[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.
[FR Doc. 98-1676 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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