[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-4335-01]

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 (1) regulations already issued or expected to be issued and 
(2) currently effective rules that are under review. Additionally, in 
accordance with section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the 
Department also 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 (1) regulations that the 
agency has issued or expects to issue and (2) 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 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 that 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 the Regulatory Flexibility Act each 
permits incorporation of the agenda required with any other 
prescribed agenda. The agenda set out below combines the 
information required by Executive Order 12866 and 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.

    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 and that 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. In 
1995 and 1996, all HUD regulations then codified underwent a 
section 610 review when these regulations were examined in 
accordance with President Clinton's regulatory reinvention 
initiative. The Department invites comments from the public on any 
rule listed in this agenda that the public may believe will have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. The Department specifically invites comment on HUD's 
rules pertaining to manufactured housing, lead-based paint hazard 
control, and real estate settlement procedures.

    The Department also is subject to certain rulemaking 
requirements set forth in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.). 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 of HUD (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 this 
requirement.

    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 focuses on 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 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.

    The agenda reflects that some rules have been withdrawn by the 
Department since issuance of the previous agenda. On further 
examination of the subject matters of these rules, the Department 
may determine that certain rules listed as withdrawn under this 
agenda are necessary, and if that determination is

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made, the rules will be included in a succeeding semiannual agenda.

    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 Inspector General; Office of 
Policy Development and Research; and the Government National 
Mortgage Association.

    The Department invites all interested members of the public to 
comment on the rules listed in this spring 1998 agenda to assist 
the Department in improving its regulatory products and procedures.

Dated: February 19, 1998.

Gail W. Laster,

General Counsel.

                                     Office of the Secretary--Prerule Stage                                     
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1261        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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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1262        24 CFR 3   Common Rule: Nondiscrimination in Educational Activities (FR-4301).........    2501-AC42 
1263        24 CFR 5   Uniform Physical Condition Standards and Physical Inspection Requirements                
            for Certain HUD Housing (FR-4280).....................................................    2501-AC45 
1264        24 CFR 5   Sanctions for Failure To Report All Tenant Income in the Public Housing and              
            Section 8 Programs (FR-4334)..........................................................    2501-AC55 
1265        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 
1266        24 CFR 15   Revisions to HUD's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations (FR-4292)    2501-AC51 
1267        24 CFR 17   Procedures for the Collection of Claims by the Government (FR-4318).......    2501-AC48 
1268        24 CFR 24   Limited Denial of Participation in HUD Programs; Clarifying Amendments (FR-             
            3975).................................................................................    2501-AC08 
1269        24 CFR 25   Conforming Amendments to HUD's FHA-Single Family Housing and Multifamily                
            Housing Enforcement Regulations (FR-4308).............................................    2501-AC44 
1270        24 CFR 42   Streamlining Regulations Implementing Uniform Relocation Act and Other                  
            Relocation Requirements in HUD Programs (FR-4122).....................................    2501-AC31 
1271        24 CFR 55   Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands (FR-4142)................    2501-AC33 
1272        24 CFR 56   Flood Insurance and HUD Assisted Buildings Located Within Special Flood                 
            Hazard Areas (FR-4273)................................................................    2501-AC40 
1273        24 CFR 58   Regulations Governing the Environmental Review Procedures for Entities                  
            Assuming HUD's Environmental Responsibilities; Miscellaneous Amendments (FR-4326).....    2501-AC52 
1274        24 CFR 81   The Secretary of HUD's Regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FR-4297).    2501-AC41 
1275        24 CFR 92   HOME Investment Partnerships Program (FR-4329)............................    2501-AC53 
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                                    Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage                                   
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1276        24 CFR 000   Adoption of Revised OMB Circular A-133; Administrative Requirements for                
            Grantees to Reflect the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996; Technical Amendments (FR-              
            4296).................................................................................    2501-AC43 
1277        24 CFR 5, subpart E   Revised Restriction on Assistance to Noncitizens (FR-4154)......    2501-AC36 
1278        24 CFR 5   Uniform Financial Reporting Standards for HUD Housing Programs (FR-4321)...    2501-AC49 
1279        24 CFR 8   Nondiscrimination Based on Disability; Multifamily Homeownership Projects                
            (FR-4317).............................................................................    2501-AC47 
1280        24 CFR 35   Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention in Certain Residential Structures                 
            (FR-3482).............................................................................    2501-AB57 
1281        24 CFR 45   Administrative Requirements for Grantees to Reflect Single Audit Act                    
            Amendments (FR-4258)..................................................................    2501-AC39 
1282        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 
1283        24 CFR 91   Clarifying Amendments to Consolidated Submission for Community Planning                 
            and Development Programs (FR-4333)....................................................    2501-AC54 
1284        24 CFR 92   HOME Investment Partnerships Program--Additional Streamlining (FR-4111)...    2501-AC30 
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1285        24 CFR 10   Rulemaking Policies and Procedures--Expediting Rulemaking and Policy                    
            Implementation (FR-3292)..............................................................    2501-AB43 
1286        24 CFR 51   HUD's Environmental Criteria and Standards; Amendments (FR-4060)..........    2501-AC25 
1287        24 CFR 761   Drug Elimination Program; Proposed Amendments (FR-4058)..................    2501-AC23 
1288        24 CFR 882.109   Occupancy Standards Under the Fair Housing Act (FR-3815).............    2501-AC05 
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                                        Office of Housing--Prerule Stage                                        
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1289        24 CFR 000   Portfolio Reengineering Transition Program Guidelines - FY 1998 (FR-4162)    2502-AH13 
1290        24 CFR 3280   Metal Roofing for Manufactured Housing--Interpretative Bulletin (FR-                  
            4271).................................................................................    2502-AH05 
1291        24 CFR 3282   Procedural and Enforcement Regulations for the Manufactured Home                      
            Construction and Safety Program - (FR-4319)...........................................    2502-AH14 
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1292        24 CFR 200.925 to 200.926   Update of the Model Energy Code (MEC) (FR-4272)...........    2502-AH03 
1293        24 CFR 200   Electronic Submission of Required Data by Multifamily Mortgages (FR-4303)    2502-AH11 
1294        24 CFR 200   Single-Family Mortgage Insurance Clarification Requirement Concerning                  
            Floodplains Applicable to New Construction (FR-4323)..................................    2502-AH16 
1295        24 CFR 201   Strengthening the Title I Property Improvement Loan Insurance Program (FR-             
            4246).................................................................................    2502-AG95 
1296        24 CFR 203   Single-Family Property Disposition (FR-4244).............................    2502-AG96 
1297        24 CFR 203   Suspension of FHA Single Family Mortgage Insurance Program for Mortgages               
            on Indian Reservations Insured Pursuant to Section 248 of the National Housing Act (FR-             
            4251).................................................................................    2502-AH00 
1298        24 CFR 203   Mortgage Insurance Premium Reduction in Central Cities (FR-4284).........    2502-AH07 
1299        24 CFR 203   Builder Warranty For High Ratio Single-Family Mortgages (FR-4288)........    2502-AH08 
1300        24 CFR 206.45(e)   Home Equity Conversion Mortgages; Right of First Refusal Permitted               
            for Condominium Associations (FR-4267)................................................    2502-AG93 
1301        24 CFR 290   Up-Front Grants in the Disposition of Multifamily Projects (FR-4310).....    2502-AH12 
1302        24 CFR 291   Suspension of New Leases Under the Single-Family Property Disposition                  
            Homeless Program (FR-4275)............................................................    2502-AH06 
1303        24 CFR 3280   Updating Manufactured Housing Reference Standards (FR-4337).............    2502-AH17 
1304        24 CFR 3282   Special Procedures Permitting Limited Completion of Manufactured Homes                
            On-Site (FR-4216).....................................................................    2502-AG92 
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                                       Office of Housing--Final Rule Stage                                      
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1305        24 CFR 000   FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance                        
            Restructuring (FR-4298)...............................................................    2502-AH09 
1306        24 CFR 200   Delegation of Insuring Authority to Direct Endorsement Mortgagees (FR-                 
            4169).................................................................................    2502-AG87 
1307        24 CFR 200   Use of Material Bulletins (FR-4265)......................................    2502-AH02 
1308        24 CFR 201   Title I Property Improvement and Manufactured Home Loan Insurance                      
            Programs (FR-4242)....................................................................    2502-AG94 
1309        24 CFR 201   Termination of an Approved Mortgagee's Origination Approval Agreement (FR-             
            4239).................................................................................    2502-AG99 
1310        24 CFR 203   Single Family Mortgage Insurance; Direct Endorsement and Automated                     
            Underwriting (FR-4311)................................................................    2502-AH15 
1311        24 CFR 206   Home Equity Conversion Mortgages; Consumer Protection Measures Against                 
            Excessive Fees (FR-4306)..............................................................    2502-AH10 
1312        24 CFR 242   Risk-Sharing Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program (FR-3914)...............    2502-AG53 
1313        24 CFR 3500   RESPA: Disclosure of Fees Paid to Retail Lenders (Brokers) (FR-3780)....    2502-AG40 
1314        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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                                      Office of Housing--Completed Actions                                      
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1315        24 CFR 200   Changes in the Minimum Property Standards; Technical Suitability of                    
            Products Program (FR-4137)............................................................    2502-AG84 
1316        24 CFR 200   Multifamily Provisions of the Part 200 Regulations--Further Streamlining               
            and Technical Amendments (FR-4164)....................................................    2502-AG90 
1317        24 CFR 202   Approval of Lending Institutions and Mortgagees (FR-4132)................    2502-AG82 
1318        24 CFR 203   Loss Mitigation--Single Family (FR-4032).................................    2502-AG72 
1319        24 CFR 203   Streamlining Single Family Mortgage Insurance Program (FR-4109)..........    2502-AG79 
1320        24 CFR 207   Electronic Payment of Multifamily Insurance Premiums (FR-4203)...........    2502-AG91 
1321        24 CFR 216   Single-Family Risk-Sharing With Housing Finance Agencies and With Private              
            Mortgage Insurers (FR-3862)...........................................................    2502-AH01 
1322        24 CFR 3280   Department of Transportation--Federal Highway Administration & HUD                    
            Requirements Regarding ``Manufactured Home Tire Overloading'' (FR-3943)...............    2502-AG54 
1323        24 CFR 3500   Contingency Funding Including Flood Plain Certifications--Real Estate                 
            Settlement Procedures Act (FR-3930)...................................................    2502-AG56 
1324        24 CFR 3500   Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: Escrow Accounting Procedures (FR-              
            4079).................................................................................    2502-AG75 
1325        24 CFR 3500   Improvement of Disclosures Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures                
            Act and the Truth in Lending Act (FR-4184)............................................    2502-AG86 
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                        Office of Community Planning and Development--Proposed Rule Stage                       
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1326        24 CFR 570   Community Development Block Grant Program; National Objective and                      
            Streamlining Changes (FR-4144)........................................................    2506-AB90 
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                         Office of Community Planning and Development--Final Rule Stage                         
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1327        24 CFR 91   CDBG Program for States; Community Revitalization Strategy Requirements &               
            Miscellaneous Technical Amendments (FR-4081)..........................................    2506-AB83 
1328        24 CFR 570   Community Development Block Grant Program; Dispute Resolution and                      
            Enforcement Actions (FR-3298).........................................................    2506-AB43 
1329        24 CFR 570   Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (FR-4039).............................    2506-AB80 
1330        24 CFR 570   Community Development Block Grant Programs for States; Program Income (FR-             
            4067).................................................................................    2506-AB82 
1331        24 CFR 570.208   CDBG Slum/Blight National Objective Rule (FR-4260)...................    2506-AB94 
1332        24 CFR 570.200   Clarification of the Nature of Required CDBG Expenditure                           
            Documentation and Accounting for Applicable Credits (FR-4261).........................    2506-AB95 
1333        24 CFR 576   Emergency Shelter Grants Program (FR-4330)...............................    2506-AB99 
1334        24 CFR 597   New Empowerment Zones (FR-4281)..........................................    2506-AB97 
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                         Office of Community Planning and Development--Long-Term Actions                        
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1335        00 CFR 000   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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                         Office of Community Planning and Development--Completed Actions                        
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1336        24 CFR ch V   Homeless Assistance Fund Regulation (FR-4130)...........................    2506-AB88 
1337        24 CFR 570   Community Development Block Grants: Amendments to the New York Small                   
            Cities Program (FR-4155)..............................................................    2506-AB91 
1338        24 CFR 570   Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; Loan Pooling/Risk Sharing                          
            Arrangements (FR-4214)................................................................    2506-AB92 
1339        24 CFR 573   Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund: Loan Guarantee Assistance in Response to                 
            Acts of Arson or Terrorism Motivated by Race, Color or Ethnicity (FR-4282)............    2506-AB98 
1340        24 CFR 597   Performance Grants for Urban Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities              
            (FR-4262).............................................................................    2506-AB96 
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                          Government National Mortgage Association--Proposed Rule Stage                         
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1341        24 CFR 300.3   Ginnie Mae - Finance - NAHASDA American (FR-4215)......................    2503-AA11 
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                           Government National Mortgage Association--Final Rule Stage                           
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1342        24 CFR 320.10   Ginnie Mae - Financial Reporting (FR-4331)............................    2503-AA12 
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                        Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity--Proposed Rule Stage                       
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1343        24 CFR 570   Fair Housing Planning Performance Standard (FR-4133).....................    2529-AA81 
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                         Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity--Final Rule Stage                         
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1344        24 CFR 100   Implementation of the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (FR-4094)....    2529-AA80 
1345        24 CFR 135   Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons (FR-2898)....    2529-AA49 
1346        24 CFR 180   Civil Money Penalties for Fair Housing Act Violations (FR-4302)..........    2529-AA83 
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                         Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity--Completed Actions                        
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1347        24 CFR 100   Fair Lending--Self-Testing (FR-4160).....................................    2529-AA82 
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                                  Office of Administration--Proposed Rule Stage                                 
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1348        48 CFR 2409   HUD Acquisition Regulation for Legal Services Contractors (FR-4291).....    2535-AA25 
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                                   Office of Administration--Final Rule Stage                                   
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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1349        48 CFR 2401   HUD Acquisition Regulation--II (FR-4115)................................    2535-AA24 
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                              Office of the Inspector General--Proposed Rule Stage                              
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1350        24 CFR 2003   Privacy Act of 1974; Consolidation of Existing Systems of Records Into                
            Single System of Records (FR-4283)....................................................    2508-AA10 
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                               Office of the Inspector General--Completed Actions                               
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1351        24 CFR 2003   Implementation of Privacy Act of 1974 (FR-4270).........................    2508-AA09 
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                                Policy Development and Research--Final Rule Stage                               
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1352        24 CFR 570   Community Development Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program                 
            (FR-4269).............................................................................    2528-AA07 
1353        24 CFR 570   Removal of the Repayment Requirement for Participants in the Community                 
            Development Work-Study Program (CDWSP) (FR-4324)......................................    2528-AA08 
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                               Office of Public and Indian Housing--Prerule Stage                               
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1354        00 CFR 000   Administrative Guidelines for PIH Regarding Sec. 102(d) Limitations on                 
            Combining Other Government Assistance (``Subsidy Layering'') (FR-3100)................    2577-AB53 
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                            Office of Public and Indian Housing--Proposed Rule Stage                            
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1355        24 CFR 901   PHMAP Assessment Consolidation (FR-4313).................................    2577-AB81 
1356        24 CFR 945   Designated Housing Program Amendments (FR-3964)..........................    2577-AB57 
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                              Office of Public and Indian Housing--Final Rule Stage                             
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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  Number                                                                                               Number   
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1357        24 CFR 5, subpart F   Ceiling Rents for Public Housing (FR-3880)......................    2577-AB75 
1358        24 CFR 882   Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 Implementation                       
            Provisions and Section 8 Certificate, Voucher, & Moderate Rehabilitation Admission &                
            Occupancy Policies Revisions (FR-4159)................................................    2577-AB72 
1359        24 CFR 941   Public Housing Development Regulations (FR-3569).........................    2577-AB37 
1360        24 CFR 941   Public Housing Mixed-Finance Partnership Development--Streamlining (FR-                
            4113).................................................................................    2577-AB69 
1361        24 CFR 955   Loan Guarantee for Indian Housing; Direct Guarantee Processing (FR-4241).    2577-AB78 

