HR 2786 ENR: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Congressional findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Block grants and grant requirements
Sec. 101. Block grants.
Sec. 102. Indian housing plans.
Sec. 103. Review of plans.
Sec. 104. Treatment of program income and labor standards.
Sec. 105. Regulations.
TITLE II—Affordable housing activities
Sec. 201. National objectives and eligible families.
Sec. 202. Eligible affordable housing activities.
Sec. 203. Program requirements.
Sec. 204. Low-income requirement and income targeting.
Sec. 205. Availability of records.
Sec. 206. Self-determined housing activities for tribal communities program.
TITLE III—Allocation of grant amounts
Sec. 301. Allocation formula.
TITLE IV—Compliance, audits, and reports
Sec. 401. Remedies for noncompliance.
Sec. 402. Monitoring of compliance.
Sec. 403. Performance reports.
TITLE V—Termination of assistance for Indian tribes under incorporated programs
Sec. 501. Effect on Home Investment Partnerships Act.
TITLE VI—Guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities
Sec. 601. Demonstration program for guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities.
TITLE VII—Funding
Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VIII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 801. Limitation on use for Cherokee Nation.
Sec. 802. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 803. GAO study of effectiveness of NAHASDA for tribes of different sizes.
2.Section 2 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101) is amended in paragraphs (6) and (7) by striking should
each place it appears and inserting shall
.
3.Section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) is amended—
(1)by striking paragraph (22);
(2)by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (21) as paragraphs (9) through (22), respectively; and
(3)by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
(8)Housing related community development
(A)The term housing related community development means any facility, community building, business, activity, or infrastructure that—
(i)is owned by an Indian tribe or a tribally designated housing entity;
(ii)is necessary to the provision of housing in an Indian area; and
(iii)
(I)would help an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity to reduce the cost of construction of Indian housing;
(II)would make housing more affordable, accessible, or practicable in an Indian area; or
(III)would otherwise advance the purposes of this Act.
(B)The term housing and community development does not include any activity conducted by any Indian tribe under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)..
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Block grants and grant requirements</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7067E380F4B64F27B9C1B8E0C61E24E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Block grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4111">25 U.S.C. 4111</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0162D0423FC4334BD4E223E04910392"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D316B5851224B1400D001FD52BB37"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9E7360F110948CF9D430000CB1E45A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For each</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC5D25E89FAA44B489F22D7646FD69B2" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H685A8B6BC4874D528483CE81A6DEA65"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H296285A64BEE461DA87494FFD644D2E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>tribes to carry out affordable housing activities.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8EC1796DE41149F8A80830CB3F507017" style="OLC"><text>tribes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0524D3E384640F284B800DF358C701E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out affordable housing activities under subtitle A of title II; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A306FA2AA245E8AE593CDED9CB641D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF77B1DE96CE04F34835C85BF5C484329" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H964935FD6BCD49FA994BAD13B64DEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out self-determined housing activities for tribal communities programs under subtitle B of that title.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2F8E6D8CBFB4F1684D9F3944D6678F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Under</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF1451F3613146EBB2249137BC4654DA" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H555057BD09B74BA2AD31F21EF4808062"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C08A85A64C441A48B3EC1A3F93C4419"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g), by inserting <quote>of this section and subtitle B of title II</quote> after <quote>subsection (h)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD18535345D244E6B0EA678100FEC900"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EC51BAC28BC43EC8111F94EBFA9FE7" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2094DB970B64E1AB5445473B93B1084"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal supply sources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/501">section 501</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, on election by the applicable Indian tribe—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82826547D0C44BAD9E239FAAA683DA64"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity shall be considered to be an Executive agency in carrying out any program, service, or other activity under this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65DA28C0F862452984A2989D9BFFC33D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity and each employee of the Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity shall have access to sources of supply on the same basis as employees of an Executive agency.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B915F8F8BC44302862876AEA6EBF4"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal preference in employment and contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any grant (or portion of a grant) made on behalf of an Indian tribe under this Act that is intended to benefit 1 Indian tribe, the tribal employment and contract preference laws (including regulations and tribal ordinances ) adopted by the Indian tribe that receives the benefit shall apply with respect to the administration of the grant (or portion of a grant).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1279E81648EB4A3EB400A8BDB6E3E23" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian housing plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4112">25 U.S.C. 4112</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H273FD8F1C0654C4EB30050FC10514C4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BAB034E03094011A0DA3CCEE24940EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(1)(A) for</quote> and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC67D42C51FBB435380E53C67169DF910"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H87F37DEC08E84BEC81BAEA8E598EC9B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for an Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary, by not later than 75 days before the beginning of each tribal program year, a 1-year housing plan for the Indian tribe; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CEBFA6FBE3B4EB781DDD6E2ED29A906"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E3D8FF0C37046A6B5CB5D94928CBF91"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD264C59D617242E199F673B37EF967AA" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE963B0BB72FD43E08D77C421FFF11ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">1-year plan requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7C9E4E1D17E41EB90447ECEB78806DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A housing plan of an Indian tribe under this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B435B66DA0C4F88A2943915353FD073"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be in such form as the Secretary may prescribe; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81B80F61E74F41E4B1E0CC57009C9E39"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain