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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Parts 1000, 1003, and 1006 

[FR–6431–N–01] 

Regulatory and Administrative 

Requirement Flexibilities Available to 

Native American Programs During CY 

2024 and CY 2025 to Tribal Grantees 

To Assist With Recovery and Relief 

Efforts on Behalf of Families Affected 

by Presidentially Declared Disasters 

AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for 

Public and Indian Housing, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD). 

ACTION: Notification of waivers. 

SUMMARY: This document advises the 

public of waivers and flexibilities from 

HUD requirements for its Indian 

Housing Block Grant (IHBG), Indian 

Community Development Block Grant 

(ICDBG), and Native Hawaiian Housing 

Block Grant (NHHBG) grantees located 

in areas that are covered by 

Presidentially Declared Disasters (PDDs) 

declared during Calendar Years 2024 

and 2025. A PDD is a major disaster or 

emergency declared under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act that activates an array of 

Federal programs to assist in the 

response and recovery efforts. When 

they occur, disasters and their aftermath 

impose significant barriers and 

challenges for housing programs to 

overcome or operate. To provide relief 

during such challenging times for its 

IHBG, ICDBG, and NHHBG grantees, 

HUD is publishing this standing 

notification of regulatory and 

administrative requirement flexibilities 

to assist affected grantees. Instructions 

are provided below on how to apply for 

flexibilities. A grantee may request a 

waiver or flexibility of a HUD 

requirement not listed in this document 

and receive an expedited review of the 

request if the grantee demonstrates that 

the waiver or flexibility is needed to 

assist its disaster relief and recovery 

efforts. 

DATES: This document announces the 

waivers and flexibilities set out within 

as of January 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hilary Atkin, Office of Native American 

Programs, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room 4108, Washington, DC 

20410–5000, or email Hilary.C.Atkin@

hud.gov, phone (202)-402–3427. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document advises the public of waivers 

and flexibilities from HUD requirements 

for its Indian Housing Block Grant 

(IHBG), Indian Community 

Development Block Grant (ICDBG), and 

Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant 

(NHHBG) grantees located in areas that 

are covered by Presidentially Declared 

Disasters (PDDs) declared during 

Calendar Years 2024 and 2025. Please 

note that the waivers and flexibilities in 

this document do not apply to the 

various COVID-relief related programs 

administered by the Office of Native 

American Programs (IHBG–CARES, 

IHBG–ARP, ICDBG–CARES, ICDBG– 

ARP, and NHHBG–ARP) because HUD 

has issued separate waivers and 

alternative requirements that apply to 

those programs, as further outlined in 

the Implementation and Waiver Notices 

governing those programs. 

I. Flexibilities That Are Available to 

PDD Tribes, Tribally Designated 

Housing Entities, and the Department of 

Hawaiian Home Lands for PDDs 

Declared in CY 2024 and CY 2025 

The following is a list of HUD 

requirement waivers and flexibilities 

available for IHBG, ICDBG, and NHHBG 

grantees located within PDD areas. 

Grantees may use any of the waivers 

and flexibilities below to assist their 

communities in addressing challenges 

and issues that result from a disaster 

covered by a PDD declared in CY 2024 

and 2025. 

A. 24 CFR Part 1000 (IHBG) 

1. Total Development Costs (24 CFR 

1000.156, 1000.158, 1000.160, and 

1000.162): 

The IHBG regulations at 24 CFR part 

1000 require that affordable housing 

under the Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

of 1996 (NAHASDA) be of moderate 

design with a size and with amenities 

consistent with unassisted housing 

offered for sale in the Indian tribe’s 

general geographic area to buyers who 

are at or below the area median income 

(AMI). To achieve this requirement the 

recipient must either adopt written 

standards for its affordable housing 

programs that reflect the requirement 

specified or use total development cost 

(TDC) limits published periodically by 

HUD that establish the maximum 

amount of funds (from all sources) that 

the recipient may use to develop or 

acquire/rehabilitate affordable housing. 

