[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73317-73318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25726]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6289-N-04]


Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Membership

AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, 
HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the list of Committee Members of HUD's 
Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (TIAC). The committee will 
perform several advisory functions while it considers HUD policies that 
affect Indian Country. HUD will publish a subsequent notice with 
details of the first scheduled TIAC meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi J. Frechette, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-401-
7914 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to 
receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well 
as individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn 
more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit 
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On January 26, 2021, President Biden issued a Presidential 
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation 
Relationships.\1\ The memorandum directed all Federal agencies to take 
actions to strengthen their Tribal consultation policies and practices 
and to further the purposes of Executive Order 13175 (Consultation and 
Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments).
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    \1\ Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/.
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    On November 15, 2021 (86 FR 63051), to enhance consultation and 
collaboration with Tribal governments, HUD published a notice in the 
Federal Register announcing its intention to establish its first Tribal 
advisory committee known as the ``Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory 
Committee'' (TIAC). The notice also solicited Tribal feedback on a 
proposed TIAC structure and its functions. HUD received 12 written 
comments representing many different perspectives, including Tribes, 
Tribal leaders, Tribal housing employees, individuals, housing 
authorities, and regional housing authorities in response to its 
November 15, 2021 notice. In general, commenters were supportive of 
establishing the TIAC.
    These comments were reviewed and considered in revising the 
proposed structure. On March 31, 2022 (87 FR 18807), HUD published a 
notice in the Federal Register that announced the final structure of 
the TIAC and requested the submission of Tribal nominations to the 
TIAC. After HUD published a notice (June 28, 2022, 87 FR 38421) 
reopening the request for nominations to request additional 
nominations, HUD began to review all of the Tribal nominations for 
selection.

II. The Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee

    Today's notice announces the membership of the TIAC. The purpose of 
the TIAC is to further facilitate intergovernmental communication 
between HUD and Tribal leaders of federally recognized Tribes on all 
HUD programs, to make recommendations to HUD regarding current program 
regulations that may require revision, as well as suggest rulemaking 
methods to develop such changes, and to advise in the development of 
HUD's American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) housing priorities. The 
function of TIAC is not to replace Tribal consultation, but rather 
serve as a tool to help supplement it.
    In making the selections for membership on the TIAC, HUD's goal was 
to establish a committee whose membership reflects a balanced 
representation of Indian tribes. In addition to the Tribal 
representatives on the committee, there will be several HUD 
representatives, each representing various program offices, on the 
committee.
    HUD appreciate commenters who submitted names of Alternates. HUD is 
only announcing Committee Members in today's Notice. However, each 
Committee Member should have an eligible Alternate in queue in case the 
Committee Member is unable to attend a particular committee meeting. As 
a reminder, the Alternate must meet the same eligibility criteria 
required of the selected Committee Member, specifically, that they must 
be either a duly elected Tribal official or Tribal employee. The 
Alternate cannot be a Tribally Designated Housing Entity employee. In 
the absence of a Committee Member, the Alternate will have the same 
rights, responsibilities, duties, and functions as a Committee Member 
during meetings. Each Committee Member has the discretion to decide who 
will best represent them in their absence. A Committee Member unable to 
attend any session must inform HUD in writing with an original 
signature as to whom they have selected to represent them and will 
specify the term. HUD will review all Alternates before a meeting to 
confirm that they

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meet the eligibility criteria for Alternates specified by HUD.
    The final list of members of the TIAC is as follows:

Tribal Members

    Gary Batton, Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, Oklahoma.
    Darren Brinegar, Tribal Legislator, Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, 
Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
    Glenn Ellis, Jr., Council Member, Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah 
Indian Reservation, Neah Bay, Washington.
    Tina Glory-Jordan, Secretary of State, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, 
Oklahoma (at-large).
    Denise Harvey, Council Member, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 
Community of Oregon, Grand Ronde, Oregon.
    Scott Herman, Chairman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, Rosebud, South Dakota.
    Victoria Hobbs, Legislative Council Representative, Tohono O'odham 
Nation of Arizona, Sells, Arizona.
    Patricia MacDonald, Council President, Healy Lake Village, 
Fairbanks, Alaska.
    Jacqueline Pata, 1st Vice President, Central Council of Tlingit and 
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska.
    Teri Nutter, Council Member, Gulkana Village Council, Gakona, 
Alaska (at-large).
    Marshall Pierite, Chairman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, 
Marksville, Louisiana.
    Bridgett Sorenson, Board of Director, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Kincheloe, Michigan.
    Lee Spoonhunter, Council Member, Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Fort Washakie, Wyoming.
    Tyler Yellow Boy, Council Member, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, 
South Dakota (at-large).
    Arch Super, Council Member, Karuk Tribe, Happy Camp, California.

HUD Representatives

    Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Development, and Research.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Field Policy Management.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Housing.
    Assistant Secretary, Government National Mortgage Association.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Community Planning and Development.

III. Next Steps

    HUD will publish details of the first scheduled TIAC meeting in a 
subsequent notice.

Marcia L. Fudge,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-25726 Filed 11-28-22; 8:45 am]
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