serting after the item for section 508 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 509. Effect on HOME Investment Partnerships Act.’’. 
SEC. 5. GAO STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF NAHASDA FOR 
TRIBES OF DIFFERENT SIZES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study of the effectiveness 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996 in achieving its purposes of meet-
ing the needs for affordable housing for low-income Indian 
families, as compared to the programs for housing and 
community development assistance for Indian tribes and 
families and Indian housing authorities that were termi-
nated under title V of such Act and the amendments made 
by such title. The study shall compare such effectiveness 
with respect to Indian tribes of various sizes and types, 
and specifically with respect to smaller tribes for which 
grants of lesser or minimum amounts have been made 
under title I of such Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of the 
12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report 
to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate regarding the results and 
conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to subsection 
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(a). Such report shall include recommendations regarding 
any changes appropriate to the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to help en-
sure that the purposes of such Act are achieved by all In-
dian tribes, regardless of size or type. 
SEC. 6. FEDERAL GUARANTEES FOR FINANCING FOR TRIB-
AL HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) EDUCATIONAL
SEMINARS.—Section 604 (25 
U.S.C. 4195) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such activities shall include conducting edu-
cational seminars with tribes and tribally designated hous-
ing entities on how to utilize the loan guarantee program 
under this title.’’. 
(b) AGGREGATE FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—Sub-
section (a) of section 605 (25 U.S.C. 4195(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997 through 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CRED-
IT SUBSIDY.—Subsection (b) of section 605 is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997 through 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’. 
SEC. 7. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 703 (25 U.S.C. 4212) is amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal years 1997 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012’’. 
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SEC. 8. HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS. 
Section 824 (25 U.S.C. 4243), as added by section 
513 of Public Law 106–569 (114 Stat. 2969), is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and all that follows and inserting 
the following: ‘‘fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 
2012.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 185 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2786 
[Report No. 110–295] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the programs for housing assistance 
for Native Americans. 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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