[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15783-15784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7400]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. D-95-1085; FR-3868-D-01]


Revocation in Part and Delegation of Authority for Indian 
Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of revocation in part and delegation of authority.

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SUMMARY: This notice revokes authority from the Assistant Secretary for 
Community Planning and Development (CPD), in the case of Indian Tribes 
and Alaska Natives only, to administer the Emergency Shelter Grants 
Program (ESG) under Subtitle B of Part IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq. This 
notice delegates this authority to administer the ESG Program 
pertaining to Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives to the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elaine Dudley, Deputy Director for Headquarters Operations, Office of 
Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, B-133, 451 7th Street, SW, 
telephone (202) 755-0066 or 755-0850 (voice/TDD). (These are not toll-
free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By statute, Indian tribes receive a set 
aside of 1% of funds appropriated for the ESG Program for Indian and 
Alaskan Natives under Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq. Originally 
this set aside of ESG funds for Indian tribes was administered by CPD 
field office staff working within Indian program offices located in six 
regional or field offices. CPD had complete responsibility for the set 
aside within its ESG Program.

    Pursuant to Section 902 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 3533, the Office of Native American Programs 
(ONAP) was created within the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) 
in Headquarters. According to the statute, the office is to administer 
and coordinate all programs of the Department relating to Indian and 
Alaska Native housing and community development. In addition, ONAP is 
to direct, coordinate and assist in managing HUD field offices that 
administer Indian and Alaska Native programs.
    In accordance with the statute, the Secretary has already delegated 
to the Assistant Secretary for PIH, and the Assistant Secretary for PIH 
has redelegated to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters 
Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of 
Native American Programs, the authority for the HOME and Community 
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs, in the case of Indian Tribes 
and Alaska Natives. This authority previously rested with the Assistant 
Secretary for CPD.
    In furtherance of the goal of having one office of the Department 
administer all programs pertaining to Indian and Alaska Natives, the 
Secretary is revoking from the Assistant Secretary for CPD, and 
delegating to the Assistant Secretary for PIH, in the case of Indian 
Tribes and Alaska Natives only, the authority for the Emergency Shelter 
Grants Program under Subtitle B of Part [[Page 15784]] IV of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
11371 et seq. In addition, published elsewhere in today's Federal 
Register, the Assistant Secretary for PIH is redelegating this 
authority to the Director, the Deputy Director for Headquarters 
Operations, and the Deputy Director for Field Operations, Office of 
Native American Programs, within the Office of Public and Indian 
Housing.
    Accordingly, the Secretary revokes in part and delegates authority 
as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

    The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
delegates individually to the Assistant Secretary for PIH and to the 
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for PIH all power and authority with 
respect to the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, for Indian Tribes and 
Alaska Natives, pursuant to Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq., 
except as provided in Section B of this delegation of authority.

Section B. Authority Excepted

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

Section C. Authority Revoked

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development revokes in part the 
Delegation of Authority published in the Federal Register on September 
4, 1987, at 52 FR 33793: At Section A of that delegation, the Secretary 
revokes the authority of the Assistant Secretary and the General Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, in the case 
of Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives only, to exercise the power and 
authority of the Secretary with respect to the Emergency Shelter Grants 
Program under Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.

    Authority: Section 7(d), Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535 (d).

    Dated: March 15, 1995.
Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 95-7400 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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