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individuals associated with the grant 
applications, the disclosure of which 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy. 
Name of Committee: National Institute of 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 
Emphasis Panel; NIAID Clinical Trial 
Planning Grant (R34 Clinical Trial Not 
Allowed); SBIR Phase II Implementation 
Cooperative Agreement (U44 Clinical Trial 
Required); Clinical Trial Implementation 
Cooperative Agreement (U01 Clinical Trial 
Required). 
Date: May 1, 2023. 
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 
applications. 
Place: National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of 
Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3E70A, 
Rockville, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 
Contact Person: Soheyla Saadi, Ph.D., 
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 
Program, Division of Extramural Activities, 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5601 
Fishers Lane, Room 3E70A, Rockville, MD 
20852, (240) 669–5178, saadisoh@
niaid.nih.gov. 
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 
and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 
Dated: April 3, 2023. 
Tyeshia M. Roberson-Curtis, 
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 
Committee Policy. 
[FR Doc. 2023–07279 Filed 4–6–23; 8:45 am] 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
National Institutes of Health 
National Institute on Drug Abuse; 
Notice of Closed Meeting 
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting. 
The meeting will be closed to the 
public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in sections 
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 
as amended. The grant applications and 
the discussions could disclose 
confidential trade secrets or commercial 
property such as patentable material, 
and personal information concerning 
individuals associated with the grant 
applications, the disclosure of which 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy. 
Name of Committee: National Institute on 
Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel; Large 
Scale Integrated Mapping and Molecular 
Profiling of Cell Ensembles and/or Cell-Types 
Mediating Opioid Action in the Rodent Brain 
(R01). 
Date: June 7, 2023. 
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 
applications. 
Place: National Institutes of Health, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 301 North 
Stonestreet Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892 
(Virtual Meeting). 
Contact Person: Brian Stefan Wolff, Ph.D., 
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 
Branch, Division of Extramural Research, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, 301 
North Stonestreet Avenue, Bethesda, MD 
20892, (301) 480–1448, brian.wolff@nih.gov. 
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 
Program Nos. 93.277, Drug Abuse Scientist 
Development Award for Clinicians, Scientist 
Development Awards, and Research Scientist 
Awards; 93.278, Drug Abuse National 
Research Service Awards for Research 
Training; 93.279, Drug Abuse and Addiction 
Research Programs, National Institutes of 
Health, HHS) 
Dated: April 3, 2023. 
Tyeshia M. Roberson-Curtis, 
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 
Committee Policy. 
[FR Doc. 2023–07280 Filed 4–6–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
National Institutes of Health 
National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting 
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of the AIDS Research Advisory 
Committee, NIAID. 
The meeting will be open to the 
public with attendance limited to space 
available. Individuals who plan to 
attend and need special assistance, such 
as sign language interpretation or other 
reasonable accommodations, should 
notify the Contact Person listed below 
in advance of the meeting. 
Name of Committee: AIDS Research 
Advisory Committee, NIAID. 
Date: June 5, 2023. 
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Agenda: Report of Division Director and 
Division Staff. 
Place: National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of 
Health, Natcher Building, Conference Rooms 
E1/E2, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 
Contact Person: Pamela Gilden, Branch 
Chief, Science Planning and Operations 
Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute 
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 
8D49, Rockville, MD 20852–9831, 301–594– 
9954, pamela.gilden@nih.gov. 
Any interested person may file written 
comments with the committee by forwarding 
the statement to the Contact Person listed on 
this notice at least 10 days in advance of the 
meeting. The statement should include the 
name, address, telephone number and when 
applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person. 
In the interest of security, NIH has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance 
onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 
including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles 
will be inspected before being allowed on 
campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 
form of identification (for example, a 
government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, 
or passport) and to state the purpose of their 
visit. 
Information is also available on the 
Institute’s/Center’s home page: https://
www.niaid.nih.gov/about/committees-aids- 
research, where an agenda and any 
additional information for the meeting will 
be posted when available. 
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 
and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 
Dated: April 3, 2023. 
