CDBG GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.

SEC. 702. CDBG GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES. (a) Elimination From Definition of Nonentitlement Areas.—Section 102(a)(7) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “and does not include Indian tribes.”. (b) Allocation.—Section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “and Indian tribes” before the period at the end of the first sentence; and (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “Indian tribes shall receive grants from such allocation pursuant to subsection (b)(7).”; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “The” and inserting “After taking into account the set-aside for Indian tribes under paragraph (7), the”; (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “The” and inserting “After taking into account the set-aside for Indian tribes under paragraph (7), the”; (4) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(7) (A) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve for grants to Indian tribes, from amounts approved in appropriation Acts under section 103 for grants for the year under subsection (a), not more than 1 percent of the amounts appropriated under such section. “(B) The Secrete™ shall provide for distribution of amounts under this paragraph to Indian tribes on the basis of a competition conducted pursuant to specific criteria for the selection of Indian tribes103 STAT. 2057 to receive such amounts. The criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary after notice and public comment.”; and (5) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4). (c) Office of Indian and Alaska Native Programs.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall administer grants to Indian tribes under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 through the Office of Indian and Alaska Native Programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (d) Regulations.—The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section in a manner and by such time to provide for the effectiveness of such regulations with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1991 under section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. (e) Applicability.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts approved in any appropriation Act under section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for fiscal year 1991 and each fiscal year thereafter.