the information described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F14E8105FD44C7991A1D847F9C68816"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A housing plan shall include the following information with respect to the tribal program year for which assistance under this Act is made available:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FC2D93BD1E245F4A8484CBB009D4081"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Description of planned activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of planned activities, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D597C19CC7E4DAD886FFBDB6F434F84"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types of household to receive assistance;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4002BDBAE2974BA087AF001B66FDDC10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types and levels of assistance to be provided;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A9764440454E63AC0959D3FD74461F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of units planned to be produced;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EE78D23F18F4F44B7197BA283D0813C"><enum>(iv)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H35A33BDF4C5B4EE6A63F05EC1FC4A888"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any housing to be demolished or disposed of;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBFE999E1B0C421E956C29DC78568B2" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a timetable for the demolition or disposition; and</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9EFB4ACC4F1426A8D8EECF488D60023" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information required by the Secretary with respect to the demolition or disposition;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0C27ED988374ACF8F063FF4A9FD6EB9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the manner in which the recipient will protect and maintain the viability of housing owned and operated by the recipient that was developed under a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H799ED270017E4321B82D3D5E94569D2C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outcomes anticipated to be achieved by the recipient.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H248B151178B34727A8BDD02DF269F62"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement of needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the housing needs of the low-income Indian families residing in the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe, and the means by which those needs will be addressed during the applicable period, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF386000F9DEF450FBBF862073B09D7C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the estimated housing needs and the need for assistance for the low-income Indian families in the jurisdiction, including a description of the manner in which the geographical distribution of assistance is consistent with the geographical needs and needs for various categories of housing assistance; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96E2955846434609815790B8754EF451"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the estimated housing needs for all Indian families in the jurisdiction.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H842052D9C1BD41E6821BA2C7F32E18A"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An operating budget for the recipient, in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, that includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7088957627154DE0ACB926161E20AD4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification and description of the financial resources reasonably available to the recipient to carry out the purposes of this Act, including an explanation of the manner in which amounts made available will leverage additional resources; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H604335024A7E43A78F53CC0935AF2000"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the uses to which those resources will be committed, including eligible and required affordable housing activities under title II and administrative expenses.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84DE9679CF7245089FB9857DC0E74C85"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification of compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence of compliance with the requirements of this Act, including, as appropriate—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8709E3DA83441B28161A624E2C0D179"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that, in carrying out this Act, the recipient will comply with the applicable provisions of title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1301">25 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</external-xref>) and other applicable Federal laws and regulations;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D95737BBD7F44B98739483D2B2C02F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that the recipient will maintain adequate insurance coverage for housing units that are owned and operated or assisted with grant amounts provided under this Act, in compliance with such requirements as the Secretary may establish;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF797220661D64471BA623E3987F39531"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that policies are in effect and are available for review by the Secretary and the public governing the eligibility, admission, and occupancy of families for housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this Act;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C802C49EA4A4565B763994133C416C6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that policies are in effect and are available for review by the Secretary and the public governing rents and homebuyer payments charged, including the methods by which the rents or homebuyer payments are determined, for housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this Act;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E6F2CDDEAEE41029964FDB8599D81A5"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that policies are in effect and are available for review by the Secretary and the public governing the management and maintenance of housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this Act; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0028BECE6FA44EB883581D559217EB93"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that the recipient will comply with section 104(b).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H026E12214EE54DEF80C07910E0412FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H447D69849759492C82745C02B6B37EDC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE73FEADD93B4F12A3F096EC7D872D65" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4113">25 U.S.C. 4113</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33EF00CA0BB54D5A87053DC0E922E62C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB66F4A289054A5881F3BEB9C5BBAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1728F6CCC40E444683143F9E00047FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>fiscal</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>tribal program</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB62CE9BDD3924481A21744F1E4027A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(with respect to</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section 102(c))</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3FD1E359DDF4DADAE5B9775FAABA1C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second sentence; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C213224084C45ECA4B224A14BBC30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1C52F74D30A484C9928B5AFC6D14404" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3B798ECC95E4265B33FB8530079CF34"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Self-determined activities program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC213D0E31C7149D3A6336503B17E48AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall review the information included in an Indian housing plan pursuant to subsections (b)(4) and (c)(7) only to determine whether the information is included for purposes of compliance with the requirement under section 232(b)(2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC77B7B8A5D9247EC809CB2BDD1D70051"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not approve or disapprove an Indian housing plan based on the content of the particular benefits, activities, or results included pursuant to subsections (b)(4) and (c)(7).