S.Amdt. 3964

SA 3964. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

Beginning on page 101, strike line 5 and all that follows
through page 104, line 2, and insert the following:
(1) $650,000,000 shall be available for the Indian Housing
Block Grant program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA:
Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under
section 302 of such Act with the need component based on
single-race census data and with the need component based on
multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation for
each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting
allocation amounts:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2017, a
recipient's total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in
the Department's line of credit control system is greater
than three times the formula allocation it would otherwise
receive under the first proviso under this paragraph, the
Secretary shall adjust that recipient's formula allocation
down by the difference between its total amount of
undisbursed block grant funds in the Department's line of
credit control system on January 1, 2017, and three times the
formula allocation it would otherwise receive:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding the previous two provisos, no
Indian tribe shall receive an allocation amount greater than
10 percent of the total amount made available under this
paragraph:  Provided further, That grant amounts not
allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous two
provisos shall be allocated under the need component of the
formula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not
subject to an adjustment under such provisos:  Provided
further, That the second and third provisos shall not apply
to any Indian tribe that would otherwise receive a formula
allocation of less than $8,000,000:  Provided further, That
to take effect, the four previous provisos do not require
issuance or amendment of any regulation, and shall not be
construed to confer hearing rights under any section of
NAHASDA or its implementing regulations:  Provided further,
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula
allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment of this
Act;
(2) $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by
title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, That such costs, including
the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,857,142 to remain available
until September 30, 2021;
(3) $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes for
carrying out the Community Development Block Grant program as
authorized under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of
such Act, of which, up to $4,000,000 may be used for
emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and
safety notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
section 204 of this title):  Provided, That not to exceed 20
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under this
paragraph shall be expended for planning and management
development and administration; and
(4) $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian
housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical
assistance needs in Indian country related to funding
provided under this heading.
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