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the beginning of the lease term. In the 

event that this does not occur, the HAP 

contract may be executed up to 60 

calendar days after the beginning of the 

lease term. If the HAP contract is 

executed during this 60-day period, 

Rural Development will pay retroactive 

housing assistance payments to cover 

the portion of the approved lease term 

before execution of the HAP contract. 

Any HAP contract executed after the 60- 

day period is untimely, and Rural 

Development will not pay any housing 

assistance payment to the owner for that 

period. In establishing the effective date 

of the voucher HAP contracts, Rural 

Development may not execute a HAP 

contract that is effective prior to the 

Section 515 loan prepayment. 

5. Subsidy Calculations for Rural 

Development Vouchers 

As stated earlier, if eligible, the tenant 

will be notified of the maximum 

voucher amount within 90 days 

following prepayment or foreclosure. 

The maximum voucher amount for the 

Rural Development Voucher Program is 

the difference between the comparable 

market rent for the family’s former 

Section 515 unit and the tenant’s rent 

contribution on the date of the 

prepayment. The voucher amount will 

be based on the comparable market rent; 

the voucher amount will never exceed 

the comparable market rent at the time 

of prepayment for the tenant’s unit if the 

tenant chooses to stay in-place. Also, in 

no event may the Rural Development 

Voucher payment exceed the actual 

tenant lease rent. The amount of the 

voucher does not change either over 

time or if the tenant chooses to move to 

a more expensive location. 

6. Mobility and Portability of Rural 

Development Vouchers 

An eligible family that is issued a 

Rural Development Voucher may elect 

to use the assistance in the same project 

or may choose to move to another 

location. The Rural Development 

Voucher may be used at the prepaid 

property or any other rental unit in the 

United States and its territories that 

passes Rural Development physical 

inspection standards, and where the 

owner will accept a Rural Development 

Voucher and execute a Form HUD 

52641. Tenants and landlords must 

inform Rural Development if the tenant 

plans to move during the HAP 

agreement term, even to a new unit in 

the same complex. All moves (within a 

complex or to another complex) require 

a new obligation, a new inspection and 

a new HAP agreement. In addition, HUD 

Section 8 and federally assisted public 

housing is excluded from the Rural 

Development Voucher Program because 

these units are already federally 

subsidized. Tenants with a Rural 

Development Voucher would have to 

give up the Rural Development Voucher 

to accept the assistance at those 

properties. The Rural Development 

Voucher may be used in other 

properties financed by Rural 

Development, but it cannot be used in 

combination with the Rural 

Development Rental Assistance 

program. Tenants with a Rural 

Development Voucher that apply for 

housing in a Rural Developmentfinanced property must choose between 

using the voucher or Rental Assistance. 

If the tenant relinquishes the Rural 

Development Voucher in favor of Rental 

Assistance, the tenant is not eligible to 

receive another Rural Development 

Voucher. 

7. Term of Funding and Conditions for 

Renewal for Rural Development 

Vouchers 

The Rural Development Voucher 

Program provides voucher assistance for 

12 monthly payments. The voucher is 

issued to the household in the name of 

the primary tenant, as the voucher 

holder. The voucher is not transferable 

from the voucher holder to any other 

household member except in the case of 

the voucher holder’s death or 

involuntary household separation such 

as the incarceration of the voucher 

holder or transfer of the voucher holder 

to an assisted living or nursing home 

facility. Upon receiving documentation 

of such cases, the voucher may be 

transferred at the Agency’s discretion to 

another tenant on the voucher holder’s 

lease. 

The voucher is renewable subject to 

the availability of appropriations to the 

USDA. In order to renew a voucher, a 

tenant must return a signed Voucher 

Obligation Form which will be sent to 

the tenant within 60–90 days before the 

current voucher expires. If the voucher 

holder fails to return the renewal 

Voucher Obligation Form before the 

current voucher funding expires, the 

voucher will be terminated. 