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1362        24 CFR 960   Public Housing Admission and Occupancy Reforms and Streamlining (FR-4084)    2577-AB67 
1363        24 CFR 968   Replacement Housing Factor in Modernization Funding (FR-4125)............    2577-AB71 
1364        24 CFR 971   Assessment of the Reasonable Revitalization Potential of Certain Public                
            Housing Required by Law (FR-4120).....................................................    2577-AB79 
1365        24 CFR 982   Section 8 Tenant-Based Programs: Addition of Provisions on Rents and                   
            Special Housing Types (FR-4054).......................................................    2577-AB63 
1366        24 CFR 982   Section 8 Program Restrictions on Leasing to Relatives (FR-4149).........    2577-AB73 
1367        24 CFR 985   Section 8 Rental Voucher and Certificate Programs--Section 8 Management                
            Assessment Program (SEMAP) (FR-3986)..................................................    2577-AB60 
1368        24 CFR 990   Public Housing Performance Funding System: Incentives (FR-4072)..........    2577-AB65 
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                             Office of Public and Indian Housing--Long-Term Actions                             
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1369        24 CFR 904   Streamlining of Turnkey III Program Regulations (FR-4217)................    2577-AB76 
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                             Office of Public and Indian Housing--Completed Actions                             
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1370        24 CFR 950   Implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-                     
            Determination Act of 1996 (FR-4170)...................................................    2577-AB74 
1371        24 CFR 954   Indian HOME: Revised Program Regulations (FR-3567).......................    2577-AB35 
1372        24 CFR 982   Section 8 Program Rent Limits in Tax Credit Projects (FR-4268)...........    2577-AB80 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)         Prerule Stage


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



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1261. SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HUD-ASSISTED 
RENTAL HOUSING (FR-3826)

