§ 4222. — Block grants for affordable housing activities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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.