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H382053FD00894F8F995C99E39018E100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of program income and labor standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(a) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4114">25 U.S.C. 4114(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1EA50AE21FE48E7A38C1060EEF5F6F4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD67D2E9796124503AE7488A6B354D324"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from program income of regular developer’s fees for low-income housing tax credit projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any income derived from a regular and customary developer's fee for any project that receives a low-income housing tax credit under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/42">section 42</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and that is initially funded using a grant provided under this Act, shall not be considered to be program income if the developer's fee is approved by the State housing credit agency.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6742FBC5B4CF42C88FF9F7BC223EDC95" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106(b)(2) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4116">25 U.S.C. 4116(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F3BA30F03674C108623BC382CF0D8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title> and any other Act to reauthorize this Act, the Secretary</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52BF967F7BB44F07984D81DA61748539"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D627EF8BE024FCE8736310100170057" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9148396A848A494BBC4373AC00F160F1"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent negotiated rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H944490C66A1D4EE887884012DC2606CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">initiate a negotiated rulemaking in accordance with this section by not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title> and any other Act to reauthorize this Act; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D4FB02EA43246ACAB4B54C37BCB9CBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promulgate regulations pursuant to this section by not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title> and any other Act to reauthorize this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F4C661C8AAA4D919C2B86C5728E1CFF"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once every 7 years, the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes, shall review the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section in effect on the date on which the review is conducted.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affordable housing activities</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4F02BE58A444457A0B5E5F1B1559B00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National objectives and eligible families</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4131">25 U.S.C. 4131(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E612D74B72C41149FFEF40091E4086B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and except with respect to loan guarantees under the demonstration program under title VI,</quote> after <quote>paragraphs (2) and (4),</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28E340651F94409F9BF8B1D255D77DCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF58A96EC287444CDB2362BC2CBE021F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the first sentence and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DA97A5FCC8C49E1B1BE7011A4B2A0A9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0771C37C71E94FF498B3FF804E2F33AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception to requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a recipient may provide housing or housing assistance through affordable housing activities for which a grant is provided under this Act to any family that is not a low-income family, to the extent that the Secretary approves the activities due to a need for housing for those families that cannot reasonably be met without that assistance.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CBE93B97DBF47DC8F1C7CC2335731C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4338441B16B346308475C9BD00C5DB5B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7E9937713D641A7A1D711205BE0D12E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6989FADE27AD45A2BE8716DA00B719A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41E2489C2325470EB752AA0897B24837"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Non-Indian</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Essential</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55C64F67F0AB4F36901BAA00E4172203"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>non-Indian family</quote> and inserting <quote>family</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0019CF8A7679439D88001863076071FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>or other unit of local government,</quote> after <quote>county,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H368313BA71BF4AA4BBE47C538C33FF7C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible affordable housing activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4132">25 U.S.C. 4132</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE998D70863E240B99969620081C1516C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>to develop or to support</quote> and inserting <quote>to develop, operate, maintain, or support</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1930158765494A96008F922F4D4E7DF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E51F001160E4AC48949E600DD43EB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>development of utilities</quote> and inserting <quote>development and rehabilitation of utilities, necessary infrastructure,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84559AAA1C24484BBBBC1F8CE8E06DA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>mold remediation,</quote> after <quote>energy efficiency,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA18459301EF4CD9B1386990D5A3E0D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>the costs of operation and maintenance of units developed with funds provided under this Act,</quote> after <quote>rental assistance,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H290309D1087947B49C00322651E6F18D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EBA9ADB0B4F4647BEF5A66F19F3215D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EB692F97BC54E40959D5B4118EF1773"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reserve accounts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A8CC8B1903E4738A02E9504E1A0E802"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the deposit of amounts, including grant amounts under section 101, in a reserve account established for an Indian tribe only for the purpose of accumulating amounts for administration and planning relating to affordable housing activities under this section, in accordance with the Indian housing plan of the Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF47B26148C244F7D9860CD56E607ABB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reserve account established under subparagraph (A) shall consist of not more than an amount equal to <fraction>1/4</fraction> of the 5-year average of the annual amount used by a recipient for administration and planning under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EC07016DBE945DDA7F3F3CACDDD4D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4133">25 U.S.C. 4133</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H026CCFD3765A4E2FBCB1BB97D8F7C018"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of grant amounts over extended periods</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89C824E929134CC48811A7421247BACC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that the Indian housing plan for an Indian tribe provides for the use of amounts of a grant under section 101 for a period of more than 1 fiscal year, or for affordable housing activities for which the amounts will be committed for use or expended during a subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall not require those amounts to be used or committed for use at any time earlier than otherwise provided for in the Indian housing plan.