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[CITE: 25USC4222]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
  CHAPTER 43--NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER VIII--HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS
 
Sec. 4222. Block grants for affordable housing activities


(a) Grant authority

    For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall (to the extent amounts are 
made available to carry out this subchapter) make a grant under this 
subchapter to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to carry out 
affordable housing activities for Native Hawaiian families who are 
eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands.

(b) Plan requirement

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary may make a grant under this subchapter to the 
    Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for a fiscal year only if--
            (A) the Director has submitted to the Secretary a housing 
        plan for that fiscal year; and
            (B) the Secretary has determined under section 4224 of this 
        title that the housing plan complies with the requirements of 
        section 4223 of this title.

                             (2) Waiver

        The Secretary may waive the applicability of the requirements 
    under paragraph (1), in part, if the Secretary finds that the 
    Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has not complied or cannot comply 
    with those requirements due to circumstances beyond the control of 
    the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

(c) Use of funds for affordable housing activities under plan

    Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, amounts 
provided under a grant under this section may be used only for 
affordable housing activities under this subchapter that are consistent 
with a housing plan approved under section 4224 of this title.

(d) Administrative expenses

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall, by regulation, authorize the Department of 
    Hawaiian Home Lands to use a percentage of any grant amounts 
    received under this subchapter for any reasonable administrative and 
    planning expenses of the Department relating to carrying out this 
    subchapter and activities assisted with those amounts.

              (2) Administrative and planning expenses

        The administrative and planning expenses referred to in 
    paragraph (1) include--
            (A) costs for salaries of individuals engaged in 
        administering and managing affordable housing activities 
        assisted with grant amounts provided under this subchapter; and
            (B) expenses incurred in preparing a housing plan under 
        section 4223 of this title.

(e) Public-private partnerships

    The Director shall make all reasonable efforts, consistent with the 
purposes of this subchapter, to maximize participation by the private 
sector, including nonprofit organizations and for-profit entities, in 
implementing a housing plan that has been approved by the Secretary 
under section 4223 of this title.

(Pub. L. 104-330, title VIII, Sec. 802, as added Pub. L. 106-568, title 
II, Sec. 203, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2877, and Pub. L. 106-569, title 
V, Sec. 513, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2971.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 106-568, Sec. 203, and Pub. L. 106-569, Sec. 513, enacted 
identical sections 802 of Pub. L. 104-330. This section is based on the 
text of section 802 of Pub. L. 104-330, as added by Pub. L. 106-569, 
Sec. 513.