Tyeshia M. Roberson-Curtis, 
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 
Committee Policy. 
[FR Doc. 2023–07277 Filed 4–6–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY 
Coast Guard 
[Docket No. USCG–2023–0124] 
Port Access Route Study: Approaches 
to the Ports of Puerto Rico and U.S. 
Virgin Islands 
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 
ACTION: Notice of study; request for 
comments. 
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 
conducting a Port Access Route Study to 
evaluate safe access routes for the 
movement of vessel traffic proceeding to 
or from the ports or places in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands and to determine 
whether shipping safety fairways and/or 
routing measures should be established, 
adjusted, or modified. The Puerto Rico 
and U.S. Virgin Islands Port Access 
Route Study considers whether such 
measures are necessary to improve 
navigation safety due to factors such as 
planned or potential offshore 
development, current port capabilities 
and planned improvements, increased 
vessel traffic, existing and potential 
anchorage areas, changing vessel traffic 
patterns, effects of weather, or 
navigational difficulty. Vessel routing 
measures, which include traffic 
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separation schemes, two-way routes, 
recommended tracks, deep-water routes, 
precautionary areas, and areas to be 
avoided, are implemented to reduce the 
risk of marine casualties. To assist us in 
conducting the Puerto Rico and U.S. 
Virgin Islands Port Access Route Study, 
we invite your responses to the 
questions in the INFORMATION 
REQUESTED section. The 
recommendations of the study may 
subsequently be implemented through 
rulemakings or in accordance with 
international agreements. 
DATES: Comments and related material 
must be received on or before July 6, 
2023. Requests for a public meeting 
must be submitted on or before May 8, 
2023. 
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 
identified by docket number USCG– 
2023–0124 using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal http:// 
www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 
Participation and Request for 
Comments’’ portion of the 
SUPPLEMENTAL. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 
you have questions about this notice or 
study, call or email LT Ryan Gilbert, 
Seventh Coast Guard District (dpw), 
U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (305) 415– 
6750, email Ryan.A.Gilbert@uscg.mil. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
I. Table of Abbreviations 
ACPARS
Atlantic Coast Port Access Route 
Study 
AIS
Automatic Identification System 
ANPRM
Advanced Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking 
AOR
Area of Responsibility 
COMDTINST
Commandant Instruction 
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations 
COTP
Captain of the Port 
DHS
Department of Homeland Security 
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone 
EO
Executive Order 
FR
Federal Register 
IMO
International Maritime Organization 
IRA
Inflation Reduction Act 
MTS
Marine Transportation System 
NM
Nautical Mile 
NPRM
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
PARS
Port Access Route Study 
PR PARS
Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin 
Islands Port Access Route Study 
PWSA
Ports and Waterways Safety Act 
TSS
Traffic Separation Scheme 
U.S.
United States 
U.S.C.
United States Code 
USCG
United States Coast Guard 
II. Background and Purpose 
A. Requirements for Port Access 
Route Studies: Under Section 70003 of 
Title 46 of the United States Code, the 
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard 
may designate necessary shipping safety 
fairways (‘‘fairways’’) and traffic 
separation schemes (TSSs) to provide 
safe access routes for vessels proceeding 
to and from U.S. ports. The designation 
of fairways and TSSs recognizes the 
paramount right of navigation over all 
other uses in the designated areas. 
Before establishing or adjusting 
fairways or TSSs, the Coast Guard must 
conduct a Port Access Route Study 
(‘‘PARS’’), a study of potential traffic 
density and the need for safe access 
routes for vessels. Through the study 
process, the Coast Guard must 
coordinate with federal, state, and 
foreign state agencies (where 
appropriate) and consider the views of 
maritime community representatives, 
environmental groups, and other 
interested stakeholders. The primary 
purpose of this coordination is, to the 
extent practicable, to reconcile the need 
for safe access routes with other 
reasonable waterway uses such as 
anchorages, construction, and operation 
of renewable energy facilities, marine 
sanctuary operations, commercial and 
recreational activities, and other uses. 
