[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1676]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. 4281-N-01]


Delegation of Authority

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community 
Planning and Development the Secretary's authority to designate two 
additional urban Empowerment Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Sec. 1391, as 
amended by Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 951 (Additional 
Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael T. Savage, Deputy Director, Office of Economic Development, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Room 7136, Washington, D.C. 20410-0400, Telephone Number (202) 708-
2290. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may also utilize HUD's 
TTY Number at (202) 708-1455 or the Federal Information Relay Service's 
TTY Number at (800) 877-8339. Aside from the ``800'' number, the 
telephone and TTY numbers listed are not toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title XIII, Subchapter C, Part I, Section 
1391 (Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and Rural Development 
Investment Areas) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, 
Public Law 103-66, 107 Stat. 543, approved August 10, 1993, codified as 
26 U.S.C. Sec. 1391, et seq., authorized the designation of an 
aggregate of nine Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities. 
Under this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was 
authorized to designate up to six urban Empowerment Zones and up to 65 
urban Enterprise Communities, and the Secretary of Agriculture was 
authorized to designate up to three rural Empowerment Zones and up to 
30 rural Enterprise Communities.

    On December 21, 1994, President Clinton announced the urban areas 
that were designated by the department of Housing and Urban Development 
as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, and the rural areas 
that were designated by the Department of Agriculture as Empowerment 
Zones and Enterprise Communities. On that date, President Clinton also 
announced the designation of two Supplemental Empowerment Zones and 
four Enhanced Enterprise Communities. In a notice published in the 
Federal Register on February 23, 1995 at 60 FR 10018, the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development announced the jurisdictions designated as 
urban Empowerment Zones, urban Supplemental Empowerment Zones, urban 
Enhanced Enterprise Communities, and urban Enterprise Communities.
    Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 951 (Additional 
Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997, amended 26 U.S.C. Sec. 1391 
to allow the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate 
two additional urban Empowerment Zones. This Act also increased from 
750,000 to one million the maximum aggregate population of all urban 
Empowerment Zones. The designation of the two additional urban 
Empowerment Zones is to be made within 180 days of the August 5, 1997 
enactment of the Act, and will not take effect before January 1, 2000.
    Accordingly, the Secretary delegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development the authority to designate two additional urban Empowerment 
Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Sec. 1391, as amended by Title IX, 
Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 951 (Additional Empowerment Zones) of 
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-34, 111 Stat. 885, 
approved August 5, 1997.

Section B. Authority Excepted

    The authority delegated under Section A does not include the power 
to sue or be sued.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 353(d).

    Dated: January 7, 1998.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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