This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 56 

Thursday, March 22, 2012 

OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER 

1 CFR Part 51 

[NARA–12–0002] 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: Office of the Federal Register, 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. 

ACTION: Extension of the comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On February 13, 2012, the 

Office of the Federal Register (OFR or 

we) received a petition to amend our 

regulations governing the approval of 

agency requests to incorporate material 

by reference into the Code of Federal 

Regulations. We published an 

announcement of the petition and 

request for comments on February 27, 

2012. Since that time we have received 

one formal and several informal 

requests to extend the comment period. 

We are extending the comment period 

until June 1, 2012. We will not accept 

late comments. 

DATES: We are extending the comment 

period until June 1, 2012. We will not 

accept late comments. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified using the subject line of this 

document, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Fedreg.legal@nara.gov. 

Include the subject line of this 

document in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: the Office of the Federal 

Register (NF), The National Archives 

and Records Administration, 8601 

Adelphi Road, College Park, MD. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of the 

Federal Register, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 

20001. 

Docket materials are available at the 

Office of the Federal Register, 800 North 

Capitol Street NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20001, 202–741–6030. 

Please contact the persons listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section to schedule your inspection of 

docket materials. The Office of the 

Federal Register’s official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bunk, Director of Legal Affairs and 

Policy, or Miriam Vincent, Staff 

Attorney, Office of the Federal Register, 

at Fedreg.legal@nara.gov, or 202–741– 

6030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Federal Register (OFR or we) 

received a petition to revise our 

regulations at 1 CFR part 51 on February 

13, 2012. We published an 

announcement of the petition and a 

request for comments on February 27, 

2012. 77 FR 11414. You can view the 

petition and its suggested revisions to 

the regulations 1 CFR part 51 on 

www.regulations.gov. At the 

regulations.gov main page type NARA– 

12–0002 in the search box to find the 

docket for this petition. 

Since we published the 

announcement, we have received 

several informal and one formal request 

to extend the comment period on the 

petition. After considering the requests, 

we have decided to extend the comment 

period to June 1, 2012. Because this 

extension gives commenters more than 

90 days to consider the petition and 

submit comments on its merits, we will 

not accept comments received after June 

1, 2012. 

Michael L. White, 

Acting Director, Office of the Federal Register. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6935 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

5 CFR Part 7501 

[Docket No. FR–5542–P–01] 

RIN 2501–AD55 

Supplemental Standards of Ethical 

Conduct for Employees of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development; Republication 

Republication 

Editorial Note: Proposed rule document 

2012–06177 was originally published on 

pages 14997 through 15003 in the issue of 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012. In that 

publication an incorrect version of the 

document was published. The corrected 

document is republished in its entirety. 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD), with 

the concurrence of the Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE), seeks 

comments on the proposed amendments 

to HUD’s Supplemental Standards of 

Ethical Conduct, which are regulations 

for HUD officers and employees that 

supplement the Standards of Ethical 

Conduct for Employees of the Executive 

Branch (Standards) issued by OGE. To 

ensure a comprehensive and effective 

ethics program at HUD, and to address 

ethical issues unique to HUD, the 

proposed rule reflects statutory changes 

that were enacted subsequent to the 

promulgation of HUD’s Supplemental 

Standards of Conduct regulation in 

1996; significantly, the transfer of 

general regulatory authority over the 

Federal National Mortgage Association 

and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Corporation from HUD to the Federal 

Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). In 

addition, the proposed rule revises 

definitions used in HUD’s Supplemental 

Standards of Conduct to reflect updated 

titles and positions and clarifies existing 

prohibitions on certain financial 

interests and outside employment to 

better guide employee conduct, while 

upholding the integrity of HUD in the 

administration of its programs. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: May 14, 

2012. 


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