Public and Indian housing: Section 8 Housing Certificate Fund Rule Negotiated Rulemaking Committee,

[Federal Register: May 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 95)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 26923-26924]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Chapter IX

[Docket No. FR-4459-N-04]

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Section 8 Housing Certificate Fund Rule; Meetings

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meetings.

SUMMARY: This document announces the second, third, fourth, and fifth meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Section 8 Tenant- based Contract Renewal Allocation. These meetings are sponsored by HUD for the purpose of discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that would change the current method of distributing funds to public housing agencies (PHAs) for purposes of renewing assistance contracts in the tenant-based Section 8 program.

DATES: The second committee meeting will be held on June 2 and June 3, 1999. The third committee meeting will be held on June 21 and June 22, 1999. The fourth committee meeting will be held on July 19 and July 20, 1999. The fifth committee meeting will be held on August 19 and 20, 1999. All meetings will begin at approximately 9:00 am and conclude at approximately 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The second committee meeting will take place at Hyatt Dulles Hotel (Concorde Ballroom), 2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, VA 22701. The locations of the third, fourth and fifth committee meetings will be announced through separate Federal Register document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Dalzell, Senior Program Advisor, Office of Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Room 4204, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone (202) 708-1380 (this telephone number is not toll-free). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by

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calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877- 8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 26, 1999 (64 FR 20232), HUD published a Federal Register document announcing the establishment of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee on Section 8 Tenant-Based Contract Renewal. The April 26, 1999 notice also announced the committee members, and the dates, location, and agenda for the first committee meeting. The purpose of the committee is to discuss and negotiate a rule that would change the current method of distributing funds to public housing agencies (PHAs) for purposes of renewing assistance contracts in the tenant-based Section 8 program.

The second, third, fourth, and fifth meetings of the negotiated rulemaking committee will take place as described in the DATES and ADDRESSES section of this document.

The agenda planned for the meetings includes: (1) review and approval of the minutes for the first committee meeting; (2) discussion of the issues relating to the development of regulations implementing new section 8(dd); (3) development of draft regulatory language; and (4) the scheduling of future meetings.

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 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. Summaries of committee meetings will be available for public inspection and copying at the address in the same section.

Dated: May 12, 1999. Deborah Vincent, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 99-12434Filed5-17-99; 8:45 am]

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