Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development,

[Federal Register: January 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 6)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4281-N-08]

Delegation of Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

SUMMARY: This notice delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development the Secretary's authority to designate 15 urban Empowerment Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391, as amended by Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105- 34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Braverman, Empowerment Zone/ Enterprize Community Initiative, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7130, Washington, DC 20410-

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0400, Telephone Number (202) 708-2290. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may also utilize HUD's TTY Number at (202) 708-1455 or the Federal Information Relay Service's TTY Number at (800) 877-8339. Aside from the ``800'' number, the telephone and TTY numbers listed are not toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title XIII, Subchapter C, Part I Section 1391 (Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and Rural Development Investment Areas) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Public Law 103-66, 107 Stat. 543, approved August 10, 1993, codified as 26 U.S.C. 1391, et seq., authorized the designation of an aggregate of nine Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities. Under this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was authorized to designate up to six urban Enterprise Communities, and the Secretary of Agriculture was authorized to designate up to three rural Empowerment Zones and up to 30 rural Enterprise Communities.

Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105- 34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997, amended 26 U.S.C. 1391 to add a new paragraph (g), that changed the eligibility criteria for 20 new Empowerment Zones, 15 of which are to be in urban areas and designated by the Secretary of HUD, and five of which are to be in rural areas and designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 1997 Act also made some specific changes in the eligibility criteria for new Empowerment Zones.

(On January 7, 1998, the Secretary of HUD delegated his authority to designate two additional urban Empowerment Zones, in accordance with an amendment made by section 951 of the 1997 Act, to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Notice was given to the public of this delegation of authority by publication in the Federal Register on January 26, 1998 (63 FR 3761).)

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 Community Planning and Development the authority to designate 15 additional urban Empowerment Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391(g) as amended by Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997.

Section B. Authority Excepted

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

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

Dated: December 30, 1998. Andrew Cuomo, Secretary.

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