[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 714 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 714

   To make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot 
             Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 1997

  Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
 Wellstone, and Mr. Jeffords) introduced the following bill; which was 
     read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot 
             Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Permanent Authority.--Section 3761 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out subsection (c).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 3761(a) of such title is 
amended--
            (A) by striking out ``shall establish and implement a pilot 
        program'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``shall carry out a 
        pilot program''; and
            (B) by striking out ``shall establish and implement the 
        pilot program'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``shall carry out 
        the pilot program''.
    (2) Sections 3761(b) and 3762(i) of such title are each amended by 
striking out ``pilot program'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``program''.
    (3) Section 3762 of such title is amended--
            (A) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking out ``pilot 
        program established under this subchapter is implemented'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``program under this subchapter is 
        carried out''; and
            (B) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking out the second 
        sentence.
    (4)(A) The subchapter heading for subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
such title is amended by striking out ``PILOT''.
    (B) The section heading for section 3761 of such title is amended 
to read as follows:
``Sec. 3761. Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program''.
    (C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 37 of such 
title is amended--
            (i) in the item relating to subchapter V, by striking out 
        ``PILOT''; and
            (ii) by striking out the item relating to section 3761 and 
        inserting in lieu thereof the following new item:

``3761. Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program.''.
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