H.R. 5824

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5824 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5824

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award 
grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for 
the purposes of providing affordable housing and the maintenance or 
construction of residential dwelling units for Tribes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 24, 2025

Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award 
grants to Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities for 
the purposes of providing affordable housing and the maintenance or 
construction of residential dwelling units for Tribes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Affordable Housing Act''.

SEC. 2. TRIBAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM FOR.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall, not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, award grants 
on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 1 or both of the 
following activities on Tribal land:
(1) Building a residential dwelling unit.
(2) Adding at least 1 necessary feature to a residential 
dwelling unit.
(b) Program Requirements.--Any grant awarded under this section 
shall be administered in accordance with program requirements under the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and 
each subsequent fiscal year to carry out this section.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means 
any of the following:
(A) An Indian Tribe that, in at least 1 of the 5 
fiscal years immediately before the fiscal year, 
received a final allocation of less than $500,000 from 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(B) A Tribally designated housing entity from an 
Indian Tribe that, in at least 1 of the 5 fiscal years 
immediately before the fiscal year, received a final 
allocation of less than $500,000 from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
(2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
meaning given such term under section 4 of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4103).
(3) Necessary feature.--The term ``necessary feature'' 
means any feature that, as determined by the Secretary, would 
improve a residential dwelling unit or would be necessary to 
build a residential dwelling unit.
(4) Residential dwelling unit.--The term ``residential 
dwelling unit'' means a dwelling unit that is owned or leased, 
or intended to be owned or leased, in whole or in part, as the 
home or residence of 1 or more individuals.
(5) Tribally designated housing entity.--The term 
``Tribally designated housing entity'' has the meaning given 
such term under section 4 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
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