[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4412]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4170-N-05]


Native American Housing Block Grant Program--Notice of Transition 
Requirements; Extension of Deadline for Submission of Indian Housing 
Plans

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

ACTION: Notice of transition requirements; Extension of deadline for 
the submission of Indian Housing Plans.

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SUMMARY: On January 27, 1997 (62 FR 3972), HUD published a notice to 
implement that part of section 106 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-
330, approved October 26, 1996) that requires HUD to publish a notice 
establishing requirements necessary to provide for the transition from 
the provision of assistance for Indian tribes and Indian housing 
authorities under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the 1937 Act) 
and other related provisions of law to the provision of assistance in 
accordance with NAHASDA.
    In that notice, HUD provided that Indian Housing Plans must be 
submitted no later than June 1, 1997. This notice extends the Indian 
Housing Plan submission date to no later than November 3, 1997.
    Other changes that may be made to the transition requirements set 
forth in the January 27, 1997 notice, as a result of public comment 
received on the notice by the February 26, 1997 public comment 
deadline, will be made by separate notice published in the Federal 
Register. This notice only extends the submission date for Indian 
Housing Plans.

DATES: IHP submission date: Indian Housing Plans must be submitted no 
later than November 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dominic Nessi, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Native American 
Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, 
Suite 3390, Denver, CO; telephone (303) 675-1600 (voice) or 1-800-877-
8339 (TTY for speech or hearing impaired individuals). These are not 
toll-free numbers. Indian tribes or tribally designated housing 
entities with specific questions relating to the preparation of Indian 
Housing Plans as required by the January 27, 1997 notice may call their 
local Office of Native American Programs for assistance in resolving 
their questions. The telephone numbers and addresses for these offices 
appear in a table published in the January 27, 1997 notice (62 FR 
3975).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 27, 1997 (62 FR 3972), HUD 
published a notice to implement that part of section 106 of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-330, approved October 26, 1996) that requires 
HUD to publish a notice establishing requirements necessary to provide 
for the transition from the provision of assistance for Indian tribes 
and Indian housing authorities under the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (the 1937 Act) and other related provisions of law to the 
provision of assistance in accordance with NAHASDA. The January 27, 
1997 publication also provided notice of the negotiated rulemaking 
process for the development of regulations necessary to implement the 
program, and solicited comments on the transition requirements.
    In the January 27, 1997 notice, HUD provided that Indian Housing 
Plans must be submitted no later than June 1, 1997. This notice extends 
the Indian Housing Plan (IHP) submission date to no later than November 
3, 1997.
    HUD is extending the plan submission date to November 3, 1997, to 
ensure that there is sufficient time for tribes to prepare their IHPs.
    Other changes that may be made to the transition requirements set 
forth in the January 27, 1997 notice, as a result of public comment 
received on the notice by the public comment deadline of February 26, 
1997, will be made by separate notice published in the Federal 
Register. This notice only extends the submission date for Indian 
Housing Plans.

    Dated: February 18, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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