[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38214-38218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18126]
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Part VII
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
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Funding Availability for Technical Assistance and Training for Public
and Indian Housing (PIH) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
(CPTED); Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 142 / Tuesday, July 25, 1995 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. FR-3921-N-01]
Notice of Funding Availability for Technical Assistance and
Training for Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CPTED)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Training and
Technical Assistance for Public and Indian Housing CPTED.
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SUMMARY: This NOFA announces the availability of $500,000 for one or
more grant(s) to provide technical assistance and training to public
and Indian housing authorities (HAs) in the development and training of
HA staff and residents in the subject of crime prevention through
environmental design (CPTED). The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) is seeking proposals for one or more grant(s) to be
executed through a Cooperative Agreement to provide technical
assistance and training for Public and Indian Housing CPTED. For
purposes of this announcement, CPTED is defined as the redesign,
renovation, or rehabilitation of existing environmental conditions to
improve the safety of staff and residents and eliminate conditions
which may contribute to instances of crime. The purpose of these grants
is to provide state-of-the-art CPTED training and technical assistance
to HA staff, residents, Resident Councils (RC), Resident Management
Corporations (RMC), housing authority security directors, local law
enforcement officials, local government officials, architects, and
other community leaders.
DATES: Proposals must be received at HUD Headquarters on or before 3
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, August 24, 1995. This application deadline
is firm as to date and hour. In the interest of fairness to all
competing applicants, the Department will treat as ineligible for
consideration any application that is received after the deadline.
Applicants should take this practice into account and make early
submission of their materials to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility
brought about by any unanticipated or delivery-related problems.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Applications received by facsimile machine will not be considered.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION: There is no application kit for this grant
application submission. All applications should be submitted with the
required tabs and Federal forms. Copies of the forms are available from
the contact listed below.
An original and two copies of the application must be sent to the
Crime Prevention and Security Division, Office of Community Relations
and Involvement, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410. Facsimile (``FAX'') applications are not
acceptable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Cocke, Crime Prevention
and Security Division, Office of Community Relations and Involvement,
Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708-1197. A telecommunications device for hearing or
speech impaired persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708-0850. (These
are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
The information collection requirements contained in this NOFA have
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) and
have been assigned OMB control number 2577-0197.
I. Purpose and Substantive Description
(a) Purpose. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
is seeking proposals for one or more grant(s) to provide state-of-the-
art technical assistance (TA) and training to public and Indian housing
authorities (HAs) for crime prevention through environmental design
(CPTED). For the purposes of this announcement, CPTED is defined as the
redesign, renovation, or rehabilitation of existing environmental
elements to improve the safety of residents and to eliminate conditions
which may contribute to instances of crime. The purpose of this grant
is to build upon the Department's past successful TA and training and
continue to develop and provide state-of-the-art CPTED training and
technical assistance to housing authority staff, residents, Resident
Councils (RC), Resident Management Corporations (RMC), and where
appropriate, architects, engineers, local law enforcement officials,
local government officials, and other community leaders.
(b) Authority. These grants are authorized under Chapter 2,
Subtitle C, Title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901
et seq.), as amended by section 581 of the National Affordable Housing
Act of 1990 (NAHA), approved November 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101-625, and
Section 161 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (HCDA
1992) (Pub. L. 102-550, approved October 28, 1992).
The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1995,
(approved September 28, 1994, Pub. L. 103-327), (95 App. Act)
appropriated $290 million for the Drug Elimination Program of which $10
million will be used for funding drug elimination technical assistance
and training.
(c) Award amounts. This NOFA makes up to $500,000 available for one
or more cost-reimbursable grants.
(d) Objectives. The overall objectives of this grant are to:
(1) Build upon the Department's past successful CPTED TA and
training. A copy of the training curriculum for FY 1994 will be
available for review at HUD's Community Relations and Involvement
Clearinghouse, telephone 1-800-578-3472.
