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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 5186 (Introduced in Senate) — To ensure progress toward the fulfillment by the Federal Government of its trust and treaty obligations to Native Ame... · Sec. 411

Sec. 411. Tribal HUD–VASH program

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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: In this subparagraph: The term eligible Indian veteran means an Indian veteran who is— homeless or at risk of homelessness; and living— on or near a reservation; or in or near any other Indian area. The term eligible recipient means a recipient eligible to receive a grant under section 101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4111 ).
The terms Indian and Indian area have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4103 ). The term Indian veteran means an Indian who is a veteran. The term Program means the Tribal HUD–VASH program carried out under clause (ii). 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. 5304 ). The Secretary shall carry out a rental assistance and supported housing program, to be known as the Tribal HUD–VASH program , in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, by awarding grants for the benefit of eligible Indian veterans.
Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall model the Program on the rental assistance and supported housing program authorized under subparagraph
(A)and applicable appropriations Acts, including administration in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. After consultation with Indian tribes and collaboration with eligible recipients and any other appropriate tribal organizations, the Secretary may make necessary and appropriate modifications to facilitate the use of the Program by eligible recipients to serve eligible Indian veterans. After consultation with Indian tribes and collaboration with eligible recipients and any other appropriate tribal organizations, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make necessary and appropriate modifications to facilitate the use of the Program by eligible recipients to serve eligible Indian veterans. The Secretary shall make amounts for rental assistance and associated administrative costs under the Program available in the form of grants to eligible recipients. The Secretary shall, after engaging in Tribal consultation, award grants under the Program based on— need; administrative capacity; and any other funding criteria established by the Secretary in a notice published in the Federal Register after consulting with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Grants awarded under the Program 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 recipients shall— submit to the Secretary, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary after Tribal consultation, reports on the utilization of rental assistance provided under the Program; and provide to the Secretary information specified by the Secretary after Tribal consultation, to assess the effectiveness of the Program in serving eligible Indian veterans. The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall consult with Indian tribes that are eligible recipients and collaborate with any other appropriate tribal organization on the design of the Program to ensure the effective delivery of rental assistance and supportive services to eligible Indian veterans under the Program. The Director of the Indian Health Service shall provide any assistance requested by the Secretary or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in carrying out the Program. Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 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 alternative requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and administration of rental assistance under the Program to eligible Indian veterans. The Secretary may not waive or specify alternative requirements under subclause
(I)for any provision of law (including regulations) relating to labor standards or the environment. The Secretary may, after Tribal consultation— set aside, from amounts made available to carry out the Program, such amounts as may be necessary to award renewal grants to eligible recipients that received a grant under the Program in a previous year; and specify criteria that an eligible 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. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 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— conduct a review of the implementation of the Program, including any factors that may have limited its success; and submit a report describing the results of the review under item
(aa)to— the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and Indian tribes that request the report. The Secretary shall include in the initial report submitted under subclause
(I)a description of— any regulations governing the use of formula current assisted stock (as defined in section 1000.314 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) within the Program; the number of recipients of grants under the Program that have reported the regulations described in item
(aa)as a barrier to implementation of the Program; and proposed alternative legislation or regulations developed by the Secretary in consultation or collaboration with recipients of grants under the Program to allow the use of formula current assisted stock within the Program. To carry out the Program, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, and there is appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter. The amount made available under clause
(i)for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. .
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Sec. 411
Tribal HUD–VASH program
U.S.C.§ 1437f
U.S.C.§ 4111
U.S.C.§ 4103
U.S.C.§ 5304
U.S.C.§ 4101
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