109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3351
AN ACT 
To make technical corrections to laws relating to 
Native Americans, and for other purposes.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3351
AN ACT 
To make technical corrections to laws relating to Native 
Americans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS 
RELATING TO NATIVE AMERICANS 
Sec. 101. Indian Financing Act amendments. 
Sec. 102. Gila River Indian Community binding arbitration. 
Sec. 103. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act voting standards amendment. 
Sec. 104. Indian tribal justice technical and legal assistance. 
Sec. 105. Tribal justice systems. 
Sec. 106. ANCSA amendment. 
Sec. 107. Mississippi Band of Choctaw transportation reimbursement. 
Sec. 108. Indian Pueblo Land Act Amendments. 
TITLE II—INDIAN LAND LEASING 
Sec. 201. Prairie Island land conveyance. 
Sec. 202. Authorization of 99-year leases. 
Sec. 203. Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 99-year lease authority.
TITLE 
I—TECHNICAL 
AMEND-
MENTS AND OTHER PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO NATIVE 
AMERICANS 
SEC. 101. INDIAN FINANCING ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE.—Section 
201 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
1481) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary is authorized (a) 
to guarantee’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) guarantee’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Indians; and (b) in lieu of such 
guaranty, to insure’’ and inserting 
‘‘Indians; or 
‘‘(2) to insure’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘SEC. 201. In order’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 201. LOAN GUARANTIES AND INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE BORROWERS.—The Secretary may 
guarantee or insure loans under subsection (a) to both for-
profit and nonprofit borrowers.’’. 
(b) LOAN APPROVAL.—Section 204 of the Indian Fi-
nancing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1484) is amended by 
striking ‘‘SEC. 204.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 204. LOAN APPROVAL.’’. 
(c) SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDER-
LYING SECURITY.—Section 205 of the Indian Financing 
Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1485) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 205.’’ and all that follows 
through subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 205. SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF LOANS AND UNDER-
LYING SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—All or any portion of a loan 
guaranteed or insured under this title, including the secu-
rity given for the loan—
‘‘(1) may be transferred by the lender by sale 
or assignment to any person; and 
‘‘(2) may be retransferred by the transferee. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS
OF LOANS.—With respect to a 
transfer described in subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) the transfer shall be consistent with such 
regulations as the Secretary shall promulgate under 
subsection (h); and 
‘‘(2) the transferee shall give notice of the 
transfer to the Secretary.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), 
(g), (h), and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), 
and (h), respectively; 
(4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (3))—
(A) by striking ‘‘VALIDITY.—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘subparagraph (B),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘VALIDITY.—Except as provided by reg-
ulations in effect on the date on which a loan 
is made,’’; and