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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 709 

To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2009 

Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 

and Ms. WATERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians. 

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 ‘‘Hawaiian Homeowner5 ship Opportunity Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUS7 ING ASSISTANCE. 

8 Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assist9 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 


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1 4243), as added by section 513 of Public Law 106–569 

2 (114 Stat. 2969), is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ 

3 and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal 

4 years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUS6 ING. 

7 Section 184A of the Housing and Community Devel8 opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), as added by 

9 section 514 of Public Law 106–569 (114 Stat. 2989), is 

10 amended as follows: 

11 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

12 subsection (j)(7), by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and all 

13 that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal years 

14 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.’’. 

15 (2) AUTHORITY.—In subsection (b), by striking 

16 ‘‘or as a result of a lack of access to private finan17 cial markets’’. 

18 (3) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—In subsection (c), by 

19 striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 

20 new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan will be 

22 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 

23 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing 

24 and are located on Hawaiian Home Lands.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME 

2 LANDS FOR TITLE VI LOAN GUARANTEES. 

3 Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance 

4 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4191 et 

5 seq.) is amended as follows: 

6 (1) HEADING.—In the heading for the title, by 

7 inserting ‘‘AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN’’ after 

8 ‘‘TRIBAL’’. 

9 (2) AUTHORITY AND REQUIREMENTS.—In sec10 tion 601 (25 U.S.C. 4191)— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘or by the Depart13 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands,’’ after 

14 ‘‘tribal approval,’’; and 

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or 810, as applica16 ble,’’ after ‘‘section 202’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 VIII, as applicable’’ before the period at the 

19 end. 

20 (3) SECURITY AND REPAYMENT.—In section 

21 602 (25 U.S.C. 4192)— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

24 (1), by striking ‘‘or housing entity’’ and in25 serting ‘‘, housing entity, or Department of 

26 Hawaiian Home Lands’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (I) by inserting ‘‘or Department’’ 

3 after ‘‘tribe’’; 

4 (II) by inserting ‘‘or VIII, as ap5 plicable,’’ after ‘‘title I’’; and 

6 (III) by inserting ‘‘or 811(b), as 

7 applicable’’ before the semicolon; and 

8 (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘or 

9 housing entity’’ and inserting ‘‘, housing entity, 

10 or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’’. 

11 (4) PAYMENT OF INTEREST.—In the first sen12 tence of section 603 (25 U.S.C. 4193), by striking 

13 ‘‘or housing entity’’ and inserting ‘‘, housing entity, 

14 or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’’. 

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