[Federal Register: October 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 195)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4397-D-01]

 
Delegation of Authority for Indian Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary delegates the authority for 
administering the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 to the Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing, subject to certain exceptions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Bullough, Office of Native 
American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4130, 
Washington, D.C. 20410. Telephone number: (202) 401-7914. This is not a 
toll-free number. This number may be accessed via TTY by calling the 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) reorganizes the system of 
Federal housing assistance to Native Americans by eliminating several 
separate programs of assistance and replacing them with a single block 
grant program. NAHASDA will be administered by the Office of Native 
American Programs within the Office of Public and Indian Housing of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development. The office is responsible 
for administering and coordinating all programs of the Department 
relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing all 
power and authority to administer the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), 
except as provided in Section B of this delegation of authority.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated does not include the power to sue or be 
sued.

Section C. Authority To Further Redelegate

    The authority delegated in Section A above may be redelegated.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: September 25, 1998.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-27019 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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