SEC. 211. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the Native 
American housing block grant program under title I of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.) 
$2,000,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be available 
only for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.). Any amounts made avail-
able pursuant to this section shall remain available until 
expended. 
(b) CLIMATE AND NATURAL DISASTER RESILIENCE 
AND WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less than 
15 percent of all amounts made available pursuant to this 
section shall be used only for activities relating to climate 
and natural disaster resilience and water and energy effi-
ciency and, at the Secretary’s discretion, other strategies 
to enhance the environmental sustainability of housing 
production and design. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH TREATY OBLIGATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall withhold all or partial funds to a tribe or 
tribal entity under this section if, after consultation with 
the Secretary of the Interior and the tribe, the Secretary 
determines prior to disbursement that the tribe is not in 
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compliance with obligations under its 1866 treaty with the 
United States as it relates to the inclusion of persons who 
are lineal descendants of Freedmen as having the rights 
of the citizens of such tribes, unless a Federal court has 
issued a final order that determines the treaty obligations 
with respect to including Freedmen as citizens. For pur-
poses of this subsection, a court order is not considered 
final if time remains for an appeal or application for dis-
cretionary review with respect to the order. 
TITLE III—COMMUNITY DEVEL-
OPMENT AND AFFORDABIL-
ITY 
SEC. 301. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject 
to the provisions of this section, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $2,250,000,000 for assistance under the 
community development block grant program under title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), of which— 
(1) $2,000,000,000 shall be for assistance 
under such program only for colonias, as such term 
is defined in section 916(e) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
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5306 note), to address the community and housing 
infrastructure needs of existing colonia residents and 
to offset displacement of such residents; and 
(2) $250,000,000 shall be for grants under sub-
section (b) of this section for manufactured housing 
infrastructure improvements. 
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall 
remain available until expended. 
(b) MANUFACTURED HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE IM-
PROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall carry out a pro-
gram under this subsection to make grants to assist 
in carrying out infrastructure improvements for 
manufactured housing communities. 
(2) 
ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS.—Amounts 
from 
grants under this subsection may be used only to as-
sist in carrying out a project for replacement, up-
grade, or improvement of infrastructure serving a 
manufactured housing community that— 
(A) is critically needed, in accordance with 
such standards as the Secretary shall establish, 
to protect the health and safety of the residents 
of the manufactured housing community and 
the long-term sustainability of the community; 
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(B) can be commenced expeditiously upon 
receipt of funding with a grant under this sub-
section, in accordance with such standards as 
the Secretary shall establish; and 
(C) is a project— 
(i) for water source or distribution 
systems, including connecting to public 
water systems, new wells, pump stations or 
storage facilities, septic or sewer waste-
water systems, electric, including meter 
panels and utility poles within the commu-
nity, roadways or driveways within the 
community, on- or off-site stormwater 
drainage or flood controls, tree-trimming 
and removal as necessary to install new 
systems or protect homes and facilities, 
emergency storm shelters which can serve 
a dual purpose as community centers, en-
ergy efficiency projects including solar, 
wind and street light conversions, or other 
eligible activities as the Secretary defines; 
(ii) to upgrade or install sidewalks; 
(iii) to remove abandoned and blight-
ed homes from the property, except that 
not more than 10 percent of any grant 
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made under this section may be used for 
activities under this subparagraph unless 
the Secretary determines that such use is 
to replace units in an effort to increase af-
fordable housing or homeownership; 
(iv) to improve home-siting, including 
installing HUD-approved foundations for 
new and pre-owned HUD-code homes; or 
(v) to mitigate flood risk. 
(3) ELIGIBLE MANUFACTURED HOME COMMU-
NITIES.—Amounts from grants under this sub-
section may be used only for projects meeting the re-
quirements under paragraph (2) that will be carried 
out with respect to a manufactured housing commu-
nity that— 
(A) meets the affordable housing safe har-
bor requirements of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice under section 601.201 of title 26, Code of 
Federal Regulations; and 
(B)(i) is owned by the residents of the 
manufactured housing community through a 
resident-controlled entity in which at least two- 
thirds of residents are member-owners of the 
land owning entity; or 
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