[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7559-7560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 1000

[Docket No. FR-5275-N-05]


Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Reauthorization Act of 2008: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a meeting of the negotiated rulemaking 
committee that was established pursuant to the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008. The 
primary 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 and the Title VI Loan Guarantee program.

DATES: The committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 
and Wednesday, March 10, 2010. On both days the meeting will begin at 8 
a.m. and is scheduled to end at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Doubletree Paradise 
Valley Resort, 5401 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250; 
telephone number 480-946-1524 (this is not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodger J. Boyd, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 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

    The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA) changed the way that housing 
assistance is provided to Native Americans. NAHASDA eliminated several 
separate assistance programs and replaced them with a single block 
grant program, known as the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. 
In addition, Title VI of NAHASDA authorizes Federal guarantees for the 
financing of certain tribal activities (Title VI Loan Guarantee 
Program). The regulations governing the IHBG and Title VI Loan 
Guarantee programs are located in part 1000 of HUD's regulations in 
title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In accordance with section 
106 of NAHASDA, HUD developed the regulations with active tribal 
participation and using the procedures of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act 
of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 561-570).
    The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-411, approved October 14, 
2008) (NAHASDA Reauthorization) reauthorizes NAHASDA through September 
30, 2013, and makes a number of amendments to the statutory

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requirements governing the IHBG and Title VI Loan Guarantee programs. 
The NAHASDA Reauthorization amends section 106 of NAHASDA to provide 
that HUD shall initiate a negotiated rulemaking in order to implement 
aspects of the 2008 Reauthorization Act that require rulemaking. On 
January 5, 2010 (75 FR 423), HUD published a Federal Register notice 
announcing the final list of members of the negotiated rulemaking 
committee (the NAHASDA Reauthorization Rulemaking Committee).

II. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting

    This document announces the first meeting of the NAHASDA 
Reauthorization Rulemaking Committee. The committee meeting will take 
place as described in the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this 
document. The agenda planned for the meeting includes the discussion of 
protocols, timeframes, and scope of the rulemaking process, as well as 
setting 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 be allowed to make 
statements during the meeting, to the extent time permits, and to 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: February 16, 2010.
Rodger Boyd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-3373 Filed 2-19-10; 8:45 am]
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