In addition to aiding the Coast Guard 
in establishing new or adjusting 
fairways or TSSs, this PARS may 
recommend establishing or amending 
other vessel routing measures. Examples 
of other routing measures include two- 
way routes, recommended tracks, deep- 
water routes (for the benefit primarily of 
ships whose ability to maneuver is 
constrained by their draft), 
precautionary areas (where ships must 
navigate with particular caution), and 
areas to be avoided (for reasons of 
exceptional danger or especially 
sensitive ecological and environmental 
factors). 
B. Previous Port Access Route Studies 
within this Study Area: In 2016, the 
Coast Guard published a notice of its 
Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study 
(ACPARS) in the Federal Register (81 
FR 13307; March 14, 2016) and 
announced the study report as final in 
the Federal Register (82 FR 16510; April 
5, 2017). The ACPARS analyzed the 
Atlantic Coast waters seaward of 
existing port approaches within the U.S. 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This 
multiyear study began in 2011, included 
public participation, and identified the 
navigation routes customarily followed 
by ships engaged in commerce between 
international and domestic U.S. ports. 
The study is available at https:// 
navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=PARS
Reports. Data and information from 
stakeholders, including Automatic 
Identification System (AIS) data from 
vessel traffic, were used to identify and 
verify deep draft and coastwise 
navigation routes that are typically 
followed by ships engaged in commerce 
between international and domestic 
U.S. ports. 
C. Need for a New Port Access Route 
Study: In 2022, the Coast Guard 
announced a new study of routes used 
by ships to access ports on the 
Southeast Atlantic Coast of the United 
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands in the 
Federal Register (87 FR 76497; 
December 14, 2022). This new study is 
in support of the provisions provided in 
Public Law 117–169, commonly referred 
to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 
(IRA), and Executive Order on the 
Implementation of the Energy and 
Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation 
Reduction Act of 2022 (E.O. 14082). 
This study will be separate from, but 
may expand upon, the proposals in the 
other Coast Guard rulemakings. The 
Puerto Rico and Virgin Island Port 
Access Route Study (‘‘PR PARS’’) will 
focus on the coastwise shipping routes 
and near coastal users of the Atlantic 
Ocean and Caribbean Sea between the 
coastal ports, and the approaches to 
coastal ports within the U.S. EEZ in 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
This PARS will help the Coast Guard 
determine what impact, if any, the 
siting, construction, and operation of 
new developments may have on existing 
near coastal users of the U.S. waters of 
the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea 
adjacent to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
and the potential impact of shipping to 
other maritime users. To ensure safety 
of navigation, the Coast Guard will 
determine the impacts of rerouting 
traffic, funneling traffic, and placement 
of structures that may obstruct 
navigation. Some of the impacts may 
include increased vessel traffic density, 
more restricted offshore vessel routing, 
fixed navigation obstructions, 
underwater cable hazards, and 
economic impacts. Analyzing the 
various impacts will require a thorough 
understanding of the interrelationships 
of shipping, other commercial and 
recreational uses, and port operations. 
The goal of the PARS is to enhance 
navigational safety by examining 
existing shipping routes and waterway 
uses, and, to the extent practicable, 
reconciling the paramount right of 
navigation within designated port 
access routes with other waterway uses 
such as the development of offshore 
renewable energy installations, 
aquaculture farms, marine sanctuaries, 
and port expansions. 
III. Information Requested 
Timelines, Study Area, Focus, and 
Process: The PR PARS is expected to 
take 12 months or more to complete. 
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The study area will encompass all 
vessel traffic patterns approaching and 
departing major ports in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 
territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and 
all federal navigable waters out to the 
EEZ. The PR PARS will focus on vessel 
traffic and navigation mitigation 
techniques to improve and support safe 
navigation transits. 
As part of this study, we will analyze 
current and historical vessel traffic, 
fishing vessel information, agency and 
stakeholder experience in vessel traffic 
management, navigation, ship handling, 
and effects of weather. We encourage 
you to participate in the study process 
by submitting comments in response to 
this document. 
