IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 835 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 28, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development for housing assistance for Na-
tive Hawaiians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hawaiian Homeowner-
ship Opportunity Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOUS-
ING ASSISTANCE. 
Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4243), as added by section 513 of Public Law 106–569 
(114 Stat. 2969), is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ 
and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal 
years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.’’. 
SEC. 3. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUS-
ING. 
Section 184A of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), as added by 
section 514 of Public Law 106–569 (114 Stat. 2989), is 
amended as follows: 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
subsection (j)(7), by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and all 
that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘fiscal years 
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—In subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘or as a result of a lack of access to private finan-
cial markets’’. 
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(3) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—In subsection (c), by 
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOUSING.—The loan will be 
used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 
1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing 
and are located on Hawaiian Home Lands.’’. 
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME 
LANDS FOR TITLE VI LOAN GUARANTEES. 
Title VI of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4191 et 
seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) HEADING.—In the heading for the title, by 
inserting ‘‘AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN’’ after 
‘‘TRIBAL’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY AND REQUIREMENTS.—In sec-
tion 601 (25 U.S.C. 4191)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or by the Depart-
ment of Hawaiian Home Lands,’’ after 
‘‘tribal approval,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or 810, as applica-
ble,’’ after ‘‘section 202’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or 
VIII, as applicable’’ before the period at the 
end. 
(3) SECURITY
AND
REPAYMENT.—In section 
602 (25 U.S.C. 4192)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘or housing entity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, housing entity, or Department of 
Hawaiian Home Lands’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or Department’’ 
after ‘‘tribe’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or VIII, as ap-
plicable,’’ after ‘‘title I’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘or 811(b), as 
applicable’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘or 
housing entity’’ and inserting ‘‘, housing entity, 
or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’’. 
(4) PAYMENT OF INTEREST.—In the first sen-
tence of section 603 (25 U.S.C. 4193), by striking 
‘‘or housing entity’’ and inserting ‘‘, housing entity, 
or the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’’. 
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(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
CREDIT
SUBSIDY.—In section 605(b) (25 U.S.C. 
4195(b)), by striking ‘‘1997 through 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 28, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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