99-29497. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 61561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29497]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 990

[Docket No. FR-4425-N-07]


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Operating Fund Allocation; 
Meetings

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee on Operating Fund Allocation. These meetings are sponsored by 
HUD for the purpose of discussing and negotiating a proposed rule that 
would change the current method of determining the payment of operating 
subsidies to public housing agencies (PHAs).

DATES: The committee meeting will be held on November 30, December 1, 
and December 2, 1999.
    On November 30, 1999, the meeting will begin at approximately 2:00 
pm and end at approximately 6:00 pm. On December 1, 1999, the meeting 
will begin at approximately 9:00 am and end at approximately 5:30 pm. 
On December 2, 1999, the meeting will begin at approximately 9:00 am 
and end at approximately 4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The committee meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn On-
the-Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001; telephone 
[phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Sprague, Acting Director, 
Funding and Financial Management Division, Public and Indian Housing, 
Room 4216, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500; telephone [phone] 
(this telephone number is not toll-free). Hearing or speech-impaired 
individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Secretary of HUD has established the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee on Operating Fund Allocation to negotiate and 
develop a proposed rule that would change the current method of 
determining the payment of operating subsidies to PHAs. The 
establishment of the committee is required by the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 105-276, approved October 21, 
1998) (the ``Public Housing Reform Act''). The Public Housing Reform 
Act makes extensive changes to HUD's public and assisted housing 
programs. These changes include the establishment of an Operating Fund 
for the purpose of making assistance available to PHAs for the 
operation and management of public housing. The Public Housing Reform 
Act requires that the assistance to be made available from the new 
Operating Fund be determined using a formula developed through 
negotiated rulemaking procedures.

II. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting

    This document announces a meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee on Operating Fund Allocation. The next committee meeting will 
take place as described in the DATES and ADDRESSES section of this 
document.
    The agenda planned for the committee meeting includes: (1) Work 
group sessions to discuss various issues related to the implementation 
of an Operating Fund formula; (2) full committee discussions of the 
work-products developed by the work groups; (3) development of draft 
regulatory language; and (4) the scheduling of future meetings, if 
necessary.
    The meetings will be open to the public without advance 
registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available. 
Members of the public may make statements during the meeting, to the 
extent time permits, and file written statements with the committee for 
its consideration. Written statements should be submitted to the 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this notice. 
Summaries of committee meetings will be available for public inspection 
and copying at the address in the same section.

    Dated: November 5, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-29497 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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