[Federal Register: January 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 9)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2094-2095]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
24 CFR Part 1000
[Docket No. FR-4676-N-12]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
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ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the final meeting of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated
Rulemaking Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to discuss and
negotiate a proposed rule that would change the regulations for the
Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program allocation formula, and other
regulatory issues that arise out of the allocation or reallocation of
IHBG funds.
DATES: The committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2004,
Wednesday, January 14, 2004, Thursday, January 15, 2004, and Friday,
January 16, 2004. The committee meeting will begin at approximately
8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, and is scheduled to adjourn at
approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4255
S. Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109; telephone (702) 369-4400 (this
is not a toll-free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodger J. Boyd, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Native American Programs, Room 4126, Office of Public and
Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410-5000, telephone, (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 Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
HUD has established the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for the purposes of
discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that would change the
regulations for the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program
allocation formula, and other IHBG program regulations that arise out
of the allocation or reallocation of IHBG funds.
The IHBG program was established under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.)
(NAHASDA). NAHASDA reorganized housing assistance to Native Americans
by eliminating and consolidating a number of HUD assistance programs in
a single block grant program. In addition, NAHASDA provides federal
assistance for Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of
Indian self-determination and tribal self-government. Following the
procedures of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 561-570),
HUD and its tribal partners negotiated the March 12, 1998 (63 FR 12349)
final rule, which created a new 24 CFR part 1000 containing the IHBG
program regulations.
This document announces the final meeting of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee. The committee meeting will take place as described in the
DATES and ADDRESSES section of this document. The agenda planned for
the meeting includes discussion and approval of draft regulatory
language. The meeting will be open to the public without advance
registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available.
Members of the public may be allowed to make statements during the
meeting, to the extent time permits, and file written statements with
the committee for its consideration. Written statements should be
submitted to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section
of this document.
Dated: January 9, 2004.
Rodger J. Boyd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-827 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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