12 2 STA T .43 2 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 411 —O CT. 14 , 200 8(B)bystrik i ng‘ ‘n o n -I n d i a n f a m i l y ’ ’ and ins e rting ‘‘family’’
and ( 4 )in p aragrap h (4)( A )(i) , by inserting ‘‘or other u nit of lo c al go v ernment,’’ after ‘‘county,’’ .SEC.20 2.E LIG I B LE AF F ORD ABLE H O U SI N GAC T I V ITIES. S ection 20 2of the N ative American H ousing Assistance and Self- D etermination Act of 19 9 6 (2 5U .S. C .41 3 2) is amended — (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to develop or to support’’ and inserting ‘‘to develop, operate, main- tain, or support’’; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking ‘‘development of utilities’’ and inserting ‘‘development and rehabilitation of utilities, necessary infrastructure,’’; and (B) by inserting ‘‘mold remediation,’’ after ‘‘energy effi- ciency,’’; (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘the costs of operation and maintenance of units developed w ith funds provided under this Act,’’ after ‘‘rental assistance,’’; and (4) by adding at the end the following
‘‘(9) RES E RV E AC C OUNT S.— ‘‘(A) IN G ENERA L .—Sub j ect to subparagraph (B), the deposit of amounts, including grant amounts under section 101, in a reserve account established for an Indian tribe only for the purpose of accumulating amounts for adminis- tration and planning relating to affordable housing activi- ties under this section, in accordance with the Indian housing plan of the Indian tribe. ‘‘(B) M A XIM UM AMOUNT.—A reserve account established under subparagraph (A) shall consist of not more than an amount e q ual to 1⁄4 of the 5-year average of the annual amount used by a recipient for administration and planning under paragraph (2).’’. SEC. 20 3 . P ROGRA M RE Q UIREMENTS. Section 203 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4133) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) USE O FG RANT AMOUNTS O VER E XTEN D ED P ERIODS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— T othee x tent that the Indian housing plan for an Indian tribe provides for the use of amounts of a grant under section 101 for a period of more than 1 fiscal year, or for affordable housing activities for which the amounts will be committed for use or expended during a subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall not require those amounts to be used or committed for use at any time earlier than otherwise provided for in the Indian housing plan. ‘‘(2) CARR Y OVER.—Any amount of a grant provided to an Indian tribe under section 101 for a fiscal year that is not used by the Indian tribe during that fiscal year may be used by the Indian tribe during any subsequent fiscal year. ‘‘(g) DE MINIMIS EXEM P TION FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient shall not be required to act in accordance with any otherwise applicable competitive procurement rule or procedure with respect to the procurement, using a grant provided under this Act, of goods and services the value of which is less than $ 5,000.’’.
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