[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Department of Housing and Urban Development Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Part IX



Department of Housing and Urban Development



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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)                      


  



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Subtitles A and B

[Docket No. FR-4218-01]

Semiannual Agenda of Regulations

AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 4(b) of Executive Order 12866 
``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' the Department is publishing its 
agenda of proposed regulations already issued or expected to be issued 
and of currently effective rules that are under review. Also, under 
section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Department has 
prepared an agenda of regulations expected to be proposed or 
promulgated, which are likely to have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities. As permitted by Executive Order 
12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the two agendas are combined 
for publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille E. Acevedo, Assistant General 
Counsel for Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Room 10276, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-
3055. (This is not a toll-free number.) A telecommunications device for 
hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available at 1-800-
877-8339 (Federal Information Relay Service).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning 
and Review,'' published on October 4, 1993 (58 FR 51735), requires each 
agency to publish semiannually an agenda of regulations that the agency 
has issued or expects to issue and of currently effective regulations 
that are under agency review. Consistent with the principles set forth 
in Executive Order 12866 to reduce and streamline regulations and in 
response to President Clinton's memorandum to Federal agencies to 
examine all regulations and to eliminate those that are obsolete, the 
Department continues to examine those rules proposed to be issued under 
these principles.

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, requires each 
agency to publish semiannually a regulatory agenda of rules 
expected to be proposed or promulgated, which are likely to have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of ``small 
entities,'' meaning small businesses, small organizations, or small 
governmental jurisdictions.

    Executive Order 12866 and section 605 of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act each permits incorporation of the agenda required 
with any other prescribed agenda. Accordingly, the agenda set out 
below combines the information required by the Executive order and 
by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. In addition, the agenda contains 
certain information not required by either the Executive order or 
by the Act, which the Department considers useful both better to 
inform the public and to enhance the Department's own inventory 
control over its body of regulations.

    For purposes of Executive Order 12866, ``regulation'' or 
``rule'' is defined as ``an agency statement of general 
applicability and future effect, which the agency intends to have 
the force and effect of law, that is designed to implement, 
interpret, or prescribe law or policy or to describe the procedure 
or practice requirements of an agency'' subject to certain 
exceptions. The agenda published below concentrates upon regulatory 
material contained or expected to be contained in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) (or incorporated therein by reference) 
following publication in the Federal Register. As appropriate, 
however, issuances in the nature of general statements of policy 
may be published in the Federal Register but not for codification 
in the CFR.

    The Department also is subject to certain requirements 
involving congressional review of rulemaking action, including 
publication of an agenda. Section 7(o) of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(o)) requires that the 
Secretary transmit to the congressional committees having 
jurisdictional oversight (the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Banking and Financial 
Services) a semiannual agenda of all rules or regulations which are 
under development or review by the Department. A rule appearing on 
the agenda cannot be published for comment before or during the 
first 15 calendar days after transmittal of the agenda. If, within 
that period, either committee notifies the Secretary that it 
intends to review any rule or regulation which appears on the 
agenda, the Secretary must submit to both committees a copy of the 
rule or regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, at 
least 15 calendar days before it is published for comment. The 
semiannual agenda published today is the agenda transmitted to the 
committees in compliance with the foregoing requirement.

    The agenda items are divided first by program office. Within 
each program office, the agenda items are divided into four groups: 
(i) Prerulemaking actions, (ii) publication or other 
implementations of notices of proposed rulemaking, (iii) 
publications or other implementations of final rules, and (iv) 
completed actions. Within each grouping, rules are listed in 
chronological order by the part number of the CFR affected. Where a 
rule affects multiple parts of the CFR, the rule is listed by the 
first affected part number. Priority rules include all regulations 
designated for priority development by the Department.

    Items listed in this agenda are from the following offices 
within the Department: Office of the Secretary; Office of Housing; 
Office of Public and Indian Housing; Office of Community Planning 
and Development; Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; 
Office of Administration; Office of Policy Development and 
Research; and the Government National Mortgage Association.

    The Department notes that section 610(c) of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act requires each agency to publish annually a list of 
the rules that have a significant economic impact upon a 
substantial number of small entities, which are to be reviewed in 
accordance with section 610 during the succeeding 12 months. All 
rules under development, published in each HUD agenda, are reviewed 
in accordance with the principles of section 610 of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act. The Department invites comments from the public on 
any rule in this agenda specifically on the issue of whether the 
public believes the rule will have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities. The Department intends, 
however, to issue a separate Federal Register notice before the end 
of the calendar year of certain HUD rules that will be reviewed

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in accordance with section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
during the succeeding calendar year.

    The Department invites all interested members of the public to 
comment on the rules listed in this spring 1997 agenda to assist 
the Department in improving its regulatory products and procedures.

Dated: February 25, 1997.

Dwight P. Robinson,

Deputy Secretary.