(2) Provide the TA and training in a comprehensive context that
acknowledges the role of other safety elements in public and Indian
housing, including police and security services, lease enforcement,
etc.
(3) Provide training and TA using state-of-the-art techniques which
are easily transferable and replicable to assist housing authority
staff and residents in understanding and implementing the contributing
factors of CPTED and to develop and implement CPTED elements and plans
for their developments. The media could include, but is not limited to,
on-site visits, printed materials, ``fact sheets'', ``how-to''
technical material, training material and training meetings, videos, or
other instruments.
(4) Design and develop a series of TA instruments based on the
needs of housing authority staff and residents, and other staff who
work on CPTED design and implementation in public and Indian housing.
In determining the needs of staff and residents, grantees should take
into account possible ethnic/racial sensitivities and the needs of
persons with disabilities.
(5) Design and develop an impact/process evaluation methodology for
HA staff and residents to use in measuring
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their progress after implementing CPTED elements.
(6) Successfully complete all tasks within a 24 month period within
budget.
(e) Scope of work.
(1) General Requirements.
(i) The grantee shall furnish all necessary personnel, materials,
services, and equipment and shall otherwise do all things necessary
for, or incidental to the performance of the tasks set forth in this
Statement of Work.
(ii) The work to be performed under this grant includes, but is not
limited to: taking the issues and needs identified by public and Indian
housing participants during the 1994 PIH/CPTED grant and developing TA,
training, TA instruments and materials to address them; preparation of
CPTED TA and training instruments which address issues and strategies
peculiar to public housing; delivery of CPTED TA and training
instruments to housing authority staff, residents, Resident Councils,
Resident Management Corporations, housing authority security directors,
local law enforcement officials, local government officials,
architects, and other community leaders, and provision of TA to HA
staff and residents. In addition, the grantee shall attend one or more
meetings at HUD Headquarters for the purpose of discussing HUD's
comments pertaining to the grantee's products.
(2) Specific Requirements. The grantee shall perform the following
tasks in accordance with the objectives and general scope of the grant.
TASK 1--Orientation
Within the first week after the effective date of the grant
Agreement, the Project Director and other key personnel shall attend a
meeting at HUD Headquarters in Washington, DC, for the purpose of
establishing a common understanding and strategy with respect to the
grant objectives, and the scope of work necessary to achieve the
objectives, the time frame, methodology, and deliverables.
TASK 2--Management and Work Plan
The grantee shall develop a draft management and work plan that
addresses all of the requirements contained in the approved grant
strategy and provide an updated and detailed work plan for the entire
project. This draft plan shall be submitted to the HUD Government
Technical Representative (GTR) for review and comment by the end of the
second week of the grant, setting forth the timing of all stages of the
project. The plan shall include a detailed allocation of grant
resources and a schedule for the accomplishment of the grant work. HUD
shall submit its comments and suggestions to the grantee within one
week from receipt of the draft plan. A Final Management and Work Plan
incorporating HUD's comments and suggestions shall be submitted by the
end of the 5th week of the grant.
TASK 3--Review of CPTED Elements Currently Used by or Under
Consideration by Housing Authorities
The grantee shall use the bibliography and resources developed
under HUD's CPTED TA and training grant in 1994, and update them. This
includes but is not limited to:
(1) The evaluations of the 1994 TA and training.
(2) Published and unpublished pieces on CPTED activities and
programs, especially in multi-family, high-density, urban, low-income
environments.
(3) A bibliography of printed resources on the development and
implementation of a CPTED program.
(4) Conversations with HA staff and residents, law enforcement
officers, architects, engineers, membership organizations and other
parties interested in the issue.
The grantee shall work with these organizations, including resident
councils, resident organizations, Resident Management Corporations, and
city government to identify key and current issues that the HAs,
resident groups and member organizations consider essential for
implementing elements of CPTED in public and Indian housing. The
grantee shall develop a short written report summarizing the needs
assessment and provide the assessment in writing to the GTR for review.
