and be sued and other exceptions described in section 
B of this notice.

DATES: August 29, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John B. Shumway, Assistant General 
Counsel for Administrative Law, Office of General Counsel, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 9262, 
Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone number 202-402-5190 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may 
access this number, toll-free, through TTY by calling 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Under section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)), the Secretary may delegate any of 
the Secretary's functions, powers, and duties to such officers and 
employees of the Department as the Secretary may designate, and may 
authorize successive redelegations of such functions, powers, and 
duties as determined to be necessary or appropriate. In the delegation 
of authority published today, the Secretary is delegating to the 
Associate Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development all the 
power and authority vested in or delegated or assigned to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development to be exercised concurrently with the 
Secretary, with the exception of the power to sue and be sued and other 
exceptions described in section B of this notice. Accordingly, the 
Secretary delegates, as follows.

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Associate Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is 
hereby authorized, concurrently with the Secretary and the Deputy 
Secretary, as a senior official performing delegated duties of the 
Deputy Secretary, to exercise all the power and authority vested in or 
delegated or assigned to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, subject to the exceptions described in section B of this 
notice.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    Excepted from the authority delegated under section A above is the 
authority to sue and be sued. In addition, the senior official 
performing delegated duties of the Deputy Secretary is not authorized 
to exercise the following authorities, which are retained by the 
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary:
    1. Issue a final regulation or Notice of Funding Availability.
    2. Approve any statutory or regulatory waiver request that has not 
been approved previously by an Assistant Secretary or the Deputy 
Secretary.
    3. Approve any statutory or regulatory waiver request that presents 
novel or unique legal interpretations of statutes or policy.
    4. Approve any statutory or regulatory waiver request that relates 
to ongoing, precedent-setting litigation.

Section C. Authority To Redelegate

    The senior official performing delegated duties of the Deputy 
Secretary is authorized to redelegate to employees of HUD any of the 
authorities delegated under section A above, subject to the exceptions 
described in section B.

Section D. Authority Not Superseded

    This delegation does not supersede the delegation of concurrent 
authority from the Secretary to the Deputy Secretary published in the 
Federal Register at 77 FR 66864.

Authority

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

    Dated: August 29, 2019.
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-19415 Filed 9-6-19; 8:45 am]
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