[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 1000, 1003, and 1005

[Docket No. FR-4170-N-14]


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 notice announces the final 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 October 27, 28 and 29, 1997. The 
October 27 and 28, 1997 meetings will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. 
and end at approximately 5:00 p.m., local time. The October 29, 1997 
meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 
noon, local time.

ADDRESS: The meetings will be held at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 
480 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW, Washington, DC 20024; telephone 1-800-635-
5065 or (202) 484-1000; FAX (202) 863-4497 (With the exception of the 
``800'' telephone number, 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 & 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 and 
from September 21-26, 1997 in Arlington, Virginia to consider the 
public comments submitted on the proposed rule. The Committee is 
meeting for a final time to discuss issues left unresolved and to reach 
consensus on the Committee's final report to the Secretary of HUD.
    The meeting dates are: October 27, 28, and 29 1997. The agenda 
planned for the meetings includes: (1) discussion of the draft 
Committee report; (2) discussion of issues left unresolved; and (3) 
approval of a final Committee report for submission to the Secretary of 
HUD.
    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 meetings, 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: October 14, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 97-27674 Filed 10-17-97; 8:45 am]
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