12 2 STA T .43 2 9PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 411 —O CT. 14 , 200 8‘ ‘ Subti t leB— Sel f-D ete rm i n e dHo u s in gAc ti v ities for T rib a l C ommunities ‘‘Sec .231 . P ur p oses. ‘‘Sec. 232. Program aut h orit y . ‘‘Sec. 233. U se of amounts for housing activities. ‘‘Sec. 23 4 . I napplicability of other provisions. ‘‘Sec. 23 5 . R evie w and report. ’ ’. TI T LE III —A LL OC ATIO N O FGR ANT A M O U NT SSEC.301 . AL L O CA TI O NF O RMU LA. Section302 o f t h e Na ti v e Am e r ican H o us in g Assistance an d Se l f -D etermination Act of 19 9 6( 2 5U. S. C . 4 152 ) is amended — (1) in su b section (a)— (A) b y stri k ing ‘ ‘ T he Secretary ’ ’ and inserting the fol- lo w ing
‘‘(1) INGE NE RAL .—The Secretary’’
and ( B ) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) S TUDYOF NEED DATA.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into a contract with an organi z ation with e xp ertise in housing and other demographic data collection methodologies under which the organization , in consultation with Indian tribes and Indian organizations, shall— ‘‘(i) assess existing data sources, including alter- natives to the decennial census, for use in evaluating the factors for determination of need described in sub- section (b); and ‘‘(ii) develop and recommend methodologies for col- lecting data on any of those factors, including formula area, in any case in which existing data is determined to be insufficient or inade q uate, or fails to satisfy the requirements of this Act. ‘‘(B) AUT H OR IZ ATION OF A P PROPRIATION S .—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.’’; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1)(A) The number of low-income housing dwelling units developed under the United States Housing Act of 193 7 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), pursuant to a contract between an Indian housing authority for the tribe and the Secretary, that are owned or operated by a recipient on the O ctober 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the year for which funds are provided, sub j ect to the condition that such a unit shall not be considered to be a low-income housing dwelling unit for purposes of this section if— ‘‘(i) the recipient ceases to possess the legal right to own, operate, or maintain the unit; or ‘‘(ii) the unit is lost to the recipient by conveyance, demolition, or other means. ‘‘(B) If the unit is a homeownership unit not conveyed within 25 years from the date of full availability, the recipient shall not be considered to have lost the legal right to own, operate, or maintain the unit if the unit has not been conveyed to the homebuyer for reasons beyond the control of the recipient. Contrac t s.
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