In the past, HUD has found the following elements to be of interest
to HA staff and residents:
(1) Innovative TA and training which moves beyond commonly known
and accepted practices of design and construction.
(2) Information on how to develop, fund, and implement CPTED in
public housing, addressing issues peculiar to public and Indian
housing.
(3) TA instruments to assist participants in identifying certain
types of public housing designs and environments which support criminal
activity, and those which can stem criminal activity. These instruments
should span the spectrum from general, inexpensive, and easily
replicable to those of a more complex, technical and specific nature.
(4) Information on successful CPTED initiatives in public and
Indian housing, the benefits housing authorities and residents have
gained as a result of implementation of CPTED elements.
(5) Information on and case studies illustrating the successful
combination of CPTED elements and other crime-prevention activities in
low-income neighborhoods such as resident patrols, community policing,
etc.
(6) Opportunities for TA recipients to meet one-on-one with expert
advisors to review and discuss specific plans and to obtain technical
assistance on specific design and implementation plans.
(7) Impact/process evaluation instruments to assist housing
authorities in tracking outcome measures for their CPTED strategies.
TASK 4--Revision of TA and Training Plan
After review of the results of Task 3, the grantee and GTR will
confer before the grantee develops a revised plan for producing
technical assistance and TA instruments based on the results of Task 3.
The proposed TA and training plan must include any elements proposed by
the GTR, and the plan must be submitted to the GTR for review and
approval before it can be implemented. The revision could require
revision of the budget and timetable. The grantee must submit any
revised budget, plan and timetable by Week 12 of the Grant. The GTR
will work with the grantee to approve a revised budget, plan and
timetable no later than Week 14 of the Grant.
TASK 5--Choosing HAs for Targeted TA and Training
The grantee will be responsible for identifying and contacting HAs
and resident groups which have substantial funds set aside for or plans
for implementing elements of CPTED in their developments. This includes
HAs with substantial plans and funding from the Comprehensive Grant
program, HOPE VI program, Public Housing Drug Elimination Program and
others. From that list, the grantee will confer with the GTR regarding
developing a targeted TA and training strategy for some of the
identified HAs. Before providing TA, the grantee will submit the final
list of HAs for targeted TA and training to the GTR for review and
approval.
TASK 6--Develop and Administer CPTED Workshops, TA and Training
Instruments
The grantee will begin and complete implementation of the plan as
revised in Task 4 of this plan.
For any off-site training, the grantee, in consultation with HUD,
will be responsible for making all arrangements
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for the training, including classroom space and sleeping rooms for
participants. Conference attendees will be responsible for their own
travel, lodging and per diem costs. The grantee will be responsible for
all costs associated with facilities, materials and training staff
costs of travel, lodging and per diem at non-governmental rates.
TASK 7--Evaluation
The grantee will develop mechanisms for evaluating the
effectiveness of each of the TA and training instruments. The draft
instruments shall be provided to the GTR for review and approval before
the grantee uses them for any purpose.
(f) Eligibility. Organizations that can demonstrate experience with
conference planning and implementation, working with public and Indian
housing authorities and resident groups, and in crime prevention
programs in public and Indian housing are eligible to apply.
(g) Application submission requirements.
(1) Applicants must submit a completed Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424). The application must be no longer than
25 pages, excluding attachments (e.g. resumes, certifications, etc.).
All materials must be typewritten, single-spaced, with type no smaller
than 10 cpi, on 8.5'' by 11'' paper, with at least 1'' margins on all
sides and printed on one side only. The SF-424 is the face sheet for
the application. Applicants must also submit a Standard Form 424A
(Budget Information), including a program narrative, a detailed budget
with budget narrative with supporting cost analysis and legal and
accounting services.
(2) Application format requirements. Each application must include
the items listed in the following format:
(i) Cover letter
(ii) Tab 1--Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance.
(iii) Tab 2--Standard Form 424A, Budget Information with attached
program narrative.
