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[CITE: 38USC3764]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 37--HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
 
    SUBCHAPTER V--NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PILOT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3764. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) The term ``trust land'' means any land that--
            (A) is held in trust by the United States for Native 
        Americans;
            (B) is subject to restrictions on alienation imposed by the 
        United States on Indian lands (including native Hawaiian 
        homelands);
            (C) is owned by a Regional Corporation or a Village 
        Corporation, as such terms are defined in section 3(g) and 3(j) 
        of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, respectively (43 
        U.S.C. 1602(g), (j)); or
            (D) is on any island in the Pacific Ocean if such land is, 
        by cultural tradition, communally-owned land, as determined by 
        the Secretary.

        (2) The term ``Native American veteran'' means any veteran who 
    is a Native American.
        (3) The term ``Native American'' means--
            (A) an Indian, as defined in section 4(d) of the Indian 
        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
        450b(d));
            (B) a native Hawaiian, as that term is defined in section 
        201(a)(7) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (Public Law 
        67-34; 42 Stat. 108);
            (C) an Alaska Native, within the meaning provided for the 
        term ``Native'' in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)); and
            (D) a Pacific Islander, within the meaning of the Native 
        American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991 et seq.).

        (4) The term ``tribal organization'' shall have the meaning 
    given such term in section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and 
    Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)) and shall include the 
    Department of Hawaiian Homelands, in the case of native Hawaiians, 
    and such other organizations as the Secretary may prescribe.

(Added Pub. L. 102-547, Sec. 8(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3639.)

                       References in Text

    Section 201(a)(7) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, 
referred to in par. (3)(B), was classified to section 692 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.
    The Native American Programs Act of 1974, referred to in par. 
(3)(D), is title VIII of Pub. L. 88-452, as added by Pub. L. 93-644, 
Sec. 11, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2324, which is classified generally to 
subchapter VIII (Sec. 2991 et seq.) of chapter 34 of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see section 2991 of Title 42 and Tables.