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72091E4F80D34AFFB6DA8DF29D73D089"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carryover</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount of a grant provided to an Indian tribe under section 101 for a fiscal year that is not used by the Indian tribe during that fiscal year may be used by the Indian tribe during any subsequent fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H521C93616B37425D9FC3DA08F11FCCA6"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">De minimis exemption for procurement of goods and services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient shall not be required to act in accordance with any otherwise applicable competitive procurement rule or procedure with respect to the procurement, using a grant provided under this Act, of goods and services the value of which is less than $5,000.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3D17199D73149AD9FEDF6512EC4BE89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-income requirement and income targeting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4135">25 U.S.C. 4135</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H3D94FA9EA6A34E4DB2AF9BD1C1C8B4C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) regarding binding commitments for the remaining useful life of property shall not apply to a family or household member who subsequently takes ownership of a homeownership unit.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1713EB4A3E4B40DC9C83CD1136791F5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(a) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4138">25 U.S.C. 4138(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>applicants for employment, and of</quote> after <quote>records of</quote>.</text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74D687548F6D4263BE6028FA44D40133" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Self-determined housing activities for tribal communities program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB5A89D321624F0184D3D7FAB43E1B4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4131">25 U.S.C. 4131 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9DE38E56DD14468AF399FD1E7A36F30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the title designation and heading the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H489626EDD4D9463798ED279F37FD2BC7" style="OLC">
<subtitle commented="no" id="H84067F751647454294129F7E81296F86" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General block grant program</header></subtitle><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC75944D272DC4245966700A9E328A1C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4288BE526F3A42379B68CBF467AF52B7" style="OLC">
<subtitle commented="no" id="HD62771F0FBA647AE99E901ECC04E837C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Self-determined housing activities for tribal communities</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD00D614444D64B3DB4D8E0D4EE3BE41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a program for self-determined housing activities for the tribal communities to provide Indian tribes with the flexibility to use a portion of the grant amounts under section 101 for the Indian tribe in manners that are wholly self-determined by the Indian tribe for housing activities involving construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or infrastructure relating to housing activities or housing that will benefit the community served by the Indian tribe.</text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H707962C81BD44F6AADCCAEDBDF6D9887" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>232.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H959F283470AF45CF8FE2D73DF074D321"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of qualifying Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>qualifying Indian tribe</term> means, with respect to a fiscal year, an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01E933BC0C164E15BABE1311F3BF12E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to or on behalf of which a grant is made under section 101;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF08FF3341E2467E98AFEF19F03348E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has complied with the requirements of section 102(b)(6); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15DE8E8BA55A47DC909017A442F4B41C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that, during the preceding 3-fiscal-year period, has no unresolved significant and material audit findings or exceptions, as demonstrated in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12C8538E5019450BAC6026753823E59B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the annual audits of that period completed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Single Audit Act</quote>); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32D9E0A37FA241E5ABF79D6D23EE9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent financial audit prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing principles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30F5E1E4BD204B47B492803CF700B566"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the program under this subtitle, for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, the recipient for each qualifying Indian tribe may use the amounts specified in subsection (c) in accordance with this subtitle.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA003B6F24C4A40159BE85693A76C15BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a fiscal year and a recipient, the amounts referred to in subsection (b) are amounts from any grant provided under section 101 to the recipient for the fiscal year, as determined by the recipient, but in no case exceeding the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F7378CC70ED46B58CFD17FD7C88F7D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to 20 percent of the total grant amount for the recipient for that fiscal year; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33A9BFC2B36D406D009BA89DE1731792"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H644D619718E7461A0059C5583B717B00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>233.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of amounts for housing activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE91F8331AB4F4E2BB6407DBAF889478"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible housing activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts made available for use under this subtitle by a recipient for an Indian tribe shall be used only for housing activities, as selected at the discretion of the recipient and described in the Indian housing plan for the Indian tribe pursuant to section 102(b)(6), for the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of housing or infrastructure in accordance with section 202 to provide a benefit to families described in section 201(b)(1).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F9F336E705540689624E15B003F844E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on certain activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available for use under this subtitle may not be used for commercial or economic development.</text></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DDB048C3AE34DEF8E6E97AAAF724005" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>234.