[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47783-47784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24107]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 1000, 1003, and 1005

[Docket No. FR-4170-N-13]


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.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a series of negotiated rulemaking 
meetings sponsored by HUD to develop the final 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: September 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 
1997.
    The 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 Sheraton National Hotel, 
900 Orne Street, Arlington, VA 22204; telephone (703) 521-1900 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

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 was August 18, 1997.
    The Committee met from August 22-29, 1997 in Denver Colorado to 
consider the public comments submitted on the July 2, 1997 proposed 
rule. This notice announces an additional series of negotiated 
rulemaking meetings. The Committee is meeting to further consider the 
public comments and to approve the draft regulatory language developed 
by the individual Committee workgroups at the August 22-29, 1997 
meetings.
    The meeting dates are: September 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1997.
    The agenda planned for the meetings includes: (1) Discussion of the 
significant issues raised by the public commenters; (2) development of 
responses to the comments; and (3) review of the draft regulatory 
language developed by the individual Committee workgroups at the August 
22-29, 1997 Denver meetings.
    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

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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: September 5, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-24107 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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