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County Housing Authority. The list of 

proposed committee members is as 

follows: 

Housing Agencies 

1. Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, 

GA 

2. New York City Housing Authority, 

NYC, NY 

3. Puerto Rico Housing Authority, San 

Juan, PR 

4. Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, 

IL 

5. Dallas Housing Authority, Dallas, TX 

6. Anne Arundel Housing Authority, 

Anne Arundel, MD 

7. Indianapolis Housing Authority, 

Indianapolis, IN 

8. Albany Housing Authority, Albany, 

NY 

9. Jackson Housing Authority, Jackson, 

MS 

10. Boise City/Ada County Housing 

Authority, Boise City, ID 

11. Reno Housing Authority, Reno, NV 

12. Alameda County Housing Authority, 

Hayward, CA 

13. Athens Housing Authority, Athens, 

GA 

14. Housing Authority of East Baton 

Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA 

15. Housing Authority of the City of 

Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 

Tenant Organizations 

1. Jack Cooper, Massachusetts Union of 

Public Housing Tenants, Needham, 

MA 

Other Interests/Policy Groups 

1. Ned Epstein, Housing Partners, Inc. 

2. Howard Husock, Director of Kennedy 

School Case Program 

3. Greg Byrne, Project Director for 

Harvard Cost Study 

4. Dan Anderson, Bank of America 

5. David Land, Lindsey and Company 

6. Council of Large Public Housing 

Agencies 

7. National Association of Housing and 

Redevelopment Officials 

8. Public Housing Authorities Directors 

Association 

9. National Organization of African 

Americans in Housing 

Federal Government 

1. Assistant Secretary Michael Liu, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development 

2. Deputy Assistant Secretary William 

Russell, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

William O. Russell III, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs.

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BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–160330–02] 

RIN 1545–BB65 

Section 704(c), Installment Obligations 

and Contributed Contracts; Correction

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury.

ACTION: Correction to notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

corrections to a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (REG–106330–02) that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

Monday, November 24, 2003 (68 FR 

65864). These proposed regulations 

relate to the tax treatment of installment 

obligations and property acquired 

pursuant to a contract under sections 

704(c) and 737.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher L. Trump, (202) 622–3070 

(not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This notice of proposed rulemaking 

that is the subject of this correction is 

under sections 704(c) and 737 of the 

Internal Revenue Code. 

Need for Correction 

As published REG–160330–02 contain 

errors which may prove to be 

misleading and are in need of 

clarification. 

Correction of Publication 

Accordingly, the publication of the 

notice of proposed rulemaking (REG–

160330–02), which is the subject of FR 

Doc. 03–29323, is corrected as follows: 

1. On page 65865, column 2, under 

the paragraph heading ‘‘Part 1—

INCOME TAXES’’, Par. 2 amendatory 

instruction 6a, line four, the language 

‘‘paragraphs (a)(8)(ii), and (a)(8)(ii) and’’

is corrected to read ‘‘paragraphs 

(a)(8)(ii), and (a)(8)(iii) and’’.

§ 1.704–4 [Corrected] 

2. On page 65865, column 3, § 1.704–

4, paragraph (g) Effective date, line four 

the language ‘‘except that paragraphs 

(d)(1)(i) and (ii)’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘except that paragraphs (d)(1)(ii) and 

(iii)’’.

§ 1.737–5 [Corrected] 

3. On page 65866, column 1, § 1.737–

5 under the section heading, § 1.737–5 

Effective dates., line five, the language 

‘‘2(d)(3)(ii) and (ii) apply to 

distributions’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘2(d)(3)(ii) and (iii) apply to 

distributions’’.

Cynthia Grigsby, 

Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations 

Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate 

Chief Counsel (Procedures and 

Administration).

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

32 CFR Parts 1602, 1605, 1609 and 

1656 

RIN 3240–AA01 

Alternative Service Worker Appeals of 

Denied Job Reassignments

AGENCY: Selective Service System.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Selective Service System 

(SSS) proposes to amend its regulations 

regarding the procedures for 

conscientious objectors, who have been 

placed in the Alternative Service 

Program as Alternative Service Workers 

(ASW), to appeal denied requests for job 

reassignments during a military draft. 