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inapplicability of other provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55CBC4178543411F8D89338900CAD837"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, title I, subtitle A of title II, and titles III through VIII shall not apply to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FF31E5460324875AC8381437F00F064"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program under this subtitle; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5F17F2548144D7DBD388486AC98BE32"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts made available in accordance with this subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1F8753864A4C039B4916CC8B834865"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions of titles I through VIII shall apply to the program under this subtitle and amounts made available in accordance with this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57AEF6A2C67A4180983381472921D73F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(c) (relating to local cooperation agreements).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A0E2FA725A34AE986F115B079CEF5E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (d) and (e) of section 101 (relating to tax exemption).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08E8303F7C92407BA9DBFE4F52728BFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(j) (relating to Federal supply sources).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A0F834E6379418A8FD95E66F9ACE10"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(k) (relating to tribal preference in employment and contracting).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0ACCFB8759349E9888E151EED3CDF1B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(b)(4) (relating to certification of compliance).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7971256CF0C40BB98CC447891004C88"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 (relating to treatment of program income and labor standards).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79E1AB50395943398237926FDE47B8CB"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105 (relating to environmental review).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D0760655E2C4F0F00903280AEF6B2A4"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(b) (relating to eligible families).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF24C758F819B4958BCEC8529163244FF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(c) (relating to insurance coverage).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58417A86609B476CBADCBE94CBEFAC39"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(g) (relating to a de minimis exemption for procurement of goods and services).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H066B905FCF604E658B50331C066B3E5C"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 206 (relating to treatment of funds).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68EFEA95ECA348E1AD008C9E20A850FC"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209 (relating to noncompliance with affordable housing requirement).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H726B365849C5471DB9C12C7EC26B1B9E"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 (relating to remedies for noncompliance).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0BF0F8D634248FF9CF42FD801147F74"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 408 (relating to public availability of information).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94C7529B825A4BA0B351EE27376815BA"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 702 (relating to 50-year leasehold interests in trust or restricted lands for housing purposes).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84ACC4B5020E46DC8FCD00C8BC6611B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>235.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review and report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B54C92AAEDB431885A455946C267118"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During calendar year 2011, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the results achieved by the program under this subtitle to determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F988F67727E42D3A6A2742C09EBD023"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the housing constructed, acquired, or rehabilitated under the program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFF869036BEE40768FC069B42E13FB5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of the housing described in paragraph (1) on costs to low-income families of affordable housing;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA893D3D716FA46CEBA3F4F5F331557EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of each recipient in achieving the results intended to be achieved, as described in the Indian housing plan for the Indian tribe; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02C963DBCF344AF394000643E32978FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for, and effectiveness of, extending the duration of the program and increasing the amount of grants under section 101 that may be used under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79295B8EB9724EAF00D77524BCC0178C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the information obtained pursuant to the review under subsection (a) (including any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the program under this subtitle), including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE75F050DFB44AF48CC7FC7D4EBCCAD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations regarding extension of the program for subsequent fiscal years and increasing the amounts under section 232(c) that may be used under the program; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4381ADEB434F4D1BAEB2C9555EAD3D11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0BD9E733DC6492DBCC834E8D1445FF"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFDA328586AC74C5EA26BEBAD05D6D38B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific Indian tribes or recipients that should be prohibited from participating in the program for failure to achieve results; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE84492C9D446480FAAA87CE96211BF10" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the period for which such a prohibition should remain in effect; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61986FB1763B407188F6BA89E3FF8FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards and procedures by which Indian tribes or recipients may be prohibited from participating in the program for failure to achieve results.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48E28813DB804790AC8283C3890018CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of information to secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, recipients participating in the program under this subtitle shall provide such information to the Secretary as the Secretary may request, in sufficient detail and in a timely manner sufficient to ensure that the review and report required by this section is accomplished in a timely manner.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6FD9E2B8274497D920199BBAB835687"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92B5B8A805EF4E20B3F2F3A9A8075918"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the item for title II the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—General block grant program</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6A2EEF750A64EE5804FD9D49DBA6FBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the item for section 205 the following:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 206. Treatment of funds.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCF3FF53264044E7B100BC43B03144F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the item for title III the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Self-determined housing activities for tribal communities</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 231. Purposes.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 232. Program authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 233. Use of amounts for housing activities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 234. Inapplicability of other provisions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 235. Review and report.