[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3906 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3906

       To set aside USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2024

  Ms. Warren introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
       To set aside USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes.

    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 ``Tribal Rural Housing Access Act''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE OF USDA RURAL HOUSING FUNDING FOR INDIAN TRIBES.

    Section 509 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1479) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Set-Aside for Indian Tribes.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `community development financial 
                institution' has the meaning given the term in section 
                103 of the Community Development Banking and Financial 
                Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702);
                    ``(B) the term `Indian Tribe', notwithstanding 
                section 501 of this Act, has the meaning given the term 
                `Indian tribe' in section 4 of the Native American 
                Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
                (25 U.S.C. 4103);
                    ``(C) the term `Native community development 
                financial institution' means an entity--
                            ``(i) that has been certified as a 
                        community development financial institution by 
                        the Secretary of the Treasury;
                            ``(ii) that is not less than 50 percent 
                        owned or controlled by Indian Tribes, members 
                        of Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiians; and
                            ``(iii) for which not less than 50 percent 
                        of the activities of the entity serve Indian 
                        Tribes, members of Indian Tribes, or Native 
                        Hawaiians;
                    ``(D) the term `Native Hawaiian' has the meaning 
                given the term in section 801 of the Native American 
                Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
                (25 U.S.C. 4221);
                    ``(E) the term `tribally designated housing entity' 
                has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
                Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
                Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103); and
                    ``(F) the term `tribal-owned entity' means an 
                entity, whether for-profit or non-profit--
                            ``(i) that is not less than 50 percent 
                        owned or controlled by Indian Tribes, members 
                        of Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiians; and
                            ``(ii) for which not less than 50 percent 
                        of the activities of the entity serve Indian 
                        Tribes, members of Indian Tribes, or Native 
                        Hawaiians.
            ``(2) Set-aside.--For each fiscal year, with respect to 
        assistance under sections 502, 504, 514, 515, 516, 521(a), 525, 
        533, and 538, the Secretary shall set aside and reserve for 
        assistance for the Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing 
        entities, members of Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiians, and 
        tribal-owned entities (including Native community development 
        financial institutions) that are otherwise eligible for 
        assistance under the applicable sections an amount equal to 5.0 
        percent of the aggregate amount of lending authority, budget 
        authority, or guarantee authority, as appropriate, made 
        available for the fiscal year for assistance under each of 
        those sections to make, modify, or guarantee loans or to carry 
        out programs or activities.
            ``(3) Reallocation.--The procedure under paragraph (2) for 
        reserving amounts shall provide that any assistance set aside 
        in any fiscal year that has not been expended by a reasonable 
        date established by the Secretary shall be made available and 
        allocated under the laws and regulations relating to such 
        assistance, notwithstanding this subsection.''.
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