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Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6046–E, 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1154, sheardn@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, Cancer 

Genetics and Biology Member Conflict Study 

Section. 

Date: February 24, 2006. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Hungyi Shau, PhD., 

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6214, 

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–

1720, shauhung@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel, 

Collaborative Applications in Child 

Psychopathology. 

Date: February 24, 2006. 

Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Marriott Wardman Park Washington 

DC Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW., 

Washington, DC 20008. 

Contact Person: Jane A. DoussardRoosevelt, PhD., Scientific Review 

Administrator, Center for Scientific Review, 

National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge 

Drive, Room 3184, MSC 7848, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (301) 435–4445, doussarj@csr.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 30, 2006. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 06–1029 Filed 2–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5039–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request 

Implementation of the Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement establishment 

under the Final Rule implementing the 

Housing for Older Persons act of 1995 

(HOPA) will be submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The Department 

is soliciting public comments on the 

information collection requirement. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: April 4, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposed information collection 

requirement. Comments should refer to 

the proposed by name and/or OMB 

Control Number, and should be sent to: 

Turner M. Russell, Director, 

Enforcement Support Division, Office of 

Enforcement, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 4517th Street, 

SW., Room 5210, Washington, DC 

20410–2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Turner M. Russell, Director, 

Enforcement Support Division, Office of 

Enforcement, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 5210, Washington, 

DC 20410–2000; telephone: (202) 619–

8041 (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: (800) 877–8399. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting this proposed 

information collection requirement to 

the OMB for review, as required under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

[44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended]. 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

information collection in order to: (1) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of the 

Department’s program functions; (2) 

Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Department’s assessment of the 

paperwork burden that may result from 

the proposed information collection; (3) 

Enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information which must be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the information collection on 

responders, including the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology (e.g., electronic transmission 

of data). 

Title of Regulation: 24 CFR Part 100, 

Implementation of the Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995; Final Rule. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2529–0046. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: In the 

Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 

[42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.], Congress 

prohibited discrimination in the sale, 

rental or advertising of housing based 

on familial status (individuals living 

with one or more children under 18 

years of age). However, at section 

3607(b)(2) of the Act, Congress 

exempted three (3) categories of 

‘‘housing for older persons’’ from 

liability for familial status 

discrimination: (1) Housing providing 

under any State or Federal program 

which the Secretary of HUD determines 

is ‘‘specifically designed and operated 

to assist elderly persons (as defined in 

the State or Federal program)’’; (2) 

housing intended for, and solely 

occupied by persons 62 years of age or 

order; and (3) housing intended and 

operate for occupancy by at least one 

person 55 years of age or older per unit 

[‘‘55 or older’’ housing]. In December 

1995, Congress passed the ‘‘Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA)’’

[Pub. L. 104–76]. The HOPA modified 

the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption 

provided under § 3607(b)(2)(C) of the 

Act by eliminating the requirement for 

‘‘significant facilities and services 

specifically designed to meet the 

physical or social needs of older 

persons.’’ The HOPA still requires that 

at least 80 percent of the occupied units 

must be occupied by at least one person 

who is 55 years of age of older; and that 

housing providers must publish and 

adhere to policies and procedures that 

demonstrate the intent to operate 

housing for persons 55 years of age or 

older. In addition, the HOPA mandates 

compliance with ‘‘rules issued by the 

Secretary for verification of occupancy, 

which shall * * * provide for [age] 

verification by reliable surveys and 

affidavits.’’

The HOPA Final Rule does not 

significantly increase the Act’s 

recordkeeping burden. It describes in 

greater detail the documentary evidence 

which HUD will consider when 

determining whether or not a housing 

facility or community qualifies for the 

‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption. 

Further, § 100.350(e)(5) of the HOPA 

Final Rule established a non extendible 

one-year transition period [May 3, 

1999–May 3, 2000] for existing housing 

facilities or communities that wished to 

qualify for the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing 

exemption. An existing housing facility 

or community that failed to achieve 

compliance with the HOPA exemption 

requirements by May 3, 2000, was 

required to: (1) Cease reserving vacant 

units for ‘‘55 or older’’ residents; (2) 

market available dwellings to the 

general public regardless of familial 

status; and (3) rescind all policies, 

practices and procedures that 

discriminate against persons with minor 

children. By definition, such housing 


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facilities communities would no longer 

need to collect or maintain occupancy/ 

age verification information for 

purposes of the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing 

exemption. 

