[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4532]
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[Federal Register: March 1, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. D-94-1053; FR-3657-D-02]
Redelegation of Authority for Indian Programs
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing is
revoking all authority previously redelegated to HUD Regional
Administrators with respect to Indian and Alaska Native programs, as
well as any further redelegations of that authority, and redelegating
that authority to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters
Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of
Native American Programs.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominic A. Nessi, Director, Office of Native American Programs, Office
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, room 4140, 451 7th Street SW., telephone (202) 708-1015.
(This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 902 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550; October 28, 1992) (``Housing
Act of 1992'') established a new office for Indian and Alaska Native
programs to be located within the Office of Public and Indian Housing.
The Housing Act of 1992 states that the office is to be headed by the
Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs. Subsequent
Congressional guidance indicated that it would not be inappropriate,
however, for the head of the office to have a different job title.
The Department is therefore establishing within the Office of
Public and Indian Housing, the Office of Native American programs, to
be headed by a Director. According to the statute, the office is to
administer and coordinate all programs of the Department relating to
Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development. The office
is responsible for directing, coordinating, and assisting in managing
HUD field offices that administer Indian and Alaska Native programs.
The statute also provides that the office is responsible for
administering the provision of assistance to Indian tribes under the
Community Development Act of 1974.
In a delegation of authority appearing elsewhere in the Federal
Register today, the responsibility for administering and delivering the
Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska
Natives under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), presently delegated to the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development is revoked, and the
authority is delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing.
The present redelegation of authority revokes all authority
previously redelegated by the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing to HUD Regional Administrators with respect to Indian and
Alaska Native programs, and any further redelegations of that
authority, and redelegates that authority (including all authority with
respect to the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian
Tribes and Alaska Natives) to the Director, the Deputy Director for
Headquarters Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations,
Office of Native American Programs.
Section A. Authority Redelegated
The Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing redelegates
to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters Operations, and
the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of Native American
Programs, all authority with respect to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's programs for Indians and Alaska Natives. Among the
specific authorities redelegated are:
1. All power and authority with respect to the management and
development or acquisition of public housing for Indian families,
including the modernization of existing public housing projects for
Indian families pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), and the development or acquisition of public
housing under the Mutual Help Homeownership Opportunity Program under
Section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb).
2. All power and authority with respect to the HOME Investment
Partnerships (HOME) Program for Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 12701 et
seq.).
3. All power and authority with respect to the Indian community
development block grant program, pursuant to Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), as amended.
4. The authority to approve or to approve conditionally
homeownership plans submitted by IHAs under the section 5(h)
Homeownership Program--pursuant to 24 CFR part 905, subpart P (Sections
905.1001-1021). This includes the authority to execute implementing
agreements under 24 CFR 905.1019.
Section B. Authority Excepted
The authority redelegated under Section A does not include the
power to sue and be sued or the power to issue or waive rules and
regulations.
Section C. Revocation and Supersedure
This redelegation revokes and supersedes all redelegations of
authority to Regional Administrators, and any further redelegations of
that authority, with respect to Indian and Alaska Native programs.
Among the specific redelegations revoked or revoked in part are:
1. The redelegation of authority published at 57 FR 46401, October 8,
1992.
2. The redelegation of authority published at 57 FR 12516, April 10,
1992, with respect to Indian Housing Authorities only.
3. The redelegation of authority published at 56 FR 56524, November 5,
1991, with respect to Indian Housing Authorities only.
4. The redelegation of authority published at 51 FR 27604, August 1,
1986.
Authority: Section 902, Housing and Community Development Act of
1992; Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
(42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: February 15, 1994.
Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing.
[FR Doc. 94-4532 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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