                                     Office of the Secretary--Prerule Stage                                     
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1209        24 CFR 91  Site and Neighborhood Standards for Development of HUD-Assisted Rental                   
            Housing (FR-3826).....................................................................    2501-AC15 
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                                  Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage                                  
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1210        24 CFR 5  $400 Earned Income Exclusion for Public Housing and Indian Housing Programs               
            (FR-4158).............................................................................    2501-AC37 
1211        24 CFR 24  Limited Denial of Participation in HUD Programs; Clarifying Amendments (FR-              
            3975).................................................................................    2501-AC08 
1212        24 CFR 42  Streamlining Regulations Implementing Uniform Relocation Act and Other                   
            Relocation Requirements in HUD Programs (FR-4122).....................................    2501-AC31 
1213        24 CFR 51  HUD's Environmental Criteria and Standards; Amendments (FR-4060)...........    2501-AC25 
1214        24 CFR 55  Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands (FR-4142).................    2501-AC33 
1215        24 CFR 6  Nondiscrimination in HUD Programs and Activities Receiving Assistance Under               
            Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (FR-4092)................    2501-AC28 
1216        24 CFR 761  Drug Elimination Program; Proposed Amendments (FR-4058)...................    2501-AC23 
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1217        24 CFR 5, subpart E  Revised Restriction on Assistance to Noncitizens (FR-4154).......    2501-AC36 
1218        24 CFR 5  Admission Preferences and Public Housing Development Regulations; Technical               
            Amendments (FR-4166)..................................................................    2501-AC38 
1219        24 CFR 35  Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention in Certain Residential Structures (FR-             
            3482).................................................................................    2501-AB57 
1220        24 CFR 58  Technical Amendment to HUD's Regulations Governing the Environmental Review              
            Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD's Environmental Responsibilities (FR-4138).......    2501-AC32 
1221        24 CFR 81  Book Entry Procedures for Government-Sponsored Enterprises (FR-4095).......    2501-AC35 
1222        24 CFR 92  HOME Investment Partnerships Program--Additional Streamlining (FR-4111)....    2501-AC30 
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1223        24 CFR 1  Consolidation of Fair of Housing and Equal Opportunity Requirements for                   
            Programs (FR-3935)....................................................................    2501-AC01 
1224        24 CFR 10  Rulemaking Policies and Procedures--Expediting Rulemaking and Policy                     
            Implementation (FR-3292)..............................................................    2501-AB43 
1225        24 CFR 882.109  Occupancy Standards Under the Fair Housing Act (FR-3815)..............    2501-AC05 
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1226        24 CFR 18  Indemnification of HUD Employees (FR-4143).................................    2501-AC34 
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1227        24 CFR 200  Changes in the Minimum Property Standards; Technical Suitability of                     
            Products Program (FR-4137)............................................................    2502-AG84 
1228        24 CFR 200  Multifamily Provisions of the Part 200 Regulations--Further Streamlining                
            and Technical Amendments (FR-4164)....................................................    2502-AG90 
1229        24 CFR 202  Approval of Lending Institutions and Mortgagees (FR-4132).................    2502-AG82 
1230        24 CFR 207  Electronic Payment of Multifamily Insurance Premiums (FR-4203)............    2502-AG91 
1231        23 CFR 3282  Special Procedures Permitting Limited Completion of Manufactured Home On-              
            Site (FR-4216)........................................................................    2502-AG92 
1232        24 CFR 3500  RESPA: Disclosure of Fees Paid to Retail Lenders (Brokers) (FR-3780).....    2502-AG40 
1233        24 CFR 3500  Contingency Funding Including Flood Plain Certifications--Real Estate                  
            Settlement Procedures Act (FR-3930)...................................................    2502-AG56 
1234        24 CFR 3500  Improvement of Disclosures Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures                 
            Act and the Truth in Lending Act (FR-4184)............................................    2502-AG86 
1235        24 CFR 3500  Amendment to RESPA; Exemption for Employer Payments to Employees Who Make              
            Like-Provider Referrals, and Other Amendments (FR-4173)...............................    2502-AG88 
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1236        24 CFR 200  Delegation of Insuring Authority to Direct Endorsement Mortgagees (FR-                  
            4169).................................................................................    2502-AG87 
1237        24 CFR 201  Title I Property Insurance (FR-3718)......................................    2502-AG32 
1238        24 CFR 202  Approval of Lending Institutions and Mortgagees--Streamlining (FR-4106)...    2502-AG78 
1239        24 CFR 203  Streamlining Single Family Mortgage Insurance Program (FR-4109)...........    2502-AG79 
1240        24 CFR 242  Risk-Sharing Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program (FR-3914)................    2502-AG53 
1241        24 CFR 203  Loss Mitigation--Single Family (FR-4032)..................................    2502-AG72 
1242        24 CFR 3280  Department of Transportation--Federal Highway Administration & HUD                     
            Requirements Regarding ``Manufactured Home Tire Overloading'' (FR-3943)...............    2502-AG54 
1243        24 CFR 3500  Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: Escrow Accounting Procedures (FR-               
            4079).................................................................................    2502-AG75 
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1244        24 CFR 213  Streamlining Single Family Components of Single Family-- Multifamily                    
            Regulations (FR-4112).................................................................    2502-AG80 
1245        24 CFR 245  Tenant Participation in Multifamily Housing Projects (FR-4068)............    2502-AG74 
1246        24 CFR 245  Streamlining Part 245 Tenant Participation in Multifamily Housing Project               
            (FR-4136).............................................................................    2502-AG83 
1247        24 CFR 291  Sale of HUD-Held Single-Family Mortgages (FR-3814)........................    2502-AG42 
1248        24 CFR 3500  Amendments to Regulation X (RESPA); Withdrawal of Employer-Employee and                
            Computer Loan Origination (CLO) Systems Exemptions (FR-4148)..........................    2502-AG85 
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1249        24 CFR 000  Homeless Assistance Fund Regulation (FR-4130).............................    2506-AB88 
1250        24 CFR 180  Incorporation of Nondiscrimination Hearing Procedures Under Section 109 of              
            the Housing and Community Act of 1974 (FR-4140).......................................    2506-AB89 
1251        24 CFR 570  Community Development Block Grant Programs for States; Program Income (FR-              
            4067).................................................................................    2506-AB82 
1252        24 CFR 570  Community Development Block Grant Program; National Objective and                       
            Streamlining Changes (FR-4144)........................................................    2506-AB90 
1253        24 CFR 570  Community Development Block Grants: Amendments to the New York Small                    
            Cities Program (FR-4155)..............................................................    2506-AB91 
1254        24 CFR 570  Section 8 Loan Guarantee Program; Loan Pooling/Risk Sharing Arrangements                
            (FR-4214).............................................................................    2506-AB92 
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1255        24 CFR 91  CDBG Program for States; Community Revitalization Strategy Requirements &                
            Miscellaneous Technical Amendments (FR-4081)..........................................    2506-AB83 
1256        24 CFR 570  Community Development Block Grant Program; Dispute Resolution and                       
            Enforcement Actions, Loan Guarantee Application Requirements (FR-3298)................    2506-AB43 
1257        24 CFR 570  Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (FR-4039)..............................    2506-AB80 
1258        24 CFR 572  HOPE For Homeownership of Single Family Homes Program (HOPE 3) (FR-3857)..    2506-AB71 
1259        24 CFR 586  Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Program (FR-3820).......    2506-AB72 
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1260        00 CFR Not yet determined  Administrative Guidelines for CPD Programs; Sec. 102(d)                  
            Limitation on Combining Other Government Assistance With CPD Housing Assistance (FR-                
            3135).................................................................................    2506-AB74 
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1261        24 CFR 300.3  Ginnie Mae/Finance - Native American (FR-4215)..........................    2503-AA11 
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                        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity--Proposed Rule Stage                       
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1262        24 CFR 570.904(c)  Fair Housing Planning Performance Standard (FR-4133)...............    2529-AA81 
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1263        24 CFR 100  Implementation of the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (FR-4094).....    2529-AA80 
1264        24 CFR 100  Fair Lending - Self-Testing (FR-4160).....................................    2529-AA82 
1265        24 CFR 135  Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons (FR-2898).....    2529-AA49 
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1266        24 CFR 103.215  Streamlining of Fair Housing Complaint Processing (FR-4031)...........    2529-AA79 
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1267        48 CFR 2401  HUD Acquisition Regulation--II (FR-4115).................................    2535-AA24 
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1268        24 CFR 570  Community Development Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program (FR-             
            4070).................................................................................    2528-AA06 
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1269        24 CFR 5  Strengthening the Role of Fathers in Public Housing Families (FR-4087)......    2577-AB68 
1270        24 CFR 5, subpart F  Ceiling Rents for Public Housing (FR-3880).......................    2577-AB75 
1271        24 CFR 882  Implementing Provisions of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act                
            of 1996 and Revising Section 8 Certificate Vouchers (Section 8 One Strike) (FR-4159)..    2577-AB72 
1272        24 CFR 945  Designated Housing (FR-3964)..............................................    2577-AB57 
1273        24 CFR 950  Native American Block Grant Program (FR-4170).............................    2577-AB74 
1274        24 CFR 960  Amendments to Public Housing Admission and Occupancy Regulations (FR-4084)    2577-AB67 
1275        24 CFR 968  Replacement Housing Factor in Modernization Funding (FR-4125).............    2577-AB71 
1276        24 CFR 982  Section 8 Program Restrictions on Leasing to Relatives (FR-4149)..........    2577-AB73 
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1277        24 CFR 882  Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation; Rent Adjustments; Annual and Special                 
            Adjustments; Comparability Studies; Rent Reduction (FR-3709)..........................    2577-AB48 
1278        24 CFR 904  Streamlining of Turnkey III Program Regulations (FR-4217).................    2577-AB76 
1279        24 CFR 913  Optional Earned Income Exclusion (FR-4080)................................    2577-AB66 
1280        24 CFR 941  Public Housing Development Regulations (FR-3569)..........................    2577-AB37 
1281        24 CFR 941  Public Housing Mixed-Finance Partnership Development-- Streamlining (FR-                
            4113).................................................................................    2577-AB69 
1282        24 CFR 954  Indian HOME: Revised Program Regulations (FR-3567)........................    2577-AB35 
1283        24 CFR 955  Processing of Mortgage Loans (FR-4219)....................................    2577-AB77 
1284        24 CFR 982  Section 8 Tenant-Based Programs: Addition of Provisions on Rents and                    
            Special Housing Types (FR-4054).......................................................    2577-AB63 
1285        24 CFR 985  Section 8 Rental Voucher and Certificate Programs--Section 8 Management                 
            Assessment Program (SEMAP) (FR-3986)..................................................    2577-AB60 
1286        24 CFR 990  Public Housing Performance Funding System: Incentives (FR-4072)...........    2577-AB65 
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1287        00 CFR Not yet determined  Administrative Guidelines for PIH Regarding Sec. 102(d)                  
            Limitations on Combining Other Government Assistance (``Subsidy Layering'') (FR-3100).    2577-AB53 
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1288        24 CFR 901  Reform of Public Housing Management (FR-3447).............................    2577-AB30 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)         Prerule Stage


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



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1209. SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HUD-ASSISTED 
RENTAL HOUSING (FR-3826)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3608(e)(5); 42 USC 3614a; 42 USC 5304(b)(2); 
42 USC 12705(b)(14)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 91; 24 CFR 92; 24 CFR 150; 24 CFR 570; 24 CFR 
880; 24 CFR 881; 24 CFR 882; 24 CFR 883; 24 CFR 885; 24 CFR 889; 24 CFR 
890; 24 CFR 941; 24 CFR 970; 24 CFR 983

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Existing site and neighborhood standards requirements were 
adopted in the early 1980s. The current rule has been criticized as 
unreasonably preventing development in areas of minority concentration 
(a term not defined in the present regulation). The current rule also 
places the decision on site approval with the Federal Government 
(except in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program). In addition, the 
current rule does not apply to the Community Development Block Grant 
Program although that program has increasingly become a vehicle for the 
development of lower-income housing.
The Department proposes to issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking to identify the major problem areas in the current rule and 
seek the advice of the public as to the optimum solutions.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: William Dudley Gregorie, Acting Director, Office of 
Program Operations and Standards Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2288

RIN: 2501-AC15
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



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1210.  $400 EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND 
INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS (FR-4158)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5; 24 CFR 950

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule adds to the list of exclusions from annual 
income for purposes of determining eligibility and rent for public 
housing and Indian housing $400 of earned income of each member of a 
family who is employed, except for full-time students who are not the 
head of household or spouse whose earnings are dealt with in another 
provision of the regulations. It will encourage applicants and tenants 
to seek and maintain employment.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Linda J. Campbell, Director, Marketing and Leasing 
Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2501-AC37
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1211. LIMITED DENIAL OF PARTICIPATION IN HUD PROGRAMS; CLARIFYING 
AMENDMENTS (FR-3975)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would streamline and clarify the causes for a 
limited denial of participation (LDP) in most HUD programs; conform the 
provisions with Governmentwide regulations; clarify calculation of a 
time period; and make other technical corrections.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Emmett Roden, Assistant General Counsel for

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Administrative Proceedings, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-2350

RIN: 2501-AC08
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1212. STREAMLINING REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AND 
OTHER RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS IN HUD PROGRAMS (FR-4122)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 4601; 42 USC 5304; 42 USC 
12705(b)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 42; 24 CFR 92; 24 CFR 215; 24 CFR 219; 24 CFR 
221; 24 CFR 236; 24 CFR 290; 24 CFR 882; 24 CFR 511; 24 CFR 570; 24 CFR 
574; 24 CFR 576; 24 CFR 582; 24 CFR 583; 24 CFR 585; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In an effort to comply with the President's regulatory reform 
initiatives, HUD proposes streamlining its regulations for 
displacement, relocation assistance, and real property acquisition, by 
consolidating into part 42 similar provisions appearing throughout 
title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations and by eliminating 
provisions that repeat statutory language or are otherwise unnecessary. 
HUD issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking procedure to 
identify potential problems with this large-scale undertaking.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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ANPRM                           10/11/96                    61 FR 53341
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/10/96
Comments Due                    12/10/96
NPRM                            09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gordon McKay, Director, Office of Affordable Housing 
Programs Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-2685

