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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6301 
To amend title VI of the Native American Housing and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 to authorize Indian tribes to issue notes and other obliga-
tions to finance community and economic development activities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. RENZI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend title VI of the Native American Housing and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 to authorize Indian 
tribes to issue notes and other obligations to finance 
community and economic development activities, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Economic De-
velopment and Infrastructure Support Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE GUARANTEE LOANS TO FI-
NANCE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Title VI of the Native American 
Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4191 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the title heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT’’ 
after 
‘‘TRIBAL HOUSING’’; and 
(2) in section 601(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘section 202’’ 
and inserting a comma; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and activities that under 
the first sentence of section 108(a) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 are eligible for financing with notes and 
other obligations guaranteed pursuant to such 
section 108’’. 
(b) 
LOW-INCOME
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Native 
American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 201(b) (25 U.S.C. 4131(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, other 
than under loan guarantee activities under title 
VI,’’ after ‘‘under this Act’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking the first comma and in-
serting ‘‘or’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, or loan guarantee 
activities under title VI’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘or title’’; and 
(iv) in the last sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘Act’’ the following: ‘‘(but not includ-
ing amounts received as a result of a guar-
antee under title VI)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘Act’’ the following: ‘‘(but not including 
amounts received as a result of a guarantee 
under title VI)’’; 
(D) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(E) by redesignating the first paragraph 
designated as paragraph (6) (relating to pref-
erence for tribal members and other Indian 
families) as paragraph (5); and 
(2) in section 601 (25 U.S.C. 4191), by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) LOW-INCOME REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 70 
percent of the aggregate funds received by an Indian tribe 
or tribally designated housing entity as a result of a guar-
antee under this title shall be used for the support of ac-
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tivities that benefit low-income Indian families on Indian 
reservations and other Indian areas.’’. 
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