[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48631-48632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19977]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6159-D-01]


Order of Succession for the Office of Housing

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

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--FH 
Commissioner designates the Order of Succession for the Office of 
Housing. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of 
succession for the Assistant Secretary for Housing--FH Commissioner, 
including the Order of Succession published on April 20, 2015.

DATES: June 20, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vance Morris, Acting Associate General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 9100, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone number 202-708-2601. (This is not a toll-free number). 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may call HUD's toll-free 
Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Housing--FH 
Commissioner is issuing this Order of Succession of officials 
authorized to perform the functions and duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing--FH Commissioner when the Assistant Secretary--FH 
Commissioner is not available to exercise the powers or perform the 
duties of the office. This Order of Succession is subject to the 
provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345-
3349d).
    Today's publication supersedes all prior orders of succession for 
the Office of Housing, including the Order of Succession notice 
published on April 20, 2015 (80 FR 21750).

Section A. Order of Succession

    Subject to the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 
1998,

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during any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office, the Assistant Secretary for Housing--FH Commissioner is not 
available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, the following 
officials within the Office of Housing are hereby designated to 
exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Office, including the 
authority to waive regulations. No individual who is serving in an 
office listed below in an acting capacity may act as the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner pursuant to this 
Order of Succession.

(1) General Deputy Assistant Secretary (GDAS)
(2) Office of Housing, Chief of Staff
(3) Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary (AGDAS)
(4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget
(5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
(6) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing
(7) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing
(8) Director, Home Ownership Center (HOC), Philadelphia
(9) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Risk Management and Regulatory 
Affairs
(10) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Healthcare Programs
(11) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling
(12) Director, Multifamily Housing, Fort Worth
    These officials shall perform the functions and duties of the 
office in the order specified herein, and no official shall serve 
unless all other officials whose positions precede his/hers in this 
order are unable to act by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in 
office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

    This Order of Succession supersedes all prior orders of succession 
for the Office of Housing, including the order of succession published 
on April 20, 2015 at 80 FR 21750.

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

    Dated: June 20, 2019.
Brian Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2019-19977 Filed 9-13-19; 8:45 am]
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