The limits provided by the TDC may 

not, without prior HUD approval, 

exceed by more than 10 percent the TDC 

maximum cost for the project. Nondwelling structures used to support an 

affordable housing activity must be of a 

design, size and with features or 

amenities that are reasonable and 

necessary to accomplish the purpose 

intended by the structures. 

Disasters may result in disruptions to 

supply chains, lead to labor and 

contractor shortages, and result in 

overall increases in construction costs. 

Given this possibility of increased costs 

of resources and the urgency to 

rehabilitate homes following a PDD, 

HUD is waiving the TDC regulatory 

requirements in 24 CFR 1000.156, 

1000.158, 1000.160, and 1000.162 

relating to limitations on cost or design 

standards and TDC with respect to 

dwelling and non-dwelling units 

developed, acquired, or assisted with 

IHBG funding. Under this waiver, an 

IHBG recipient may exceed the current 

TDC maximum by 20 percent without 

HUD review or approval (other than 

notification by the grantee pursuant to 

the procedures outlined in Section II of 

this document). The recipient, however, 

must maintain documentation that 

indicates the dwelling units and nondwelling structures developed, 

acquired, or assisted with this funding 

will, after the PDD, be for IHBG-eligible 

families and the design, size, and 

amenities are moderate and comparable 

to housing in the area. The TDC limits 

can be exceeded by more than 20 

percent if the recipient receives written 

approval from HUD Headquarters. This 

waiver applies to both single-family and 

multi-family housing, as well as nondwelling structures. 

2. Income Verification (24 CFR 

1000.128): 

24 CFR 1000.128 requires IHBG 

recipients to verify that a family is 

income eligible. Families are required to 

provide documentation to verify this 

determination, and a recipient is 

required to maintain that 

documentation. Families may be 

required by the IHBG recipient to 

periodically verify income after initial 

occupancy, and the recipient is required 

to maintain documentation. 

As families may be displaced during 

a PDD and may not have access to their 

income documentation, HUD is waiving 

§ 1000.128, and allowing the following: 

(a) IHBG recipients may deviate from 

their current written admissions and 

occupancy policies, and may allow less 

frequent income recertifications; and 

(b) IHBG recipients may carry out 

intake and other tasks necessary to 

verify income through alternative means 

if the IHBG recipient chooses to do so, 

including allowing income selfcertification over the phone (with a 

written record by the IHBG recipient’s 

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3. Assistance to Middle-Income 

Families Impacted by a Disaster (24 CFR 

1000.104, 1000.106, 1000.108, and 

1000.110): 

Generally, Section 201 of NAHASDA 

and the IHBG regulations at 24 CFR 

1000.104, 1000.106, 1000.108, and 

1000.110 require that IHBG recipients 

limit assistance to low-income Native 

American families, with some 

exceptions for non-low-income families 

at 80–100 percent AMI, families over 

100 percent of AMI, and essential 

families under section 201(b)(3) of 

NAHASDA. Section 201(b)(2) and 24 

CFR 1000.110 provide that an IHBG 

recipient may aid a non-low-income 

family upon a documented 

determination by the recipient that there 

is a need for housing for such family 

that cannot reasonably be met without 

such assistance. 24 CFR 1000.110(c) 

provides that a recipient may use up to 

10 percent of the amount planned for 

the Tribal program year for families 

whose income falls within 80 to 100 

percent of AMI without HUD approval. 

HUD approval is required if a recipient 

plans to use more than 10 percent of the 

amount planned for the Tribal program 

year for such assistance or to provide 

housing for families with income over 

100 percent of AMI. Finally, 24 CFR 

1000.110(d) provides that non-lowincome families cannot receive the same 

benefits provided low-income Indian 

families. The amount of rental 

assistance, homeownership assistance, 

and other assistance that non-lowincome families may receive will be 

determined in accordance with the 

formula provided in that regulation. 

