ble recipients to serve eligible In-
dian veterans. 
‘‘(iv) 
ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—The 
Secretary shall make amounts for rental 
assistance and associated administrative 
costs under the Program available in the 
form of grants to eligible recipients. 
‘‘(v) FUNDING
CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary shall award grants under the Pro-
gram 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.—Grants 
awarded under the Program shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 
et seq.), except that recipients shall— 
‘‘(I) submit to the Secretary, in a 
manner prescribed by the Secretary, 
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reports on the utilization of rental as-
sistance provided under the Program; 
and 
‘‘(II) provide to the Secretary in-
formation specified by the Secretary 
to assess the effectiveness of the Pro-
gram in serving eligible Indian vet-
erans. 
‘‘(vii) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(I) GRANT RECIPIENTS; TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary, in 
coordination with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, shall consult with el-
igible recipients and any other appro-
priate tribal organization on the de-
sign of the Program to ensure the ef-
fective delivery of rental assistance 
and supportive services to eligible In-
dian veterans under the Program. 
‘‘(II) INDIAN
HEALTH
SERV-
ICE.—The Director of the Indian 
Health Service shall provide any as-
sistance requested by the Secretary or 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
carrying out the Program. 
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‘‘(viii) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Except as 
provided in subclause (II), the Sec-
retary may waive or specify alter-
native requirements for any provision 
of law (including regulations) that the 
Secretary administers in connection 
with the use of rental assistance made 
available under the Program if the 
Secretary finds that the waiver or al-
ternative requirement is necessary for 
the effective delivery and administra-
tion of rental assistance under the 
Program to eligible Indian veterans. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may not waive or specify alter-
native requirements under subclause 
(I) for any provision of law (including 
regulations) relating to labor stand-
ards or the environment. 
‘‘(ix) RENEWAL
GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may— 
‘‘(I) set aside, from amounts 
made available for tenant-based rental 
assistance under this subsection and 
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without regard to the amounts used 
for new grants under clause (ii), such 
amounts as may be necessary to 
award renewal grants to eligible re-
cipients that received a grant under 
the Program in a previous year; and 
‘‘(II) specify criteria that an eli-
gible recipient must satisfy to receive 
a renewal grant under subclause (I), 
including providing data on how the 
eligible recipient used the amounts of 
any grant previously received under 
the Program. 
‘‘(x) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, and every 
5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Director of 
the Indian Health Service, shall— 
‘‘(aa) conduct a review of 
the implementation of the Pro-
gram, including any factors that 
may have limited its success; and 
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‘‘(bb) submit a report de-
scribing the results of the review 
under item (aa) to— 
‘‘(AA) the Committee 
on Indian Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, 
and 
Urban 
Affairs, 
the 
Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; and 
‘‘(BB) 
the 
Sub-
committee on Indian, Insu-
lar and Alaska Native Af-
fairs of the Committee on 
Natural 
Resources, 
the 
Committee 
on 
Financial 
Services, the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs, and the 
Committee 
on 
Appropria-
tions of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(II) ANALYSIS
OF
HOUSING 
STOCK
LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
shall include in the initial report sub-
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mitted under subclause (I) a descrip-
tion of— 
‘‘(aa) any regulations gov-
erning the use of formula current 
assisted stock (as defined in sec-
tion 1000.314 of title 24, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation)) within the 
Program; 
‘‘(bb) the number of recipi-
ents of grants under the Pro-
gram that have reported the reg-
ulations described in item (aa) as 
a barrier to implementation of 
the Program; and 
‘‘(cc) proposed alternative 
legislation or regulations devel-
oped by the Secretary in con-
sultation 
with 
recipients 
of 
grants under the Program to 
allow the use of formula current 
assisted stock within the Pro-
gram.’’. 
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SEC. 502. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR INDIAN HOUSING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
184(i) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 
through 2029’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Guarantee Fund to carry out this section— 
‘‘(A) $12,200,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(B) $12,800,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(C) $13,400,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(D) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 
and 
‘‘(E) $14,700,000 for fiscal year 2029.’’. 