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of grant amounts</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC79FA129B4A422D9113C27C2C3625EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation formula</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4152">25 U.S.C. 4152</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92E2CCF0CC844C56B3F02E888EAADBF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC5B4FC5BAA149AAAA181DFF382E5215"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEA3BB8F4575498BAB5BA1D5CEFEA705" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7240BE91E264E68BF462C306BCC17B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BF4F8A39AD1447F93BC2010DE15C859"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA43BE8F49BA74D7ABC9163DD17503579" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE91A56C442BA49FAAA6E292D351F00D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of need data</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H696F8F24CFB64497843469FE18473248"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into a contract with an organization with expertise in housing and other demographic data collection methodologies under which the organization, in consultation with Indian tribes and Indian organizations, shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H068E012554D147F9BCCAB9F21ACA62"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess existing data sources, including alternatives to the decennial census, for use in evaluating the factors for determination of need described in subsection (b); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FCDD469AAB4487DB4AA17891D6EAB6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and recommend methodologies for collecting data on any of those factors, including formula area, in any case in which existing data is determined to be insufficient or inadequate, or fails to satisfy the requirements of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B26FC5BA87A4443AE9D03F045FD7A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC20D5BDB91414A0C8F9200A8F8E2269E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35576930E9B648A49D75BA3B6315D7ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC77497BE9C1449AB9BBE3BC823D50032"><enum>(1)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB4F642A0FA7B4B1681ABAC908790DFB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of low-income housing dwelling units developed under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437">42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.</external-xref>), pursuant to a contract between an Indian housing authority for the tribe and the Secretary, that are owned or operated by a recipient on the October 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the year for which funds are provided, subject to the condition that such a unit shall not be considered to be a low-income housing dwelling unit for purposes of this section if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30D01023AE8B4292ACB8509E7EE32931" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recipient ceases to possess the legal right to own, operate, or maintain the unit; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7993FEE9B8004D3D80FC178B4672C88F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unit is lost to the recipient by conveyance, demolition, or other means.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA6CF9778F1A4CF796D91F602DD1EFB5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the unit is a homeownership unit not conveyed within 25 years from the date of full availability, the recipient shall not be considered to have lost the legal right to own, operate, or maintain the unit if the unit has not been conveyed to the homebuyer for reasons beyond the control of the recipient.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE59C2300676D4DFA92E88B5300104300" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the unit is demolished and the recipient rebuilds the unit within 1 year of demolition of the unit, the unit may continue to be considered a low-income housing dwelling unit for the purpose of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF10F937D035A4B00BDA92F4D626D00D7" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>reasons beyond the control of the recipient</term> means, after making reasonable efforts, there remain—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22B1BDA1A74B4622A0DCD795F8E9C83C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">delays in obtaining or the absence of title status reports;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BD7F21DCD6043B5A9AEF440C7C07DCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorrect or inadequate legal descriptions or other legal documentation necessary for conveyance;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H461A22677CCC4102A5DAE2C0BA32C109"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clouds on title due to probate or intestacy or other court proceedings; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD42DAF87413448F8A893273956D3F2E5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other legal impediment.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E865858AD574B7594C7C5EFB38CB2BD" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (A) through (D) shall not apply to any claim arising from a formula current assisted stock calculation or count involving an Indian housing block grant allocation for any fiscal year through fiscal year 2008, if a civil action relating to the claim is filed by not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance, audits, and reports</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92F4C6552AA14170B68BA900E821232C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remedies for noncompliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(a) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4161">25 U.S.C. 4161(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB046FDA2E6734C55A49E4DCD1B41C5EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFA8B78C5F7D4373B148CE47710600EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DBE2484A42A41E58E2CF2AE537BBD1D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2B0C457EC474B3487DE408FC6E47F6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Substantial noncompliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The failure of a recipient to comply with the requirements of section 302(b)(1) regarding the reporting of low-income dwelling units shall not, in itself, be considered to be substantial noncompliance for purposes of this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD51E4CCCA6547B289E6E040B937416E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Monitoring of compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4163">25 U.S.C. 4163(b)</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by inserting <quote>an appropriate level of</quote> after <quote>shall include</quote>.</text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90E5848F094D4D40BF416EB8D401E700" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4164">25 U.S.C. 4164(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7B49BC2CF774F4CB64D00EA6FB1A6FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD028A4C0450D4366BF47E1D108379E34"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>goals</quote> and inserting <quote>planned activities</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3A82F3EA09441C1B82B495F28F18CE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33A09CA85A854B15A9019B3ED2FB2C99"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H748FB63B6E324ECEAFB79F19008D3420"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of assistance for Indian tribes under incorporated programs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63BE157BF68141A7A7EEB2E7BC72C0C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on Home Investment Partnerships Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53DF0DD0F09E47A286AEAE5495D2C200"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title V of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4181">25 U.S.C. 4181 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55E4761D78D7434DA67D34EDF4BCCE08" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4839970BD9C24353BDBA22CB6F24BE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on HOME Investment Partnerships Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act prohibits or prevents any participating jurisdiction (within the meaning of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12721">42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.