Disasters may devastate and displace 

Native American families in a 

community of all incomes, make 

housing uninhabitable, damage 

community infrastructure, and result in 

a loss of life and property. IHBG 

recipients may find it in the public 

interest to aid non-low-income families 

that are displaced due to a disaster, 

including by using IHBG funds to 

provide such assistance as temporary 

rental assistance to otherwise ineligible 

families in IHBG-assisted housing 

owned or operated by the recipient, 

housing such families in hotels/motels, 

and similar facilities, providing such 

families with necessary relocation 

assistance, and more. To help alleviate 

the impact of PDDs on Tribal 

communities, HUD is waiving 24 CFR 

1000.104, 1000.106, 1000.108, and 

1000.110 to the extent necessary to 

allow for the following flexibilities: 

(a) IHBG recipients in areas covered 

by PDDs may exceed the 10 percent cap 

on serving Native American families 

whose income falls within 80 to 100 

percent of AMI without HUD approval, 

provided the recipient decides that the 

families are impacted by the disaster 

and that there is a need for housing for 

such family that cannot reasonably be 

met without such assistance. 

(b) IHBG recipients in areas covered 

by PDDs may provide IHBG assistance 

to middle-income Native American 

families whose income is at or below 

120 percent of AMI without HUD 

approval, provided the recipient decides 

that the families are impacted by the 

disaster and that there is a need for 

housing for such family that cannot 

reasonably be met without such 

assistance. 

In all cases, assistance to these nonlow-income families must still comply 

with limits on assistance specified in 24 

CFR 1000.110(d). Additionally, all 

assistance must be temporary in nature. 

For instance, such families may receive 

temporary rental assistance that is timelimited pursuant to the recipient’s 

policies but may not receive permanent 

tenant-based rental assistance with no 

specified end date. IHBG recipients 

must ensure that IHBG assistance 

provided does not result in a 

duplication of benefits. For example, 

IHBG recipients should not pay for costs 

that are already covered by private 

insurance or other Federal, State, or 

Tribal funds or programs. Finally, when 

providing this assistance, IHBG 

recipients must also maintain records 

documenting that all these criteria were 

met at the time that such assistance was 

provided. 

B. 24 CFR Part 1003 (ICDBG) 

1. Purchasing Equipment (24 CFR 

1003.207(b)(1)(i)): 

The purchase of equipment with 

ICDBG funds is generally ineligible 

under 24 CFR 1003.207(b)(1)(i), with 

some exceptions. Given the immediate 

need for certain equipment to carry out 

ICDBG-eligible activities related to 

disaster recovery, such as construction 

equipment necessary for clearance, 

construction, rehabilitation, and other 

recovery efforts in the aftermath of a 

PDD, HUD is waiving 24 CFR 

1003.207(b)(1)(i) and authorizing the 

use of ICDBG funds for the purchase of 

equipment necessary to carry out 

ICDBG-eligible activities that assist with 

clearance, rehabilitation, construction, 

and other uses related to housing, 

public facilities, improvements, and 

works, and other disaster-recovery 

related purposes. Equipment must be 

used for authorized program purposes, 

and any proceeds from the disposition 

of equipment will be considered ICDBG 

program income. HUD may issue further 

guidance in the future on the 

disposition of program income after 

grant closeout. 

2. Emergency Payments for Up to Six 

Months (24 CFR 1003.207(b)(4)): 

Under 24 CFR 1003.207(b)(4), the 

general rule is that ICDBG funds may 

not be used for income payments. For 

purposes of the ICDBG program, income 

payments mean a series of subsistencetype grant payments made to an 

individual or family for items such as 

food, clothing, housing (rent or 

mortgage), or utilities. However, ICDBG 

may be used to make emergency 

payments over a period of up to three 

months to the provider of such items or 

services on behalf of an individual or 

family. 

Low- and moderate-income families 

impacted by disasters may have an 

immediate need for short-term rental 

assistance, mortgage assistance, utility 

assistance, food, clothing, and similar 

services. 

