I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2786 
To reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native Americans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2007 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. PEARCE, Ms. WATERS, Mr. BOREN, Mr. RENZI, 
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for 
Native Americans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment 
or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 
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be considered to be made to a section or other provision 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.). 
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
108 (25 U.S.C. 4117) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
1998 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2012’’. 
(b) BLOCK GRANTS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 101 
(25 U.S.C. 4111) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(j) FEDERAL SUPPLY SOURCES.—For purposes of 
section 501 of title 40, United States Code (relating to 
services for executive agencies), an Indian tribe or tribally 
designated housing entity shall be considered to be an ex-
ecutive agency when carrying out housing programs, serv-
ices, functions and activities under the tribe or tribally 
designated housing entity, and its employees shall be eligi-
ble to have access to such sources of supply on the same 
basis as employees of an executive agency. 
‘‘(k) TRIBAL PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT AND 
CONTRACTING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, with respect to any grant made under this Act on 
behalf of an Indian tribe that is intended to benefit one 
tribe, the tribal employment or contract preference laws 
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adopted by such tribe shall govern with respect to the ad-
ministration of the grant or portion of the grant.’’. 
(c) INDIAN HOUSING PLANS.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 102(c)(3) (25 U.S.C. 4112(c)(3)(A)) is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and a de-
scription of any amounts made available pursuant to a 
grant under section 101 for the Indian tribe for any pre-
ceding fiscal year which have not been, or are not expected 
to be, obligated or expended before the beginning of the 
fiscal year for which the plan is submitted, including any 
amounts in any reserve account established pursuant to 
section 202(9)’’. 
(d) PROGRAM INCOME.—Subsection (a) of section 
104 (25 U.S.C. 4114(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION FROM PROGRAM INCOME OF 
REGULAR
DEVELOPER’S
FEES
FOR
LOW-INCOME 
HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of the Act, any income derived 
from a regular and customary developer’s fee for 
any project assisted with a low-income housing tax 
credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 that is initially funded with grant 
funds provided under this Act, which fee is approved 
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by the State housing credit agency, shall not be con-
sidered to be program income.’’. 
(d) ESSENTIAL
FAMILIES.—Section 201(b) (25 
U.S.C. 4131(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘NON-INDIAN
FAMILIES’’ and inserting ‘‘ES-
SENTIAL FAMILIES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘non-Indian’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘on the Indian reservation 
or other Indian area’’; and 
(2) by redesignating the last paragraph (relat-
ing to exemption) as paragraph (7). 
(e) ELIGIBILITY OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS
FOR
RESIDENCY.—Clause 
(i) 
of 
section 
201(b)(4)(A) (25 U.S.C. 4131(b)(4)(A)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears and inserting ‘‘, 
or other unit of local government, or a’’. 
(f) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.—Para-
graph (4) of section 202 (25 U.S.C. 4132(4)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘rental assistance,’’ the following: ‘‘op-
eration and maintenance of units developed with amounts 
provided under this Act,’’. 
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(g) RESERVE
FUNDS.—Section 202 (25 U.S.C. 
4132) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) RESERVE
ACCOUNTS.—The deposit of 
amounts, including grant amounts under section 
101, in a reserve account established for an Indian 
tribe only for the purpose of accumulating amounts 
for funding affordable housing activities under this 
section in accordance with the Indian housing plan 
for the tribe, except that not more than 20 percent 
of any grant amounts under section 101 on behalf 
of any Indian tribe for any fiscal year may be used 
under this paragraph. Amounts in such a reserve ac-
count may be invested only subject to the same limi-
tations applicable to grant amounts under section 
204(b). Any income resulting from amounts in any 
such reserve account shall be considered to be pro-
gram income for purposes of this Act.’’. 
(h) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 203 (25 
U.S.C. 4133) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS OVER EXTENDED PE-
RIODS.—To the extent that the Indian housing plan for 
a tribe provides for the use of amounts from a grant under 
section 101 over more than one fiscal year or for afford-
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