Public and Indian housing: Operating Fund Allocation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee— Renewal,

[Federal Register: September 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 172)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 48572]

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 990

[Docket No. FR-4425-N-06]

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; Notice of Advisory Committee Renewal

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

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Renewal.

SUMMARY: This document announces the renewal of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation. The purpose of the committee is to discuss and negotiate a proposed rule that would change the current method of determining the payment of operating subsidies to public housing agencies (PHAs).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan DeWitt, Director, Funding and Financial Management Division, Public and Indian Housing, Room 4216, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 431 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone (202) 708-1872 ext. 4035 (this telephone number is not toll-free). 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: On March 16, 1999 (64 FR 12920), HUD published a notice in the Federal Register that announced the establishment of HUD's Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation (the ``Committee''). The purpose of the Committee is to negotiate and develop a proposed rule that would change the current method of determining the payment of operating subsidies to PHAs. The establishment of the Committee is required by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 105-276, approved October 21, 1998; 112 Stat. 2461) (the ``Public Housing Reform Act'').

The Public Housing Reform Act makes extensive changes to HUD's public and assisted housing programs. These changes include the establishment of an Operating Fund for the purpose of making assistance available to PHAs for the operation and management of public housing. The Public Housing Reform Act requires that the assistance to be made available from the new Operating Fund be determined using a formula developed through negotiated rulemaking procedures.

The original Committee charter will expire on September 30, 1999. Additional time is required for completion of the Committee's work. Therefore, the Secretary of HUD has renewed the Committee charter, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and the implementing General Services Administration regulations at 41 CFR part 101-6. The Committee will terminate upon completion of the proposed rule, unless the Designated Federal Officer and the Committee members agree to extend the duration of the Committee. In no case will the Committee be extended beyond the publication of the final rule.

Dated: August 25, 1999. Harold Lucas, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

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