RIN: 2501-AC31
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1213. HUD'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS; AMENDMENTS (FR-4060)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would substantively amend HUD's environmental 
criteria and standards located in 24 CFR part 51. Specifically, the 
rule would update part 51 to more accurately reflect the current 
organization of HUD and its clients. The rule would also remove 
cumbersome or obsolete requirements and streamline all other HUD 
environmental review procedures. Further, this rule proposes to 
establish a new subpart E to part 51 which would describe the 
procedures HUD will utilize to determine compliance with section 176(c) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401 et seq.) and the implementing EPA 
regulations at 40 CFR part 93, subpart B. Section 176(c) requires that 
all actions taken by Federal departments, agencies and their 
instruments conform to the appropriate State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
The SIP is a plan which provides for the implementation, maintenance, 
and enforcement of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
established by the EPA for certain pollutants.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/97
Final Action                    11/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Broun, Director, Office of Community Viability, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1104

RIN: 2501-AC25
_______________________________________________________________________




1214. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF WETLANDS (FR-4142)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); EO 11990

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 55

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: HUD is adopting procedures to implement Executive Order 
11990, ``Protection of Wetlands.'' HUD's proposed rule published on 
January 4, 1990 (55 FR 396), proposed to implement wetlands procedures, 
but the final rule published on April 21, 1994 (59 FR 19100) only 
contained procedures implementing Executive Order 11988 on Floodplain 
Management. References to the wetlands procedures were removed from the 
1994 final rule because at that time the Administration was revising 
Federal policy concerning wetlands. This rule will amend part 55 to 
implement the procedures for wetlands protection in accordance with 
Executive Order 11990. The rule would also propose several other 
changes, including expanding the number of HUD programs that would be 
subject to the four-step decision-making process for ensuring 
compliance with part 55.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/97
Final Action                    11/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Walter Prybyla, Deputy Director, Policy Environmental 
Review Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1201

RIN: 2501-AC33
_______________________________________________________________________




1215. NONDISCRIMINATION IN HUD PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING 
ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 
1974 (FR-4092)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5309; 42 USC 180; 42 USC 3535(d)

[[Page 21767]]

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 6; 24 CFR 8; 24 CFR 180; 24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would create a new 24 CFR part 6 to 
describe HUD's procedures and policies assuring nondiscrimination based 
on race color, national origin, religion, or sex in programs and 
activities receiving assistance under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Betsy Ryan, Director, Program Compliance Div., 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-0404

RIN: 2501-AC28
_______________________________________________________________________




1216. DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM; PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (FR-4058)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 11901

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 761

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule makes several substantive amendments to the 
Department's Drug Elimination Program regulations in order to make the 
program requirements more flexible from year to year. By removing the 
requirements from the regulations and including them in the annual 
Notice of Funding Availability, the Department can target the drug 
elimination funds to their most efficient use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Malcolm E. Main, Crime Prevention and Security Div., 
Office of Community Relations & Investment, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-4197

RIN: 2501-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1217.  REVISED RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO NONCITIZENS (FR-
4154)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1436a; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5, subpart E

Legal Deadline:  Final, Statutory, November 29, 1996.

Abstract: Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1980 prohibits HUD from making certain financial assistance available 
to persons other than United States citizens, nationals, or certain 
categories of eligible noncitizens. This interim rule revises HUD's 
regulations governing assistance to noncitizens to incorporate the 
recent statutory amendments made to Section 214 by the Use of Assisted 
Housing by Aliens Act of 1996 (``Immigration Reform Act''). This rule, 
however, does not amend the noncitizen requirements for Indian Housing 
Authorities (IHAs). Further, this rule does not implement the 
provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (``Welfare Reform Act'') which concern 
immigration. The changes to HUD regulations required by that Act will 
be the subject of future rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              11/29/96                    61 FR 60535
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Linda Campbell, Director, Marketing and Leasing 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public 
and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744
Michael Diggs, Office of Asset Management and Disposition, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-3944

RIN: 2501-AC36
_______________________________________________________________________




1218.  ADMISSION PREFERENCES AND PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 
REGULATIONS; TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS (FR-4166)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5; 24 CFR 941

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule makes a change in the preference rule 
language of part 5 to conform it to the coverage intended (and found in 
Section 8 regulations) and restores a definition of ``total development 
cost'' that was inadvertently dropped from the public housing 
development regulations found in part 941.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bill Flood, Director, Office of Capital Improvements, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1640
Fax: 800 877-8339

RIN: 2501-AC38
_______________________________________________________________________




1219. LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL 
STRUCTURES (FR-3482)

Priority:  Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or

[[Page 21768]]

duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 4822; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 35

Legal Deadline:  Final, Statutory, January 1, 1995.

Abstract: The Office of Lead Hazard Control, in the Office of the 
Secretary provides overall direction to HUD's lead-based paint 
activities.
Currently, part 35 of HUD's regulations addresses the Department's 
requirements on lead hazards in housing. The Residential Lead-Based 
Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, which is title X of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992, requires substantial revisions to 
HUD's current regulations for the evaluation and control of lead-based 
paint hazards in federally-assisted and federally-owned housing. The 
legislation evidences a concern with developing a national strategy to 
build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead-based paint 
hazards in all nonelderly, pre-1978 housing. The strategy will be 
implemented, in part based on guidelines issued by the Secretary on 
August 25, 1995, on the conduct of federally-supported work involving 
risk assessments, inspections, interim control, and abatement of lead-
based paint hazards (``Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of 
Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing''). The revisions required by title 
X will affect HUD's housing programs and the housing programs of other 
Federal agencies.
HUD will consolidate the multitude of lead-based paint regulations 
found throughout HUD programs and will make them consistent, creating a 
single point of reference for the Department's lead-based paint 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/07/96                    61 FR 29170
NPRM Comment Period End         09/05/96
Final Action                    12/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: David E. Jacobs, Director, Office of Lead Hazard 
Control, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the 
Secretary
Phone: 202 755-1785

RIN: 2501-AB57
_______________________________________________________________________




1220. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO HUD'S REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE 
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENTITIES ASSUMING HUD'S 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES (FR-4138)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1707, note; 42 USC 1437(o)(i)(1) and (2); 42 
USC 3535(d); 42 USC 3547; 42 USC 4332; 42 USC 4852; 42 USC 5304(g); 42 
USC 11402; 42 USC 12838; 42 USC 1437x; EO 11514; EO 11991

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 58

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On April 30, 1996 (61 FR 19120), HUD published a final rule 
revising 24 CFR part 58 in its entirety. Part 58 provides instructions 
and guidance to recipients of HUD assistance and other responsible 
entities for conducting environmental reviews in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 USC 4321-4347) (NEPA), 
the NEPA implementing regulations of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, and other NEPA-related Federal laws and authorities. The April 
30, 1996 final rule updated and streamlined these regulations. This 
interim rule makes several technical and clarifying amendments to the 
April 30, 1996 final rule. Additionally, this rule increases the 
options available to responsible entities by authorizing combined 
notice periods during a local emergency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Broun, Director, Office of Community Viability, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-2894

RIN: 2501-AC32
_______________________________________________________________________




1221. BOOK ENTRY PROCEDURES FOR GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES (FR-
4095)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1451; 12 USC 1716 to 1723h; 12 USC 4501 to 
4641; 42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 3601 to 3619

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 81

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule revises procedures that govern the book-entry 
of Federal National Mortgage Association (``Fannie Mae'') and Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (``Freddie Mac'') (collectively 
``Government-Sponsored Enterprises'' or ``GSEs'') Securities in the 
Commercial Book-Entry System. The rule modifies HUD's current book-
entry procedures for Fannie Mae to bring them into accord with the 
soon-to-be revised book-entry procedures of the Department of Treasury 
(``Treasury''). This rule also extends these revised book-entry 
procedures to Freddie Mac and supersedes Freddie Mac's current book-
entry regulations.
In accordance with Treasury's revised book-entry procedures, this rule 
incorporates recent and significant changes in commercial and property 
law, including changes concerning the holding of securities through 
financial intermediaries. This rule replaces existing regulations that 
contain outdated legal concepts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/02/96                    61 FR 63944
Interim Final Rule Effective    01/28/97
Final Action                    04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Janet A. Tasker, Director, Office of Government-
Sponsored Enterprises Oversight Housing Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of the Secretary
Phone: 202 708-2224

RIN: 2501-AC35

[[Page 21769]]

_______________________________________________________________________




1222. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM--ADDITIONAL STREAMLINING (FR-
4111)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 12701 to 12839

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 92

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule is a part of HUD's regulatory reinvention 
initiative. A proposed rule soliciting comments on the changes was 
published in the Federal Register on December 11, 1996. The final rule 
will replace the hearing procedures in part 92.552 of the current HOME 
rule with the Department-wide streamlined hearing procedures published 
as a proposed rule on April 23, 1996 (61 FR 18026). It will replace the 
extensive requirements for the competitive reallocation of HOME funds 
in subpart J of part 92 with a simple statement that such requirements 
will be published as funds become available in a Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) in accordance with the requirements of the HUD 
Reform Act, and to replace the closeout requirements with a statement 
that closeout will be in accordance with procedures established by HUD.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/11/96                    61 FR 65298
NPRM Comment Period End         02/10/97
Final Action                    05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mary Kolesar, Director, Program Policy Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-2470

