[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 459 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 459


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1997

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to extend certain 
                authorizations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Programs Act 
Amendments of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE NATIVE 
              AMERICAN PROGRAMS ACT OF 1974.

    Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
2992d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``for fiscal years 1992, 
        1993, 1994, and 1995.'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal 
        years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``for each of the fiscal 
        years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996,'' and inserting ``for 
        each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000,''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``, $2,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
        years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.'' and inserting ``such sums 
        as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 
        and 2000.''.

SEC. 3. NATIVE HAWAIIAN REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 803A of the Native American Programs Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``award grants'' and 
                        inserting ``award a grant''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``use such grants to 
                        establish and carry out'' and inserting ``use 
                        that grant to carry out''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or loan 
                guarantees'' after ``make loans'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``loans to a 
                borrower'' and inserting ``a loan or loan guarantee to 
                a borrower''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``Loans made'' and inserting 
                        ``Each loan or loan guarantee made'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``5 
                        years'' and inserting ``7 years''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``that is 2 percentage'' and all that follows 
                        through the end of the subparagraph and 
                        inserting ``that does not exceed a rate equal 
                        to the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the most recently published 
                                prime rate (as published in the 
                                newspapers of general circulation in 
                                the State of Hawaii before the date on 
                                which the loan is made); and
                                    ``(II) 3 percentage points.''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``for each of the 
        fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, $1,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``for the first full fiscal year beginning after the date of 
        enactment of the Native American Programs Act Amendments of 
        1997, such sums as may be necessary''.

            Passed the Senate September 29, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.