97 STAT. 1214 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 Definitions. 48 USC 698. 48 USC note prec. 491. Secretary for any mortgage insurance claim paid in connection with a property on Hawaiian home lands; or (C) offers other security acceptable to the Secretary. "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secre- tary may, with respect to mortgages eligible for insurance under subsection (a), insure and make commitments to insure advances made during construction if the Secretary determines that the proposed construction is otherwise acceptable and that no feasible financing alternative is available. "(c) For purposes of this section: "(1) The term 'native Hawaiian' means any descendant of not less than one-half part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands before January 1, 1778. "(2) The term 'Hawaiian home lands' means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, or under the corre- sponding provision of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union", approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 5).". SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS SEC. 422. Title II of the National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 12 USC 1715Z-13. SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS "SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary, subject to such special conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, may insure under any provision of this title that authorizes such insurance, a mortgage covering a property upon which there is located a one- to four-family residence, without regard to any limitation in this Act relating to marketability of title or any other limitation in this Act that the Secretary determines is contrary to promoting the availability of such insurance on Indian reservations if the mortgage (1) is executed by an Indian tribe and the property is located on trust or otherwise restricted lands; or (2) is executed by a member of an Indian tribe who will usc the property as a principal residence and the property is on trust lands or otherwise restricted land. "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with respect to mortgages covering a property upon which there is located a one- to four-family residence— "(1) the Secretary may insure and make commitments to insure under this title pursuant to this section advances made during construction where the Secretary determines that the proposed construction is otherwise acceptable and meets an applicable tribal or national model building code, and that no feasible financing alternative is available; "(2) the applicable percentage limitation on the amount of the principal obligation of a mortgage based on the appraised value or replacement cost, as appropriate, of a one- to four-family owner-occupied residence contained in this title shall apply in the case of all mortgages insured pursuant to this section without regard to whether the residences are owner-occupied where the residences are owned by the tribe; and
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