[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35178-35179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13984]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Part 1000
[Docket No. FR-5650-N-03]
Indian Housing Block Grant Allocation Formula: Notice of Proposed
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Membership
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed negotiated rulemaking committee membership.
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SUMMARY: On September 18, 2012, HUD published a document in the Federal
Register requesting nominations for membership on the negotiated
rulemaking committee that will develop regulatory changes to the
funding formula for the Indian Housing Block Grant program authorized
by the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996 (NAHASDA). In accordance with section 564 of the Negotiated
Rulemaking Act, this document establishes the committee, announces the
names and affiliations of the committee's proposed members, requests
public comment on the committee and its proposed membership, explains
how additional nominations for committee membership may be submitted,
and provides other information regarding the negotiated rulemaking
process.
DATES: Comment Due Date: July 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must refer to the
above docket number and title. There are two methods for submitting
public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number
and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must
be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. Again,
all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the
rule.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (fax) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted comments
and communications submitted to HUD will be available for public
inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters building, an
advance appointment to review the public comments must be scheduled by
calling the Regulations Division at 202-708-3055 (this is not a toll-
free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may access
this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-
8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available for inspection and
downloading at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodger Boyd, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Native American Programs, Room 4126, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone number: 202-401-7914 (this
is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA) changed the way that housing
assistance is provided to Native Americans. NAHASDA eliminated several
separate assistance programs and replaced them with a single block
grant program, known as the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program.
In addition, title VI of NAHASDA authorizes federal guarantees for
financing of certain tribal activities (Title VI Loan Guarantee
program). The
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regulations governing the IHBG and Title VI Loan Guarantee programs are
located in part 1000 of HUD's regulations in title 24 of the Code of
Federal Regulations. In accordance with section 106 of NAHASDA, HUD
developed the regulations with active tribal participation, using the
procedures of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 561-570).
Under the IHBG program, HUD makes assistance available to eligible
Indian tribes for affordable housing activities. The amount of
assistance made available to each Indian tribe is determined using a
formula that was developed as part of a prior NAHASDA negotiated
rulemaking process. A regulatory description of the allocation formula
under the IHBG program is located in Subpart D of 24 CFR part 1000. In
general, the amount of funding for a tribe is the sum of the formula's
need component and the Formula Current Assisted Stock (FCAS) component,
subject to a minimum funding amount authorized under the regulations.
Based on the amount of funding appropriated annually for the IHBG
program, HUD calculates the annual grant for each Indian tribe, and
provides this information to the Indian tribes. An Indian Housing Plan
for the Indian tribe is then submitted to HUD. If the Indian Housing
Plan is found to be in compliance with statutory and regulatory
requirements, the grant is made.
II. The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
This notice announces the proposed membership of the negotiated
rulemaking committee. In making its proposed selections for membership
on the negotiated rulemaking committee, HUD's goal was to establish a
committee whose membership reflects a balanced representation of Indian
tribes. Selections were based on those nominees who met the eligibility
criteria for membership contained in the September 18, 2012, Federal
Register notice (77 FR 57544). HUD is satisfied that the proposed
membership reflects a geographically diverse cross-section of small,
medium, and large Indian tribes. In addition to the tribal members of
the committee, there will be one or more HUD representatives on the
negotiated rulemaking committee. After careful consideration of the
public comments received on this proposed list of committee members,
HUD will announce the final composition of the negotiated rulemaking
committee in a subsequent Federal Register notice.
HUD proposes to make the following (23) selections for tribal
membership on the negotiated rulemaking committee:
Jason Adams, Executive Director, Salish-Kootenai Housing Authority,
Pablo, Montana.
Annette Bryan, Executive Director, Puyallup Housing Authority, Tacoma,
Washington.
Heather Cloud, Representative, Ho-Chunk Nation, Tomah, Wisconsin.
Gary Cooper, Executive Director, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Pete Delgado, Executive Director, Tohono O'odham Housing Authority,
Sells, Arizona.
Sami Jo Difuntorum, Executive Director, Siletz Tribal Housing
Department, Siletz, Oregon.
Jason Dollarhide, Second Chief, Peoria Tribe of Indians, Miami,
Oklahoma.
Earl Evans, Councilor, Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, Hollister, North Carolina.
Karin Lee Foster, Legal Counsel, Yakama Housing Authority, Yakima,
Washington.
Carol Gore, President/CEO, Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Lafe Haugen, Executive Director, Northern Cheyenne Housing Authority,
Lame Deer, Montana.
Richard Hill, General Manager, Mille Lacs Housing Authority, Onamia,
Minnesota.
Leon Jacobs, Representative, Lumbee Tribe, Pembroke, North Carolina.
Teri Nutter, Executive Director, Cooper River Basin Regional Housing
Authority, Glennallen, Alaska.
Sam Okakok, Housing Director, Barrow, Alaska.
Diana Phair, Executive Director, Lummi Nation, Bellingham, Washington.
Michael Reed, CEO, Cocopah Indian Housing and Development, Somerton,
Arizona.
Jack Sawyers, Special Projects, Paiute Tribe of Utah, Cedar City, Utah.
Marty Shuravloff, Executive Director, Kodiak Island Housing Authority,
Kodiak, Alaska.
Russell Sossamon, Executive Director, Choctaw Housing Authority, Hugo,
Oklahoma.
Michael Thom, Vice Chair, Karuk Tribe, Happy Camp, California.
Sharon Vogel, Executive Director, Cheyenne River Housing Authority,
Eagle Butte, South Dakota.
Aneva Yazzie, CEO, Navajo Housing Authority, Window Rock, Arizona.
III. Request for Comments and Committee Nominations
Persons may submit comments on HUD's establishment of the formula
negotiating rulemaking committee and may submit additional nominations
for committee membership in accordance with the ADDRESSES section
above. Nominations for membership on the Committee must include:
1. The name of your nominee and a description of the interests the
nominee would represent;
2. Evidence that your nominee is authorized to represent a tribal
government, which may include the tribally designated housing entity of
a tribe, with the interests the nominee would represent, so long as the
tribe provides evidence that it authorizes such representation;
3. A written commitment that the nominee will actively participate
in good faith in the development of the rule; and
4. The reasons that the persons proposed above do not adequately
represent the interests of the person submitting the nomination.
IV. Committee Meetings
At this time, HUD has not finalized the schedule and agenda for the
committee meetings. HUD will provide administrative support to the
committee. Notice of committee meetings will be published in the
Federal Register. Meetings of the negotiated rulemaking committee will
be open to the public without advance registration. Public attendance
may be limited to the space available. Members of the public will be
provided with an opportunity to make statements during the meeting, to
the extent that time permits, and to file written statements with the
committee for its consideration. In the event that the logistics of the
committee meetings are changed, HUD will advise the public through
Federal Register notice.
Dated: June 5, 2013.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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