To provide additional relief to 

families impacted by disasters, HUD is 

waiving 24 CFR 1003.207(b)(4) to the 

extent necessary to allow ICDBG grant 

funds to be used to provide emergency 

payments for low- and moderate-income 

individuals or families impacted by a 

PDD. These grant funds may be used for 

items such as food, medicine, clothing, 

and other necessities, as well as rental, 

mortgage, and utility assistance, without 

regard for the three-month limitation in 

24 CFR 1003.207(b)(4), but for a period 

not to exceed six months, unless further 

approved in writing by HUD on a caseby-case basis. 

ICDBG grantees may establish lines of 

credit with third party providers (e.g., 

grocery stores) on behalf of specific 

beneficiary families, provided all 

expenses can be properly documented 

and all ICDBG funds used for this 

purpose are expended on eligible 

activities. In all cases, ICDBG grantees 

must ensure that proper documentation 

is maintained to ensure that all costs 

incurred are eligible. ICDBG grantees 

using this waiver flexibility must 

document, in their policies and 

procedures, how they will determine 

the necessary and reasonable amount of 

assistance to be provided. 

C. 24 CFR Part 1006 (NHHBG) 

1. Assistance to Middle-Income 

Families Impacted by Disaster (24 CFR 

1006.301(a)): 

24 CFR 1006.301(a) describes families 

eligible for NHHBG assistance as lowincome Native Hawaiian families who 

are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian 

homelands. Section 809(a)(2) of 

NAHASDA limits assistance for families 

who are not low-income to 

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by HUD, to address a housing need that 

cannot be reasonably met without that 

assistance. Section 1006.301(d) requires 

the Department of Hawaiian Home 

Lands (DHHL) to have written policies 

governing eligibility, admission, and 

occupancy of families for NHHBGassisted housing. 

Disasters may devastate and displace 

Native Hawaiian families in a 

community of all incomes, make 

housing uninhabitable, damage 

community infrastructure, and result in 

loss of life and property. DHHL may 

find it in the public interest to aid nonlow-income families that are displaced 

due to a disaster by using NHHBG funds 

to provide such assistance as temporary 

mortgage assistance, temporary rental 

assistance on or off the Hawaiian home 

lands, housing such families in hotels, 

motels, or similar facilities, providing 

such families with necessary relocation 

assistance, and more. To help alleviate 

the impact of PDD on Native Hawaiian 

communities, HUD is waiving 24 CFR 

1006.301(a) to allow DHHL more 

flexibility to provide NHHBG assistance 

to families that are middle income 

(defined as 120 percent of AMI), 

provided the assistance is for 

homeownership activities (which may 

include short-term rental assistance to 

displaced homeowners), is temporary in 

nature, and DHHL determines that the 

families are impacted by the disaster 

and that there is a need for housing for 

such family that cannot reasonably be 

met without such assistance. 

Under this waiver, Native Hawaiian 

families impacted by PDD can 

automatically be served provided their 

household income does not exceed 120 

percent of AMI, there is no duplication 

of benefits, and all eligible criteria in 

this waiver are met. All assistance must 

be temporary in nature. For instance, 

such families may receive temporary 

rental assistance that is time-limited 

pursuant to DHHL’s policies but may 

not receive permanent tenant-based 

rental assistance with no specified end 

date. DHHL must ensure that NHHBG 

assistance provided does not result in a 

duplication of benefits. For example, 

DHHL should not pay for costs that are 

already covered by private insurance or 

other Federal or State funds or 

programs. Further, when providing this 

assistance, DHHL must maintain records 

documenting that all these criteria were 

met at the time that such assistance was 

provided. HUD encourages DHHL to 

update its written policies to allow 

middle-income Native Hawaiian 

families who are impacted by disasters 

covered by a PDD to be considered 

eligible for NHHBG homeownership 

assistance and include a definition for 

‘temporary’ assistance. 

2. Income Verification (24 CFR 

1006.320): 

24 CFR 1006.320 requires DHHL to 

have written policies regarding tenant 

and homebuyer selection and criteria 

related to eligibility for NHHBG 

assistance. Many families whose homes 

were damaged or destroyed by the 

disaster may not have any 

documentation of income. DHHL may 

modify its policy and procedures to 

streamline any income verification and 

documentation requirements for 

families impacted by PDDs. This may 

include allowing income selfcertification over the phone (with a 

written record by the DHHL’s staff), or 

through an email with a selfcertification form signed by a family. 