Civilian Review Boards (CRB), whose 

sole responsibility is to decide ASW 

appeals of denied job reassignments, 

would be abolished with their 

responsibilities transferred to the more 

numerous District Appeal Boards 

(DAB). Under existing regulations, the 

sole responsibility of DABs is to decide 

appeals of local board classification 

decisions. This organization change is 

necessary to ensure a more efficient and 

economical administration of the SSS. 

Its primary intended effect is to 

eliminate the administrative costs of 

maintaining separate appeal boards for 

ASWs without adversely impacting on 

the Agency’s ability to expeditiously 

decide appeals of denied job 

reassignments or appeals of local board 

classification decisions. A secondary 

intended effect is to improve customer 

service to ASWs during a military draft.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: information@sss.gov

• Mail: Rudy G. Sanchez, Jr., Office of 

the General Counsel, Selective Service 

System, Arlington, VA 22209–2425.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

5798 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 25 / Friday, February 6, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

Technical Information: Thomas J. 

Hornada, (703) 605–4074; Mary B. 

Lawson, (703) 605–4077. 

Legal Information: Rudy G. Sanchez, 

Jr., (703) 605–4012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

These proposed amendments to 

Selective Service regulations are 

published pursuant to section 13(b) of 

the Military Selective Service Act 

(MSSA), 50 U.S.C. App. 463(b), and 

Executive Order 11623. The regulations 

implement the MSSA (50 U.S.C. App. 

451 et seq.), which authorizes the 

President to create and establish within 

the Selective Service System civilian 

local boards, civilian appeal boards, and 

such other civilian agencies, including 

agencies of appeal, as may be necessary 

to carry out its functions [50 U.S.C. 

App. 460(b)(3)]. Executive Order 11623 

delegates to the Director of Selective 

Service the authority to prescribe the 

necessary rules and regulations to carry 

out the provisions of the MSSA. 

Under existing regulations, 48 

Civilian Review Boards (CRB) have been 

established to decide appeals of denied 

requests for job reassignments made by 

conscientious objectors who have been 

placed in the Alternative Service 

Program as Alternative Service Workers 

(ASW). The sole function of CRBs is to 

decide such appeals during a military 

draft. A determination has been made 

that maintaining CRBs is unnecessary 

for the Selective Service to carry out its 

functions. 

Discussion of Proposal 

It is proposed that the 48 CRBs be 

abolished with their responsibilities 

transferred to the 96 DABs, which are 

currently solely responsible for deciding 

appeals of local board classification 

decisions during a military draft. This 

conversion would have three significant 

benefits. First, it would eliminate the 

unnecessary administrative costs of 

maintaining separate boards for ASW 

appeals of denied job reassignments. 

Second, it would result in more frequent 

pre-mobilization training of board 

members on the requirements for 

deciding ASW appeals. Finally, 

customer service to ASWs would be 

improved by doubling the number of 

locations for them to appeal denied job 

reassignments. It has been determined 

that the proposed rule changes would 

not result in a significant increase in the 

workload of DABs, and its primary 

responsibility of deciding appeals of 

local board decisions would be 

unimpeded. If necessary to 

accommodate an unexpectedly high 

workload during a draft, the number of 

members on a DAB could be increased 

to create separate panels thereof. 

To implement the proposed 

conversion, the following parts and 

sections in 32 CFR Chapter XVI must be 

amended: § 1602 .11—To change the 

definition of ‘‘District Appeal Board’’ to 

include the ability to act on cases in 

accordance with part 1656 (Alternative 

Service); § 1605.24—To give DABs 

jurisdiction to decide appeals of denied 

job reassignments; § 1609.1—To remove 

members of ‘‘civilian review boards’’ as 

uncompensated positions within 

Selective Service; § 1656.1—To remove 

the definition of ‘‘Civilian Review 

Board’’ and renumber the section’s 

definitions accordingly; § 1656.3—To 

remove the paragraph establishing 

CRBs, and renumber the paragraphs 

accordingly; § 1656.13—To remove 

paragraph ‘‘e’’, which requires the 

establishment of CRBs, and to re-letter 

the section’s paragraphs accordingly; 

§ 1656.18—To amend paragraph ‘‘c’’ for 

conformity of citations therein to the relettering of paragraphs in § 1656.13; 

Finally, throughout part 1656 several 

sections must be amended to remove the 

words, ‘‘Civilian Review Board’’, and 

add the words, ‘‘District Appeal Board’’

in their place. 