</external-xref>)) from providing any amounts made available to the participating jurisdiction under that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12721">42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.</external-xref>) to an Indian tribe or a tribally designated housing entity for use in accordance with that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12721">42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE93F309FD034F5D95CEDBA603850012"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 508 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD82A987662C1444BB7BA98BCD0BB5646" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 509. Effect on HOME Investment Partnerships Act.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB26691F75FC1479191E9564572F99B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration program for guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6CBA6F720D446CD96893DB0E686BE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4191">25 U.S.C. 4191 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15F252DC8CFA493BB11970D8B9E9F36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration program for guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities</header>
<subsection id="HEFE7962E879E479B84D9B3444600D5CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HBF9E8EA8C0BA44DFBB00CE1F75CD38EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, subject to the requirements of this section, and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may guarantee and make commitments to guarantee the notes and obligations issued by Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities with tribal approval, for the purposes of financing activities carried out on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas that, under the first sentence of section 108(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5308">42 U.S.C. 5308</external-xref>), are eligible for financing with notes and other obligations guaranteed pursuant to that section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFABC355D58614097A4987E43D2DD3F4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, under paragraph (1) the notes or obligations of not more than 4 Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities located in each Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Native American Programs region.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF574A68847224F5BAED33725AC3BA3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-income benefit requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 70 percent of the aggregate amount received by an Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity as a result of a guarantee under this section shall be used for the support of activities that benefit low-income families on Indian reservations and other Indian areas.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81748EE28BBB492892FBDB96BDDC2700"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial soundness</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84CCA50483FC497BB500AAD2C9D155A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish underwriting criteria for guarantees under this section, including fees for the guarantees, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure that the program under this section is financially sound.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A96DFB00FAC47DE9CD58B7C9F06B3CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees for guarantees established under paragraph (1) shall be established in amounts that are sufficient, but do not exceed the minimum amounts necessary, to maintain a negative credit subsidy for the program under this section, as determined based on the risk to the Federal Government under the underwriting requirements established under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE921EAF99A64AFA9C00CA3629D671FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms of obligations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H866B39C6FB0C4C569340F016D82D1965"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each note or other obligation guaranteed pursuant to this section shall be in such form and denomination, have such maturity, and be subject to such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, by regulation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9DAC76FAA864A1397CA8977DF38DB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not deny a guarantee under this section on the basis of the proposed repayment period for the note or other obligation, unless—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CE92A8C9E47473FBB6851BC6F577C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the period is more than 20 years; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB528F926101421081955830AEA5B29E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines that the period would cause the guarantee to constitute an unacceptable financial risk.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5749B8D09D72469CAF39D6F6C000E088"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A guarantee made under this section shall guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on the note or other obligation guaranteed.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A8187B3E3C54C568C4F12E0EB95226E"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security and repayment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD130E814E7F540E48CEE10906D828EA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements on issuer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure the repayment of notes and other obligations and charges incurred under this section and as a condition for receiving the guarantees, the Secretary shall require the Indian tribe or housing entity issuing the notes or obligations—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEE8B5EBD75245A395466DD7B3C0CF88"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enter into a contract, in a form acceptable to the Secretary, for repayment of notes or other obligations guaranteed under this section;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA17C173B24C4C6480A30866E4CF5E07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to demonstrate that the extent of each issuance and guarantee under this section is within the financial capacity of the Indian tribe; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBD0A2BA6FEF4D188783EFEC44DFABEB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to furnish, at the discretion of the Secretary, such security as the Secretary determines to be appropriate in making the guarantees, including increments in local tax receipts generated by the activities assisted by a guarantee under this section or disposition proceeds from the sale of land or rehabilitated property, except that the security may not include any grant amounts received or for which the issuer may be eligible under title I.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C87C08CC73D4BC1A5D59EEB6C79E394"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Full faith and credit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86F9441AFEC444CEBC2E5E1EDA124BD1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all guarantees made under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BE324A69B1E491B958C22ACE4C32950"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of guarantees</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DE6212A9AAF414CA485BA9783976FA8"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any guarantee made by the Secretary under this section shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the obligations for the guarantee with respect to principal and interest.