[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8503-8504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3226]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
7 CFR Part 3560
RIN 0575-AC13
Reinvention of the Sections 514, 515, 516 and 521 Multi-Family
Housing Programs
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service is delaying implementation of
selected sections of the interim final rule published on November 26,
2004 (69 FR 69032-69176). The interim final rule contains requirements
regarding citizenship eligibility about which the Agency received
several comments. The comments suggested that Agency procedures
unnecessarily imposed more requirements than those required under the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) procedures for
similar programs. As a result the Agency has decided to delay
implementation of the sections listed below in order to harmonize its
procedures with HUD under 42 U.S.C. 1436a.
DATES: The effective date for Sec. Sec. 3560.152(a)(1),
3560.154(a)(7), 3560.156(c)(12), and 3560.254(c)(3) are delayed
indefinitely from February 24, 2005, until the Agency publishes an
effective date in a future Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie White, Director, Multi-
Family Housing Portfolio Management Division, Rural Housing Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 1265, South Building, Stop 0782,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0782, telephone
(202) 720-1615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Delay of Implementation
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In the interim final rule published November 26, 2004 (69 FR 69032-
69176), implementation of the specific words in quotes in the following
specific sections will be delayed indefinitely:
PART 3560--[AMENDED]
Sec. 35560.152 [Amended]
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On page 69133, second column, Sec. 3560.152 (a) (1) ``Be a United
States citizen or qualified alien, and'';
Sec. 3560.154 [Amended]
0
On page 69134, third column, Sec. 3560.154 (a) (7) ``* * * and a
certification that the applicant is a U.S. citizen or a qualified alien
as defined in Sec. 3560.11 * * *'';
Sec. 3560.156 [Amended]
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On page 69136, third column, Sec. 3560.156 (c) (12) ``* * * their
citizenship status, * * *''; and
Sec. 3560.254 [Amended]
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On page 69144, first column, Sec. 3560.254 (c) (3) ``Whose head of the
household is a U.S. citizen or a legal alien as defined in Sec.
3560.11.''
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Dated: February 14, 2005.
Gilbert Gonzales,
Acting Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 05-3226 Filed 2-18-05; 8:45 am]
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