We will publish the results of the PR 
PARS in the Federal Register. It is 
possible that the study may validate 
existing vessel routing measures and 
conclude that no changes are necessary. 
It is also possible that the study may 
recommend one or more changes to 
enhance navigational safety and the 
efficiency of vessel traffic. The 
recommendations may lead to future 
rulemakings or appropriate 
international agreements. 
Possible Scope of the 
Recommendations: We are attempting to 
determine the scope of any safety 
concerns associated with vessel transits 
in the study area. The information 
gathered during the study should help 
us identify concerns and mitigating 
solutions. Considerations might include: 
(1) Maintain the current vessel routing 
measures; (2) modify the existing traffic 
separation schemes; (3) create one or 
more precautionary areas; (4) create one 
or more inshore traffic zones; (5) 
establish area(s) to be avoided; (6) create 
deep-draft routes; (7) establish 
Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) with 
specific vessel operating requirements 
to ensure safe navigation near shallow 
water; (8) identify any other appropriate 
ships’ routing measures; (9) use this 
study for future decisions on routing 
measures or other maritime traffic 
considerations and; (10) use this study 
to inform other agencies concerning the 
impacts of their future endeavors. 
Questions: To help us conduct the PR 
PARS, we request information that will 
help answer the following questions, 
although comments on other issues 
addressed in this document are also 
welcome. In responding to a question, 
please explain your reasons for each 
answer and follow the instructions 
under ‘‘Public Participation and Request 
for Comments’’ below. 
(1) What navigational hazards do 
vessels operating in the study area face? 
Please describe. 
(2) Are there strains on the current 
vessel routing systems, such as 
increasing traffic density associated 
with future growth? Please describe. 
(3) Are modifications to existing 
vessel routing measures needed to 
address hazards and improve traffic 
efficiency in the study area? If so, please 
describe. 
(4) What costs and benefits are 
associated with the measures listed as 
potential study considerations? What 
measures do you think are most cost- 
effective? 
(5) What impacts, both positive and 
negative, would changes to existing 
routing measures or new routing 
measures have on the study area? 
(6) Where do you transit? Where are 
your transit routes? What criteria are 
used in determining your transit routes? 
(7) Do you currently experience 
competing uses for the same waterway 
areas or transit routes? If so, please 
describe. 
(8) Do you anticipate, or are you 
aware of, future competing uses for the 
same waterway areas or transit routes? 
These could include potential offshore 
energy projects, potential offshore 
aquaculture projects, or otherwise. 
(9) Are there other environmental, 
cultural, tribal, marine mammal or other 
impacts which should be considered 
during this Port Access Route Study? 
IV. Public Participation and Request for 
Comments 
We encourage you to participate in 
this study by submitting comments and 
related materials. All comments 
received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov and will 
include any personal information you 
have provided. 
A. Submitting Comments: If you 
submit comments to the online public 
docket, please include the docket 
number for this rulemaking (USCG– 
2023–0124), indicate the specific 
section of this document to which each 
comment applies, and provide a reason 
for each suggestion or recommendation. 
We accept anonymous comments. 
To submit your comment online, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, and insert 
‘‘USCG–2023–0124’’ in the ‘‘search 
box.’’ Click ‘‘Search’’. Then click 
‘‘Comment Now.’’ We will consider all 
comments and material received during 
the comment period. 
B. Public Meetings: The Coast Guard 
may hold public meeting(s) if there is 
sufficient public interest. You must 
submit a request for one on or before 
May 8, 2023. You may submit your 
request for a public meeting online via 
http://www.regulations.gov. Please 
explain why you believe a public 
meeting would be beneficial. If we 
determine that a public meeting would 
aid in the study, we will hold a meeting 
at a time and place announced by a later 
notice in the Federal Register. 
C. Viewing Comments and 
Documents: To view the comments and 
documents mentioned in this preamble 
as being available in the docket, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, click on the 
‘‘read comments’’ box, which will then 
become highlighted in blue. In the 
‘‘Keyword’’ box insert ‘‘USCG–2023– 
0124’’ and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click the 
‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ in the ‘‘Actions’’ 
column. 