Matters of Proposed Rule Making 

Procedure

In promulgating these proposed 

amendments to Selective Service 

regulations, I have adhered to the 

regulatory philosophy and the 

applicable principles of regulation set 

forth in section 1 of Executive Order 

12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. 

The proposed amendments have not 

been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget under that 

Executive Order, as they are not deemed 

‘‘significant’’ thereunder. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–

354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601–612), I 

have determined that the proposed 

amendments do not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply 

because this rule does not contain an 

information collection requirement that 

requires approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments on the 

proposed rule changes. All written 

comments received in response to this 

notice of proposed rulemaking will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of the General Counsel from 8:30 

a.m. to 3:30 a.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Parts 1602, 

1605, 1609, and 1656 

Selective Service System.

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Selective Service System 

proposes to amend 32 CFR parts 1602, 

1605, 1609, and 1656 as follows:

PART 1602—DEFINITIONS 

1. The authority citation for part 1602 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Military Selective Service Act 

(50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.); E.O. 11623.

2. Revise § 1602.11 to read as follows:

§ 1602.11 District appeal board. 

A district appeal board or a panel 

thereof of the Selective Service System 

is a group of not less than three civilian 

members appointed by the President to 

act on cases of registrants in accord with 

the provisions of parts 1651 and 1656 of 

this chapter.

PART 1605—SELECTIVE SERVICE 

SYSTEM ORGANIZATION 

1. The authority citation for part 1605 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Military Selective Service Act 

(50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.); E.O. 11623.

2. Amend § 1605.24 by redesignating 

the introductory text, paragraph (a), 

paragraph (b), and paragraph (c) as 

paragraph (a) introductory text, 

paragraph (a)(1), paragraph (a)(2) and 

paragraph (a)(3), respectively, and by 

adding paragraph (b) to read as follows:

§ 1605.24 Jurisdiction.

* * * * *

(b) The district appeal board shall 

have jurisdiction to review and to affirm 

or change any Alternative Service Office 

Manager decision appealed to it by an 

Alternative Service Worker pursuant to 

part 1656 of this chapter.

PART 1609—UNCOMPENSATED 

PERSONNEL 

1. The authority citation for part 1609 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Military Selective Service Act 

(50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.); E.O. 11623.

2. Amend § 1609.1 by revising the 

first sentence to read as follows:

§ 1609.1 Uncompensated positions. 

Members of local boards, district 

appeal boards, and all other persons 

volunteering their services to assist in 

the administration of the Selective 

Service Law shall be uncompensated. 

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PART 1656—ALTERNATIVE SERVICE 

1. The authority citation for part 1656 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Military Selective Service Act 

(50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.); E.O. 11623.

2. Amend part 1656, Alternative 

Service, to remove the words ‘‘Civilian 

Review Board’’ and add, in their place, 

the words ‘‘District Appeal Board’’, in 

the following places: 

a. Section 1656.11(b)(4) 

b. Section 1656.13(d) and (f) and (g) 

and (h) 

c. Section 1656.18(c)

§ 1656.1 [Amended] 

3. Amend § 1656.1 to remove 

paragraph (b)(6) and redesignate 

paragraphs (b)(7) through (14) as 

paragraphs (b)(6) through (13).

§ 1656.3 [Amended] 

4.–5. Amend § 1656.3 to remove 

paragraph (a)(10) and redesignate 

paragraphs (a)(11) through (13) as 

paragraphs (a)(10) through (12).

§ 1656.13 [Amended] 

6.–7. Amend § 1656.13 by removing 

paragraph (e) and by redesignating 

paragraphs (f) through (h) as paragraphs 

(e) through (g).

§ 1656.18 [Amended] 

8. Amend § 1656.18(c) by revising the 

phrase ‘‘§ 1656.13(c) or (g)’’ to read 

‘‘§ 1656.13(c) or (f)’’.

Dated: January 28, 2004. 

Lewis C. Brodsky, 

Acting Director of Selective Service.