The information collection 

requirements contained in §§ 100.306 

and 100.307 of the HOPA Final Rule are 

necessary to satisfy the criteria for the 

‘‘55 and older’’ housing exemption 

under the HOPA. The information 

required under the Act, the HOPA, and 

the HOPA Final Rule will be collected 

in the normal course of business in 

connection with the sale, rental or 

occupancy of dwelling units situated in 

qualified senior housing facilities or 

communities. The statutory and 

regulatory requirement to publish and 

adhere to age verification policies and 

procedures for current and prospective 

occupants is the usual and customary 

practice of the senior housing industry. 

The procedures for verifying the ages of 

current residents may require an initial 

occupancy survey, and periodic reviews 

and updates of existing age verification 

records for each occupied dwelling unit. 

The creation of such records should 

occur in the normal course of sale or 

rental transactions and should require 

minimal time. 

Three types of information would be 

collected under the HOPA Final Rule. A 

housing provider’s operating rules, 

policies and procedures are not 

privileged or confidential in nature, 

because such information must be 

disclosed to current and prospective 

residents, and to residential real estate 

professionals. Under §§ 100.307(i) of the 

HOPA Final Rule, a summary of the 

occupancy survey results must be made 

available for public inspection. This 

summary need not contain confidential 

information about residents; it may 

simply indicate the total number of 

dwelling units occupied by persons 55 

years of age or older. The supporting age 

verification records may contain some 

private information; however, such 

information would be protected from 

disclosure unless the facility or 

community claims the ‘‘55 or older’’

housing exemption as a defense to a 

jurisdictional familial status 

discrimination complaint filed with 

HUD. HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity will only require a 

housing provider to disclose such 

information when HUD investigates a 

jurisdictional familial status 

discrimination complaint, and the 

housing provider claims the ‘‘55 or 

older’’ housing exemption as an 

affirmative defense to the complaint. 

Agency form number(s), if applicable: 

None. 

Members of affected public: Both the 

HOPA and the HOPA Final Rule require 

that small businesses and other small 

entities that operate housing intended 

for occupancy by persons 55 years of 

age or older must routinely collect and 

update age verification information 

necessary to meet the eligibility criteria 

for the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing 

exemption. The recordkeeping 

requirements are the responsibility of 

the housing provider that wishes to 

qualify for the exemption. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including the number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The information 

collection requirements of the HOPA 

Final Rule are the responsibility of the 

housing facility or community that 

claims eligibility for the ‘‘55 or older’’

housing exemption provided under the 

HOPA. Since the HOPA does not 

require HUD certification or registration 

for ‘‘55 or older’’ communities or 

facilities, it is difficult to estimate the 

number of housing facilities and 

communities that intend to collect this 

information in order to qualify for the 

exemption. When the HOPA Proposed 

Rule was published for public comment 

in January 1997, HUD estimated that 

approximately 1,000 facilities or 

communities would seek the exemption. 

HUD also estimated that the occupancy/ 

age verification data would require 

routine updating with each new housing 

transaction within the facility or 

community, and that the number of 

such transactions per year might vary 

significantly depending on the size and 

nature of the facility or community. 

HUD estimated the average number of 

housing transactions per year at ‘‘10 per 

community.’’ HUD concluded that the 

publication of policies and procedures 

‘‘* * * is likely to be a one-time event 

and in most cases will require no 

additional burden beyond what is done 

in the normal course of business. The 

estimated total annual burden for the 

three collections is 5,500 hours.’’

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: January 26, 2006. 

Jon L. Gant, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Programs. 

[FR Doc. 06–994 Filed 2–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–28–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5041–N–02] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Request for Termination of Multifamily 

Mortgage Insurance 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 4, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., L’Enfant Building, Room 8202, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–5221 (this is not a toll-free number) 

for copies of the proposed forms and 

other available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly R. Munson, Office of Asset 

Management, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 6168, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone number (202) 708–

3730 ext. 5122 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

the use of appropriate automated 


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