EXHIBIT 31.1


                         Rule 13a 14(a)/15d 14(a)
               Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

I, Daniel R. Herndon, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Home Federal
    Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (the "small business issuer");

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
    of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
    statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
    were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
    information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
    the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small
    business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are
    responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
    procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
    the small business issuer and have:

   (a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
          small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
          made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
          during the period in which this report is being prepared;

   (b)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
          disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
          our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
          and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
          based on such evaluation; and

   (c)    Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
          internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
          small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small
          business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
          report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
          materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control
          over financial reporting; and

5.  The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have
    disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
    financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
    committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons
    performing the equivalent functions):

   (a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
          are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business
          issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report
          financial information; and

   (b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
          other employees who have a significant role in the small business
          issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: November 14, 2005                  /s/ Daniel R. Herndon
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                                         Daniel R. Herndon
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer