3646 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 1995 / Notices

Dated: January 11, 1995.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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Notice of Meeting; Chairpersons,

Boards of Scientific Counselors for

Institutes, Centers and Divisions at NIH

Notice is hereby given of a meeting

scheduled by the Deputy Director for

Intramural Research at the National

Institutes of Health with the

chairpersons of the Boards of Scientific

Counselors. The Boards of Scientific

Counselors are an advisory group to the

Scientific Directors of the Intramural

Research Programs at the NIH. This

meeting will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

on January 23, 1995, at the NIH, 9000

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, Building

31, Conference Room #6. The meeting

will include a discussion of the new

Manual Chapter 3005 governing the

process of reviewing intramural

research programs and scientists. For

additional information, contact Ms.

Audrey Boyle at the Office of Intramural

Research, NIH, Building 1, Room 114,

Telephone (301) 496–1921 or Fax (301)

402–4273.

Dated: December 30, 1994.

Ruth Kirschstein,

Deputy Director, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing

[Docket No. N–95–3853; FR–3833–N–01]

Preferences for Admission to Assisted

Housing; Preference for Working

Families—Notice of Statutory

Amendment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner; and Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises that

sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and (8)(d)(1)(A)(ii)

of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 were

amended by the HUD Appropriations

Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to provide a

discretionary local preference for

admission to public housing and HUDassisted housing for ‘‘families that

include one or more adult members who

are employed.’’ The amendment by the

HUD Appropriations Act provides that

this preference for working families

‘‘shall be effective only during fiscal

year 1995.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the public housing and Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation programs,

Edward Whipple, Director, Occupancy

Division, Office of Public Housing, (202)

708–0744 (voice); (202) 708–0850

(TDD).

For the Section 8 programs except for

the Moderate Rehabilitation program,

Barbara Hunter, Acting Director,

Planning and Procedures Division,

Office of Multifamily Housing, Office of

Housing (202) 708–3944 (voice); (202)

708–4594 (TDD).

None of these telephone numbers is

toll-free. All of the individuals listed are

located at the Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and

(8)(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the U.S. Housing Act

of 1937 (1937 Act) (42 U.S.C. 1437d and

42 U.S.C. 1437f) provide an illustrative

list of local preferences that may be

given by housing authorities and project

owners in selecting residents for public

housing and section 8 existing housing.

The Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development,

and Independent Agencies

Appropriations Act, 1995 (Pub. L. 103–

327, approved September 28, 1994, 108

Stat. 2315) (HUD Appropriations Act for

FY 1995) amended these sections of the

1937 Act to add an additional,

illustrative local preference for ‘‘families

that include one or more adult members

who are employed.’’

For public housing, section

6(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the 1937 Act, as

amended by the HUD Appropriations

Act of FY 1995, provides in relevant

part that:

[E]xcept for projects or portions of projects

specifically designated for elderly families

with respect to which the Secretary has

determined that application of this

subparagraph would result in excessive

delays in meeting the housing need of such

families, the establishment of tenant criteria

which * * *

(ii) for any remaining units to be made

available for occupancy give preference in

accordance with a system of preferences

established by the public housing agency in

writing and after public hearings to respond

to local housing needs and priorities, which

may include * * * (V) assisting families that

include one or more adult members who are

employed.

For section 8 existing housing, section

(8)(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the 1937 Act, as

amended by the HUD Appropriations

Act for FY 1995, provides in relevant

part that:

[T]he selection of tenants for such units

shall be the function of the owner, subject to

the provisions of the annual contributions

contract between the Secretary and the

agency, except that the tenant selection

criteria used by the owner * * *

(ii) for any remaining assistance in any 1-

year period give preference to families who

qualify under a system of local preferences

established by the public housing agency in

writing and after public hearing to respond

to local housing needs and priorities, which

may include * * *

(V) assisting families that include one or

more adult members who are employed.

The Department notes that these

amendments only apply to local

preference admissions and not to

admissions covered by Federal

preference.

The HUD Appropriations Act also

provides that this preference ‘‘shall be

effective only during fiscal year 1995.’’

The preference added by the Congress

is consistent with the Department’s final

rule entitled, ‘‘Preferences for

Admission to Assisted Housing,’’

published on July 18, 1994 (59 FR

36616), and its final rule entitled

‘‘Section 8 Certificate and Voucher

Programs Conforming Rule:

Admissions,’’ also published on July 18,

1994 (59 FR 36662). The preamble to the

‘‘Preferences for Admission’’ final rule

stated that:

The Department is convinced that housing

agencies must have the flexibility to give

preference to working families to assure

diversity in the residency of projects and to

include families who can serve as role

models for other families. (59 FR 36618)

The preamble noted, however, that the

preference for working families may not

be administered in a way that will

violate the legal prohibitions against

discrimination. (59 FR 33619)

The purpose of this notice is to advise

housing authorities and project owners

of the amendment to sections

6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and (8)(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the

1937 Act made by the HUD

Appropriations Act for FY 1995.

Dated: January 10, 1995.

Jeanne K. Engel,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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