RIN: 2501-AC30
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Long-Term Actions


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1223. CONSOLIDATION OF FAIR OF HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAMS (FR-3935)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1703; 42 USC 3535(d); 29 USC 794; 42 USC 5309; 
42 USC 3601 to 3619

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 1; 24 CFR 8; 24 CFR 107; 24 CFR 146; 24 CFR 175; 
24 CFR 121

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In accordance with President Clinton's regulatory reform 
initiative, HUD is consolidating its regulations setting forth the fair 
housing and equal opportunity requirements for its programs. 
Specifically, this final rule consolidates HUD's regulations 
implementing: (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC 
2000d et seq.); (2) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 USC 6101-
6107); (3) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 794); 
and (4) Executive Order 11063. The consolidation of these requirements 
will eliminate redundancy from title 24 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations and make HUD's nondiscrimination regulations simpler to 
understand and more concise.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Dudley Gregorie, Acting Director, Office of 
Program Operations and Standards, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2288

RIN: 2501-AC01
_______________________________________________________________________




1224. RULEMAKING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--EXPEDITING RULEMAKING AND 
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION (FR-3292)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552; 5 USC 553; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 10

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Part 10 of HUD's regulations (24 CFR part 10), commonly known 
as HUD's ``Rule on Rules,'' contains HUD's policies and procedures for 
the promulgation and issuance of rules, including the use of public 
participation in the rulemaking process. This rule proposes to remove 
part 10 and replace this part with a policy statement, published 
through notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER, that would advise the public of 
HUD's policies and procedures regarding rulemaking. This rule also 
proposes to revise HUD's rulemaking policies by removing the commitment 
to undertake notice and comment rulemaking for those matters that are 
exempt from notice and comment rulemaking under the Administrative 
Procedure Act. HUD's proposed statement of regulatory policies and 
procedures is part of this notice of proposed rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/14/92                    57 FR 47166
NPRM Comment Period End         12/14/92
Second NPRM                     08/16/96                    61 FR 42722
Second NPRM Comment End         10/15/96


Next Action Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Camille E. Acevedo, Assistant General Counsel for 
Regulations, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the 
General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-3055

RIN: 2501-AB43

[[Page 21770]]

_______________________________________________________________________




1225. OCCUPANCY STANDARDS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT (FR-3815)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3601 to 3620; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 882.109; 24 CFR 960; 24 CFR 100

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing on 
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or 
national origin. Such discrimination can include policies and practices 
such as restrictive occupancy standards that, in effect, work to 
exclude certain protected groups from otherwise acceptable housing. 
However, the Fair Housing Act states that nothing in the Act prohibits 
``reasonable'' Federal, State, or local codes regulating maximum 
occupancy of dwellings. Housing industry officials, both public and 
private, have urged HUD to establish rules governing occupancy 
standards in order to provide guidance on what constitutes a 
reasonable, nondiscriminatory standard to limit occupancy. This rule 
would establish permissible policies and standards regarding the 
maximum number of persons who can occupy dwellings under the Fair 
Housing Act.

Timetable: Next Action Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Peter Kaplan, Director, Office of Regulatory 
Initiatives & Federal Coordination, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2904

RIN: 2501-AC05
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1226. INDEMNIFICATION OF HUD EMPLOYEES (FR-4143)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 18

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    02/10/97                     62 FR 6096
Final Action Effective          03/12/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William C. King
Phone: 202 708-3087

RIN: 2501-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Housing (OH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1227. CHANGES IN THE MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS; TECHNICAL SUITABILITY 
OF PRODUCTS PROGRAM (FR-4137)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1735f-4; 42 USC 1735e

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will cover generic acceptances for building 
products or systems. These generic product acceptances are called Use 
of Materials Bulletins (UMs) and they supersede separate approvals for 
individual products of a certain type. These proposed changes to HUD's 
minimum property standards are needed to allow for the use of classes 
of innovative products without having each manufacturer apply for a 
separate Material Release for a specific product. These changes will 
save suppliers and manufacturers significant time and thousands of 
dollars in application fees along with the costs of preparation of 
materials for HUD's review.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG84
_______________________________________________________________________




1228.  MULTIFAMILY PROVISIONS OF THE PART 200 REGULATIONS--
FURTHER STREAMLINING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS (FR-4164)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1701 to 1715z-18

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule is a follow-up to the rule published on April 1, 
1996, titled ``Streamlining of the FHA Single Family Housing, and 
Multifamily Housing and Health Care Facility Mortgage Insurance 
Programs Regulations (61 FR 14396). That rule amended HUD's FHA 
regulations in 24 CFR Chapter II, to consolidate a number of regulatory 
provisions that were applicable to both the FHA Single Family and 
Multifamily Programs. Subsequent to issuance of that rule,

[[Page 21771]]

additional regulatory provisions in part 207 were identified as 
eligible for consolidation in the amended part 200 issued on April 1, 
1996.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michael Diggs, Acting Director, Program Management 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-3944

RIN: 2502-AG90
_______________________________________________________________________




1229. APPROVAL OF LENDING INSTITUTIONS AND MORTGAGEES (FR-4132)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703(a); 12 USC 1709(b)(1); 12 USC 1715b

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 202

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Part 202 sets forth the requirements lending institutions 
must meet to originate, service, hold or sell HUD-insured Title I loans 
and Title II mortgages. This proposed rule will eliminate the 
differences between the Title I and Title II lender approval 
requirements and allow lending institutions to more easily participate 
in both programs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lynn Herbert, Director, Lender Approval & 
Recertification Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-3976

RIN: 2502-AG82
_______________________________________________________________________




1230.  ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF MULTIFAMILY INSURANCE PREMIUMS (FR-
4203)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1515b; 12 USC 1715z-9; 12 USC 1701z-11(e); 12 
USC 1713; 12 USC 1715b; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 207; 24 CFR 251; 24 CFR 252; 24 CFR 255

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes that all Multifamily Mortgage Insurance 
Premium (MIP) collections in accordance with 24 CFR 207 be made by the 
Automated Clearing House (ACH) program. The purpose of this rule is to 
improve the efficiency of the multifamily mortgage insurance program 
and reduce costs to HUD lenders.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Samuel N. Conner, Acting Director, Multifamily 
Accounting and Servicing Division, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-0223

RIN: 2502-AG91
_______________________________________________________________________




1231.  SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERMITTING LIMITED COMPLETION OF 
MANUFACTURED HOME ON-SITE (FR-4216)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5424; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  23 CFR 3282

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under limited circumstances, the requirements for the 
approval of alternative construction methods under 24 CFR part 3282.14 
will be relaxed, to permit on-site completion of a manufactured home 
without prior approval by the Secretary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG92
_______________________________________________________________________




1232. RESPA: DISCLOSURE OF FEES PAID TO RETAIL LENDERS (BROKERS) (FR-
3780)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: A proposed rule presented for public comment alternative 
resolutions to the issue of disclosure of certain fees earned by 
mortgage brokers (or ``retail lenders''), specifically addressing 
whether there is a need for disclosure of such fees. Addressing the 
need for disclosure is largely related to how HUD construes secondary 
market transactions. A second proposed rule is being developed after 
parties to a negotiated rulemaking could not reach consensus. The 
negotiating committee included industry and consumer groups, as well as 
governmental entities. The second proposed rule relying in part on 
activities of the committee is expected to be issued in the spring of 
1997.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/13/95                    60 FR 47650
Notice                          10/25/95                    60 FR 54794
NPRM Comment Period End         11/13/95

[[Page 21772]]

Notice Comment Period End       11/24/95
Second NPRM                     06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer & 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG40
_______________________________________________________________________




1233. CONTINGENCY FUNDING INCLUDING FLOOD PLAIN CERTIFICATIONS--REAL 
ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT (FR-3930)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will set forth interpretations of the Real Estate 
Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) regarding the practice of exchanging 
portfolio reviews for future business in matters covered by the 
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, as well as other 
contingency funding or ``wash-out'' arrangements, where the settlement 
service is not paid for unless the larger transactions is completed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Officer of Consumer & 
Regulatory Affairs Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG56
_______________________________________________________________________




1234.  IMPROVEMENT OF DISCLOSURES UNDER THE REAL ESTATE 
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT AND THE TRUTH IN LENDING ACT (FR-4184)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601 et seq; 12 USC 3806; 15 USC 1604; 15 USC 
1637(c)(5); 42 USC 3535(d); PL 104-208

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500; 12 CFR 226

Legal Deadline:  NPRM, Statutory, March 31, 1997.
- Proposed Rule issued within six months of enactment of Pub. L. 104-
208.

