[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 65 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 65

  To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

    Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4243) is amended by striking 
``fiscal years'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
``fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.''.

SEC. 3. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING.

    Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``or as a result of a 
        lack of access to private financial markets'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan will be used to 
        construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family 
        dwellings that are--
                    ``(A) standard housing; and
                    ``(B) located on Hawaiian Home Lands.''; and
            (3) in subsection (j)(7), by striking ``fiscal years'' and 
        all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting 
        the following: ``fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 
        2015.''.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS FOR TITLE VI 
              LOAN GUARANTEES.

    Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4191 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the title heading, by inserting ``AND NATIVE 
        HAWAIIAN'' after ``TRIBAL'';
            (2) in section 601 (25 U.S.C. 4191)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``or tribally designated 
                        housing entities with tribal approval'' and 
                        inserting ``, by tribally designated housing 
                        entities with tribal approval, or by the 
                        Department of Hawaiian Home Lands,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or 810, as 
                        applicable,'' after ``section 202''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or title 
                VIII, as applicable'' before the period at the end;
            (3) in section 602 (25 U.S.C. 4192)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``or housing entity'' and inserting 
                        ``, housing entity, or Department of Hawaiian 
                        Home Lands''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``or Department'' 
                                after ``tribe'';
                                    (II) by inserting ``or title VIII, 
                                as applicable,'' after ``title I''; and
                                    (III) by inserting ``or 811(b), as 
                                applicable'' before the semicolon at 
                                the end; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``or housing 
                entity'' and inserting ``, housing entity, or the 
                Department of Hawaiian Home Lands'';
            (4) in the first sentence of section 603 (25 U.S.C. 4193), 
        by striking ``or housing entity'' and inserting ``, housing 
        entity, or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands''; and
            (5) in section 605(b) (25 U.S.C. 4195(b)), by striking 
        ``2009 through 2013'' and inserting ``2011 through 2015''.
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