Priority:  Other Significant

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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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

RIN: 2501-AC15

[[Page 22051]]

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


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1262.  COMMON RULE: NONDISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 
(FR-4301)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  20 USC 1681 to 1683; 20 USC 1685 to 1688

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This is HUD's component of a common rule coordinated by the 
Department of Justice to implement amendments made to title IX of the 
Education Amendments of 1972 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of 
sex in all federally funded educational activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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-AC42
_______________________________________________________________________




1263.  UNIFORM PHYSICAL CONDITION STANDARDS AND PHYSICAL 
INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN HUD HOUSING (FR-4280)

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 1701z-11(e); 12 USC 1713; 12 USC 1715b; 12 USC 
1707; 42 USC 1437 et seq; 42 USC 13611 to 13619; 12 USC 1701q; 42 USC 
1437f; 42 USC 1437d; 42 USC 8013

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5; 24 CFR 207; 24 CFR 266; 24 CFR 880; 24 CFR 
881; 24 CFR 882; 24 CFR 883; 24 CFR 884; 24 CFR 886; 24 CFR 891; 24 CFR 
901; 24 CFR 965; 24 CFR 983

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would establish for certain HUD housing 
uniform physical condition standards and physical inspection 
requirements that are intended to ensure that the housing is decent, 
safe, sanitary and in good repair. HUD believes that, unless 
statutorily directed, the program source of the subsidy or assistance 
should not determine the type of physical condition standards and 
physical inspection requirements to which the housing is subject. All 
residents of HUD housing should be assured that their housing is 
decent, safe, sanitary and in good repair. Therefore, this rule 
proposes that certain HUD housing is decent, safe, sanitary and in good 
repair. This rule also generally describes new physical inspection 
procedures that will allow HUD to determine conformity with such 
standards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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-AC45
_______________________________________________________________________




1264.  SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO REPORT ALL TENANT INCOME IN THE 
PUBLIC HOUSING AND SECTION 8 PROGRAMS (FR-4334)

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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would specify several possible sanctions to be used 
against tenants in the Public Housing and section 8 Housing Assistance 
Payments programs who under report their income causing HUD to overpay 
housing subsidies. The entities administering these programs would be 
required to apply sanctions determined to be cost-effective in a 
particular case.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Patricia Arnaudo, Acting Director, Occupancy Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744
  
Ulyses Brinkley, Office of Asset Management and Disposition, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-3944

RIN: 2501-AC55
_______________________________________________________________________




1265. 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 3535(d)

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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would add a new part 6 to HUD's 
regulations. Part 6 would set forth HUD's procedures and policies to 
assure nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal 
financial assistance from HUD under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1266.  REVISIONS TO HUD'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) 
REGULATIONS (FR-4292)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

[[Page 22052]]

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would revise HUD's FOIA regulations to include the 
Electronic Freedom of Information Act requirements and to simplify 
them. It would also make changes to reflect the Department's 
reorganization of the handling of production and disclosure of 
documents.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Barth, Managing Attorney for FOIA, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-3866

RIN: 2501-AC51
_______________________________________________________________________




1267.  PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF CLAIMS BY THE GOVERNMENT 
(FR-4318)

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:  31 USC 3701

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 17

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend the Department's procedures for the 
collection of claims by (1) moving the designation of the Department's 
Claims Officer from the Office of Administration to the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer, and (2) revising the regulations at 24 CFR 
part 17 pertaining to administrative offset, tax refund offset, and 
salary offset.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Wallace Garner, Director, Finance Planning & Analysis 
Div., Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the 
Secretary
Phone: 202 708-0654

RIN: 2501-AC48
_______________________________________________________________________




1268. 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:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/99

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Emmett Roden, Assistant General Counsel for 
Administrative Proceedings, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-2350

RIN: 2501-AC08
_______________________________________________________________________




1269.  CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO HUD'S FHA-SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING 
AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS (FR-4308)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1701q-1; 12 USC 1703; 12 USC 1708(c) to 
1708(d); 12 USC 1709(s); 12 USC 1715b; 12 USC 1723i; 12 USC 1735f-14; 
12 USC 1735f-15; 15 USC 1717a; 28 USC 2461 note; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 25; 24 CFR 30

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act 
of 1997 (title V of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998; 
Pub.L. 105-65, approved October 27, 1997) (Multifamily Housing Reform 
Act) made several amendments to strengthen the enforcement provisions 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). Among other 
amendments, the Multifamily Housing Reform Act provides that a 
suspension issued by the HUD Mortgagee Review Board is effective upon 
issuance, if there is sufficient evidence that immediate action is 
required to protect the financial interests of HUD or the public. 
Currently, such a suspension is effective only after HUD's issuance of 
30-day written notice to the mortgagee. The Multifamily Housing Reform 
Act also expanded the list of persons subject to a civil money penalty 
for violations of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program 
requirements. This rule proposes updates to HUD's FHA enforcement 
regulations at 24 CFR parts 25 and 30 to incorporate the amendments 
made by the Multifamily Housing Reform Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Emmett Roden, Assistant General Counsel for 
Administrative Proceedings, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-2350

RIN: 2501-AC44
_______________________________________________________________________




1270. 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;

[[Page 22053]]

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 to identify 
potential problems with this large-scale undertaking.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/11/96                    61 FR 53341
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/10/96
NPRM                            06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Marcia Dodge, 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
_______________________________________________________________________




1271. 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                            08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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

RIN: 2501-AC33
_______________________________________________________________________




1272. FLOOD INSURANCE AND HUD ASSISTED BUILDINGS LOCATED WITHIN SPECIAL 
FLOOD HAZARD AREAS (FR-4273)

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 56; 24 CFR 511.16(d); 24 CFR 570.605; 24 CFR 
570.640; 24 CFR 572.425(f); 24 CFR 574.640; 24 CFR 583.330(a); 24 CFR 
761.40(b); 24 CFR 882.407(c)(2); 24 CFR 886.313(c)(8); 24 CFR 
891.155(c); 24 CFR 941.202(j); 24 CFR 968.110(d); 24 CFR 983.7(a)(6)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing Government effort 
to remove redundancy throughout title 24 of CFR for flood insurance 
requirements as currently cited in the affected HUD program 
regulations. The rule would streamline, consolidate, and codify into a 
single CFR part all the flood insurance and disaster assistance 
requirements described separately in each of the individual HUD program 
regulations of title 24 of the CFR. The flood insurance and disaster 
assistance requirements are general and cross-cutting and applicable to 
all HUD programs that provide financial assistance for buildings 
located within Special Flood Hazard Areas. As presently described in 
each of the affected individual HUD program regulations, the text is 
redundant, sometimes outdated or incomplete, uninformative, and less 
than user-friendly.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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

RIN: 2501-AC40
_______________________________________________________________________




1273.  REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURES 
FOR ENTITIES ASSUMING HUD'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES; 
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS (FR-4326)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1707; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 58

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes revisions to 24 CFR part 58 that could not 
be made as part of the Technical Corrections final rule (see RIN 2501-
AC32; FR-4138) because that rule did not provide for prior public 
comment. Among other matters, this rule would revise notice 
requirements when funds are needed for an emergency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Richard Broun, Director, Office of Community Viability, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community 
Planning and Development

[[Page 22054]]

Phone: 202 708-2894

RIN: 2501-AC52
_______________________________________________________________________




1274.  THE SECRETARY OF HUD'S REGULATION OF FANNIE MAE AND 
FREDDIE MAC (FR-4297)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  PL 101-73; 12 USC 4501 to 4641

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 81

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Through a notice published on 12/30/97, HUD sought comments 
from the public regarding a possible future proposed rule on non-
mortgage investments to amend HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 81 
governing the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and 
Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae) (both are known as 
Government Sponsored Enterprises or GSEs). Under their respective 
Charters, the GSEs have broad authority to invest their funds. At the 
same time, the Secretary has general regulatory power over the GSEs to 
ensure that the purposes of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, the Federal National Mortgage 
Association Charter Act, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
Act are accomplished. HUD's current GSE regulations do not contain 
specific provisions concerning non-mortgage investments by the GSEs. 
Accordingly, HUD sought the public's comments regarding possible 
regulations concerning these investments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           12/30/97                    62 FR 68060
ANPRM Comment Period End        03/30/98
NPRM                            07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Janet Tasker, Director, Office of Government Sponsored 
Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-2224

RIN: 2501-AC41
_______________________________________________________________________




1275.  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (FR-4329)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 92

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking will make changes to the HOME Program final 
rule to clarify existing policy and/or simplify program administration. 
It will also make corrections to the HOME Program final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         07/00/98

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-AC53
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1276.  ADOPTION OF REVISED OMB CIRCULAR A-133; ADMINISTRATIVE 
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES TO REFLECT THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT AMENDMENTS OF 
1996; TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS (FR-4296)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On June 30, 1997, OMB published revised Circular A-133 to 
implement the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996. The Act sets forth 
requirements for obtaining consistency and uniformity among Federal 
agencies for the audit of States, local governments, and non-profit 
organizations expending Federal award. HUD adopted the revised circular 
in November 1997. This final rule makes technical amendments throughout 
title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations to correct references 
outdated as a result of the revised circular.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: James Heist, Director Financial Audits Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector 
General
Phone: 202 708-0383

RIN: 2501-AC43
_______________________________________________________________________




1277. 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:
Other, Statutory, November 29, 1996, Interim.

