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107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1210

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 7, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

AN ACT

To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and 

Self-Determination Act of 1996.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American 

5 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 2002’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN 

2 HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETER3 MINATION ACT OF 1996. 

4 (a) BLOCK GRANTS.—Section 108 of the Native 

5 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

6 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4117) is amended by striking ‘‘1998, 

7 1999, 2000, and 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘1998 through 

8 2007’’. 

9 (b) FEDERAL GUARANTEES.—Section 605 of the Na10 tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 

11 Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4195) is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 

13 1999, 2000, and 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘1997 

14 through 2007’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 

16 1999, 2000, and 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘1997 

17 through 2007’’. 

18 (c) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec19 tion 703 of the Native American Housing Assistance and 

20 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4212) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘1997 through 2007’’. 

23 (d) INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND.—

24 Section 184(i) of the Housing and Community Develop25 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(i)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘each fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1997 

3 through 2007’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

5 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1997 

6 through 2007’’. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 

9 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C 4103) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(22) HOUSING RELATED COMMUNITY DEVEL12 OPMENT.—

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘housing re14 lated community development’ means any trib15 ally-owned and operated facility, business, activ16 ity, or infrastructure that—

17 ‘‘(i) is necessary to the direct con18 struction of reservation housing; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) would help an Indian tribe or its 

20 tribally-designated housing authority re21 duce the cost of construction of Indian 

22 housing or otherwise promote the findings 

23 of this Act. 

24 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘housing and 

25 community development’ does not include any 
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1 activity conducted by any Indian tribe under 

2 the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 

3 2710 et seq.).’’. 

4 SEC. 4. BLOCK GRANTS AND GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 

5 Section 101(h) of the Native American Housing As6 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

7 4111(h)) is amended—

8 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND PLAN9 NING’’ after ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE’’; and 

10 (2) by inserting after the word ‘‘Act’’ the first 

11 place that term appears, the following: ‘‘for com12 prehensive housing and community development 

13 planning activities and’’. 

14 SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF PROGRAM INCOME AND LABOR 

15 STANDARDS. 

16 Section 104 of the Native American Housing Assist17 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

18 4114) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (a)(1)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘A recipient’’ and inserting 

21 the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro22 vision of this Act, a recipient’’; and 

23 (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in24 serting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(B) the recipient has agreed that it will 

2 utilize such income for housing related activities 

3 in accordance with this Act.’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (a)(2)—

5 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘RE6 STRICTED ACCESS OR’’ before the word ‘‘RE7 DUCTION’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(D) whether the recipient has expended 

14 retained program income for housing-related ac15 tivities.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 

17 Section 106(b)(2)(A) of the Native American Hous18 ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

19 U.S.C. 4116(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘re20 quired under this Act’’ the following: ‘‘, including any reg21 ulations that may be required pursuant to amendments 

22 made to this Act after the date of enactment of this Act,’’. 
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1 SEC. 7. FEDERAL GUARANTEES FOR FINANCING FOR TRIB2 AL HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 

3 Section 601 of the Native American Housing Assist4 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

5 4191) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘section 

7 202’’ the following: ‘‘and housing related community 

8 development activity as consistent with the purposes 

9 of this Act’’; 

10 (2) by striking subsection (b); and 

11 (3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

12 subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 

13 SEC. 8. FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY 

14 OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN NATIVE COMMU15 NITIES. 

16 Section 202 of the Native American Housing Assist17 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

18 4132) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(7) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRA20 TION PROJECT.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with prin22 ciples of Indian self-determination and the find23 ings of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct 

24 and submit to Congress a study of the feasi25 bility of establishing a demonstration project in 

26 which Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or 
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1 tribal consortia are authorized to expend 

2 amounts received pursuant to the Native Amer3 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determina4 tion Reauthorization Act of 2002 in order to 

5 design, implement, and operate community de6 velopment demonstration projects. 

7 ‘‘(B) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the date of enactment of the Native American 

9 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Re10 authorization Act of 2002, the Secretary shall 

11 submit the study conducted under subpara12 graph (A) to the Committee on Banking, Hous13 ing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 

14 Indian Affairs of the Senate, and the Com15 mittee on Financial Services and the Committee 

16 on Resources of the House of Representatives. 

17 ‘‘(8) SELF-DETERMINATION ACT DEMONSTRA18 TION PROJECT.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the 

20 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and 

21 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et 

22 seq.), the Secretary shall conduct and submit to 

23 Congress a study of the feasibility of estab24 lishing a demonstration project in which Indian 

25 tribes and tribal organizations are authorized to 
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1 receive assistance in a manner that maximizes 

2 tribal authority and decision-making in the de3 sign and implementation of Federal housing 

4 and related activity funding. 

5 ‘‘(B) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of enactment of the Native American 

7 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Re8 authorization Act of 2002, the Secretary shall 

9 submit the study conducted under subpara10 graph (A) to the Committee on Banking, Hous11 ing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 

12 Indian Affairs of the Senate, and the Com13 mittee on Financial Services and the Committee 

14 on Resources of the House of Representatives.’’. 

15 SEC. 9. BLACK MOLD INFESTATION STUDY. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop18 ment shall—

19 (1) complete a study on the extent of black 

20 mold infestation of Native American housing in the 

21 United States; and 
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1 (2) submit to Congress a report that describes 

2 recommendations of the Secretary for means by 

3 which to address the infestation.

Passed the Senate October 4, 2002. 

Attest: JERI THOMSON, 

Secretary.