In order to ensure continued 

eligibility to use the Rural Development 

Voucher, at the time they apply for 

renewal of the voucher, tenants must 

certify that the current family income 

does not exceed 80 percent of family 

median income. Rural Development will 

advise the tenant of the maximum 

income level when the renewal Voucher 

Obligation Form is sent. 

Renewal requests will have no 

preference and will be processed as a 

new application as described in this 

Notice. 

8. Non-Discrimination Statement 

‘‘The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its 

programs and activities on the basis of race, 

color, national origin, age, disability, and 

where applicable, sex, (including gender 

identity and expression) marital status, 

familial status, parental status, religion, 

sexual orientation, genetic information, 

political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a 

part of an individual’s income is derived 

from any public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille), large print, 

audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TDD). 

To file a complaint of discrimination write 

to USDA, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

Office of the Assistance Secretary for Civil 

Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Stop 9410, Washington, DC 20250–9410 or 

call toll-free at (866) 632–9992 (English) or 

(800) 877–8339 (TDD) or (866) 733–8642 

(English Federal relay) or (800) 845–6136 

(Spanish Federal relay). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider, and employer.’’ 

9. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

document are those of the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program, which have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) and assigned 

OMB control number 2577–0169. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, HUD may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Dated: January 16, 2012. 

Tammye Trevin ̃ o, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1270 Filed 1–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Georgia Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Georgia 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will be held on Thursday, 

February 16, 2012, at the Conference 

Center, Sam Nunn Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. 

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 


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a.m. and adjourn at approximately 

noon. The purpose of the meeting is for 

Committee members to discuss the 

Committee’s report on school discipline. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

Southern Regional Office of the 

Commission by March 16, 2012. The 

address is Southern Regional Office, 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 61 

Forsyth Street, Suite 16T126, Atlanta, 

GA 30303. Persons wishing to email 

their comments, or to present their 

comments verbally at the meeting, or 

who desire additional information 

should contact Peter Minarik, Regional 

Director, Southern Regional Office, at 

(404) 562–7000, (or for hearing impaired 

TDD (800) 877–8339), or by email 

pminarik@usccr.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons who will attend the meeting 

and require the services of a sign 

language interpreter should contact the 

Regional Office at least ten (10) working 

days before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Southern Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. The meeting 

will be conducted pursuant to the 

provisions of the rules and regulations 

of the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, January 18, 

2012. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1291 Filed 1–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Fisheries Finance Program 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0012. 

Form Number(s): 88–1. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 474. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application, 8 hours; annual report, 2 

hours. 

Burden Hours: 1,332. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

revision and extension of a current 

information collection. 

NOAA operates a direct loan program 

to assist in financing certain actions 

relating to commercial fishing vessels, 

shoreside fishery facilities, aquaculture 

operations, and individual fishing 

quotas. Application information is 

required to determine eligibility 

pursuant to 50 CFR Part 253 and to 

determine the type and amount of 

assistance requested by the applicant. 

An annual financial statement is 

required from the recipients to monitor 

the financial status of the loan. Revision: 

Loans for crab individual fishing quota 

holders have been added to this 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: January 19, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1294 Filed 1–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Southeast Region Bycatch 

Reduction Device Certification Family 

of Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0345. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 32. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for testing and gear 

specification form, 30 minutes each; 

station sheet bycatch reduction device 

(BRD) evaluation form, species 

characterization form, length frequency 

form, condition and fate form and trip 

report/cover sheet, signatures only, 5 

minutes each; duplication and mailing 

of non-federal test documents, 5 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 70. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) Southeast Region manages the 

United States (U.S.) fisheries of the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the 

South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of 

Mexico under the Fishery Management 

Plans (FMP) for each Region. The 

Regional Fishery Management Councils 

prepared the FMPs pursuant to the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

regulations implementing the FMPs that 

have reporting requirements are at 50 

CFR Part 622. 

The recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form 

the basis for this collection of 

information. NMFS Southeast Region 

requests information from the shrimp 

fishery participants to certify individual 

Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDs). This 

information, upon receipt, results in an 

increasingly more efficient and accurate 

database for management and 

permitting of the fisheries of the EEZ off 

the South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf 

of Mexico. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov). 


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