[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1637-1638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-442]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4281-N-08]
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 15
urban Empowerment Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391, as amended by
Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New
Empowerment Zones) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
34, 111 Stat. 885, approved August 5, 1997.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Braverman, Empowerment Zone/
Enterprize Community Initiative, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7130, Washington, DC 20410-
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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. 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 Enterprise Communities, and the Secretary of
Agriculture was authorized to designate up to three rural Empowerment
Zones and up to 30 rural Enterprise Communities.
Title IX, Subtitle F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New
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. 1391 to
add a new paragraph (g), that changed the eligibility criteria for 20
new Empowerment Zones, 15 of which are to be in urban areas and
designated by the Secretary of HUD, and five of which are to be in
rural areas and designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 1997
Act also made some specific changes in the eligibility criteria for new
Empowerment Zones.
(On January 7, 1998, the Secretary of HUD delegated his authority
to designate two additional urban Empowerment Zones, in accordance with
an amendment made by section 951 of the 1997 Act, to the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development. Notice was given to
the public of this delegation of authority by publication in the
Federal Register on January 26, 1998 (63 FR 3761).)
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 15 additional urban Empowerment
Zones, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1391(g) as amended by Title IX, Subtitle
F, Chapter 1, Section 952 (Designation of New 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. 3535(d).
Dated: December 30, 1998.
Andrew Cuomo,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-442 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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