Pub. L. 110-411, tit. I, sec. 101

BLOCK GRANTS.

EnactedYear: 2008Length: 295 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 101. BLOCK GRANTS. Section 101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in the first sentence—(i) by striking “For each” and inserting the following:“(1) In general.—For each”;(ii) by striking “tribes to carry out affordable housing activities.” and inserting the following: “tribes—“(A) to carry out affordable housing activities under subtitle A of title II; and”; and(iii) by adding at the end the following:“(B) to carry out self-determined housing activities for tribal communities programs under subtitle B of that title.”; and122 STAT. 4321(B) in the second sentence, by striking “Under” and inserting the following:“(2) Provision of amounts.—Under”;(2) in subsection (g), by inserting “of this section and subtitle B of title II” after “subsection (h)”; and(3) by adding at the end the following:“(j) Federal Supply Sources.—For purposes of section 501 of title 40, United States Code, on election by the applicable Indian tribe—“(1) each Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity shall be considered to be an Executive agency in carrying out any program, service, or other activity under this Act; and“(2) each Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity and each employee of the Indian tribe or tribally designated housing entity shall have access to sources of supply on the same basis as employees of an Executive agency.“(k) Tribal Preference in Employment and Contracting.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any grant (or portion of a grant) made on behalf of an Indian tribe under this Act that is intended to benefit 1 Indian tribe, the tribal employment and contract preference laws (including regulations and tribal ordinances ) adopted by the Indian tribe that receives the benefit shall apply with respect to the administration of the grant (or portion of a grant).”.