This waiver applies only to families 

impacted by PDDs whose income 

documentation was destroyed or made 

difficult to access by the disaster. 

II. Instructions 

To use the waivers or flexibilities, 

grantees must provide notification in 

writing, preferably by email, to the 

Administrator in the Office of Native 

American Programs (ONAP) Area Office 

serving their area before the grantee 

anticipates using the waiver or 

flexibility. Grantees can find their 

ONAP office at https://www.hud.gov/ 

program_offices/public_indian_

housing/ih/codetalk/onap/map/ 

nationalmap. The written notification 

should include the following details: 

• Requestor’s Tribe/Tribally 

Designated Housing Entity (TDHE)/ 

DHHL, name, title, and contact 

information. 

• Presidentially declared major 

disaster area(s) where the waivers will 

be used. 

• Date on which the grantee 

anticipates the first use of the waiver or 

flexibility, and its expected duration 

(which must include a specific end 

date), and 

• A list of the waivers and 

flexibilities the grantee will use. 

III. Exceptions 

An IHBG, ICDBG, or NHHBG grantee 

in a PDD may request an exception of 

a HUD requirement not listed in Section 

I of this document. HUD will only 

consider such exception requests 

subject to statutory limitations and 

pursuant to 24 CFR 5.110. HUD will not 

approve a recipient’s request to waive or 

be granted a flexibility for an existing 

fair housing or civil rights obligation. 

IV. Period of Use for Waivers and 

Flexibilities 

Waivers and flexibilities provided in 

this document will remain available to 

grantees provided a grantee is using the 

waivers or flexibilities in response to a 

PDD declared in CY 2024 or 2025 or as 

part of the recovery process effort for 

such PDD. HUD recommends that 

grantees clearly document the need for 

each waiver and flexibility in their 

records and ensure that a specific time 

period for which the grantee will use 

the waivers and flexibilities that the 

grantee specifies in its written 

notification to HUD, described in 

Section II of this document, is 

reasonably set and ties back to the 

response and recovery effort. If a grantee 

finds a need to extend the period for 

which it will use a waiver or flexibility 

beyond the end date initially set by the 

grantee in its initial written notification 

to aid in its ongoing recovery effort, the 

grantee should send HUD written 

notification of its intent to extend the 

end date. The request must also 

demonstrate to HUD’s satisfaction that 

the new time period is reasonably set 

and ties back to the response and 

recovery effort. 

V. Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to the 

environment has been made in 

accordance with HUD regulations at 24 

CFR part 50, which implement section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(C)). 

The FONSI is available for public 

inspection between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time weekdays in the 

Regulations Division, Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 

20410–0500. Due to security measures 

at the HUD Headquarters building, an 

advance appointment to review the 

docket file must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

HUD welcomes and is prepared to 

receive calls from individuals who are 

deaf or hard of hearing, or who have 

speech and other communication 

disabilities may use a relay service to 

reach the Regulations Division. To learn 

more about how to make an accessible 

telephone call, visit the web page for 

Federal Communications Commission at 

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

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VI. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collections 

referenced in this document have been 

approved by OMB pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act under, OMB 

Control Number 2577–0292. 

Richard J. Monocchio, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Public and Indian Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27724 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[TD 9979] 

RIN 1545–BQ81 

Additional Guidance on Low-Income 

Communities Bonus Credit Program; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction and 

correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

corrections to Treasury Decision 9979, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register for Tuesday, August 15, 2023. 

Treasury Decision 9979 issued final 

regulations relating to the application of 

the low-income communities bonus 

credit program for the energy 

investment credit established pursuant 

to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 

DATES: These corrections are effective 

on December 20, 2023, and applicable 

on August 15, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Whitney Brady at (202) 317–6853 (not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The final regulations (TD 9979) that 

are the subject of this correction are 

under section 48(e) of the Code. 