D. Privacy Act: We accept anonymous 
comments. All comments received will 
be posted without change to https:// 
www.regulations.gov and will include 
any personal information you have 
provided. For more about privacy and 
submissions in response to this 
document, see DHS’s Correspondence 
System of Records notice (84 FR 48645, 
September 26, 2018). Documents 
mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public 
comments, will be in our online docket 
at https://www.regulations.gov and can 
be viewed by following that website’s 
instructions. Additionally, if you go to 
the online docket and sign up for email 
alerts, you will be notified when 
comments are posted, or a final rule is 
published. 
V. Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands 
PARS (PR PARS): Study Area 
The Seventh Coast Guard District and 
Coast Guard Sector San Juan will 
conduct the PR PARS. The study will 
commence upon publication of this 
notice and take 12 months or more to 
complete. 
The study area is bounded by a line 
connecting the following positions: 
21°49′47.24″ N 065°49′48.15″ W 
18°25′22.02″ N 064°52′39″ W 
thence along US/British Virgin Islands, 
Boarder to: 
18°16′43.01″ N 064°39′41″ W 
18°03′2.96″ N 064°38′3″ W 
18°02′6.17″ N 063°52′10.25″ W 
16°44′49″ N 064°01′8″ W 
14°53′4.39″ N 066°36′24.54″ W 
15°12′51.02″ N 068°28′56″ W 
18°07′27.02″ N 068°15′33.01″ W 
21°52′8.51″ N 066°56′30.36″ W 
thence return to origin. 
The borders of this area 
approximately follow the Sector San 
Juan Captain of the Port Zone (33 CFR 
3.35–25) and include both the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 
Territory of the Virgin Islands, and the 
waters adjacent to both enclosed by the 
outermost extents of the EEZ. An 
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illustration showing the study area is 
available in the docket where indicated 
under ADDRESSES. 
The PR PARS will analyze navigation 
routes to/from the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
to international routes to and from the 
United States. Current capabilities and 
planned improvements to handle 
maritime conveyances will be 
considered. The analyses will be 
conducted in accordance with 
COMDTINST 16003.2B, Marine 
Planning to Operate and Maintain the 
Marine Transportation System (MTS) 
and Implement National Policy. This 
Instruction is available at https:// 
media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/10/ 
2002155400/-1/-1/0/CI_16003_2B.PDF. 
We will publish the results of the PR 
PARS in the Federal Register. It is 
possible that the study may validate the 
status quo (no fairways or routing 
measures) and conclude that no changes 
are necessary. It is also possible that the 
study may recommend one or more 
changes to address navigational safety 
and the efficiency of vessel traffic 
management. The recommendations 
may lead to future rulemakings or 
appropriate international agreements. 
This notice is published under the 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 70003(c)(1). 
Dated: April 3, 2023. 
Brendan. C. McPherson, 
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 
Seventh Coast Guard District. 
[FR Doc. 2023–07367 Filed 4–6–23; 8:45 am] 
BILLING CODE P 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
[Docket No. FR–6394–N–01] 
Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory 
Mortgage Limits for Multifamily 
Housing Programs; Annual Indexing of 
Substantial Rehabilitation Threshold 
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD. 
ACTION: Notice. 
SUMMARY: In accordance with the 
National Housing Act, HUD is providing 
notice of adjustment to the Basic 
Statutory Mortgage Limits for 
Multifamily Housing Programs for 
calendar year 2023. HUD is also 
providing notice of adjustment to the 
per unit cost threshold for determining 
substantial rehabilitation in the 
Multifamily Housing Programs pursuant 
to its administrative guidance for 
calendar year 2023. 