(b) FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) JURISDICTION.—Paragraph (1) of section 
184(h) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(h)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 
including in a tribal court having jurisdiction,’’ 
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after ‘‘notice of such action to the Secretary)’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, 
which may include initiating foreclosure pro-
ceedings in the tribal court having jurisdiction, 
but if the tribal court does not hold proceedings 
on a foreclosure complaint within the period 
provided under applicable law or within 90 days 
of service of the foreclosure complaint (which-
ever is longer), the Secretary may voluntarily 
dismiss the tribal court action and proceed to 
file in another court of competent jurisdiction’’. 
(2) CONTRACT ATTORNEYS.—Clause (i) of sec-
tion 184(h)(1)(A) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
13a(h)(1)), as amended by subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Attorney General may contract for 
and use the services of private attorneys in handling 
such foreclosure proceedings if the Attorney General 
determines use of such attorneys will facilitate com-
petent and cost-effective representation.’’. 
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SEC. 503. SET-ASIDE OF USDA RURAL HOUSING FUNDING 
FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 
Section 509 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1479) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g) SET-ASIDE FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—For each fis-
cal year, the Secretary shall set aside and reserve for as-
sistance for Indian tribes (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) an 
amount equal to 5.0 percent in each fiscal year of the ag-
gregate amount of lending authority, budget authority, or 
guarantee authority, as appropriate, made available for 
such fiscal year for assistance under each of sections 502, 
504, 515, 533, and 538 and of the aggregate amount 
made available to the Rural Utilities Service to carry out 
programs or activities. The procedure under this section 
for reserving amounts shall also provide that any assist-
ance set aside in any fiscal year for Indian tribes that has 
not been expended by a reasonable date established by the 
Secretary shall be made available and allocated under the 
laws and regulations relating to such assistance, notwith-
standing this subsection.’’. 
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SEC. 504. INDIAN TRIBE ELIGIBILITY FOR HUD HOUSING 
COUNSELING. 
Paragraph (4) of section 106(a) of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(a)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting a 
comma; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, Indian tribes, and tribally 
designated housing entities. For purposes of 
this paragraph, the terms ‘Indian tribe’ and 
‘tribally designated housing entity’ shall have 
the same meanings given such terms in section 
4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4103)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 
tribes, and tribally designated housing entities’’ after 
‘‘organizations)’’. 
SEC. 505. COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
Title VII (25 U.S.C. 4211 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 706. COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To the extent amounts are made 
available pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary shall 
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make grants under this section, pursuant to a competition 
for such grants, to eligible recipients of block grants under 
title I that apply for grants under this section for use only 
for carrying out eligible affordable housing activities under 
section 202 (25 U.S.C. 4132). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY; CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) give priority to projects for construction, 
and related necessary infrastructure, that will in-
crease the inventory of affordable housing; 
‘‘(2) encourage housing rehabilitation projects 
that will increase the useful life of existing afford-
able housing dwelling units and alleviate sub-
standard housing conditions; 
‘‘(3) encourage necessary affordable housing-re-
lated infrastructure projects that will enable future 
construction or rehabilitation; and 
‘‘(4) consider need and administrative capacity 
of applicants. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Of any amounts 
made available pursuant to subsection (d) for any fiscal 
year, not more than 1 percent may be used by the Sec-
retary for necessary costs of administering and overseeing 
the obligation and expenditure of amounts made available 
for grants under this section. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(2) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
‘‘(3) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
‘‘(4) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 
‘‘(5) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.’’. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 601. LANDS TITLE REPORT COMMISSION. 
Section 501 of the American Homeownership and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4043 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
sums being provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts, there’’ and inserting ‘‘There’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 
2024’’. 
SEC. 602. LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN TRUST OR RESTRICTED 
LANDS FOR HOUSING PURPOSES. 
Section 702 (25 U.S.C. 4211) is amended— 
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