[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 22874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10578]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4488-D-01]
Redelegation of Authority to Housing-Federal Housing
Administration Comptroller
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner is redelegating to the Housing-Federal Housing
Administration Comptroller certain responsibilities that pertain to the
financial operations administered by the Assistant Secretary. Under
this legislation, the Housing-FHA Comptroller will be able to designate
disbursing officials, within the Office of Housing, who may, in turn,
disburse public money in connection with federal obligations under
HUD's single family property disposition program.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria L. Bateman, Housing-FHA Comptroller, Office of Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
room 5132, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone (202) 401-8800. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may call HUD's TTY number (202) 708-1455
or the Federal Information Relay Service's TTY number at (800) 877-
8339. Other than the ``800'' number, the telephone and TTY numbers
listed are not toll-free.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the routine administration of the single
family property disposition program, the Office of Housing must make a
broad range of expenditures in connection with the properties that it
owns. Payees include utility companies, taxing authorities, and
individual vendors that provide maintenance services.
Authority to disburse public money is vested in the United States
Treasury Department, which authority may be delegated to officers and
employees of other executive agencies. To facilitate and promote the
efficiency of HUD's property disposition program, on February 24, 1999,
the Treasury Department issued a delegation of disbursing authority to
the Housing Assistant Secretary. On March 5, 1999, the Assistant
Secretary signed the delegation instrument, thereby indicating his
acceptance and making it effective. The delegation is set forth as an
appendix to this Federal Register notice.
The disbursing authority, set forth in the delegation instrument,
is subject to limitations. For example, disbursements can only be made
from a particular account that is identified in the delegation and
utilized for the single family property disposition program. The
account must be in the name of the FHA, and can only be drawn upon by
the disbursing officials designated under the delegation. The
disbursing authority may be redelegated to the Housing-FHA Comptroller,
who can designate disbursing officials. However, authority to make
disbursements cannot be redelegated to non-federal personnel, including
contractors.
Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner redelegates the following authority:
Section A. Authority Redelegated
The Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner
redelegates to the Housing-Federal Housing Administration Comptroller
the authority to disburse public money, and to designate disbursement
officials from within the Office of Housing-Federal housing
Administration, subject to the following terms and limitations:
This delegation of disbursing authority is limited to disbursements
currently being made from the Controlled Disbursement Account
authorized by the Financial Management Service on January 30, 1989, due
to the unique administrative program processes of the single family
property disposition program involving the payment requirements of
utility companies and taxing authorities to be paid in a certain manner
and the high number of individual vendors. Funds held outside of the
U.S. Treasury must be approved by the Federal Management Service in
accordance with 31 CFR Part 202. The Controlled Disbursement Account
shall be in the name of the Federal Housing Administration, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and shall be drawn upon
only by the disbursing official specifically designated by the Housing-
Federal Housing Administration Comptroller pursuant to this delegation.
Section B. Authority Excepted
The authority delegated in section A does not include the authority
to issue regulations.
Section C. No Further Redelegation
The authority delegated in Section A may not be further redelegated
by the Housing-FHA Comptroller.
Section D. Revocation of Delegation
The authority delegated in Section A may be revoked by the
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner at any
time. In addition, however, the authority shall be automatically
revoked (1) at such time as the FHA has effected changes to the single
family property disposition program that eliminate the need for the
Controlled Disbursement Account or (2) upon a determination of the U.S.
Chief Disbursing Officer, Department of the Treasury, to revoke, for
any reason, the delegation of authority issued to the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner. Notice of any
revocation of this authority will be published in the Federal Register.
Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d); Section 3321, ``Money and
Finance'', Enactment as title 31, United States Code, 31 U.S.C.
3321.
Dated: March 5, 1999.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-10578 Filed 4-27-99; 8:45 am]
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