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. On November 29, 1996 (62 FR 60535), 
HUD published an interim rule revising HUD's regulations governing 
assistance to noncitizens to incorporate the statutory amendments made 
to section 214 by the Use of Assisted Housing by Aliens Act of 1996 
(``Immigration Reform Act''). This rule finalizes the policies and 
procedures described in the November 29, 1996 interim rule and 
addresses the public comments received on the interim rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              11/29/96                    61 FR 60535
Final Action                    08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 22055]]

Agency Contact: Patricia Arnaudo, Acting Director, Occupancy Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744
  
Ulyses Brinkley, 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
_______________________________________________________________________




1278.  UNIFORM FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS FOR HUD HOUSING 
PROGRAMS (FR-4321)

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 1701 et seq; 42 USC 1437 et seq; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 5; 24 CFR 207; 24 CFR 266; 24 CFR 880; 24 CFR 
891; 24 CFR 965; 24 CFR 990

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule establishes for HUD's Public Housing, section 8 
housing, and multifamily insured housing programs uniform financial 
reporting standards. The rule requires public housing authorities, 
project owners and managers of HUD-assisted housing to submit 
electronically to HUD, on an annual basis, certain financial 
information in a format prescribed by HUD. Electronic submission is 
necessary because the manual submission of HUD financial information 
has become a significant administrative burden to housing authorities, 
project owners and mortgagees, as well as to HUD. This rule also 
requires that the financial information to be submitted to HUD must be 
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
The objective of this rule is to standardize the financial information 
submission process and, through standardization, bring consistency and 
fairness to the evaluation of the financial condition of the HUD 
housing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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-AC49
_______________________________________________________________________




1279.  NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY; MULTIFAMILY 
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS (FR-4317)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  29 USC 794

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 8

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will clarify the applicability of HUD's 
requirements under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to 
multifamily homeownership projects. It will also replace the term 
``handicap'' with ``disability'' to conform to the Rehabilitation 
Amendments of 1992.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Cheryl Kent, Director, Disability Rights Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity
Phone: 202 708-2333

RIN: 2501-AC47
_______________________________________________________________________




1280. LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL 
STRUCTURES (FR-3482)

Priority:  Economically Significant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
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 4822; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 35

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

Abstract: The Office of Lead Hazard Control was established by Congress 
within the Office of the Secretary of HUD. The Office provides overall 
direction to HUD's lead-based paint activities.
Currently, 24 CFR part 35 addresses the Department's requirements on 
lead hazards in housing. Additional requirements are specified for each 
housing program in the CFR part pertaining to each program. Sections 
1012 and 1013 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992, which is title X of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (title X), require 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 
pre-1978 housing that may be occupied by young children. Because of the 
scope of the problem, the strategy will be implemented on a priority 
basis and, in part, is to be based on guidelines issued by the 
Secretary on August 25, 1995, on the conduct of federally supported 
work involving risk assessments inspections, interim controls 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 is consolidating in a revised part 35 of title 24 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations 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. Proposed regulations were published for public comment on 
June 7, 1996.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/07/96                    61 FR 29170
NPRM Comment Period End         09/05/96
Final Action                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

[[Page 22056]]

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1281. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES TO REFLECT SINGLE AUDIT 
ACT AMENDMENTS (FR-4258)

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); PL 104-156

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 45

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule adopts the final revision of OMB Circular A-133 
``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations'' 
to establish uniform audit requirements for non-Federal entities that 
administer Federal awards and to implement the Single Audit Act 
Amendments of 1996. OMB Circular A-128 ``Audits of States and Local 
Governments'' is rescinded as a result of the consolidation of audit 
requirements under Circular A-133.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              11/18/97                    62 FR 61616
Final Action                    04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: James Heist, Director Financial Audits Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector 
General
Phone: 202 708-0383

RIN: 2501-AC39
_______________________________________________________________________




1282. 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 
final rule makes several technical and clarifying amendments to the 
April 30, 1996 final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1283.  CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO CONSOLIDATED SUBMISSION FOR 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (FR-4333)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 91

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend 24 CFR part 91 to address comments and 
issues raised by members of the public on the Consolidated Plan 
regulations in part 91. Because certain comments require further 
proposed rulemaking, they could not be addressed in the technical 
corrections to the final rule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Salvatore Sclafani, Acting Director, Policy Division, 
Office of Executive Services, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1283

RIN: 2501-AC54
_______________________________________________________________________




1284. 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 rule implements the proposed rule published December 11, 
1996 and amends the existing HOME Program final rule by: replacing the 
hearing procedures in section 92.552 of the current HOME rule with the 
Department-wide streamlined hearing procedures at 24 CFR part 26, 
published as a final rule on September 24, 1996 (61 FR 50208); removing 
the closeout requirements specified in section 92.507 and instead 
providing that HOME funds will be closed out in accordance with 
procedures established by HUD; replacing the extensive requirements for 
the competitive reallocation of HOME funds in subpart J of part 92 with 
a citation to the selection factors in the HOME statute and a statement 
of the maximum number of points that may be awarded for each factor; 
and amending section 93.220(a)(1)(iii)(B) to establish a separate 
market promulgates on an interim basis subject to public

[[Page 22057]]

comment an amendment to section 92.252(i)(2) to limit the rents charged 
to tenants of HOME-assisted units whose income rises above 80 percent 
of area median income in HOME projects in which the HOME-assisted units 
``float.''

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/11/96                    61 FR 65298
NPRM Comment Period End         02/10/97
Final Rule                      08/22/97                    62 FR 44838
Final Rule Effective            09/22/97
Comment Period End              10/21/97
Final Action                    05/00/98
Final Action Effective          06/00/98

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)     Completed Actions


Office of the Secretary (HUDSEC)



_______________________________________________________________________




1285. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 10

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       01/27/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Camille E. Acevedo
Phone: 202 708-3055

RIN: 2501-AB43
_______________________________________________________________________




1286. HUD'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS; AMENDMENTS (FR-4060)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 51

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/17/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Richard Broun
Phone: 202 708-2894

RIN: 2501-AC25
_______________________________________________________________________




1287. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 761

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sonia Burgos
Phone: 202 708-1197

RIN: 2501-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________




1288. OCCUPANCY STANDARDS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT (FR-3815)

Priority:  Other Significant

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

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Peter Kaplan
Phone: 202 708-2904

RIN: 2501-AC05
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)         Prerule Stage


Office of Housing (OH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1289.  PORTFOLIO REENGINEERING TRANSITION PROGRAM GUIDELINES - 
FY 1998 (FR-4162)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  111 Stat 1384

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Department is currently implementing a statutory 
demonstration program authorized for fiscal year (FY) 1997. The 
Demonstration Program is directed at FHA-insured multifamily projects 
that have project-based section 8 contracts with rents in excess of 120 
percent of fair market rents. That program has been extended by 
Congress through FY 1998 with certain modifications as a transitional 
program while the Department develops regulations to implement the new 
permanent authority for an FHA-insured mortgage and rental assistance 
restructuring program. This notice provides guidelines for the FY 1998 
Transition Program. It also identifies projects that will continue to 
proceed under the FY 1997 Demonstration Program unmodified by these 
transitional provisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice                          04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

[[Page 22058]]

Agency Contact: Dan Sullivan, Housing Project Manager, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-2300

RIN: 2502-AH13
_______________________________________________________________________




1290. METAL ROOFING FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING--INTERPRETATIVE BULLETIN 
(FR-4271)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

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

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3280

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Manufactured homes designed to be sited in high wind areas 
must be designed to resist either the design wind loads in a specified 
industry standard or alternative wind pressures set out in a table in 
24 CFR 3280.305. Some questions have arisen concerning: (1) whether 
manufacturers that design their products using the wind pressures in 
the table must provide sheathing under metal roofing; and (2) the 
appropriateness of the testing of metal roofing that has been done. HUD 
will issue an ANPRM and an Interpretative Bulletin to clarify the 
Department's policy with regard to these questions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/00/98
Notice                          04/00/98
ANPRM Comment Period End        06/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AH05
_______________________________________________________________________




1291.  PROCEDURAL AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE 
MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY PROGRAM - (FR-4319)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  28 USC 2461; 42 USC 5424; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3282

