[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3964. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, 
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 101, strike line 5 and all that follows 
     through page 104, line 2, and insert the following:
       (1) $650,000,000 shall be available for the Indian Housing 
     Block Grant program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  
     Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
     amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
     Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 
     section 302 of such Act with the need component based on 
     single-race census data and with the need component based on 
     multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation for 
     each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
     allocation amounts:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2017, a 
     recipient's total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in 
     the Department's line of credit control system is greater 
     than three times the formula allocation it would otherwise 
     receive under the first proviso under this paragraph, the 
     Secretary shall adjust that recipient's formula allocation 
     down by the difference between its total amount of 
     undisbursed block grant funds in the Department's line of 
     credit control system on January 1, 2017, and three times the 
     formula allocation it would otherwise receive:  Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding the previous two provisos, no 
     Indian tribe shall receive an allocation amount greater than 
     10 percent of the total amount made available under this 
     paragraph:  Provided further, That grant amounts not 
     allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous two 
     provisos shall be allocated under the need component of the 
     formula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 
     subject to an adjustment under such provisos:  Provided 
     further, That the second and third provisos shall not apply 
     to any Indian tribe that would otherwise receive a formula 
     allocation of less than $8,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     to take effect, the four previous provisos do not require 
     issuance or amendment of any regulation, and shall not be 
     construed to confer hearing rights under any section of 
     NAHASDA or its implementing regulations:  Provided further, 
     That the Department will notify grantees of their formula 
     allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
     Act;
       (2) $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of 
     guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 
     title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, That such costs, including 
     the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided further, That these 
     funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount 
     of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to 
     be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,857,142 to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021;
       (3) $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes for 
     carrying out the Community Development Block Grant program as 
     authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of 
     such Act, of which, up to $4,000,000 may be used for 
     emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
     safety notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
     section 204 of this title):  Provided, That not to exceed 20 
     percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under this 
     paragraph shall be expended for planning and management 
     development and administration; and
       (4) $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian 
     housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical 
     assistance needs in Indian country related to funding 
     provided under this heading.
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