[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37240-37241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15069]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5557-D-04]
Delegations of Authority for the Office of Housing--Federal
Housing Administration (FHA); Redelegations of Authority to Other HUD
Offices
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of redelegations of authority.
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SUMMARY: This notice updates the notice of redelegations of authority
published on October 12, 2006, by the Assistant Secretary for Housing
Federal Housing Commissioner to HUD officials in HUD offices other than
the Office of Housing.
DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of the Associate General Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Room 9110, Washington, DC 20410-8000, phone 202-708-2601. (This is not
a toll-free number.) Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Housing legislation and programs are implemented and administered
by the Office of Housing. However, in some instances, the nature of a
statute or program, or component thereof, requires another HUD office
to conduct the program or participate in its administration. On October
12, 2006 (71 FR 60168), the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal
Housing Commissioner (Assistant Secretary for Housing) redelegated
certain authority to the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
(FHEO) and the Office of the General Counsel (General Counsel) and
revoked all prior redelegations from the Assistant Secretary for
Housing to these HUD offices.
The October 12, 2006, publication also reiterated and updated the
authority previously redelegated to the General Counsel. (That previous
notice of redelegation of authority was published on March 12, 2004 (69
FR 11880).
Today's notice reaffirms the authority previously redelegated by
the Assistant Secretary for Housing to the General Counsel. Please note
that the redelegation of authority to the General Counsel does not
affect the authority of the Mortgagee Review Board, described in 24 CFR
30.35, or of the Assistant Secretary for Housing to initiate civil
money penalty actions.
In addition, today's notice revokes authority previously
redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for Housing to the Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Previously, certain
programmatic regulation authorities exercised by the Secretary of HUD
over the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) pursuant to the
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992
(FHEFSSA), 12 U.S.C 4501 et seq., had been delegated to the Assistant
Secretary for Housing. Certain of these oversight requirements
involving affordable housing goals were implemented by the Office of
Housing; certain other oversight requirements involving fair housing
performance by the GSEs were implemented by the Office of Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) pursuant to a redelegation to that office
by the Assistant Secretary for Housing. At this time, regulatory
authority over the GSEs has been vested in the Federal Housing Finance
Agency pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Pub.
L. 110-289, approved July 30, 2008) except for certain fair housing
requirements which fall wholly within the purview of the Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity. Therefore, this notice revokes the
previous October 2006 redelegation of authority from the Assistant
Secretary for Housing to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity. By separate notice HUD will publish a
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delegation from the Secretary of HUD to the Assistant Secretary for
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for these residual oversight
activities.
II. Authority Revoked
The Assistant Secretary for Housing and the General Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner
(General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing) and the Associate
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing revoke the previous
redelegation of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing
and Equal Opportunity.
III. Authority Redelegated
Authority is redelegated to the General Counsel to issue a notice
of violation under the terms of a regulatory agreement and a notice of
default under the terms of a section 8 housing assistance payments
contract, Rental Assistance Payment Contract, Project Rental Assistance
Contract or Use Agreement, and to take all actions permitted under 24
CFR 30.36, 24 CFR 30.45, and 24 CFR 30.68.
IV. Authority Excepted
The authority redelegated in Section III does not include the
authority to waive regulations under the program jurisdiction of the
Assistant Secretary for Housing.
V. Further Redelegations
The General Counsel is authorized to redelegate the authority
redelegated in Section III, above. This notice has no impact upon the
redelegation of authority issued by the General Counsel to the
Departmental Enforcement Center on July 18, 2011 (76 FR 42463).
VI. Prior Redelegations Superseded
The previous redelegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary
for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and the General Counsel,
published on October 12, 2006 are superseded by this notice.
VII. Revocation of Authority
The Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing or Associate General
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing may revoke the authority
authorized herein, in whole or part, at any time. Any revocation or
modification of a redelegation will be published in the Federal
Register.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Carol J. Galante,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2012-15069 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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