“To provide appropriations for certain tribal programs during a period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.”
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This section states the following congressional findings: (1) the federal government has a trust responsibility to support tribal nations and their citizens; (2) the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 provides the primary federal support for affordable housing in tribal communities; (3) lapses in appropriations and in Office of Personnel Management orders relating to requests for information risk delaying or halting critical tribal housing projects; and (4) tribal governments lack access to financial assistance from states or units of local government, making the continuity of federal programs essential.
This section appropriates $1.6 billion for FY2026 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations beginning on or after enactment, for salaries and expenses necessary to (1) issue, process, and respond to requests for information and notices of funding opportunity for programs under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA); (2) take administrative actions necessary to implement NAHASDA programs; (3) guarantee and pay under loan guarantees for Indian housing under section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992; (4) guarantee and pay under loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing under section 184A of such Act; and (5) administer amounts obligated to tribes under NAHASDA. (As background, NAHASDA provides block grants to Indian tribes for affordable housing development and management.) The section also requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 90 days of any such lapse describing actions taken using these funds.