[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87886-87887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25657]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6496-N-01]


Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Membership

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the list of Committee Members of HUD's 
Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (TIAC) starting in January 
2025. The committee will perform several advisory functions while it 
considers HUD policies that affect Indian Country. HUD will publish a 
subsequent notice with details of any scheduled TIAC meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi J. Frechette, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian 
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW, Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number 202-401-
7914 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to 
receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well 
as individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn 
more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit 
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On January 26, 2021, President Biden issued a Presidential 
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation 
Relationships.\1\ The memorandum directed all Federal agencies to take 
actions to strengthen their Tribal consultation policies and practices 
and to further the purposes of Executive Order 13175 (Consultation and 
Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments).
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    \1\ Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/.
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    On November 15, 2021 (86 FR 63051), to enhance consultation and 
collaboration with Tribal governments, HUD published a notice in the 
Federal Register announcing its intention to establish its first Tribal 
advisory committee known as the ``Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory 
Committee'' (TIAC). The notice also solicited Tribal feedback on a 
proposed TIAC structure and its functions. On March 31, 2022 (87 FR 
18807), HUD published a notice in the Federal Register that announced 
the final structure of the TIAC and requested the submission of Tribal 
nominations to the TIAC. HUD selected 15 members for its inaugural 
TIAC, beginning in January 2023.
    On April 8, 2024 (89 FR 24484), HUD published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting submission of Tribal nominations to the 
TIAC for two-year terms to begin in January 2025 (replacing eight 
positions whose terms were set to expire at the end of December 2024).

II. The Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee

    Today's notice announces the membership of the TIAC starting 
January 2025 (returning members as well as new members). The purpose of 
the TIAC is to further facilitate intergovernmental communication 
between HUD and Tribal leaders of federally recognized Tribes on all 
HUD programs, to make recommendations to HUD regarding current program 
regulations that may require revision, as well as suggest rulemaking 
methods to develop such changes, and to advise in the development of 
HUD's American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) housing priorities. The 
function of TIAC is not to replace Tribal consultation, but rather to 
serve as a tool to help supplement it.
    In making the selections for membership on the TIAC, HUD's goal was 
to establish a committee whose

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membership reflects a balanced representation of Indian tribes. In 
addition to the Tribal representatives on the committee, there will be 
several HUD representatives, each representing various program offices, 
on the committee.
    HUD appreciates commenters who submitted names of Alternates. HUD 
is only announcing Committee Members in today's Notice. However, each 
Committee Member should have an eligible Alternate in queue in case the 
Committee Member is unable to attend a particular committee meeting. As 
a reminder, the Alternate must meet the same eligibility criteria 
required of the selected Committee Member, specifically, that they must 
be either a duly elected Tribal official or Tribal employee. The 
Alternate cannot be a Tribally Designated Housing Entity employee. In 
the absence of a Committee Member, the Alternate will have the same 
rights, responsibilities, duties, and functions as a Committee Member 
during meetings. Each Committee Member has the discretion to decide who 
will best represent them in their absence. A Committee Member unable to 
attend any session must inform HUD in writing with an original 
signature as to whom they have selected to represent them and will 
specify the term. HUD will review all Alternates before a meeting to 
confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria for Alternates 
specified by HUD.
    The final list of members of the TIAC is as follows:

Tribal Members

    Jamie Azure, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Belcourt, North Dakota.
    Gary Batton, Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, Oklahoma.
    Kelly Cook, Executive Director, Office of Housing, Chickasaw 
Nation, Ada, Oklahoma.
    Glenn Ellis, Jr., Council Member, Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah 
Indian Reservation, Neah Bay, Washington.
    Denise Harvey, Council Member, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 
Community of Oregon, Grand Ronde, Oregon.
    Emily Boyd-Valandra, Councilmember, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 
Rosebud Indian Reservation, Rosebud, South Dakota.
    Benjamin Herne, Tribal Sub-Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, 
Akwesasne, New York.
    Victoria Hobbs, Legislative Council Representative, Tohono O'odham 
Nation of Arizona, Sells, Arizona.
    Ryman LeBeau, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, 
South Dakota (at-large).
    Patricia MacDonald, Council President, Healy Lake Village, 
Fairbanks, Alaska.
    Jacqueline Pata, 1st Vice President, Central Council of Tlingit and 
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska.
    Teri Nutter, Council Member, Gulkana Village Council, Gakona, 
Alaska (at-large).
    Charles Matthew Sisneros, Lieutenant Governor, Santa Clara Indian 
Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico.
    Bridgett Sorenson, Board of Director, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Kincheloe, Michigan.
    Kim Teehee, Director of Government Relations, Cherokee Nation, 
Tahlequah, Oklahoma (at-large).

HUD Representatives

    Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Indian Housing.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Development, and Research.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Field Policy Management.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Housing.
    Assistant Secretary, Government National Mortgage Association.
    Assistant Secretary, Office of Community Planning and Development.

Gary Cooper,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, 
Office of Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2024-25657 Filed 11-4-24; 8:45 am]
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