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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5825 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out 
a program that awards grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated 
housing entities for residential dwelling units with sustainable features, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2025 
Ms. STANSBURY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to carry out a program that awards grants to Indian 
Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for resi-
dential dwelling units with sustainable features, 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 Housing Inno-
vation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING 
UNITS WITH SUSTAINABLE FEATURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall, not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, establish a program to award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 1 or 
both of the following activities on Tribal land: 
(1) Building a residential dwelling unit that has 
at least 1 sustainable feature. 
(2) Adding at least 1 sustainable feature to a 
residential dwelling unit. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that seeks a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may require, and the application shall contain the 
following information: 
(1) A plan for 1 or both of the activities de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(2) Each source of financing, other than the 
amounts of the grant, that the eligible entity intends 
to use to carry out the plan described in paragraph 
(1). 
(3) Information that demonstrates the ability of 
the eligible entity to carry out the plan described in 
paragraph (1). 
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(4) If the eligible entity is a Tribally designated 
housing entity, for each Indian Tribe for which the 
Tribally designated housing entity seeks the grant, a 
certification that is on the letterhead of the Indian 
Tribe and authorizes the Tribally designated housing 
entity to submit an application under this section on 
behalf of the Indian Tribe. 
(c) RENTAL REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity that 
has built or modified a residential dwelling unit under this 
section may only rent the residential dwelling unit to an 
individual who— 
(1) if the eligible entity is an Indian Tribe, is 
a member of the Indian Tribe; or 
(2) if the eligible entity is a Tribally designated 
housing entity, is a member of an Indian Tribe 
served by the Tribally designated housing entity. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Not later than 3 
months after each fiscal year in which an eligible en-
tity receives amounts under this section to carry out 
a plan described in this section, the eligible entity 
shall submit a report to the Secretary that contains 
the following information with respect to the fiscal 
year: 
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(A) The number of residential dwelling 
units that have been built or modified under the 
plan and are owned, or intended to be owned, 
in whole or in part, as the home or residence 
of 1 or more individuals. 
(B) The number of residential dwelling 
units that have been built or modified under the 
plan and are leased, or intended to be leased, 
in whole or in part, as the home or residence 
of 1 or more individuals. 
(C) Each sustainable feature that has been 
added to a residential dwelling unit described in 
this paragraph. 
(D) Any other information that the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) FOR THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 12 
months after each fiscal year in which the Secretary 
awards a grant under this section, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Congress a report on any na-
tional impact that the grant program under this sec-
tion has had with respect to the activities described 
in subsection (a). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
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$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent 
fiscal year to carry out this section. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.—The term ‘‘Con-
sumer Price Index’’ means the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
Labor. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means any of the following: 
(A) An Indian Tribe. 
(B) A Tribally designated housing entity. 
(3) ENERGY-EFFICIENT.—The term ‘‘energy-ef-
ficient’’ means, with respect to a product, an Energy 
Star product or FEMP designated product, as such 
terms are defined in section 553 of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259b). 
(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term under section 4 of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(5) RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT.—The term 
‘‘residential dwelling unit’’ means a dwelling unit 
that is owned or leased, or intended to be owned or 
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leased, in whole or in part, as the home or residence 
of 1 or more individuals. 
(6) SUSTAINABLE FEATURE.—The term ‘‘sus-
tainable feature’’ means any of the following fea-
tures: 
(A) Building-to-grid integration. 
(B) An electric heating system, including a 
heat pump. 
(C) An energy-efficient air filter. 
(D) An energy-efficient appliance, includ-
ing an electric laundry machine. 
(E) Energy-efficient bathroom plumbing, 
including a low-flow toilet. 
(F) Energy-efficient lighting. 
(G) An energy-efficient window. 
(H) An energy monitoring device, including 
a smart meter or a smart thermostat. 
(I) Insulation for a roof, wall, or window. 
(J) A passive cooling system. 
(K) A solar panel. 
(L) Reflective roofing. 
(M) Any other feature that, as determined 
by the Secretary, would improve the sustain-
ability of a residential dwelling unit or would be 
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necessary to build a residential dwelling unit 
that is sustainable. 
(7) TRIBALLY
DESIGNATED
HOUSING
ENTI-
TY.—The term ‘‘Tribally designated housing entity’’ 
has the meaning given such term under section 4 of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
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