Contents
- (a) Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, and General Counsel6 changes
- (b) Federal Housing Commissioner3 changes
- (c) Director of Urban Program Coordination; designation; powers and duties; studies of urban and community problems and recommendations for administration of Federal programs affecting such problems
- (d) Assistant to Secretary; designation; duty to provide information and advice to nonprofit project sponsors2 changes
- (e) Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs; report to Congress3 changes
- (f) Federal Housing Administration Comptroller1 change
- (g) Office of Housing Counseling1 change
- (h) Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs1 change
- (i) Office of Disaster Management and Resiliency1 change
(e)
(1)
(A)There shall be in the Department a Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs, who shall be located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be designated by the Secretary not later than 60 days after October 12, 1977.
(B)The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be appointed based solely on merit and shall be covered under the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service.
(C)The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs shall be responsible for—
(i)administering, in coordination with the relevant office in the Department, the provision of housing assistance to Indian tribes or Indian housing authorities under each program of the Department that provides for such assistance;
(ii)administering the community development block grant program for Indian tribes under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.] and the provision of assistance to Indian tribes under such Act;
(iii)directing, coordinating, and assisting in managing any regional offices of the Department that administer Indian programs to the extent of such programs; and
(iv)coordinating all programs of the Department relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development.
(D)The Secretary shall include in the annual report under section 3536 of this title a description of the extent of the housing needs for Indian families and community development needs of Indian tribes in the United States and the activities of the Department, and extent of such activities, in meeting such needs.
(2)The Secretary shall, not later than December 1 of each year, submit to Congress an annual report which shall include—
(A)a description of his actions during the current year and a projection of his activities during the succeeding years;
(B)estimates of the cost of the projected activities for succeeding fiscal years;
(C)a statistical report on the conditions of Indian and Alaska Native housing; and
(D)recommendations for such legislative, administrative, and other actions, as he deems appropriate.
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