ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 902. ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. (a) Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Pro-grams.— (1) Responsibilities.— Section 4(e)(1) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533(e)(D) is amended— (A) by inserting “(A)” after “(1)”; (B) in the first sentence, by striking “responsible” and all that follows through “development” and inserting “located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(C) The Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Pro-grams shall be responsible for— “(i) administering, in coordination with the relevant office in the Department, the provision of housing assistance to Indian tribes or Indian housing authorities under each program of the Department that provides for such assistance; “(ii) administering the community development block grant program for Indian tribes under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the provision of assistance to Indian tribes under such Act; “(iii) directing, coordinating, and assisting in managing any regional offices of the Department that administer Indian programs to the extent of such programs; and “(iv) coordinating all programs of the Department relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development. “(D) The Secretary shall include in the annual report under section 8 a description of the extent of the housing needs for Indian families and community development needs of Indian tribes in the United States and the activities of the Department, and extent of such activities, in meeting such needs.”. (2) Transfer OF functions.—Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 106 STAT. 3867shall transfer to the Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs any functions and duties described in section (e)(1)(B) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection). (3) Staff.—Not later than the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall transfer from offices within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the office of the Special Assistant for Indian and Alaska Native Programs such staff, having experience and capacity to administer Indian housing and community development programs, as may be necessary and appropriate to assist the Special Assistant in carrying out the responsibilities under section 4(e)(1)(B) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection). (b) Avoidance of Foreclosure on mortgages Held by Secretary.—Section 7(i) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(i)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “; except that with respect to any mortgage held by the Secretary, the Secretary shall, subject to the avail-ability of amounts provided in appropriation Acts, implement the authority under this paragraph to reduce the interest rate on the mortgage to a rate not less than the rate for recently issued marketable obligations of the Treasury having a com-parable maturity if (and to the extent that) such a reduction, when taken together with other actions authorized under the National Housing Act, is necessary to avoid foreclosure on the mortgage; and except that for any mortgage for which the interest rate is reduced pursuant to an appropriation under the preceding clause, if the Secretary determines that the income or ability of the mortgagor to make interest payments has increased, the Secretary may (not more than once for each such mortgage) increase such interest rate to a rate not exceeding the prevailing market rate, as determined by the Secretary”; and (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting before the period the following: “, including any provisions relating to the authority or requirements under paragraph (5)”. (c) Program Monitoring and Evaluation.—The first sentence of section 7(r)(6) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(r)(6)) is amended to read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1993 and fiscal year 1994.”.