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This notice announces HUD's intention to issue a proposed 
rule to update its procedural and enforcement regulations for the 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards program (24 CFR 
part 3282). While the current monitoring and enforcement procedures 
work well in most cases, HUD is interested in alternative approaches 
that may better serve the objectives of consumers, the manufactured 
home industry, and HUD. This document requests recommendations from 
interested members of the public on ways HUD may update, streamline, 
and increase the effectiveness of its regulations in 24 CFR part 3282. 
With better enforcement regulations, HUD will ensure that manufacturers 
make homes that comply with the Federal construction and safety 
standards. More effective and efficient regulations will also make 
manufactured housing an attractive source of affordable housing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           05/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AH14
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Housing (OH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1292. UPDATE OF THE MODEL ENERGY CODE (MEC) (FR-4272)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority:  PL 102-486 Energy Policy Act of 1992; 42 USC 12709 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200.925 to 200.926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) modified section 109 of 
the National Affordable Housing Act so that HUD must require improved 
energy efficiency standards for all new housing subject to mortgages 
insured under the National Housing Act. The EPAct also requires HUD to 
examine whether compliance with the 1995 edition of the MEC should be 
required for loan programs. HUD must adopt the updated MEC unless its 
requirements do not significantly increase energy efficiency or are not 
technologically feasible or economically justified.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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

RIN: 2502-AH03
_______________________________________________________________________




1293.  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED DATA BY MULTIFAMILY 
MORTGAGES (FR-4303)

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 1701 to 1715z-18; 12 USC 1701z-11(e); 12 USC 
1713; 12 USC 1715b; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200; 24 CFR 207

Legal Deadline: None

[[Page 22059]]

Abstract: This rule would require mortgagees that hold or service 
multifamily mortgages insured by HUD to submit certain data 
electronically to HUD in a HUD-prescribed format. Electronic submission 
is necessary because the manual submission of HUD forms has become a 
burden to servicing mortgagees, as well as to HUD. This rule would 
apply to all multifamily mortgagees in their responsibility to report 
mortgage delinquencies, mortgage defaults, mortgage reinstatements, 
elections to assign mortgages to HUD, and withdrawal of assignment 
elections.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Willie Spearman, Director, Office of Business Products, 
Room 6134, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-3000

RIN: 2502-AH11
_______________________________________________________________________




1294.  SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE CLARIFICATION 
REQUIREMENT CONCERNING FLOODPLAINS APPLICABLE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION (FR-
4323)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200; 24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would revise HUD regulations to remove currently 
conflicting provisions. It would clarify that new construction in a 
FEMA designated Special Flood Hazard Area may be eligible for single 
family mortgage insurance if (1) the property is located in a 
participating community under the FEMA flood insurance program, (2) the 
property has flood insurance, and (3) the first habitable floor is 
built above the FEMA designated base 100 year flood level.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mark W. Holman, Acting Director Home Mortgage Insurance 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-2121

RIN: 2502-AH16
_______________________________________________________________________




1295. STRENGTHENING THE TITLE I PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT LOAN INSURANCE 
PROGRAM (FR-4246)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703; 42 USC 1436a; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 201

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes to amend HUD's regulations for the Title I 
Property Improvement Loan Insurance Program. This rule would require 
that at least some of the loan proceeds must be used for correcting 
code violations, health and safety defects, accessibility improvements, 
or energy improvements. This rule would also require the lender to 
certify that no party that is debarred or subject to a limited denial 
of participation will be involved in connection with the loan; that the 
property has been inspected and the proposed work meets the eligibility 
requirements; and that a post-completion inspection and verification of 
completion of the work has occurred. This rule would also establish 
time limits for completing improvements and streamline requirements, 
where appropriate. HUD anticipates that this rule will be finalized in 
conjunction with FR-3718.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         09/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Vance Morris, Director, Home Mortgage Insurance 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-2121

RIN: 2502-AG95
_______________________________________________________________________




1296. SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTY DISPOSITION (FR-4244)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709; 12 USC 1710; 12 USC 1715b; 12 USC 1715u; 
42 USC 1441; 42 USC 1441a; 42 USC 1551a; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203; 24 CFR 291

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule announces HUD's desire to replace its current 
principal method to dispose of its acquired single-family inventory 
with a more cost efficient, innovative and cost-effective alternative 
within designated geographic areas for a specific period of time. HUD's 
goal is to reduce the inventory of single-family properties while 
continuing to expand homeownership opportunities for American families 
and to ensure the stability of the FHA mortgage insurance fund.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           06/13/97                    62 FR 32251
ANPRM Comment Period End        07/14/97
NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98
Final Action                    09/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph McCloskey, Director, Single Family Asset 
Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-1672

RIN: 2502-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________




1297. SUSPENSION OF FHA SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR 
MORTGAGES ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS INSURED PURSUANT TO SECTION 248 OF THE 
NATIONAL HOUSING ACT (FR-4251)

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 1715z-13; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

[[Page 22060]]

Abstract: This rule proposes to suspend the authority of the HUD 
Secretary to provide FHA insurance pursuant to section 248 of the 
National Housing Act for mortgage loans made for the financing of 
single family homes on Indian reservations. The suspension would be in 
effect whenever authority is available to the Department to guarantee 
additional loans under its Indian Housing Loan Guarantee program 
authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992. The rule would suspend a program that has not been effective 
in promoting housing opportunities for Native Americans and permit HUD 
to focus scarce resources on the similar section 184 program, whenever 
authority under that program is available.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/03/98                     63 FR 5660
NPRM Comment Period End         04/06/98
Final Action                    07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

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-AH00
_______________________________________________________________________




1298. MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM REDUCTION IN CENTRAL CITIES (FR-4284)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709; 12 USC 1715b

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend HUD's regulations in 24 CFR 
part 203 to reduce the Up-Front Mortgage Insurance Premium from 1.75 
percent to 1.50 percent for qualified first-time homebuyers with 
counseling located in ``central cities.''
Section 424 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1997 
mandated that the Up-Front Mortgage Insurance Premium not exceed 2.00 
percent for first-time homebuyers. The further reduction from 1.75 to 
1.50 is consistent with the Administration's homeownership strategy.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Stephen Semelsberger, Single Family Home Mortgage 
Insurance Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Housing
Phone: 202 708-2121

RIN: 2502-AH07
_______________________________________________________________________




1299.  BUILDER WARRANTY FOR HIGH RATIO SINGLE-FAMILY MORTGAGES 
(FR-4288)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709(b)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rule would propose an additional means of obtaining 
property approval for a new home that will secure an FHA-insured 
mortgage with a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio over 90%. Currently a 
mortgage with a high LTV ratio will be insured only if the property was 
approved by HUD or VA before construction or if the property is covered 
by a 10-year warranty plan offered by a warranty company with an 
insurance backer. The proposal would also allow a 3-year builder 
warranty to be used.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

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-AH08
_______________________________________________________________________




1300. HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGES; RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL PERMITTED 
FOR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS (FR-4267)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1715z-20; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 206.45(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule removes the current restriction on FHA 
mortgage insurance for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) 
program for a dwelling unit in a condominium project where the 
condominium association has a right of first refusal to purchase units 
that are offered for sale.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98

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-AG93
_______________________________________________________________________




1301.  UP-FRONT GRANTS IN THE DISPOSITION OF MULTIFAMILY 
PROJECTS (FR-4310)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1701z-11; 12 USC 1701z-12; 12 USC 1713; 12 USC 
1715b; 12 USC 1715z-1b; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 290

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would establish requirements to govern the 
use of up-front grants in the disposition of HUD-owned multifamily 
properties. Specifically, it addresses which projects and acquiring 
entities are eligible for up-front grants, and establishes the 
parameters of up-front grant amounts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

[[Page 22061]]

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Marc Harris, Office of Asset Management & Disposition, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-0216

RIN: 2502-AH12
_______________________________________________________________________




1302. SUSPENSION OF NEW LEASES UNDER THE SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTY 
DISPOSITION HOMELESS PROGRAM (FR-4275)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1709 to 1715b; 42 USC 1441 to 1441a; 42 USC 
3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 291

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes to permanently suspend new leases under 
the Single-Family Property Disposition Homeless Program. This rule 
would not affect the terms and conditions of existing leases nor would 
it affect leases with Option to Purchase under the Supportive Housing 
Program and Direct Sales to Homeless Providers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Kitty Woodley, Director, Office of Marketing and 
Outreach, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-0317

RIN: 2502-AH06
_______________________________________________________________________




1303.  UPDATING MANUFACTURED HOUSING REFERENCE STANDARDS (FR-
4337)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5403

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3280

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Department's Manufactured Home Construction and Safety 
Standards include numerous standards adopted by voluntary consensus 
standards bodies, which have been incorporated by reference in 24 CFR 
part 3280. Generally, the voluntary consensus standards bodies update 
their standards on a regular cycle. Before the Department can adopt the 
updates to these consensus standards, however, it is required to permit 
additional public review through notice-and-comment rulemaking. The 
Department intends to propose adoption of many updates to currently 
referenced standards, in order to more adequately meet its 
responsibilities under the Manufactured Housing Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AH17
_______________________________________________________________________




1304. SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERMITTING LIMITED COMPLETION OF MANUFACTURED 
HOMES 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:  24 CFR 3282

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule proposes a new process, under which manufacturers 
and State and private inspection agencies could agree to permit limited 
site work, under certain conditions, to complete production of 
manufactured homes, without prior approval by the Secretary. This new 
process would supplement the current process for approving alternative 
construction methods.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG92
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Housing (OH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1305.  FHA-INSURED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING MORTGAGE AND HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE RESTRUCTURING (FR-4298)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  PL 105-65; 111 Stat 1344

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 000

Legal Deadline:
Final, Statutory, October 27, 1998.
Final, Statutory, October 27, 1998, A final rule must be published one 
year after the date of enactment or three months after the appointment 
of a director.

