In the Senate of the United States, 
September 25 (legislative day, September 17), 2008. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2786) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize the pro-
grams for housing assistance for Native Americans.’’, do pass 
with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Reauthorization Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Congressional findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—BLOCK GRANTS AND GRANT REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 101. Block grants. 
Sec. 102. Indian housing plans. 
Sec. 103. Review of plans.
Sec. 104. Treatment of program income and labor standards. 
Sec. 105. Regulations. 
TITLE II—AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 201. National objectives and eligible families. 
Sec. 202. Eligible affordable housing activities. 
Sec. 203. Program requirements. 
Sec. 204. Low-income requirement and income targeting. 
Sec. 205. Availability of records. 
Sec. 206. Self-determined housing activities for tribal communities program. 
TITLE III—ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS 
Sec. 301. Allocation formula. 
TITLE IV—COMPLIANCE, AUDITS, AND REPORTS 
Sec. 401. Remedies for noncompliance. 
Sec. 402. Monitoring of compliance. 
Sec. 403. Performance reports. 
TITLE V—TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR INDIAN TRIBES 
UNDER INCORPORATED PROGRAMS 
Sec. 501. Effect on Home Investment Partnerships Act. 
TITLE VI—GUARANTEED LOANS TO FINANCE TRIBAL COMMUNITY 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 601. Demonstration program for guaranteed loans to finance tribal commu-
nity and economic development activities. 
TITLE VII—FUNDING 
Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 801. Limitation on use for Cherokee Nation. 
Sec. 802. Limitation on use of funds. 
Sec. 803. GAO study of effectiveness of NAHASDA for tribes of different sizes. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Section 2 of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101) is 
amended in paragraphs (6) and (7) by striking ‘‘should’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (22); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (21) 
as paragraphs (9) through (22), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) HOUSING RELATED COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘housing re-
lated community development’ means any facil-
ity, community building, business, activity, or 
infrastructure that— 
‘‘(i) is owned by an Indian tribe or a 
tribally designated housing entity; 
‘‘(ii) is necessary to the provision of 
housing in an Indian area; and 
‘‘(iii)(I) would help an Indian tribe or 
tribally designated housing entity to reduce 
the cost of construction of Indian housing; 
‘‘(II) would make housing more afford-
able, accessible, or practicable in an Indian 
area; or
‘‘(III) would otherwise advance the 
purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘housing and 
community development’ does not include any 
activity conducted by any Indian tribe under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.).’’. 
TITLE I—BLOCK GRANTS AND 
GRANT REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 101. BLOCK GRANTS. 
Section 101 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘For each’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘tribes to carry out af-
fordable housing activities.’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘tribes— 
‘‘(A) to carry out affordable housing activi-
ties under subtitle A of title II; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B) to carry out self-determined housing 
activities for tribal communities programs under 
subtitle B of that title.’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Under’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) PROVISION OF AMOUNTS.—Under’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘of this section 
and subtitle B of title II’’ after ‘‘subsection (h)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) FEDERAL SUPPLY SOURCES.—For purposes of 
section 501 of title 40, United States Code, on election by 
the applicable Indian tribe— 
‘‘(1) each Indian tribe or tribally designated 
housing entity shall be considered to be an Executive 
agency in carrying out any program, service, or other 
activity under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) each Indian tribe or tribally designated 
housing entity and each employee of the Indian tribe 
or tribally designated housing entity shall have access 
to sources of supply on the same basis as employees 
of an Executive agency. 
‘‘(k) TRIBAL PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT AND CON-
TRACTING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
with respect to any grant (or portion of a grant) made on 
behalf of an Indian tribe under this Act that is intended
to benefit 1 Indian tribe, the tribal employment and con-
tract preference laws (including regulations and tribal ordi-
nances ) adopted by the Indian tribe that receives the ben-
efit shall apply with respect to the administration of the 
grant (or portion of a grant).’’. 
SEC. 102. INDIAN HOUSING PLANS. 
Section 102 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4112) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)(A) for’’ and all that 
follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) for an Indian tribe to submit to the Sec-
retary, by not later than 75 days before the beginning 
of each tribal program year, a 1-year housing plan 
for the Indian tribe; or’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(b) 1-YEAR PLAN REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A housing plan of an Indian 
tribe under this section shall—