Corrections to Publication 

Accordingly, the final regulations (TD 

9979) that are the subject of FR Doc. 

2023–17078, appearing on page 55506 

in the Federal Register published on 

August 15, 2023, are corrected as 

follows: 

1. On page 55519, in the third 

column, the heading ‘‘VII. Annual 

Capacity Limitation’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘VII. Annual Capacity Limitation’’. 

2. On page 55522, in the first column, 

second full paragraph, the last line is 

corrected to read, ‘‘applicants in 

Category 4.’’. 

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1 

Income taxes, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Corrections to the Regulations 

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 1—INCOME TAXES 

■ Paragraph 1. The authority citation 

for part 1 continues to read in part as 

follows: 

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * * 

■ Par. 2. Section 1.48(e)–1 is amended: 

■ a. In the first sentence of paragraph 

(h)(1) by removing the language 

‘‘paragraph (b)’’ and adding the 

language ‘‘paragraph (b)(2)’’ in its place. 

■ b. By revising the heading for 

paragraph (h)(2)(ii)(B). 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 1.48(e)–1 Low-Income Communities 

Bonus Credit Program. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(B) Partnership. * * * 

* * * * * 

Oluwafunmilayo A. Taylor, 

Section Chief, Publications & Regulations 

Section, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure 

and Administration). 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Prisons 

28 CFR Part 543 

[BOP–1180–I] 

RIN 1120–AB80 

Federal Tort Claims Act—Technical 

Changes; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Bureau 

of Prisons (Bureau) corrects inadvertent 

errors and omissions in its regulations 

caused by errors in the interim final rule 

titled ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act— 

Technical Changes’’ published in the 

Federal Register on November 7, 2023. 

DATES: This correcting amendment is 

effective December 20, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel J. Crooks III, Assistant General 

Counsel/Rules Administrator, at 

Legislative & Correctional Issues 

Branch, Office of General Counsel, 

Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20534 or at (202) 353– 

4885. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction 

On November 7, 2023, the Bureau 

published an interim final rule (IFR) in 

the Federal Register at 88 FR 76656 that 

made technical changes to how the 

Bureau processes Federal Tort Claims 

Act (FTCA) claims. This document 

corrects inadvertent errors and 

omissions in its regulations caused by 

errors in that rule. 

First, this document revises the 

headings of two paragraphs in § 543.31 

to conform with the statement-like form 

of other paragraph headings we 

amended in the IFR. Thus, the heading 

of § 543.31(a) should be changed from 

‘‘Who may file a claim?’’ to ‘‘Claimant,’’ 

and the heading of § 543.31(b) should be 

changed from ‘‘Where do I obtain a form 

for filing a claim?’’ to ‘‘Claim form.’’ 

Second, the third instruction of the 

IFR revised paragraphs (a) through (d) 

and (f) of § 543.32. Paragraphs (g) and 

(h) were missing from that instruction, 

while they were correctly included in 

the amendatory language. In addition, 

the heading to paragraph (e) needs to be 

changed to conform with the declaratory 

headings of the other paragraphs. 

Finally, paragraph (i) needs to be 

deleted because, with the revisions to 

the other paragraphs, paragraph (i) is 

redundant. 

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 543 

Prisoners. 

Accordingly, 28 CFR part 543 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 543—LEGAL MATTERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 543 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 

3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed 

in part as to offenses committed on or after 

November 1, 1987), 5006–5024 (Repealed 

October 12, 1984 as to Offenses committed 

after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 

1346(b), 2671–80; 28 CFR 0.95–0.99, 0.172, 

14.1–11. 

■ 2. Amend § 543.31 by revising the 

section heading and the headings for 

paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 543.31 Presenting a claim. 

(a) Claimant. * * * 

(b) Claim form. * * * 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 543.32 by: 

■ a. Revising the heading for paragraph 

(e) and paragraphs (g) and (h); and 


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