Abstract: This rule implements the FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing 
Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Program. This program was 
enacted in the Department's FY 1998 appropriations Act. It gives HUD 
permanent authority to deal with the problem of expiring project-based 
section 8 assistance contracts. It is intended to reduce long-term 
costs while maintaining the units as affordable housing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dan Sullivan, Housing Project Manager, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing

[[Page 22062]]

Phone: 202 708-2300

RIN: 2502-AH09
_______________________________________________________________________




1306. 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 rule implements the Lender Insurance 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 rule will provide that 
eligible mortgagees that participate in the Lender Insurance 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              06/02/97                    62 FR 30222
Interim Final Rule Effective    07/02/97
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/01/97
Final Action                    12/00/98
Final Action Effective          01/00/99

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1307. USE OF MATERIAL BULLETINS (FR-4265)

Priority:  Routine and Frequent

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1701 to 1715z-18; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule, the second of its type in two years after a long 
hiatus, will permit generic acceptances of additional building products 
or systems. These acceptances are called `` Use of Material Bulletins'' 
(UMs) and they supersede separate approvals for individual products 
without having each manufacturer apply for a separate Materials release 
on a specific product.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/10/98                     63 FR 6798
NPRM Comment Period End         04/13/98
Final Action                    09/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________




1308. TITLE I PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT AND MANUFACTURED HOME LOAN INSURANCE 
PROGRAMS (FR-4242)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703; 42 USC 1436a; 42 USC 3535 (d); 12 USC 
1709; 12 USC 1715b

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 201; 24 CFR 202

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will amend HUD's regulations for the Title I 
Property Improvement and Manufactured Home Loan Insurance Programs. In 
this rule, HUD will eliminate the portion of the program through which 
sellers, contractors, or suppliers of goods or services assist 
borrowers in preparing credit applications or otherwise obtaining Title 
I property improvement loans from HUD-insured lenders. Property 
improvement loans will still, however, be available directly from 
lenders. This rule will attempt to end the abuses and excessive claims 
that HUD has experienced in the dealer loan portion of the Title I 
Property Loan Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/03/97                    62 FR 36194
NPRM Comment Period End         09/02/97
Final Action                    06/00/98
Final Action Effective          07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Vance Morris, Director, Home Mortgage Insurance 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Housing
Phone: 202 708-2121

RIN: 2502-AG94
_______________________________________________________________________




1309. TERMINATION OF AN APPROVED MORTGAGEE'S ORIGINATION APPROVAL 
AGREEMENT (FR-4239)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1703; 12 USC 1709

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 201; 24 CFR 202; 24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule clarifies changes to 24 CFR parts 202 and 
203 to improve the provisions regarding termination of a single family 
mortgagee's origination approval agreement with FHA. The interim rule 
also corrects errors in 24 CFR parts 201 and 202.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Phillip Murray, Director, Office of Lender Activities 
and Program Compliance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-1515

RIN: 2502-AG99

[[Page 22063]]

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1310.  SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE; DIRECT ENDORSEMENT AND 
AUTOMATED UNDERWRITING (FR-4311)

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)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule amends the regulations on Single Family 
Mortgage Insurance to allow the lender to accept the classification 
from an automated underwriting system approved by FHA that a borrower 
is an accepted risk. The current regulatory provision requires the 
Direct Endorsement underwriter to certify that the underwriter has 
personally reviewed the credit application and appraisal report.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

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-AH15
_______________________________________________________________________




1311.  HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGES; CONSUMER PROTECTION 
MEASURES AGAINST EXCESSIVE FEES (FR-4306)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1715b; 12 USC 1715z to 1720; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the regulations for the FHA 
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program under part 206. The HECM 
program offers FHA-insured first mortgages providing payments to 
elderly homeowners based on the accumulated equity in their home. These 
FHA-insured ``HECMs'' are commonly referred to as ``reverse 
mortgages.'' The rule is designed to protect homeowners in the HECM 
program from becoming liable for payment of excessive fees for third-
party provided services of little or no value.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/16/98                    63 FR 12930
NPRM Comment Period End         05/15/98
Final Action                    08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sandy Allison, Special Assistant to the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Office of Housing
Phone: 202 708-2733

RIN: 2502-AH10
_______________________________________________________________________




1312. 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                    08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1313. RESPA: DISCLOSURE OF FEES PAID TO RETAIL LENDERS (BROKERS) (FR-
3780)

Priority:  Other Significant

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

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would provide consumers with increased 
disclosure concerning the mortgage broker's function and fees and would 
provide mortgage brokers with greater clarity regarding application of 
the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) to mortgage broker 
fees.

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
Notice Comment Period End       11/24/95
NPRM                            10/16/97                    62 FR 53912
NPRM Comment Period End         12/15/97
Final Action                    05/00/98
Final Action Effective          06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

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

RIN: 2502-AG40

[[Page 22064]]

_______________________________________________________________________




1314. 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 considering 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 implements 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                            05/09/97                    62 FR 25740
NPRM Comment Period End         07/08/97
Final Action                    06/00/98

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: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG88
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Housing (OH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1315. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    02/02/98                     63 FR 5422

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG84
_______________________________________________________________________




1316. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 200

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/17/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph Malloy
Phone: 202 708-3000

RIN: 2502-AG90
_______________________________________________________________________




1317. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 202

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/17/98

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lynn Herbert
Phone: 202 708-3976

RIN: 2502-AG82
_______________________________________________________________________




1318. LOSS MITIGATION--SINGLE FAMILY (FR-4032)

Priority:  Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/06/97                    62 FR 60124

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joseph McCloskey
Phone: 202 708-1672

RIN: 2502-AG72
_______________________________________________________________________




1319. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 203

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/11/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John J. Coonts

[[Page 22065]]

Phone: 202 708-3046

RIN: 2502-AG79
_______________________________________________________________________




1320. 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.

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

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/08/98                     63 FR 1302

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Samuel N. Conner
Phone: 202 708-0223

RIN: 2502-AG91
_______________________________________________________________________




1321. SINGLE-FAMILY RISK-SHARING WITH HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES AND WITH 
PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURERS (FR-3862)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 216

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       04/03/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: John J. Coonts
Phone: 202 708-3046

RIN: 2502-AH01
_______________________________________________________________________




1322. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION & HUD 
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ``MANUFACTURED HOME TIRE OVERLOADING'' (FR-3943)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3280

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    02/18/98                     63 FR 8330

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG54
_______________________________________________________________________




1323. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/03/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG56
_______________________________________________________________________




1324. REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT: ESCROW ACCOUNTING 
PROCEDURES (FR-4079)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    01/21/98                     63 FR 3214

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG75
_______________________________________________________________________




1325. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 3500

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David R. Williamson
Phone: 202 708-6401

RIN: 2502-AG86
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1326. 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

[[Page 22066]]

make other changes to the national objectives regarding job retention 
for low- and moderate-income persons.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

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

RIN: 2506-AB90
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1327. 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                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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

RIN: 2506-AB83
_______________________________________________________________________




1328. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND 
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS (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                    01/00/99

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1329. 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 removes 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                    09/00/98

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

[[Page 22067]]

_______________________________________________________________________




1330. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS FOR STATES; PROGRAM 
INCOME (FR-4067)

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 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will make many small changes and clarifications to 
the regulations for the State CDBG Program. This rule will allow States 
to apply additional requirements to units of general local government 
that are not inconsistent with statutes and regulations. It will 
clarify the standards for spending funds outside the recipient's 
jurisdiction. It will clarify the conflict of interest provisions, and 
update the national objective of benefit to low- and moderate-income 
persons. It will 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                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Yvette Aidara, CPD Specialist, State and Small Cities 
Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Community Planning and Development
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB82
_______________________________________________________________________




1331. CDBG SLUM/BLIGHT NATIONAL OBJECTIVE RULE (FR-4260)

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; 42 USC 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570.208; 24 CFR 570.483

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will be a key step in the implementation of the 
Department's Brownfields Initiative. (The Brownfields Initiative will 
stimulate economic development through the redevelopment of 
contaminated industrial properties.) It will increase Community 
Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients' flexibility to undertake 
activities which meet the national objective of preventing or 
eliminating slums or blighting conditions. The criteria for meeting the 
slum/blight national objective will be revised to specifically 
recognize economic obsolescence of buildings and the presence of 
environmental contaminants as blighting influences on an area or 
property.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

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

RIN: 2506-AB94
_______________________________________________________________________




1332. CLARIFICATION OF THE NATURE OF REQUIRED CDBG EXPENDITURE 
DOCUMENTATION AND ACCOUNTING FOR APPLICABLE CREDITS (FR-4261)

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 5300 to 5320

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570.200; 24 CFR 570.502; 24 CFR 570.506