Applicants must provide a budget with detailed justification for
all costs, including the basis for computation of these costs. The
program budget must be complete, reasonable, and cost-effective in
relation to the proposed program. This explanation must include the
applicant's financial capability, i.e., the fiscal controls and
accounting procedures which assure that Federal funds will be accounted
for properly. Applicant must demonstrate that they have the financial
capability to effectively implement a project of this size and scope.
(iv) Tab 3--Organizational Qualifications:
Applicants must fully describe their organizational structure and
staff size, and demonstrate that they are sufficient to implement
effectively a project of this size and scope. Applicants should outline
a list of housing authorities where similar activities were conducted,
the dates and numbers of persons involved, any current points of
contact, and the results of any evaluations of the work.
(v) Tab 4--Staff Qualifications:
Applicants must fully describe the capabilities and work experience
of the proposed director, and all key staff. Applicants must fully
describe their knowledge and experience with the proposed activities,
preferably in public housing. Applicants must include a staffing plan
to fulfill the requirements of the statement of work, including staff
titles, related educational background, experience, and skills of the
director and the staff; and the time each will be required to
contribute to the project.
(vi) Tab 5--Project Experience.
Applicants must fully describe prior experience in designing and
delivering conference training programs. Applicants must demonstrate
that their organization, staff size, and prior experience is sufficient
to effectively implement a project of this size and scope. Applicants
should have successful experience in working with persons with
disabilities and with persons from diverse ethnic and racial
backgrounds. Applicants should also outline a list of housing
authorities or other sites where similar training was offered, the
dates of the training, numbers of persons trained, any current points
of contact, and the results of any evaluations of the training and TA.
(vii) Tab 6--Implementation Plan.
Applicants must submit a plan outlining the major activities of
implementation and describe how available resources will be allocated.
The plan must include an annotated organizational chart depicting the
roles and responsibilities of key organizational and functional
components and a list of key personnel responsible for managing and
implementing the major elements of the program. There must be a time-
task plan which clearly identifies the major milestones and products,
organizational responsibility, and schedule for the completion of
activities and products. The plan must discuss how the proposed
activities reflect a knowledge of the subject and the target
populations (including persons from diverse ethnic/racial backgrounds
and persons with disabilities), and how the applicant plans to take
into account any minor or major changes in the timetable that might
result from the review in Task 3.
(viii) Tab 7--Representations, certifications, and other statements
of offerors or quoters.
(A) HUD Form 2880--Applicant Disclosure Report
(B) SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.
(C) Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements.
(h) Selection criteria. The Department will review and rate
proposals according to the extent to which they meet the following
criteria, and will make an award to the applicants that best meet all
of the below criteria and receive the highest score, out of a possible
100 points, according to the criteria listed below:
(1) Corporate/Organizational Management Qualifications (20 points).
(i) Organizational Structure (10 points). Applicants must concisely
describe how their organizational structure, staff size, financial
reporting capacity and internal controls will maximize the successful
implementation of the tasks described in this notice.
(ii) Administrative Experience (10 points). Applicants must
demonstrate their experience in the successful administration of
programs of a similar budget and staff size, and how that will
contribute to successful completion of all tasks on-time and within
budget.
(2) Staff Qualifications (20 points).
(i) Project Director (10 points). Applicants should provide a
project director with the experience and capacity to manage the budget
and staff of the proposed grant. The project director should have
experience in working with the public housing officials, architects,
engineers, and law enforcement personnel and should also have
experience in successfully completing proposed activities on-time and
within budget.
(ii) Project Staff (10 points). Applicants should provide staff
with the experience and capacity to quickly and efficiently organize
and implement the TA and training. Staff should have sufficient
experience working with public housing staff and residents (including
persons from diverse ethnic/racial backgrounds and persons with
disabilities), especially on the issue of CPTED, and be able to
demonstrate how that experience will maximize understanding of the
issues specific to public housing CPTED and minimize any issues
specific to implementing activities in public housing. This includes
those issues listed in Task 3.