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BILLING CODE 8015–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

36 CFR Part 7 

RIN 1024–AD01 

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area, Personal Watercraft Use

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is proposing to designate areas 

where personal watercraft (PWC) may 

be used in Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area, Washington. This 

proposed rule implements the 

provisions of the NPS general 

regulations authorizing park areas to 

allow the use of PWC by promulgating 

a special regulation. The NPS 

Management Policies 2001 require 

individual parks to determine whether 

PWC use is appropriate for a specific 

park area based on an evaluation of that 

area’s enabling legislation, resources 

and values, other visitor uses, and 

overall management objectives.

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

rule should be sent or hand delivered to 

Superintendent, Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area, 1008 Crest 

Drive, Coulee Dam, WA 99116. E-mail 

comments may also be sent to 

laro@den.nps.gov. If you comment by email, please include ‘‘PWC rule’’ in the 

subject line and your name and return 

address in the body of your Internet 

message. 

For additional information see

‘‘Public Participation’’ under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kym 

Hall, Special Assistant, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street, NW., Room 3145, 

Washington, DC 20240. Phone: (202) 

208–4206. e-mail: Kym_Hall@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

Additional Alternatives 

The information contained in this 

proposed rule supports implementation 

of portions of the preferred alternative 

in the Environmental Assessment 

published April 28, 2003. The public 

should be aware that two other 

alternatives were presented in the EA, 

including a no-PWC alternative, and 

those alternatives should also be 

reviewed and considered when making 

comments on this proposed rule. 

Personal Watercraft Regulation 

On March 21, 2000, the National Park 

Service published a regulation (36 CFR 

3.24) on the management of personal 

watercraft (PWC) use within all units of 

the national park system (65 FR 15077). 

This regulation prohibits PWC use in all 

national park units unless the NPS 

determines that this type of water-based 

recreational activity is appropriate for 

the specific park unit based on the 

legislation establishing that park, the 

park’s resources and values, other 

visitor uses of the area, and overall 

management objectives. The regulation 

banned PWC use in all park units 

effective April 20, 2000. The regulation 

established a 2-year grace period for 21 

park units with existing PWC use to 

consider whether PWC use should be 

permitted to continue. 

Description of Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area 

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area was established in eastern 

Washington State in 1946 following the 

Secretary of the Interior’s approval of a 

Tri-Party Agreement among the National 

Park Service, the Bureau of 

Reclamation, and the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. The reservoir and related lands 

were administered as the recreation area 

under this agreement until 1974 when 

Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton 

directed that the agreement for the 

management of the lake be expanded to 

include the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation and the Spokane 

Tribe of Indians. Secretary Morton’s 

directive was prompted by the Interior 

Solicitor’s opinion that the tribes have 

exclusive rights to hunting, boating, and 

fishing within those areas of the 

reservoir that are within the boundaries 

of the two Indian reservations. An 

accord was reached on April 5, 1990, 

when the Secretary of the Interior 

approved the Lake Roosevelt 

Cooperative Management Agreement. 

The agreement confirmed and 

established management authority of the 

two Indian tribes over the portions of 

Lake Roosevelt and related lands within 

the boundaries of their respective 

reservations that were previously 

administered as part of the national 

recreation area. In 1997, the name of the 

park was changed from Coulee Dam 

National Recreation Area to Lake 

Roosevelt National Recreation Area. 

With the approval of the Lake 

Roosevelt Cooperative Management 

Agreement, Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation Area was defined as the 

waters and lands managed by the 

National Park Service. Lake Roosevelt 

National Recreation Area consists of 312 

miles of shoreline along the Columbia 

River. The National Park Service 

administers 47,438 acres of the 81,389-

acre water surface (at full pool), and 

12,936 acres of adjacent land. The lands 

of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area consist primarily of a narrow band 

of shore above the maximum high water 

mark (1,290 feet), which was originally 

purchased by the Bureau of Reclamation 

for construction of the reservoir. The 

national recreation area also includes 

shoreline along about 29 miles of the 

Spokane River Arm of the lake and 

about 7 miles along the Kettle River 

Arm. Most of the remainder of the 

shoreline and surface area of Lake 

Roosevelt lies within the reservation 

boundaries of the Spokane Tribe and the 

Colville Confederated Tribes and is not 

part of the national recreation area. The 

Bureau of Reclamation retains the