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will clarify the level of expenditure documentation 
that is needed to meet the financial management requirement that 
grantees and subrecipients maintain adequate records to identify the 
use of funds provided for assisted activities. This rule will further 
advise grantees and subrecipients regarding the need to net all 
applicable credits from costs to be paid with CDBG funds.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              09/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

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

RIN: 2506-AB95
_______________________________________________________________________




1333.  EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM (FR-4330)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 11371 et seq; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 576

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulatory changes to be made by this rule include 
technical corrections to the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Program 
final rule published on October 2, 1996, and also revisions to CPD's 
implementation of IDIS an automated payment and reporting system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: John Garrity, 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-AB99
_______________________________________________________________________




1334.  NEW EMPOWERMENT ZONES (FR-4281)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  26 USC 1391; 26 USC 1392; 26 USC 1394; 26 USC 1397B

[[Page 22068]]

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 597

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will create a new part for a second round of 
designations of empowerment zones, to implement the new statutory 
authority to designate 15 new zones in urban areas. The new 
designations must be made by January 1, 1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Dennis Kane, Coordinator, EZ/EC Initiative, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and 
Development
Phone: 202 708-6339

RIN: 2506-AB97
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1335. 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:  00 CFR 000

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, Assistant 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)     Completed Actions


Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD)



_______________________________________________________________________




1336. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR ch V

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: John Garrity
Phone: 202 708-4300

RIN: 2506-AB88
_______________________________________________________________________




1337. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS: AMENDMENTS TO THE NEW YORK 
SMALL CITIES PROGRAM (FR-4155)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    11/25/97                    62 FR 62912

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Cornelia Robertson Terry
Phone: 202 708-1322

RIN: 2506-AB91
_______________________________________________________________________




1338. SECTION 108 LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM; LOAN POOLING/RISK SHARING 
ARRANGEMENTS (FR-4214)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Paul Webster
Phone: 202 708-1871

RIN: 2506-AB92
_______________________________________________________________________




1339. LOAN GUARANTEE RECOVERY FUND: LOAN GUARANTEE ASSISTANCE IN 
RESPONSE TO ACTS OF ARSON OR TERRORISM MOTIVATED BY RACE, COLOR OR 
ETHNICITY (FR-4282)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 573

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/09/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 22069]]

Agency Contact: Anthony Johnston
Phone: 202 708-1871

RIN: 2506-AB98
_______________________________________________________________________




1340. PERFORMANCE GRANTS FOR URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES (FR-4262)

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 597

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       01/28/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Local

Agency Contact: Mike Savage
Phone: 202 708-2290

RIN: 2506-AB96
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1341. GINNIE MAE - FINANCE - NAHASDA 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                            05/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Nicholas Shelley, Acting Vice 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)      Final Rule Stage


Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1342.  GINNIE MAE - FINANCIAL REPORTING (FR-4331)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1721(g)(1); 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 320.10

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule describes the relocation of standards for 
audited financial statements submitted to Ginnie Mae by its issuers; 
eliminates the requirement for a classified balance sheet; and 
eliminates the physical certificate backing for each Ginnie Mae-
guaranteed security and permits a true book entry system.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas R. Weakland, Vice President for Program 
Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government 
National Mortgage Association
Phone: 202 708-2884

RIN: 2503-AA12
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)



_______________________________________________________________________




1343. 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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will assist communities in complying with the legal 
requirement to certify that they are affirmatively furthering fair 
housing. It will provide a performance standard (for accepting a 
certification) 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                            04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Deirdre Maguire-Zinni, Director, Entitlement

[[Page 22070]]

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)



_______________________________________________________________________




1344. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS ACT OF 1995 (FR-
4094)

Priority:  Other Significant

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

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 100

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-76), signed into law on December 28, 1995, amends the ``55 and 
older housing'' exemption to the Fair Housing Act's (the Act) 
prohibition against discrimination based on familial status. The HOPA 
eliminates the requirement that ``housing for older persons'' have 
significant services and facilities for their residents and establishes 
a good faith reliance defense for monetary damages based on the housing 
provider's legitimate belief that the housing was entitled to an 
exemption. In order to qualify for the ``55 or over housing'' 
exemption, a housing community must be able to meet the following 
criteria: 1) at least 80 percent of the units are occupied by at least 
one person 55 years of age or older per unit; 2) the publication and 
adherence to policies and procedures which demonstrate an intent by the 
owner or manage to provide housing for persons 55 years of age or 
older; and 3) verification of the ages of its residents through 
reliable surveys and affidavits.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/14/97                     62 FR 2000
NPRM Comment Period End         03/17/97
Final Action                    07/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1345. 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
Extension Effective             06/30/96
Final Action                    04/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1346.  CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR FAIR HOUSING ACT VIOLATIONS 
(FR-4302)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  29 USC 794; 42 USC 2000d-1; 42 USC 3601 to 3619; 42 
USC 5301 to 5320; 42 USC 6103; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 180

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule finalizes the policies and procedures described in 
HUD's December 18, 1997 proposed rule. Specifically, the final rule 
interprets the Fair Housing Act to clarify that an Administrative Law 
Judge (ALJ) may assess more than one maximum civil penalty against a 
respondent in a given case, where the respondent has committed separate 
and distinct acts of discrimination. The final rule is also part of 
President Clinton's ``Make 'Em Pay'' initiative, which is designed to 
fight housing-related acts of hate violence and intimidation with 
increased enforcement and monetary penalties. The rule describes how 
ALJs apply in determining the amount of a civil penalty to assess 
against a respondent found to have committed a discriminatory housing 
practice.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/18/97                    62 FR 66488
NPRM Comment Period End         01/20/98
Final Action                    06/00/98
Final Action Effective          07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Stephen Shaw, Trial Attorney, Department of Housing and

[[Page 22071]]

Urban Development, Office of the General Counsel
Phone: 202 708-1042

RIN: 2529-AA83
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)



_______________________________________________________________________




1347. FAIR LENDING--SELF-TESTING (FR-4160)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 100

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    12/18/97                    62 FR 66424

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Agency Contact: Peter Kaplan
Phone: 202 708-2904

RIN: 2529-AA82
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Administration (OA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1348.  HUD ACQUISITION REGULATION FOR LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS 
(FR-4291)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

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

CFR Citation:  48 CFR 2409; 48 CFR 2452

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the HUD Acquisition Regulation 
(HUDAR) to require offerors and contractors for the performance of 
legal services to identify all former and current clients in, and the 
facts and circumstances of, any claims against HUD, any matters 
involving HUD as a party, and any matters without formal parties, such 
as rulemaking or attempting to influence legislation or policy, in 
which HUD has a direct interest. HUD would use this information in 
determining whether a conflict of interest is present.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a 
statutory requirement. There is no 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-AA25
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Administration (OA)



_______________________________________________________________________




1349. 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'' and subsequent revisions to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

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

[[Page 22072]]

_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of the Inspector General (HUDIG)



_______________________________________________________________________




1350. PRIVACY ACT OF 1974; CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING SYSTEMS OF RECORDS 
INTO SINGLE SYSTEM OF RECORDS (FR-4283)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552a; 5 USC app, Inspector General Act of 1978; 
42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 2003

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would amend the regulations of the Office 
of Inspector General (OIG), found in 24 CFR part 2003, that implement 
the Privacy Act of 1974 to conform with OIG's notice consolidating its 
four existing systems of records into a single new system of records 
titled ``Office of Inspector General Audit Support and Investigation 
Systems'' or OASIS.
The OIG currently maintains four systems of records pursuant to the 
Privacy Act of 1974: (1) Investigative Files of the Office of Inspector 
General (HUD/OIG-1); (2) Hotline Complaint Files of the Office of 
Inspector General (HUD/OIG-2); Name Indices System of the Office of 
Inspector General (HUD/OIG-3); and (4) Independent Auditor Monitoring 
Files of the Office of Inspector General (HUD/OIG-4). The notice for 
these systems of records was last published on June 12, 1992 (57 FR 
25069).
The OIG's new OASIS automated information tracking and storage system 
will effectively consolidate, replace, and expand upon these existing 
systems of records. OASIS is designed to function as a general 
reference system for all types of ``requests'' generated or received by 
the OIG for work of any kind. These requests may involve 
investigations, hotline and other complaints or referrals, the 
planning, conduct, and resolution of reviews of HUD programs and 
participants in those programs, legal assistance requests, and 
information requests. For each request, the system contains information 
regarding the date received, the relevant geographic location, a 
request summary, the level of security assigned, the HUD program at 
issue, the focus of the work to be performed, and the main indices.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Philip Kesaris, Associate Counsel to the Inspector 
General, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the 
Inspector General
Phone: 202 708-1613

RIN: 2508-AA10
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of the Inspector General (HUDIG)



_______________________________________________________________________




1351. IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (FR-4270)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 2003

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       11/02/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dennis A. Rashka, Director
Phone: 202 708-0006

RIN: 2508-AA09
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Policy Development and Research (PD&R)



