NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.

SEC. 201. NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. Section 201(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4131(b)) is amended—(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and except with respect to loan guarantees under the demonstration program under title VI,” after “paragraphs (2) and (4),”;(2) in paragraph (2)—(A) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following:“(A) Exception to requirement.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a recipient may provide housing or housing assistance through affordable housing activities for which a grant is provided under this Act to any family that is not a low-income family, to the extent that the Secretary approves the activities due to a need for housing for those families that cannot reasonably be met without that assistance.”; and(B) in the second sentence, by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(B) Limits.—The Secretary”;(3) in paragraph (3)—(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Non-indian” and inserting “Essential”; and122 STAT. 4325(B) by striking “non-Indian family” and inserting “family”; and(4) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by inserting “or other unit of local government,” after “county,”.