Abstract: An ANPR was issued jointly by HUD and the Federal Reserve 
Board to initiate fact-finding to assist the agencies in revising 
disclosures to consumers under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures 
Act and the Truth in Lending Act, as provided in the Economic Growth 
and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. To ensure that these 
disclosures meet the consumer protection goals with minimal compliance 
burdens, HUD and the Board solicited public comments on what regulatory 
or legislative changes might be made to achieve these goals. The ANPR 
will be followed by a proposed rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           12/31/96                    61 FR 69055
ANPRM Comment Period End        01/30/97
NPRM                            04/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/97
Final Action                    12/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG86
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1235.  AMENDMENT TO RESPA; EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYER PAYMENTS TO 
EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE LIKE-PROVIDER REFERRALS, AND OTHER AMENDMENTS (FR-
4173)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601 to 2617; 42 USC 3535(d); PL 104-208

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In this proposed rule, the Department is seeking comments on 
a new exemption under Regulation X, its regulation implementing the 
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA). The exemption 
would allow payments by an employer to its own bona fide employees for 
the referral of settlement service business to an affiliated settlement 
service provider, provided that the settlement service business that is 
referred is the category of settlement service as provided by the 
employer of the employee making the referral, the employee makes the 
affiliated business arrangement disclosure as provided in 24 CFR 
section 3500.15, and the employee making the referral does not perform 
any other category of settlement service in the same transaction. This 
rule also proposes to implement two amendments to RESPA in recent 
legislation. One concerns referrals of settlement service business 
through telemarketing, in writing, or through electronic media. The 
other concerns mortgage servicing sales or transfers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/97
Final Action                    08/00/97
Final Action Effective          09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG88

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of Housing (OH)



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1236.  DELEGATION OF INSURING AUTHORITY TO DIRECT ENDORSEMENT 
MORTGAGEES (FR-4169)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709; 12 USC 1710; 12 USC 1715b; 12 USC 1715u; 
42 USC 3535(d); PL 104-204

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200; 24 CFR 202; 24 CFR 203; 24 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule implements the Lender program, which 
reflects the Secretary's new authority to delegate the issuance of 
Mortgage Insurance Certificates (MICs) to mortgagees that are approved 
under the Direct Endorsement program. This interim rule will provide 
that eligible mortgagees that participate in the Lender program will be 
responsible for conducting a pre-endorsement review during the 
origination of their single family mortgage loans, and they will be 
responsible for endorsing the mortgages for insurance. HUD intends that 
delegating this insurance authority through the Lender program will be 
consistent with HUD's efforts to reinvent the Federal Housing 
Administration (FHA) by creating a more efficient and less burdensome 
process for providing single family mortgage insurance.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John J. Coonts, Director, Office of Insured Single 
Family Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-3046

RIN: 2502-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________




1237. TITLE I PROPERTY INSURANCE (FR-3718)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 201

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule represents the final rulemaking for an interim rule 
that amended the Department's regulations for its property improvement 
and manufactured home loan insurance programs. The interim rule amended 
the regulations to codify program changes that were previously 
effectuated by waiving various requirements, under the Secretary's 
general waiver authority. The interim rule also amended the regulations 
to clarify program requirements, enable the Department to better use 
the Title I programs in accomplishing its mission, and eliminate 
unnecessary regulations. This rule adopts those changes as final and 
discusses the public comments received on the interim rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              05/02/96                    61 FR 19788
Interim Final Rule Effective 
Date                            06/03/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      07/01/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Maurice Gulledge, Chief, Home Improvement Branch, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-7400

RIN: 2502-AG32
_______________________________________________________________________




1238. APPROVAL OF LENDING INSTITUTIONS AND MORTGAGEES--STREAMLINING (FR-
4106)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703; 12 USC 1709; 12 USC 1715b

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 202

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule would streamline the provisions in 24 CFR 
part 202 to remove unnecessary provisions and those provisions that are 
duplicative.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lynn Herbert, Director, Lender Approval and 
Recertification Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-3976

RIN: 2502-AG78
_______________________________________________________________________




1239. STREAMLINING SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM (FR-4109)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As part of the Department's ongoing reinvention effort, this 
rule would streamline 24 CFR part 203, the Single Family Mortgage 
Insurance Program regulations. It would eliminate material that 
duplicates explicit statutory requirements. It would also remove 
material that is more appropriate for nonbinding guidance.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John Coonts, Director, Office of Insurance Single 
Family Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-3046

RIN: 2502-AG79

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1240. RISK-SHARING HOSPITAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM (FR-3914)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1715z

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 242

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule implements a program under which the Secretary will 
be authorized to enter into risk-sharing agreements with mortgagees to 
facilitate the financing of hospitals. The concept of risk-sharing is 
one of the underpinnings of the Federal Housing Administration's 
(FHA's) reinvention efforts and is critical to our intensified focus on 
customer service. The hospital risk-sharing initiative is one component 
of a comprehensive risk-sharing strategy for all FHA program types to 
assure that FHA has a method of reducing its exposure and strengthening 
its financial and actuarial positions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/04/96                    61 FR 64414
NPRM Comment Period End         02/03/97
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: John U. Sepulveda, Director, Hospital Mortgage 
Insurance Staff, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-0599

RIN: 2502-AG53
_______________________________________________________________________




1241. LOSS MITIGATION--SINGLE FAMILY (FR-4032)

Priority:  Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline:  Other, Statutory, May 28, 1996.
Interim regs required 30 days after enactment by Sec. 221(c) of P.L. 
104-134.

Abstract: This rule sets forth HUD's policies and procedures with 
regard to the servicing of FHA-insured single family mortgages in the 
context of loss mitigation and foreclosure avoidance. Lenders are 
provided an expanded menu of foreclosure avoidance and loss mitigation 
tools from which to choose the most appropriate in addressing each 
mortgage in default. Among these would be special forbearances, loan 
modifications, pre-foreclosure sales, streamline refinancing, partial 
claims, and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. The Department's interest is 
to encourage lenders to acclimate themselves to the use of these 
various methods, and HUD will pay incentives to mortgagees for the 
appropriate use of these loss mitigation and foreclosure avoidance 
techniques.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              07/03/96                    61 FR 35014
Interim Final Rule Effective    08/02/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      09/03/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph McCloskey, Director, Single Family Servicing 
Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-1672

RIN: 2502-AG72
_______________________________________________________________________




1242. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION & HUD 
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ``MANUFACTURED HOME TIRE OVERLOADING'' (FR-3943)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5401; 42 USC 5301

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3280

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Federal Highway Administration (FHwA), DOT, and HUD are 
proposing amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 
and an interpretation of the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety 
Standards concerning the transportation of manufactured homes. A 
proposed rule was published for public comment on April 25, 1996. These 
changes are needed to clarify the regulations of both agencies and to 
resolve differences in regulations on the overloading of tires used in 
the transportation of manufactured homes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/23/96                    61 FR 18014
NPRM Comment Period End         06/24/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG54
_______________________________________________________________________




1243. REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT: ESCROW ACCOUNTING 
PROCEDURES (FR-4079)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will address three problems involving escrow 
accounting procedures under HUD's regulations implementing the Real 
Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). One set of problems arises 
where a servicer changes, from installments to one lump sum payment or 
vice versa, the disbursement date for items held in a mortgage escrow 
account. Depending on the switch, the consumer either may be required 
to make up a substantial shortage in the escrow account or may lose 
part of his or her income tax deduction for that year. Local 
governments also may suffer a temporary shortfall in property tax 
receipts as a result of the switch. A second problem arises when 
disbursements for escrow items are anticipated by the servicer to be 
much higher in the second year of disbursement than in the first year, 
which also could force the consumer to make up a substantial shortage 
in the escrow account. A third problem relates to complications in 
certain parts of settlement statements that are a result of requiring 
the use of an aggregate accounting method.

[[Page 21775]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/03/96                    61 FR 46511
NPRM Comment Period End         11/04/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer & 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG75
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Housing (OH)



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1244. STREAMLINING SINGLE FAMILY COMPONENTS OF SINGLE FAMILY--
MULTIFAMILY REGULATIONS (FR-4112)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 213; 24 CFR 220; 24 CFR 221; 24 CFR 233; 24 CFR 
234

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/26/96                    61 FR 60158
Final Action Effective          12/26/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sandy Allison
Phone: 202 708-3175

RIN: 2502-AG80
_______________________________________________________________________




1245. TENANT PARTICIPATION IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS (FR-4068)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 245

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/12/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Barbara Hunter
Phone: 202 708-3944

RIN: 2502-AG74
_______________________________________________________________________




1246. STREAMLINING PART 245 TENANT PARTICIPATION IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING 
PROJECT (FR-4136)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 245

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/08/96                    61 FR 57960
Final Action Effective          12/09/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Barbara Hunter
Phone: 202 708-3944

RIN: 2502-AG83
_______________________________________________________________________




1247. SALE OF HUD-HELD SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGES (FR-3814)

Priority:  Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 291

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/24/97                     62 FR 3766
Final Action Effective          03/25/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph McCloskey
Phone: 202 708-4672

RIN: 2502-AG42
_______________________________________________________________________




1248.  AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION X (RESPA); WITHDRAWAL OF 
EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE AND COMPUTER LOAN ORIGINATION (CLO) SYSTEMS EXEMPTIONS 
(FR-4148)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will eliminate existing text in the CFR.