(3) Project Experience (20 points).
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Applicants should be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience
in developing and implementing needs assessments with public housing
staff and residents, architects, engineers and law enforcement; showing
previous success in matching identified needs to the type of TA and
training provided, and to carrying out those plans. (10 points).
(ii) Applicants must demonstrate maximum experience working on a
similar scale with a similar variety of proposed tasks, especially in
the proposed subjects and methods of TA and training; the applicant
should show experience with similar teams of public housing staff,
architects, engineers, residents and law enforcement, and successful
completion of the projects on-time and within budget (10 points).
(4) Quality of the Plan (40 points).
Applicants should demonstrate that the proposed plan will
accomplish the goals outlined above with the following elements:
(i) Applicants must propose tasks, timetable and staff assignments
for the proposed activities that demonstrate an understanding of the
current needs of public housing communities regarding CPTED, that will
maximize the benefits to be gained by HA communities, and that will
minimize revisions to the budget, plan and timetable outlined in Task
4, and that will minimize any other difficulties. The activities
proposed by the grantee should evidence an understanding of the
diversity of public housing staff and residents. (20 points).
(ii) Applicants must propose TA, training and TA instruments that
demonstrate maximum understanding of the current needs and capacity of
public housing communities in the design and implementation of CPTED
elements, that will provide a broad range of types of TA and training,
that are cost-effective and state-of-the-art (20 points).
(i) Review process. Applications submitted in response to this
competitive announcement will be reviewed by a panel of HUD
representatives, which will make recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development. The panel will assign numerical values based on the
weighted selection criteria. In the case of a numerical tie, preference
will be given to the applicant with the highest numerical score for the
Quality of the Plan. The final award decision will be made by the
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Letters will be sent to all applicants
notifying them that their proposal has been selected or the reason(s)
it was not selected. HUD will then negotiate specific terms of the
award with the selected applicant.
(j) Administrative requirements.
(1) Award Period. The grant(s) will be cost reimbursable, and
awarded for a 12 to 24 month base period. HUD has the option to extend
the Agreement for an additional year(s), subject to the Grantee's
performance, and the availability of funding.
(2) Cooperative Agreement. After the grant has been awarded, HUD
and the applicant shall enter into a grant (Form HUD-1044) setting
forth the amount of the grant and its applicable terms, conditions,
financial controls, payment mechanism/schedule, and special conditions.
(3) Prior to award execution, a successful applicant must submit a
certification that it will comply with:
(i) Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968,
Economic Opportunities for Low and Very-Low Income Persons (12 U.S.C.
1701u), and with implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 135. Section 3
requires, that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for
training and employment arising in connection with housing
rehabilitation, construction, or other public construction projects be
given to lower income residents within the metropolitan area (or
nonmetropolitan county) and contracts for work to be performed in
connection with the housing rehabilitation, construction, or other
public construction project be awarded to eligible businesses that
provide economic opportunities for low and very-low income persons
residing within the metropolitan area (or non-metropolitan county) in
which the assistance is expended;
(ii) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-
2000d-4) (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) and
implementing regulations issued at 24 CFR part 1; and
(iii) The prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age
under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-07) and
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 146, and the prohibitions
against discrimination against persons with disabilities under section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 8.
(k) Other matters.
Environmental Review. Grants under this program are categorically
excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) in accordance with 24 CFR part 50.20(p). However, prior to
an award of grant funds, HUD will perform an environmental review to
the extent required by HUD's environmental regulations at 24 CFR part
50, including the applicable related authorities at 24 CFR 50.4.
Federalism Impact. The General Counsel, as the Designated Official
under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined
that the policies contained in this notice will not have substantial
direct effects on States or their political subdivisions, or the
relationship between the Federal government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of
government and, therefore, the provisions of this notice do not have
``federalism implications'' within the meaning of the Order. The notice
only makes available technical assistance for housing authorities to
address the problem of drug-related crime.
