[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21163]



[[Page 43131]]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 1000, 1003 and 1005

[Docket No. FR-4170-N-12]


Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Meetings

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

ACTION: Negotiated rulemaking committee meetings.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This document announces the final series of implementation 
meetings sponsored by HUD to develop the regulations necessary to carry 
out the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub.L. 104-330, approved October 30, 1996).

DATES: The meetings will be held on: August 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 
28, and 29, 1997.
    The August 21, 1997 meeting will begin at approximately 1:00 pm and 
end at approximately 5:00 pm, local time. All other meetings will begin 
at approximately 9:00 am and end at approximately 5:00 pm on each day, 
local time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Westin Hotel, 1672 Lawrence 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; telephone (303) 572-9100; fax (303) 
572-7288 (these are not toll-free numbers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Garner-Wing, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO; telephone 
(303) 675-1600 (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: The Secretary of HUD established the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee (Committee) to negotiate and develop a proposed 
rule implementing NAHASDA. The proposed rule was published on July 2, 
1997 (62 FR 35718) and provided for a 45-day public comment period. The 
public comment deadline is August 18, 1997. The Committee is meeting 
for a final time to consider the public comments submitted on the July 
2, 1997 proposed rule.
    The meeting dates are: August 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 
29, 1997.
    The agenda planned for the meetings includes: (1) the distribution 
of copies of the public comments; (2) discussion of the significant 
issues raised by the public commenters; and (3) development of 
responses to the comments.
    The meetings will be open to the public without advance 
registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available. 
Members of the public may make statements during the meeting, to the 
extent time permits, and 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 notice. 
Summaries of Committee meetings will be available for public inspection 
and copying at the address in the same section.

    Dated: August 6, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-21163 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-33-P