_______________________________________________________________________




1352. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WORK STUDY 
PROGRAM (FR-4269)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5307(c)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rule proposes to change eligibility standards to broaden 
this program to schools beyond those on the U.S. Department of 
Education's Hispanic Serving Institutions list to all community 
colleges that have at least 25 percent full-time hispanic enrollment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              02/25/98                     63 FR 9682
Final Rule                      08/00/98

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-AA07
_______________________________________________________________________




1353.  REMOVAL OF THE REPAYMENT REQUIREMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN 
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK-STUDY PROGRAM (CDWSP) (FR-4324)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority:  42 USC 5307; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 570

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On July 10, 1996 (61 FR 36456), HUD published a final rule 
making various amendments to the Community Development Work Study 
Program (CDWSP). Under the CDWSP, HUD awards grants to institutions of 
higher education for the purpose of providing assistance to 
economically disadvantaged and minority-full-time students who 
participate in a community development work-study program. Among other 
amendments, the July 10, 1996 final rule eliminated the requirement 
that students who are terminated from the CDWSP repay tuition and 
additional assistance to the grant recipient, and that the grant 
recipient repay those funds to HUD. The repayment requirement was a 
disincentive to prospective students and imposed a substantial

[[Page 22073]]

administrative burden on institutions of higher education. The 
elimination of the repayment requirement applies only to CDWSP grants 
made after the effective date of the July 10, 1996 final rule (August 
9, 1996). This rule extends the removal of the repayment requirement to 
all existing open CDWSP grants, to the extent that repayment of the 
tuition and additional assistance to terminated students has not 
occurred.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/00/98
Final Action Effective          07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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

RIN: 2528-AA08
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)         Prerule Stage


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1354. 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:  00 CFR 000

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                          07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: G. Dewayne Kimbrough, Urban Revitalization Specialist, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0614

RIN: 2577-AB53
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1355.  PHMAP ASSESSMENT CONSOLIDATION (FR-4313)

Priority:  Other Significant

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

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 901

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would amend the Public Housing Management 
Assessment Program (PHMAP) at 24 CFR part 901 to take into account the 
role of HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/00/98
NPRM Comment Period End         06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Rod J. Solomon, Senior Director, Policy and 
Legislation, Office of Policy, Program, and Legislative Initiatives, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0713

RIN: 2577-AB81
_______________________________________________________________________




1356. DESIGNATED HOUSING PROGRAM AMENDMENTS (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 would 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 would be 
streamlined to allow autonomy and flexibility.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gloria Cousar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public 
Assisted Housing Operations, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 619-8201

RIN: 2577-AB57

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


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



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1357. 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                            11/25/97                    62 FR 62928
NPRM Comment Period End         01/26/98
Final Action                    07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Patricia Arnaudo, Acting Director, Occupancy Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2577-AB75
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1358. HOUSING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM EXTENSION ACT OF 1996 IMPLEMENTATION 
PROVISIONS AND SECTION 8 CERTIFICATE, VOUCHER, & MODERATE REHABILITATION 
ADMISSION & OCCUPANCY POLICIES REVISIONS (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 rule amends the admission and occupancy requirements for 
the section 8 Rental Certificate, Rental Voucher, and Moderate 
Rehabilitation Programs as follows: makes certain applicants ineligible 
for admission if evicted from housing assisted under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937; terminates assistance to tenant-based certificate 
and voucher participants evicted for serious lease violations; screens 
out illegal drug users and alcohol abusers; and terminates assistance 
to illegal drug users and alcohol abusers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/31/97                    62 FR 15346
NPRM Comment Period End         05/30/97
Final Action                    04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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-AB72
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1359. 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 will respond to comments received on three interim rules. The 
first of those rules redesigned the public housing development process 
to give housing 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. The third rule (FR-4113, RIN 2577-AB69) 
streamlined and modified this mixed finance component.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

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
  (FR 3569)                     07/22/96                    61 FR 38014
Interim Final Rule Effective    08/21/96
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End (FR 3569)            09/20/96
Interim Final Rule
  (FR-4113)                     08/00/98
Final Action                    03/00/99

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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1360. PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED-FINANCE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT--STREAMLINING 
(FR-4113)

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 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 have arisen during 
implementation of the existing regulations in subpart F. The 
clarification afforded by this removal of duplicative language will be 
highly beneficial.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              08/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

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Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Sowell, Director, Office of Public Housing 
Partnerships, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 401-8812

RIN: 2577-AB69
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1361. LOAN GUARANTEE FOR INDIAN HOUSING; DIRECT GUARANTEE PROCESSING 
(FR-4241)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  12 USC 1715z-13a

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 955; 24 CFR 10005

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interim rule would authorize a processing alternative 
known as ``direct guarantee'' under which HUD would not issue guarantee 
commitments and would not review an application for guarantee until 
after a loan has closed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Jacqueline Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Native American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0950

RIN: 2577-AB78
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1362. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMISSION AND OCCUPANCY REFORMS AND STREAMLINING 
(FR-4084)

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 1437d; 42 USC 
1437n; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 960; 24 CFR 966

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule streamlines admission and occupancy regulations, 
and implements relevant parts of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996.
Additional administrative flexibility is provided to housing 
authorities through this rule: HAs can verify information about an 
applicant's disability to determine appropriate accommodations, to 
verify information relative to qualification for a preference, and to 
determine deductions for calculating adjusted income. It clarifies that 
the HA makes the final determination of whether an applicant's failure 
to meet the HA's tenant selection criteria is outweighed with respect 
to these issues. The rule also provides explicit authorization for HAs 
to adopt income limits for continued occupancy and removes language 
that required a tenant's approval for direct payment of a utility 
reimbursement to a utility provider.
The Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 amended the U.S. 
Housing Act of 1937 to make drug-related criminal activity a criterion 
for denial of admission to housing assisted under the 1937 Act and make 
drug use and/or alcohol abuse a criterion for eviction from housing 
assisted under the 1937 Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/09/97                    62 FR 25728
Final Action                    07/00/98

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Patricia Arnaudo, Acting Director, Occupancy Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0744

RIN: 2577-AB67
_______________________________________________________________________




1363. 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                            09/10/97                    62 FR 47720
NPRM Comment Period End         12/09/97
Final Action                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Rod J. Solomon, Senior Director, Policy and 
Legislation, Office of Policy, Program, and Legislative Initiatives, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0713

RIN: 2577-AB71
_______________________________________________________________________




1364. ASSESSMENT OF THE REASONABLE REVITALIZATION POTENTIAL OF CERTAIN 
PUBLIC HOUSING REQUIRED BY LAW (FR-4120)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  PL 104-134 Sec. 202 of the OCRA of 1996

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 971

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions Act 
(OCRA) of 1996 requires PHAs to identify certain distressed public 
housing developments which may be required to be converted to section 8 
vouchers or certificates. The requirement covers developments that are 
on the same or contiguous sites, are more expensive than tenant-based 
assistance, and cannot be revitalized through reasonable programs. To 
be subject to these requirements, the developments must have more than 
300 dwelling units and have a vacancy rate of at least ten percent for 
dwelling units not in

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funded on-schedule modernization programs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              09/22/97                    62 FR 49572
Interim Final Rule Effective    10/22/97
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      11/21/97
Final Action                    06/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Rod J. Solomon, Senior Director, Policy and 
Legislation, Office of Policy, Program, and Legislative Initiatives, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and 
Indian Housing
Phone: 202 708-0713

RIN: 2577-AB79
_______________________________________________________________________




1365. 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

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                    04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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-AB63
_______________________________________________________________________




1366. SECTION 8 PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS ON LEASING TO RELATIVES (FR-4149)

Priority:  Other Significant

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 final 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 an 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                    04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

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-AB73
_______________________________________________________________________




1367. SECTION 8 RENTAL VOUCHER AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS--SECTION 8 
MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP) (FR-3986)

Priority:  Other Significant

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 (SEMAP) 
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                    06/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________




1368. 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.

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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           09/20/96                    61 FR 51178
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                    04/00/98

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
_______________________________________________________________________


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


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



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1369. STREAMLINING OF TURNKEY III PROGRAM REGULATIONS (FR-4217)

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 1437 to 1437ee; 42 USC 3535(d)

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 904

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 904 describe 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 the 
sections of part 904 that are obsolete or 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                    00/00/00

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
_______________________________________________________________________


DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)     Completed Actions


Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH)



_______________________________________________________________________




1370. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-
DETERMINATION ACT OF 1996 (FR-4170)

Priority:  Other Significant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 950; 24 CFR 953; 24 CFR 955; 24 CFR 1000; 24 CFR 
1003; 24 CFR 1005

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    03/12/98                    63 FR 12334
Final Action Effective          04/13/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Tribal

Agency Contact: Jacqueline Johnson
Phone: 202 708-0950

RIN: 2577-AB74
_______________________________________________________________________




1371. 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.

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 954

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/31/97                    62 FR 58905

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jacqueline Johnson
Phone: 202 708-0950

RIN: 2577-AB35
_______________________________________________________________________




1372. SECTION 8 PROGRAM RENT LIMITS IN TAX CREDIT PROJECTS (FR-4268)

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation:  24 CFR 982

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       02/17/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gerald Benoit
Phone: 202 708-0477

RIN: 2577-AB80
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