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Vol. 89, No. 221 

Friday, November 15, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

7 CFR Part 3560 

[Docket No.: RHS–23–MFH–0013] 

RIN 0575–AD36 

Updates to the Off-Farm Labor 

Housing (Off-FLH), Loan and Grant 

Rates and Terms; Clarification of Grant 

Agreement Terms; Announcement of 

Enforcement Date 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

enforcement date. 

SUMMARY: On October 25, 2024, Rural 

Development’s Multifamily Housing 

(MFH or Agency), an Agency of the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), published a final rule. The 

final rule amended the current 

regulation for the Off-Farm Labor 

Housing (Off-FLH) program to clarify 

the grant agreement term and adopted 

the period of performance as required 

by Federal award information 

requirements. The changes clarified for 

applicants and grantees their obligations 

and requirements as Federal award 

recipients. The effective date set out in 

the preamble of the final rule was 

October 25, 2024 (the date the final rule 

published in the Federal Register). The 

effective date should have been 

November 25, 2024 (30 days after the 

final rule published in the Federal 

Register). This document sets November 

25, 2024, as the enforcement date for the 

amendments in the October 25, 2024, 

final rule. 

DATES: The enforcement date for the 

amendments to 7 CFR 3560.5668 in the 

final rule published at 89 FR 85035 on 

October 25, 2024, is November 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christa Lindsey, Finance and Loan 

Analyst, United States Department of 

Agriculture Rural Housing Service, 

Multifamily Housing Production and 

Preservation Division; telephone 

number: (352) 538–5747; email address: 

mfh.programsupport@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 25, 2024, RHS published a final 

rule amending 7 CFR 3560.5668. RHS 

incorrectly established the effective date 

as October 25, 2024. The intention was 

for the final rule to become effective on 

November 25, 2024. Because the 

amendments in the rule were 

incorporated into the CFR on October 

25, 2024, RHS is announcing in this 

document that enforcement of, and 

compliance with, the amended 

regulations is November 25, 2024. 

Joaquin Altoro, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26638 Filed 11–14–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 685 

[Docket ID ED–2024–OPE–0135] 

RIN 1840–AD97 

Income Contingent Repayment Plan 

Options 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Interim final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) issues this interim final 

rule (IFR) to amend the regulations 

governing income contingent repayment 

(ICR) plans available to Federal student 

loan borrowers to make certain that the 

Department meets its statutory 

obligation under the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) to offer 

borrowers access to an income 

contingent repayment plan. The scope 

of this rule is narrow. It just revises the 

end date for most borrowers to enroll in 

ICR or Pay as You Earn plans from July 

1, 2024, to July 1, 2027. This timelimited change to eligibility restrictions 

that went into effect on July 1, 2024, 

will allow the Department to meet its 

statutory obligations while it undertakes 

the necessary administrative changes to 

make its repayment plans that would 

otherwise be available for borrowers 

compliant with the terms of an 

injunction from the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth 

Circuit). 

DATES: 

Effective date: These regulations are 

effective on July 1, 2026. 

Implementation date: For the 

implementation date of these regulatory 

changes, see the Implementation Date of 

These Regulations section of this 

document. 

Comments due date: We must receive 

your comments on or before December 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: For more information 

regarding submission of comments, 

please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Comments must be submitted via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

Regulations.gov. However, if you 

require an accommodation or cannot 

otherwise submit your comments via 

Regulations.gov, please email the Help 

Desk at regulationshelpdesk@gsa.gov or 

contact by phone at 866–498–2945. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Please go 

to www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for finding a rule on the site 

and submitting comments, is available 

on the site under ‘‘FAQ.’’ 

A summary of the rule is available at 

https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ED2024-OPE-0135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Tamy 

Abernathy, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–4595. Email: 

NegRegNPRMHelp@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Implementation Date of These 

Regulations: These regulations are 

effective on July 1, 2026. Section 482(c) 

of the HEA requires that regulations 

affecting programs under title IV of the 

HEA be published in final form by 

November 1, prior to the start of the 

award year (July 1) to which they apply. 

However, that section also permits the 

Secretary to designate any regulation as 

one that an entity subject to the 

regulations may choose to implement 

earlier, as well as the conditions for 

early implementation. 


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