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CD59E0019C0458EA64CEA215C78ACBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incontestable nature</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The validity of any such a guarantee shall be incontestable in the hands of a holder of the guaranteed obligations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF387B08462F842DBBE51DE006E3C007F"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities, may carry out training and information activities with respect to the guarantee program under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AE8536D982943458E7E7323B445F762"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations on amount of guarantees</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5139EF5487054F349966EB5B07B8BBBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aggregate fiscal year limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject only to the absence of qualified applicants or proposed activities and to the authority provided in this section, and to the extent approved or provided for in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may enter into commitments to guarantee notes and obligations under this section with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C7B4B52A9754B3CB3A2A9C7F5454530"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for credit subsidy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/661a">2 U.S.C. 661a</external-xref>)) of guarantees under this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB008EB9B4981468898AFF1AF323399C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aggregate outstanding limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of outstanding obligations guaranteed on a cumulative basis by the Secretary pursuant to this section shall not at any time exceed $1,000,000,000 or such higher amount as may be authorized to be appropriated for this section for any fiscal year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AFC3CDB492F4AC38EBD025B4ED2A1BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal year limitations on Indian tribes</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB81C09A2E6804906927C296707F3C888"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall monitor the use of guarantees under this section by Indian tribes.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D8ADC52A6AE4D3BB1D8397E66365CC9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that 50 percent of the aggregate guarantee authority under paragraph (3) has been committed, the Secretary may—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3E4846A5ADD448300007F00C2D35079"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose limitations on the amount of guarantees pursuant to this section that any single Indian tribe may receive in any fiscal year of $25,000,000; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1501733E2BE741079525375435696C9E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request the enactment of legislation increasing the aggregate outstanding limitation on guarantees under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EF0F4A08C9C43B988E361BC56D3F0C"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the use of the authority under this section by Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BEF7B286F624BD3B446332D7CD27DCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the extent of the use and the types of projects and activities financed using that authority; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB39735D178C148D89C865093997F8D15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the effectiveness of the use in carrying out the purposes of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C5F325E208546B598C5AA97F7A7FC57"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Secretary under this section to make new guarantees for notes and obligations shall terminate on October 1, 2013.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3778DCBE46DA4F2A89ED98006CCDCBB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4101">25 U.S.C. 4101</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 605 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 606. Demonstration program for guaranteed loans to finance tribal community and economic development activities.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4838F159D1BD44939F005800933ECFC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB611AA25FAB402AA43768EA42DF20FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Block grants and grant requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 108 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4117">25 U.S.C. 4117</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>1998 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2009 through 2013</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE9E192C47F94131AA8524C6D794ED77"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal guarantees for financing for tribal housing activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 605 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4195">25 U.S.C. 4195</external-xref>) is amended in subsections (a) and (b) by striking <quote>1997 through 2007</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2009 through 2013</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21B44CFCBCD044FB9D3495C353CD15D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 703 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4212">25 U.S.C. 4212</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1997 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2009 through 2013</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HFD58ED245EC14B1F95CBF5E4D5BBE5"><enum>801.</enum><header>Limitation on use for Cherokee Nation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds authorized under this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, or appropriated pursuant to an authorization under this Act or such amendments, shall be expended for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation; provided, that this limitation shall not be effective if the Temporary Order and Temporary Injunction issued on May 14, 2007, by the District Court of the Cherokee Nation remains in effect during the pendency of litigation or there is a settlement agreement which effects the end of litigation among the adverse parties.</text></section>
<section id="H5F423BAC83604BAFA7201153F002CE5"><enum>802.</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No amounts made available pursuant to any authorization of appropriations under this Act, or under the amendments made by this Act, may be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3)) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324a">8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)</external-xref>).</text></section>
<section id="HF2670CCA9E6045AD82FF5000333760D3"><enum>803.</enum><header>GAO study of effectiveness of NAHASDA for tribes of different sizes</header>
<subsection id="H66F747EB15E1431EBBA9D4D4E1FE955B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 in achieving its purposes of meeting the needs for affordable housing for low-income Indian families, as compared to the programs for housing and community development assistance for Indian tribes and families and Indian housing authorities that were terminated under title V of such Act and the amendments made by such title. The study shall compare such effectiveness with respect to Indian tribes of various sizes and types, and specifically with respect to smaller tribes for which grants of lesser or minimum amounts have been made under title I of such Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D97083E58BF41A8892F90CA00441FC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate regarding the results and conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). Such report shall include recommendations regarding any changes appropriate to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to help ensure that the purposes of such Act are achieved by all Indian tribes, regardless of size or type.</text></subsection></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.