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mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.867, Vision Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: June 22, 2022. 

Victoria E. Townsend, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 

Emphasis Panel; HIV Vaccine Research and 

Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01 Clinical Trial 

Not Allowed). 

Date: July 21, 2022. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of 

Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3G22B, 

Rockville, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Kristina S. Wickham, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific 

Review Program, Division of Extramural 

Activities, National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of 

Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3G22B, 

Rockville, MD 20852, 301–761–5390, 

kristina.wickham@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 

and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: June 21, 2022. 

Victoria E. Townsend, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5654–N–04] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Programs Management and 

Occupancy Review Schedule 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 

establishes the Management and 

Occupancy Review (MOR) schedule for 

projects assisted under each of seven 

project-based Section 8 programs 

administered by the Office of 

Multifamily Housing Programs. The 

MOR schedule establishes a frequency 

for the completion of MORs based upon 

a project’s previous MOR score and the 

project’s rating under HUD’s risk-based 

asset management model. This Notice 

follows the January 14, 2015, 

publication of a proposed MOR 

schedule, on which HUD sought public 

comments. It adopts a final schedule 

that reflects changes made in response 

to such comments. 

DATES: The MOR schedule is effective 

September 26, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Lavorel, Director, Program 

Administration Office, Office of 

Multifamily Asset Management, Office 

of Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 

number 202–402–2515 (this is not a tollfree number). Hearing- and speechimpaired persons may access this 

numbers through TTY by calling the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339 

(this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On January 14, 2015, HUD published 

the ‘‘Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Programs Proposed Management and 

Occupancy Review Schedule’’ (MOR 

Notice) (80 FR 1930) to solicit public 

comments on HUD’s proposed MOR 

schedule. The proposed MOR schedule 

was published concurrently with a 

Proposed Rule (80 FR 1860) that sought 

to amend HUD’s regulations governing 

seven project-based Section 8 Housing 

Assistance Payment (HAP) programs 

administered by the Office of 

Multifamily Housing Programs to 

provide for consistency across the 

programs with respect to the frequency 

of MORs and to authorize HUD to 

establish by Federal Register Notice, 

subject to public comment, an MOR 

schedule based on a project’s annual 

MOR score and its rating under HUD’s 

risk-based management model. 

The seven programs addressed in the 

Proposed Rule and subject to the MOR 

schedule are the HAP program for New 

Construction (24 CFR part 880) and the 

HAP program for Substantial 

Rehabilitation (24 CFR part 881), which 

provide rental assistance in connection 

with the development of newly 

constructed or substantially 

rehabilitated privately owned rental 

housing; the HAP Program for State 

Housing Agencies (24 CFR part 883), 

which applies to newly constructed or 

substantially rehabilitated housing 

financed by state agencies; the HAP 

program for New Construction financed 

under Section 515 of the Housing Act of 

1949 (24 CFR part 884), which applies 

to U.S. Department of Agriculture rural 

rental housing projects; the Loan 

Management Set Aside Program (24 CFR 

part 886, subpart A), which provides 

rental subsidies to HUD-insured or 

HUD-held multifamily properties 

experiencing immediate or potential 

financial difficulties; the HAP for the 

Disposition of HUD-Owned Projects (24 

CFR part 886, subpart C), which 

provides Section 8 assistance in 

connection with the sale of HUD-owned 

multifamily rental housing projects and 

the foreclosure of HUD-held mortgages 

on rental housing projects; and the 

Section 202/8 Program (24 CFR part 

891, subpart E), which provides 

assistance for housing projects serving 

the elderly or households headed by 

persons with disabilities. 

HUD’s risk-based asset management 

model incorporates both qualitative and 

quantitative elements into a 

comprehensive property-level rating. 

This rating translates to a classification 

(hereafter referred to as a ‘‘risk-based 

classification’’) of ‘‘Troubled,’’ 

‘‘Potentially Troubled,’’ or ‘‘Not 

Troubled.’’ 

Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register, HUD publishes a Final Rule 

that adopts with no substantive changes 

the portions of the Proposed Rule that 

provide for consistency across the seven 

above-described programs with respect 

to the frequency of MORs. As required 

pursuant to this Final Rule, HUD sets 

forth by publication of this Federal 

Register Notice an MOR schedule for 


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projects assisted under such programs, 

taking into account public comments 

received on the proposed MOR 

schedule. 