Legal Authority:  12 USC 2601 et seq; 42 USC 3535(d); PL 104-208 
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations for FY '97

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule implements portions of a previous final rule 
that was published on June 7, 1996 (61 FR 29238). Recent legislation 
suspended the effectiveness of certain portions of the June 7, 1996 
final rule. The Department announced on October 4, 1996 (61 FR 51782) 
that the effective date for the entire rule would be suspended until 
further notice. This final rule will implement those portions of the 
June 7, 1996 final rule that are not affected by the suspension in the 
recent legislation. This final rule will also makes minor technical 
revisions to Regulation X.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/15/96                    61 FR 58472
Final Action Effective          01/14/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-4560

RIN: 2502-AG85

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



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1249. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATION (FR-4130)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed Homeless Assistance Fund legislation will 
reorganize six separate Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
grant programs into a single program that will be formula-based, 
flexible, and designed to help States and cities develop and implement 
community-devised continuum of care systems. The specific details and 
timing of the regulations required to support the new Homeless 
Assistance Fund will be determined after enactment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: John D. Garrity, Deputy Director, Office of Special 
Needs Assistance Programs,, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-4300

RIN: 2506-AB88
_______________________________________________________________________




1250. INCORPORATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION HEARING PROCEDURES UNDER 
SECTION 109 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ACT OF 1974 (FR-4140)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  29 USC 794; 42 USC 200d-1; 42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 
3601 to 3619; 42 USC 5301 to 5320; 42 USC 6103

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 180; 24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As part of HUD's effort to implement the President's 
regulatory reform initiative, it has consolidated its hearing 
procedures for civil rights matters in a new 24 CFR part 180. This rule 
proposes to expand the scope of part 180 by incorporating 
nondiscrimination hearing procedures under section 109 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (1974 HCD Act) (42 U.S.C. 5309). 
The section 109 hearing procedures regulatory requirements for HUD's 
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Program. Incorporation of the 
section 109 hearing procedures in part 180 will eliminate redundancy 
from title 24, present uniformity, and assist in HUD's efforts to 
streamline the content of its regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jan C. Opper, Senior Program Officer, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and 
Development
Phone: 202 708-3587
Betsy Ryan, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-0404

RIN: 2506-AB89
_______________________________________________________________________




1251. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS FOR STATES; PROGRAM 
INCOME (FR-4067)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would make many small changes and clarifications to 
the regulations for the State CDBG Program. This rule would allow 
States to apply additional requirements to units of general local 
government that are not inconsistent with statutes and regulations. It 
would clarify the standards for spending funds outside the recipient's 
jurisdiction. It would clarify the conflict of interest provisions, and 
update the national objective of benefit to low- and moderate-income 
persons. It would also make conforming changes to update the 
regulations based on recent statutory amendments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/11/97                    62 FR 11284
NPRM Comment Period End         05/12/97
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Steve Johnson, Assistant Director, State & Small Cities 
Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB82
_______________________________________________________________________




1252. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; NATIONAL OBJECTIVE AND 
STREAMLINING CHANGES (FR-4144)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5301 to 5321

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would make a variety of changes and clarifications 
to the regulations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 
Entitlement program. This rule would, in part, codify statutory changes 
made by Section 225 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
Appropriations Act of 1996 and Section 807(a) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992. This rule would also make further 
changes necessary to conform the CDBG and HOME programs, particularly 
in regard to national objective requirements, and make other changes to 
the national

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objectives regarding both job retention for low- and moderate-income 
persons and standards for slums and blighted areas to reduce certain 
burdens. This rule would update the criteria by which CDBG-funded 
projects may meet the national objective of preventing or eliminating 
slums or blighting conditions. In particular, this rule would recognize 
economic obsolescence of buildings and environmental contaminants as 
building influences.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Steve Johnson, Assistant Director, State and Small 
Cities Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB90
_______________________________________________________________________




1253.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS: AMENDMENTS TO THE NEW 
YORK SMALL CITIES PROGRAM (FR-4155)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5301 to 5320; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the Community Development 
Block Grant (CDBG) Program for New York State, in compliance with the 
1996 Appropriations Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Cornelia Robertson Terry, State and Small Cities 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB91
_______________________________________________________________________




1254.  SECTION 8 LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM; LOAN POOLING/RISK 
SHARING ARRANGEMENTS (FR-4214)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule will permit public entities that use 
Section 108 guaranteed loan funds to make loans to local borrowers to 
enter into voluntary pooling and risk sharing arrangements. The pool of 
third party loans (and related loss reserves) may be pledged as 
security for repayment of a corresponding pool of loans guaranteed by 
HUD. The pool will be structured so as to generate sufficient cash flow 
for the payment of principle and interest on the Section 108 pool.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Paul Webster, Director, Financial Management Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1871

RIN: 2506-AB92
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1255. CDBG PROGRAM FOR STATES; COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION STRATEGY 
REQUIREMENTS & MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS (FR-4081)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 3601 to 3619; 42 USC 5300 to 
5320; 42 USC 11331 to 11388; 42 USC 12701 to 12711; 42 USC 12741 to 
12756; 42 USC 12901 to 12912

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 91; 24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule implements the Community Revitalization Strategies 
concept into the State CDBG program. This concept will provide States 
additional flexibility in meeting certain requirements regarding the 
program's national objectives and public benefit. This rule also makes 
several technical amendments to correct errors from previous rulemaking 
and to enhance and clarify the regulation. These amendments are 
consistent with recent changes to the Entitlement CDBG program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              10/22/96                    61 FR 54914
Interim Final Rule Effective    11/21/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      02/16/97
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Steve Johnson, Assistant Director, State & Small Cities 
Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB83

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1256. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND 
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, LOAN GUARANTEE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS (FR-3298)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5301 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes revisions to HUD's regulations governing 
the imposition of administrative sanctions in the CDBG program for 
entitlement grantees. The rule would establish clear standards for 
determining what constitutes substantial noncompliance entitling 
grantees to a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. In addition, 
this rule would clarify certain regulations on CDBG performance 
standards and HUD's review procedures. A previous proposed rule for 
CDBG Sanctions was published in the Federal Register on November 12, 
1993. While the final rulemaking for that proposal was under 
consideration, HUD decided to substantially revise the informal hearing 
procedures. Therefore, HUD decided to publish another proposed rule and 
solicit public comments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/12/93                    58 FR 60088
NPRM Comment Period End         01/11/94
Second NPRM                     09/26/96                    61 FR 50654
Final Action                    04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Jan C. Opper, Senior Program Officer, Office of Block 
Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-3587

RIN: 2506-AB43
_______________________________________________________________________




1257. SECTION 108 LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM (FR-4039)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule deletes misleading and unnecessary language from 
the regulations that govern security requirements for loans guaranteed 
under the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Paul Webster, Director, Financial Management Div., 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1871

RIN: 2506-AB80
_______________________________________________________________________




1258. HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PROGRAM (HOPE 3) 
(FR-3857)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 12891

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 572

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule further streamlines HUD's regulations for the HOPE 
3 program by removing most of the requirements relating to the 
competitive distribution of funds. This rule also removes lengthy 
provisions explaining the Cash and Management Information System. This 
rule will eliminate approximately 5 pages of unnecessary regulations, 
and it will finalize the October 10, 1996 rulemaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              07/12/95                    60 FR 36016
Interim Final Rule Effective    08/11/95
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      09/11/96
Final Rule                      09/16/96                    61 FR 48796
Proposed Comments Due: 12/09/96 10/10/96                    61 FR 53275
Final Rule Effective            10/16/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gordon McKay, Director, Office of Affordable Housing 
Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-2685

RIN: 2506-AB71
_______________________________________________________________________




1259. BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOMELESS PROGRAM (FR-
3820)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 11301

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 586

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Title V of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 
1987, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 11411 (title V), granted first priority on 
use of all surplus federally owned real and personal property, 
including former military installations, to the homeless. The title V 
provisions have worked reasonably well for small parcels. However, in 
the base closure and realignment environment the processes for reuse 
planning and homeless use were independent and the timing incompatible. 
On October 25, 1994, the President signed the Base Closure Community 
Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 (the Redevelopment 
Act), which exempts base closure and realignment property from title V 
and substitutes a new community-based process wherein representatives 
of the homeless will work directly with Local

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Redevelopment Authorities (LRAs) on the reuse of former military 
installations.
HUD's interim rule, published on August 17, 1995, was jointly developed 
with the Department of Defense (DoD) and, together with DoD's rule 
published on July 20, 1994, will govern DoD's and HUD's role in 
implementing the Redevelopment Act. Through these rules, HUD and DoD 
have developed a flexible process which aims to balance the needs of 
the homeless with other development interests in the community in the 
vicinity of the installation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              08/17/95                    60 FR 42972
Interim Final Rule Effective    09/18/95
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      10/16/95
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Bill Poythress, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
Phone: 404 331-5001

RIN: 2506-AB72
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Long-Term Actions


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1260. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR CPD PROGRAMS; SEC. 102(D) LIMITATION 
ON COMBINING OTHER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE WITH CPD HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
(FR-3135)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  Not yet determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This document sets forth the administrative guidelines the 
Office of Community Planning and Development will follow in 
determining, on a case-by-case basis, that the amount of assistance 
being provided by HUD for a specific housing project, for which other 
government assistance is also being made available, is not more than is 
necessary to make the assisted activity feasible after taking into 
account the other government assistance. HUD is required to make these 
determinations, and to so certify, under section 102(d) of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 for 
certain CPD programs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert Duncan, Deputy Director, Office of Block Grants, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-3587

RIN: 2506-AB74
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1261.  GINNIE MAE/FINANCE - NATIVE AMERICAN (FR-4215)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  PL 104-330

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 300.3; 24 CFR 320; 24 CFR 330; 24 CFR 340

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 701(c) of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 permits Ginnie Mae to securitize loans 
guaranteed by the Secretary. This rule will make amendments to the 
Ginnie Mae regulations to reflect this change and to make certain 
technical amendments to the Ginnie Mae regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Nicholas Shelley, Acting President for Policy Planning 
and Risk Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Government National Mortgage Association
Phone: 202 708-4141