Family Impact. The General Counsel, as the Designated Official for
Executive Order 12606, the Family, has determined that the provisions
of this notice have the potential for a positive, although indirect,
impact on family formation, maintenance and general well-being within
the meaning of the Order. This notice is intended to provide funding
for technical assistance that will improve the quality of life of
public and Indian housing development residents, including families, by
reducing the incidence of drug-related crime.
Section 102 HUD Reform Act--Documentation and Public Access
Requirements; Applicant/Recipient Disclosures
Documentation and public access. HUD will ensure that documentation
and other information regarding each application submitted pursuant to
this NOFA are sufficient to indicate the basis upon which assistance
was provided or denied. This material, including any letters of
support, will be made available for public inspection for a five-year
period beginning not less than 30 days after the award of the
assistance. Material will be made available in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 15. In addition, HUD will include the
recipients of assistance pursuant to this NOFA in its Federal Register
notice of all recipients of HUD assistance awarded on a competitive
basis. (See 24 CFR 12.14(a) and 12.16(b), and the notice published in
the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR
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1942), for further information on these requirements.)
Disclosures. HUD will make available to the public for five years
all applicant disclosure reports (HUD Form 2880) submitted in
connection with this NOFA. Update reports (also Form 2880) will be made
available along with the applicant disclosure reports, but in no case
for a period less than three years. All reports--both applicant
disclosures and updates--will be made available in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and HUD's implementing
regulations at 24 CFR part 15, subpart C, and the notice published in
the Federal Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR 1942).
Section 103 HUD Reform Act
HUD's regulation implementing section 103 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 was published May 13,
1991 (56 FR 22088) and became effective on June 12, 1991. That
regulation, codified as 24 CFR part 4, applies to the funding
competition announced today. The requirements of the rule continue to
apply until the announcement of the selection of successful applicants.
HUD employees involved in the review of applications and in the
making of funding decisions are limited by Part 4 from providing
advance information to any person (other than an authorized employee of
HUD) concerning funding decisions, or from otherwise giving any
applicant an unfair competitive advantage. Persons who apply for
assistance in this competition should confine their inquiries to the
subject areas permitted under 24 CFR part 4.
Applicants who have questions should contact the HUD Office of
Ethics (202) 708-3815. (This is not a toll-free number.) The Office of
Ethics can provide information of a general nature to HUD employees, as
well.
Section 112 HUD Reform Act
Section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
contains two provisions dealing with efforts to influence HUD's
decisions with respect to financial assistance. The first imposes
disclosure requirements on those who are typically involved in these
efforts--those who pay others to influence the award of assistance or
the taking of a management action by the Department and those who are
paid to provide the influence. The second restricts the payment of fees
to those who are paid to influence the award of HUD assistance, if the
fees are tied to the number of housing units received or are based on
the amount of assistance received, or if they are contingent upon the
receipt of assistance. Section 13 was implemented by final rule
published in the Federal Register on May 17, 1991 (56 FR 22912). If
readers are involved in any efforts to influence the Department in
these ways, they are urged to read the final rule, particularly the
examples contained in Appendix A of the rule.
Prohibition Against Lobbying Activities
The use of funds awarded under this grant is subject to the
disclosure requirements and prohibitions of section 319 of the
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 1990 (31 U.S.C. 1352) (The ``Byrd Amendment'') and the
implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 87. These authorities prohibit
recipients of federal contracts, grants, or loans from using
appropriated funds for lobbying the Executive or Legislative branches
of the federal government in connection with a specific contract,
grant, or loan. The prohibition also covers the awarding of contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements, or loans unless the recipient has made
an acceptable certification regarding lobbying.
Under 24 CFR part 87, applicants, recipients, and subrecipients of
assistance exceeding $100,000 must certify that no federal funds have
been or will be spent on lobbying activities in connection with the
assistance.
Authority: Sec. 5127, Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11901 et. seq.); sec. 7(d), Department of Housing
and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).
Dated: July 7, 1995.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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