II. Proposed MOR Schedule 

The proposed schedule was as 

follows: 

(1) A project with a ‘‘Below Average’’ 

or ‘‘Unsatisfactory’’ score on the 

previous MOR and a risk classification 

of ‘‘Troubled,’’ ‘‘Potentially Troubled,’’ 

or ‘‘Not Troubled’’ would have an MOR 

within 12 months of the previous MOR 

conducted at the project; 

(2) A project with a ‘‘Satisfactory’’ 

score on the previous MOR and a risk 

classification of ‘‘Troubled’’ or 

‘‘Potentially Troubled’’ would have an 

MOR within 24 months of the previous 

MOR conducted at the project. 

Additionally, a project with an ‘‘Above 

Average’’ or ‘‘Superior’’ score on the 

previous MOR and a risk classification 

of ‘‘Troubled’’ would have an MOR 

within 24 months of the previous MOR 

conducted at the project; and 

(3) A project with a ‘‘Satisfactory’’ 

score on the previous MOR and a risk 

classification of ‘‘Not Troubled’’ would 

have an MOR within 36 months of the 

previous MOR conducted at the project. 

Additionally, a project with an ‘‘Above 

Average’’ or ‘‘Superior’’ score on the 

previous MOR and a risk classification 

of ‘‘Potentially Troubled’’ or ‘‘Not 

Troubled’’ would have an MOR within 

36 months of the previous MOR 

conducted at the project. 

HUD received 23 public comments on 

the Proposed Rule and 16 public 

comments on the proposed MOR 

schedule from management 

associations, public housing authorities, 

homebuilders’ associations, residents of 

public housing, and other interested 

parties. Given the overlap between the 

public comments received on the 

Proposed Rule and the proposed MOR 

schedule, HUD provides a detailed 

discussion of all significant comments 

in the preamble to the Final Rule. 

III. Final Notice 

HUD has made changes to the final 

MOR schedule based on comments on 

the proposed MOR schedule. As of the 

effective date of this Notice, the MOR 

schedule for projects assisted under the 

seven project-based Section 8 programs 

administered by the Office of 

Multifamily Housing Programs is as 

follows: 

(1) A project must have an MOR 

within 12 months of its previous MOR 

if— 

(a) it has a risk classification of 

‘‘Troubled’’ or ‘‘Potentially Troubled’’ 

without regard to its MOR score, or; 

(b) it has a risk classification of ‘‘Not 

Troubled’’ and an MOR score of 

‘‘Unsatisfactory’’ or ‘‘Below Average.’’ 

(2) A project must have an MOR 

within 24 months of its previous MOR 

if it has a risk classification of ‘‘Not 

Troubled’’ and an MOR score of 

‘‘Satisfactory.’’ 

(3) A project must have an MOR 

within 36 months of its previous MOR 

if it has a risk classification of ‘‘Not 

Troubled’’ and a previous MOR score of 

‘‘Above Average’’ or ‘‘Superior.’’ 

The schedule is summarized in the 

table below. 

Previous MOR Unsatisfactory Below 

average Satisfactory Above average Superior 

Next MOR must be conducted within . . . 

Risk Classification: Troubled .............. 12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR. 

Risk Classification: Potentially Troubled.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR. 

Risk Classification: Not Troubled ........ 12 months of previous MOR.12 months of previous MOR.24 months of previous MOR.36 months of previous MOR.36 months of previous MOR. 

Either HUD or the respective contract 

administrator (CA) may conduct an 

MOR outside of this schedule as 

warranted based on project-level 

circumstances (for example, if a 

project’s risk profile has worsened; note 

HUD requires an MOR within 6 months 

of a change in ownership or 

management irrespective of a project’s 

performance-based MOR schedule). All 

scheduling of MORs is subject to the 

availability of appropriations for CA 

services, constraints on HUD staffing, 

the status of government operations, and 

whether a disaster declaration is in 

effect for the area in which a property 

is located. For any property with a 

previous MOR score of ‘‘Satisfactory’’ or 

better, HUD may opt to defer scheduling 

for up to 90 days from the date 

established pursuant to this schedule in 

order to balance workload. Deferred 

scheduling may be approved by CAs or 

vendors under HAP support services 

contracts only with prior approval from 

HUD. 

HUD suggests that owners provide 

copies of completed MORs to tenant 

organizations upon request, after 

redacting any personally identifiable 

information. 

IV. Findings and Certifications 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements for this Notice have been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520) and assigned OMB control 

number 2502–0178. The Department is 

amending the collection requirement to 

reflect this Notice’s reduced burden. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information, unless the collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Environmental Review 

This Notice provides operating 

instructions and procedures in 

connection with activities under 

provisions of Section 8 project-based 

assistance program regulations that have 

been the subject of a required 

environmental review. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(4), this Notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Julia R. Gordon, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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