RIN: 2503-AA11
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)



_______________________________________________________________________




1262. FAIR HOUSING PLANNING PERFORMANCE STANDARD (FR-4133)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 3600 to 3620

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570.904(c); 24 CFR 570.900, subpart O Performance 
Review

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will assist communities in complying with the

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legal requirement to certify that they are affirmatively furthering 
fair housing. It will provide a performance (for accepting a 
certification) standard rather than prescribing precisely what a 
community should do. Thus, communities will have a clear idea of what 
is expected of them and the standards HUD will use in reviewing their 
certifications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Deirdre Maguire-Zinni, Director, Entitlement 
Communities Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-1577

RIN: 2529-AA81
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)



_______________________________________________________________________




1263. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS ACT OF 1995 (FR-
4094)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3601 to 3619; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 100

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would implement the Housing for Older Persons Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-76, approved December 28, 1995) (HOPA). HOPA 
amended the requirements for qualification under the ``housing for 
older persons'' exemption established by the Fair Housing Act. In 
addition, HOPA established a good faith defense against civil money 
damages for persons who reasonably relied in good faith on the 
application of the ``housing for older persons'' exemption even when, 
in fact, the housing provider did not qualify for the exemption. This 
rule proposes to update HUD's regulations to reflect the changes made 
by HOPA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/14/97                     62 FR 2000
NPRM Comment Period End         03/17/97
Final Action                    05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sara K. Pratt, Director, Office of Investigations, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-0836

RIN: 2529-AA80
_______________________________________________________________________




1264.  FAIR LENDING - SELF-TESTING (FR-4160)

Priority:  Other Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority:  PL 104-208, Sec 2302

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 100

Legal Deadline:  Final, Statutory, March 31, 1997.

Abstract: This rule proposes to implement sec. 2302 of the Economic 
Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 104-208) 
(``Act''), which encourages voluntary compliance by lenders with the 
Fair Housing Act (FHAct) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) 
through lender-initiated self-tests of lenders' residential real 
estate-related lending transactions and, where appropriate, corrective 
action designed to remedy any possible violations of the FHAct or ECOA 
revealed by such tests.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/31/97                     62 FR 4882
NPRM Comment Period End         03/03/97
Final Action                    04/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Peter Kaplan, Director, Office of Policy & Regulatory 
Initiatives, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2904
Fax: 202 708-3527

RIN: 2529-AA82
_______________________________________________________________________




1265. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW- AND VERY LOW-INCOME PERSONS (FR-
2898)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1450; 42 USC 3301; 12 USC 1701u; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 135

Legal Deadline:  Final, Statutory, April 28, 1993.

Abstract: The regulations at 24 CFR 135 were revised substantially to 
incorporate the statutory amendments in the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992, to reflect certain changes in the design of 
the Department's programs that are subject to the section 3 regulations 
to clarify the obligations of individuals and entities subject to the 
requirements of section 3, and to simplify the Department's 
administration of section 3 requirements. The final rule may make 
further revisions in response to public comment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/08/93                    58 FR 52534
Notice                          11/09/93                    58 FR 59423
Notice Comment Period End       12/08/93
Interim Final Rule              06/30/94                    59 FR 33886
Interim Final Rule Effective    08/01/94
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/29/94
Final Rule Extension of 
Effective Period of Interim Rule05/31/95                    60 FR 28325

[[Page 21781]]

Extension Effective             06/30/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: John Waller, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2251

RIN: 2529-AA49
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)



_______________________________________________________________________




1266. STREAMLINING OF FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINT PROCESSING (FR-4031)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 103.215

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/02/97                    62 FR 15794

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Susan Forward
Phone: 202 708-4211

RIN: 2529-AA79
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of Administration (OA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1267. HUD ACQUISITION REGULATION--II (FR-4115)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  40 USC 486(c); 42 USC 3535(d); 41 USC 251

CFR Citation:  48 CFR 2401

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will implement changes stemming from the ``Federal 
Acquisition Reform Act of 1996.''

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a 
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this 
action.

Agency Contact: Edward L. Girovasi, Jr., Director, Policy & Evaluation 
Div. Office of Procurement & Contracts, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Administration
Phone: 202 708-0294

RIN: 2535-AA24
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Policy Development and Research (PD&R)



_______________________________________________________________________




1268. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WORK STUDY 
PROGRAM (FR-4070)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule implements a new program to provide work-study 
experiences at Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education. 
Stipends and other assistance will be provided to economically 
disadvantaged and minority students at these institutions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/02/96                    61 FR 51556
NPRM Comment Period End         12/02/96
Final Action                    04/00/97
Final Action Effective          05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jane Karadbil, Office of University Partnerships, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Development and 
Research
Phone: 202 708-1537

RIN: 2528-AA06

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_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)   Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1269. STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF FATHERS IN PUBLIC HOUSING FAMILIES (FR-
4087)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking furthers the President's directive to include 
fathers in programs and strengthen their involvement with their 
children. The Department, through an advance notice of proposed 
rulemaking, is seeking public comment on several approaches that could 
help to reunite absent fathers with their families.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           07/30/96                    61 FR 39812
ANPRM Comment Period End        09/13/96
NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Linda Campbell, Director, Marketing & Leasing 
Management Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2577-AB68
_______________________________________________________________________




1270.  CEILING RENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING (FR-3880)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 1437c; 42 USC 1437d; 42 USC 
1437f; 42 USC 1437n; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5, subpart F

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would permit public housing agencies (PHA) to adopt 
caps on rents for projects or dwelling units that are assisted under 
the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and that are owned and operated by the 
PHA. The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act I amended the 1937 Act to 
permit the establishment of caps or ceiling rents on the income-based 
monthly rental payment that reflect the reasonable market value of the 
housing, but are not less than the monthly costs (1) to operate the 
housing of the PHA; and (2) to make a deposit to a replacement reserve 
(in the sole discretion of the PHA).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Linda Campbell, Director, Marketing and Leasing 
Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744
Fax: 202 708-0233

RIN: 2577-AB75
_______________________________________________________________________




1271.  IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 
PROGRAM EXTENSION ACT OF 1996 AND REVISING SECTION 8 CERTIFICATE 
VOUCHERS (SECTION 8 ONE STRIKE) (FR-4159)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 1437c; 42 USC 1437f; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 882; 24 CFR 982

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the admission and occupancy 
requirements for the Section 8 Rental Certificate, Rental Voucher, and 
Moderate Rehabilitation Programs as follows: (1) Make certain 
applicants ineligible for admission if evicted from housing assisted 
under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) Terminate assistance 
to tenant-based certificate and voucher participants evicted for 
serious lease violations; (3) Screen out illegal drug users and alcohol 
abusers; and (4) Terminate assistance to illegal drug users and alcohol 
abusers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/31/97                    62 FR 15346
NPRM Comment Period End         05/00/97
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Madeline Hastings, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Office of Public & Assisted Hsg. Operations, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1842

RIN: 2577-AB72
_______________________________________________________________________




1272. DESIGNATED HOUSING (FR-3964)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1423; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 945

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The proposed rule will amend HUD's Designated Housing Program 
regulations at 24 CFR part 945 to implement certain new requirements 
made to this program by the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act 
of 1996 (Pub.L. 104-120, approved March 28, 1996). In addition to 
implementing these requirements the regulations will be streamlined to 
allow autonomy and flexibility.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: MaryAnn Russ, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 
Assisted Housing Operations, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0614

RIN: 2577-AB57
_______________________________________________________________________




1273.  NATIVE AMERICAN BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (FR-4170)

Priority:  Economically Significant

Legal Authority:  PL 104-330

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 950

Legal Deadline:  Final, Statutory, September 30, 1997.

Abstract: This rule will implement the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-
330, approved October 26, 1996), which reorganizes the system of 
Federal housing assistance to Native Americans by eliminating several 
separate programs of assistance and replacing them with a single block 
grant program.

