99-18593. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Capital Fund Allocation; Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38853-38854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18593]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Chapter IX

[Docket No. FR-4423-N-05]


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Capital 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 two meetings of the Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee on Capital 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 capital funds to public housing agencies (PHAs).

DATES: The first committee meeting announced by this notice will be 
held on July 26 and July 27, 1999. The second committee meeting 
announced by this notice will be held on August 3 and 4, 1999. On the 
first day of each meeting, the meeting will begin at approximately 9:30 
am and run until completion. On the second day of each meeting, the 
meeting will begin at approximately 9:00 am and run until approximately 
5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Both committee meetings will take place at the Loews 
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW, Washington, DC 
20024; telephone

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1-800-635-5065 or [phone]; FAX [phone] (With the 
exception of the ``800'' telephone number, these are not toll-free 
numbers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Flood, Director, Office of 
Capital Improvements, Public and Indian Housing, Room 4134, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20410-0500; telephone [phone] ext. 4185 (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:
    On April 26, 1999 (64 FR 20234), HUD announced in the Federal 
Register the establishment of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee on Capital Fund Allocation. The purpose of the committee is 
to discuss and negotiate a proposed rule that would change the current 
method of determining the allocation of capital funds to public housing 
agencies (PHAs).
    This document announces two meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee on Capital Fund Allocation. The meetings of the negotiated 
rulemaking committee will take place as described in the ``DATES'' and 
ADDRESSES section of this document.
    The agenda planned for the committee meetings includes: (1) 
Discussion of issues related to the development of a Capital Fund 
formula; (2) development of draft regulatory language; (3) development 
of agenda for future meetings; and (4) the scheduling of future 
meetings.
    In accordance with the General Services Administration (GSA) 
regulations implementing the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HUD 
normally publishes a Federal Register meeting announcement at least 15 
calendar days before the date of an advisory committee meeting). The 
GSA regulations, however, also provide that an agency may give less 
than 15 days notice if the reasons for doing so are included in the 
Federal Register meeting announcement. (See 41 CFR 10-6.1015(b).) Due 
to the difficulty in obtaining suitable hotel and conference room 
accommodations in the Washington, DC area during July, 1999, it has not 
been possible for HUD to announce the date and location of the July 26 
and July 27, 1999 committee meeting before today. Given the October 1, 
1999 statutory deadline for implementation of the Capital Fund formula, 
HUD believes it is imperative that the negotiations for development of 
the formula not be delayed. Failure to publish the Capital Fund final 
rule on a timely basis will delay the provision of capital subsidies to 
PHAs. Accordingly, rather than defer the negotiations, HUD has decided 
to proceed with the committee meeting on July 26 and July 27, 1999.
    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 document. 
Summaries of committee meetings will be available for public inspection 
and copying at the address in the same section.

    Dated: July 16, 1999.
Harold Lucas,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 99-18593 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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