DATES: Applicable January 1, 2023. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Willie Fobbs III, Director, Office of 
Multifamily Production, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 
20410–8000, telephone (202) 402–3242 
(this is not a toll-free number). HUD 
welcomes and is prepared to receive 
calls from individuals who are deaf or 
hard of hearing, as well as individuals 
with speech or communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to 
make an accessible telephone call, 
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/ 
consumers/guides/telecommunications- 
relay-service-trs. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
Section 206A of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1712a) provides authority 
for the annual adjustment for the 
following FHA multifamily statutory 
dollar limits: 
I. Section 207(c)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 
1713(c)(3)(A)); 
II. Section 213(b)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 
1715e(b)(2)(A)); 
III. Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 
1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(I)); 
IV. Section 221(d)(4)(ii)(I) (12 U.S.C. 
1715l(d)(4)(ii)(I)); 
V. Section 231(c)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 
1715v(c)(2)(A)); and 
VI. Section 234(e)(3)(A) (12 U.S.C. 
1715y(e)(3)(A)). 
Section 206A goes on to state that the 
preceding ‘‘Dollar Amounts’’ shall be 
adjusted annually (commencing in 
2004) on the effective date of the 
Federal Reserve Board’s adjustment of 
the $400 figure in the Home Ownership 
and Equity Protection Act of 1994 
(HOEPA). The adjustment of the Dollar 
Amounts shall be calculated using the 
percentage change in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
(CPI–U) as applied by the Federal 
Reserve Board for purposes of the 
above-described HOEPA adjustment. 
(b) Notification 
The Federal Reserve Board on a 
timely basis shall notify the Secretary, 
or his designee, in writing of the 
adjustment described in subsection (a) 
and of the effective date of such 
adjustment to permit the Secretary to 
undertake publication in the Federal 
Register of corresponding adjustments 
to the Dollar Amounts. The dollar 
amount of any adjustment shall be 
rounded to the next lower dollar. 
Note that 206A has not been updated 
to reflect the fact that HOEPA has been 
revised to use $1,000 as the basis for the 
adjustment rather than $400, and the 
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau 
has replaced the Federal Reserve Board 
in administering the adjustment. These 
changes were made by the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act’s amendments to the 
Truth in Lending Act, as further 
explained in the regulatory 
implementation of said changes found 
in 78 FR 6856, 6879 (Jan. 31, 2013). 
The percentage change in the CPI–U 
used for the HOEPA adjustment is an 
8.3 percent increase and the effective 
date of the HOEPA adjustment is 
January 1, 2023. The Dollar Amounts 
under section 206A have been adjusted 
correspondingly and have an effective 
date of January 1, 2023. (See 87 FR 
78831, Dec. 23, 2022). 
These revised statutory limits may be 
applied to FHA multifamily mortgage 
insurance applications submitted or 
amended on or after January 1, 2023, so 
long as the loan has not been initially 
endorsed. 
The adjusted Dollar Amounts for 
calendar year 2023 are shown below. 
Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for 
Calendar Year 2023 Multifamily Loan 
Program 
Section 207—Multifamily Housing; 
Section 207 pursuant to Section 223(f)— 
Purchase or Refinance Housing; and, 
Section 220—Housing in Urban 
Renewal Areas 
Bedrooms 
Non-elevator 
Elevator 
0 ................
$61,944 
$72,252 
1 ................
68,618 
80,058 
2 ................
81,964 
98,166 
3 ................
101,027 
122,948 
4+ ..............
114,373 
139,021 
Section 213—Cooperatives 
Bedrooms 
Non-elevator 
Elevator 
0 ................
$67,130 
$71,480 
1 ................
77,404 
80,984 
2 ................
93,351 
98,477 
3 ................
119,491 
127,399 
4+ ..............
133,122 
139,848 
Section 234—Condominium Housing 
Bedrooms 
Non-elevator 
Elevator 
0 ................
$68,500 
$72,088 
1 ................
78,983 
82,638 
2 ................
95,256 
100,490 
3 ................
121,932 
130,002 
4+ ..............
135,837 
142,701 
Section 221(d)(4)—Moderate Income 
Housing 
Bedrooms 
Non-elevator 
Elevator 
0 ................
$61,646 
$66,591 
1 ................
69,980 
76,340 
2 ................
84,589 
92,831 
3 ................
106,172 
120,090 
4+ ..............
119,973 
131,826 
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