I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3418 
To establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and 
supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Mr. COLE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a demonstration program to provide rental as-
sistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk 
Indian veterans. 
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 ‘‘Housing Native Heroes 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
HOMELESS OR AT-RISK INDIAN VETERANS. 
Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘(D) INDIAN VETERANS HOUSING RENTAL 
ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ 
has the meaning given the term in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
‘‘(II) INDIAN LANDS.—The term 
‘Indian lands’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 3 of the Native 
American 
Business 
Development, 
Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 
2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302). 
‘‘(III) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘tribal organization’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 4 
of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b). 
‘‘(ii) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary may use not more than 5 
percent of the amounts made available for 
rental assistance under this subsection to 
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carry out a rental assistance and sup-
portive housing program, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for 
the benefit of Indian veterans who are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness and 
who are residing on or near Indian lands. 
‘‘(iii) 
MODEL.—The 
program 
de-
scribed in clause (ii) shall be modeled on 
the rental assistance and supportive hous-
ing program authorized under this para-
graph and applicable appropriations Acts, 
including administration in conjunction 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, ex-
cept that the Secretary may make nec-
essary and appropriate modifications to fa-
cilitate the use of the program by Indian 
grant recipients to serve eligible Indian 
veterans. 
‘‘(iv) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Rental 
assistance under clause (ii) shall be made 
available through recipients eligible to re-
ceive grants under section 101 of the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4111). 
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‘‘(v) FUNDING CRITERIA.—Rental as-
sistance under clause (ii) shall be awarded 
based on— 
‘‘(I) need; 
‘‘(II) administrative capacity; and 
‘‘(III) any other funding criteria 
established by the Secretary in a no-
tice published in the Federal Register 
after consulting with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(vi) ADMINISTRATION.—Rental as-
sistance made available under clause (ii) 
shall be administered in accordance with 
the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), except that grantees 
shall— 
‘‘(I) submit to the Secretary, in a 
manner prescribed by the Secretary, 
reports on the use of rental assistance 
provided under the demonstration pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(II) provide to the Secretary in-
formation specified by the Secretary 
to assess the effectiveness of the dem-
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