[[Page 21783]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Transition Notice               01/27/97                     62 FR 3972
NPRM                            06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

Agency Contact: Dominic Nessi, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native 
American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO
Phone: 303 675-1600

RIN: 2577-AB74
_______________________________________________________________________




1274. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HOUSING ADMISSION AND OCCUPANCY REGULATIONS 
(FR-4084)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 960

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will revise and update HUD's regulations pertaining 
to admission and occupancy of public housing. The rule will be revised 
to provide increased flexibility to local housing authorities in the 
admission and occupancy of public housing residents to the extent 
feasible and consistent with existing law. The rule also implements a 
recent statute regarding screening of applicants for admission.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Linda Campbell, Director, Marketing & Leasing 
Management Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2577-AB67
_______________________________________________________________________




1275. REPLACEMENT HOUSING FACTOR IN MODERNIZATION FUNDING (FR-4125)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437l(k)(2)(B); 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 968

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The replacement housing factor would offset for five years 
much of the loss of formula share funding due to the reduction of units 
as a result of demolition, disposition, or conversion from October 1, 
1996, as long as the reduced units are not in developments receiving 
MROP or HOPE IV implementation funding and as long as the funds 
conserved by the offset are used for approved replacement housing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Rod J. Solomon, Director, Special Actions, Office of 
Policy Program & Legislative Initiataives, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0713

RIN: 2577-AB71
_______________________________________________________________________




1276.  SECTION 8 PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS ON LEASING TO RELATIVES 
(FR-4149)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under       
    PL 104-4.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 1437c; 42 USC 1437f; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 982

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would limit the circumstances under which 
a landlord could lease a unit with Section 8 certificate or voucher 
assistance to a relative of the landlord. It would permit such leasing 
only if a HA determines that the leasing would accommodate a person 
with disabilities. The rule is intended to reduce the potential for 
misuse of Section 8 assistance. It would reduce the likelihood of 
families that have the ability to assist a family member from seeking 
Federal rental assistance and, thereby, would help to direct scarce 
Federal financial assistance to the more needy.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/10/97                    62 FR 10786
NPRM Comment Period End         05/09/97
Final Action                    10/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gerald Benoit, Director, Operations Division, Office of 
Rental Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0477

RIN: 2577-AB73

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)      Final Rule Stage


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1277. SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION; RENT ADJUSTMENTS; ANNUAL AND 
SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS; COMPARABILITY STUDIES; RENT REDUCTION (FR-3709)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 1437c; 42 USC 1437f; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 882

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would revise the current regulations in 24 CFR part 
882 on adjusting section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation contract rents. The 
rule would modify the method used by housing agencies (HAs) to 
determine the amount of the annual increase in the contract rents by 
providing for HAs to conduct comparability studies for moderate 
rehabilitation projects, to prevent the application of the Annual 
Adjustment Factors from resulting in a material difference between 
rents charged for assisted units and similar unassisted units. The rule 
also would provide for special rent adjustments to cover the costs 
required for an owner to address the problems of drug-related criminal 
activity (subject to the availability of appropriations), and for 
special adjustments when an exemption from real property tax expires 
under certain circumstances, if appropriations are available. The rule 
also would add insurance to the categories of cost increases that may 
result in a special adjustment.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/02/95                    60 FR 51658
NPRM Comment Period End         12/01/95
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Madeline Hastings, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Assisted Housing Operations, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-2841

RIN: 2577-AB48
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1278.  STREAMLINING OF TURNKEY III PROGRAM REGULATIONS (FR-4217)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437 to 1437ee; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 904

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 904 describes the 
requirements for the Homeownership Opportunities Program for Low-Income 
Families (Turnkey III). This final rule makes several streamlining 
amendments to part 904. Specifically, this final rule eliminates those 
sections of part 904 which are obsolete or which are best set forth in 
non-regulatory guidance. This rule also amends the remaining provisions 
of part 904 to reduce redundancy and regulatory burden. HUD's 
reinvention of part 904 will make the Turnkey III Program regulations 
more concise and easier to understand.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gary Van Buskirk, Director, Homeownership Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 401-8812

RIN: 2577-AB76
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1279. OPTIONAL EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION (FR-4080)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 913

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule revises the definition of income applicable to 
public housing and to Indian housing to permit a housing agency to 
provide optional earned income exclusions, affecting rent calculation. 
Housing agencies are permitted flexibility in what amount of earned 
income is to be given special treatment and the manner in which it is 
to be done. This rule is similar to an element of the Continuing 
Resolution for FY 96 funding that has been implemented by Notice to 
Housing Agencies, except that the Continuing Resolution dealt with 
deductions in deriving adjusted income.
The effect of such an adjustment on the amount of operating subsidy 
paid by HUD is the subject of another rule (FR-4072).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              08/30/96                    61 FR 46344
Interim Final Rule Effective    09/30/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      10/29/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Linda Campbell, Director, Marketing & Leasing 
Management Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2577-AB66
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1280. PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (FR-3569)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437c

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 941

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule finalizes a comprehensive revision of the public 
housing development and acquisition program regulation at 24 CFR 941. 
This rule responds to comments received on two interim rules. The first 
of those rules redesigned the public housing development process to 
give housing

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authorities and localities maximum flexibility in developing public 
housing in their communities. The second of those rules (FR-3919, RIN 
2577-AB54) provided procedures to permit housing agencies to enter a 
partnership with an entity to develop and own public housing properties 
in mixed-income developments using a mixed-financed development method.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule (FR-3919)    05/02/96                    61 FR 19708
Interim Final Rule Effective (FR 
3919)                           07/01/96
Interim Final Rule              07/22/96                    61 FR 38014
Interim Final Rule Effective    08/21/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      09/20/96
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: William Flood, Director, Office of Capital 
Improvements, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1640

RIN: 2577-AB37
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1281. PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED-FINANCE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT--STREAMLINING 
(FR-4113)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1427b; 42 USC 1437c; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 941

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will streamline the provisions of the new subpart F 
of part 941, which provides for mixed-finance partnerships to develop 
public housing. The rule is needed because questions are arising during 
implementation of the current version of Subpart F. The clarification 
afforded by this removal of duplicative language will be highly 
beneficial.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Flood, Director, Office of Capital 
Improvements, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1800

RIN: 2577-AB69
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1282. INDIAN HOME: REVISED PROGRAM REGULATIONS (FR-3567)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5301

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 954

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would streamline requirements and incorporate 
experience in program implementation during the first two funding 
cycles. It will facilitate use of the program by client tribes and 
incorporate various legislative changes.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/21/96                    61 FR 32292
Interim Final Rule Effective    07/22/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/20/96
Final Action                    05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dominic Nessi, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native 
American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO
Phone: 303 675-1600

RIN: 2577-AB35
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1283.  PROCESSING OF MORTGAGE LOANS (FR-4219)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 1715z-13a

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 955

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule allows change in the way the section 184 
mortgage loans are processed. Currently, all loans are processed and 
underwritten by HUD. The interim rule would allow qualified lenders the 
option of HUD processing, or processing under the Direct Guarantee 
program. This program would operate in a similar manner to FHA's Direct 
Endorsement program, with the lender processing and underwriting the 
loans, and submitting them to HUD for loan guarantee after the loan was 
closed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Karen Garner-Wing, Director, Office of Loan Guarantee, 
Office of Native American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Denver, CO
Phone: 303 675-1600

RIN: 2577-AB77
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1284. SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED PROGRAMS: ADDITION OF PROVISIONS ON RENTS 
AND SPECIAL HOUSING TYPES (FR-4054)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437f; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 982; 24 CFR 983

Legal Deadline: None

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Abstract: This rule adds to part 982 the two subparts that have 
previously been reserved: Subpart K, Rents and Subpart M, Special 
Housing Types. It also covers contract rents and rent adjustments for 
the project-based certificate program. The rule completes the 
rulemaking process for tenant-based Section 8 assistance first 
published in July 1994, streamlining provisions throughout part 982.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Madeline Hastings, Associate Depty Assistant Secretary 
for Public & Assisted Housing Operations, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1842

RIN: 2577-AB63
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1285. SECTION 8 RENTAL VOUCHER AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS--SECTION 8 
MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP) (FR-3986)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437f; 42 USC 3535(d); 42 USC 1437a; 42 USC 
1437c

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 985

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under the Section 8 Management Assessment Program established 
by the rule, HUD assesses whether the section 8 tenant-based assistance 
programs operate effectively to achieve the intended result of helping 
eligible families afford decent rental units at a reasonable subsidy 
cost. SEMAP establishes an objective system for HUD to measure HA 
performance in key section 8 program areas to enable the Department to 
ensure program integrity and accountability. SEMAP provides procedures 
for HUD to identify housing agency management capabilities and 
deficiencies in order to target monitoring and program assistance more 
effectively. Housing agencies can use the SEMAP performance analysis to 
assess and improve their own program operations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/02/96                    61 FR 63930
NPRM Comment Period End         01/31/97
Final Action                    09/00/97

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Gerald Benoit, Director, Operations Div., Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0477

RIN: 2577-AB60
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1286. PUBLIC HOUSING PERFORMANCE FUNDING SYSTEM: INCENTIVES (FR-4072)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 1437g; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 990

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In addition to codifying minor changes to the Performance 
Funding System inspired by the continuing resolution and implemented by 
a Notice to Housing Agencies with respect to FYs '96, '97 and '98, this 
rule provides for a gradual phase-down of operating subsidy with 
respect to public housing units being demolished.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              09/20/96                    61 FR 51178
Interim Final Rule Effective    10/30/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      11/29/96
Final Action                    06/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joan DeWitt, Director, Finance & Budget Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-1872

RIN: 2577-AB65
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Long-Term Actions


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



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1287. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR PIH REGARDING SEC. 102(D) 
LIMITATIONS ON COMBINING OTHER GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE (``SUBSIDY 
LAYERING'') (FR-3100)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  Not yet determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This notice sets forth the PIH administrative guidelines 
which HUD, or in certain circumstances Housing Credit Agencies (HCAs), 
will follow in implementing ``subsidy layering'' reviews in accordance 
with section 102(d) of the HUD Reform Act of 1989 and section 911 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 for public and Indian 
housing programs. Such reviews are necessary to ensure that the amount 
of assistance being provided by HUD for a specific housing project is 
not more than is necessary to make the assisted activity feasible after 
taking into account assistance from other government sources.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          00/00/00

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: G. Dewayne Kimbrough, Urban Revitalization Specialist, 
Department of Housing and

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Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0614

RIN: 2577-AB53
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



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1288. REFORM OF PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT (FR-3447)

Priority:  Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 901

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/30/96                    61 FR 68894
Effective                       01/29/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: MaryAnn Russ
Phone: 202 708-1380

RIN: 2577-AB30
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