BETTER USE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (BUILD) HOUSING ACT.

SEC. 205. BETTER USE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (BUILD) HOUSING ACT. (a) Designation of Environmental Review Procedure.—The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 12 (42 U.S.C. 3537a) the following: “SEC. 13. [42 U.S.C. 3537b] DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE “(a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547). “(b) Exception.—The designation described in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance for which a procedure for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, is otherwise specified in law.” . (b) Tribal Assumption of Environmental Review Obligations.—Section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547) is amended— (1) by striking “State or unit of general local government” each place it appears and inserting “State, Indian Tribe, or unit of general local government”; (2) in paragraph (1)(C), in the heading, by striking “State or unit of general local government” and inserting “State, indian tribe, or unit of general local government”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(5) Definition of indian tribe.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Indian Tribe’ means a federally recognized tribe, as defined in section 4(13)(B) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(13)(B)).” . (c) [42 U.S.C. 3537b note] Implementation.— (1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), a designation of assistance under section 13 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, as added by subsection (a), shall only apply with respect to funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Exception.—If a grantee of assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development combines funds appropriated before and after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out a project, section 13 of the Department of and Urban Development Act, as added by subsection (a), shall not apply to that assistance.