119-hr5757

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5757 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5757

 To provide appropriations for certain tribal programs during a period 
 of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 14, 2025

 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations

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 A BILL

 To provide appropriations for certain tribal programs during a period 
 of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

 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 Housing Continuity Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 The Congress finds the following:

    (1) The Federal government has a trust responsibility to 
 support tribal nations and their citizens.

    (2) The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
 Determination Act of 1996 provides the primary Federal support 
 for affordable housing in tribal communities.

    (3) Lapses in appropriations and lapses in orders, from the 
 Office of Personnel Management relating to requests for 
 information, risk delaying or halting critical tribal housing 
 projects.

    (4) Tribal governments do not have access to financial 
 assistance from States or units of local government, making the 
 continuity of Federal programs essential.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS DURING PERIOD OF A LAPSE IN DISCRETIONARY 
 APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1.6 billion 
during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations with 
respect to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during such 
fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
section, for any period of such lapse to pay for the salaries and 
expenses necessary to--

    (1) to issue, process, and respond to requests for 
 information and notices of funding opportunity that the 
 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines are 
 necessary to implement any program authorized under the Native 
 American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996;

    (2) take administrative actions that the Secretary of 
 Housing and Urban Development determines are necessary to 
 implement any program authorized under the Native American 
 Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996;

    (3) to guarantee and pay under guarantees as required to 
 carry out the program for loan guarantees for Indian housing 
 under 

section 184 and of the Housing and Community Development 
 Act of 1992;

    (4) to guarantee and pay under guarantees as required to 
 carry out the program for loan guarantees for Native Alaskan 
 housing under 

section 184A and of the Housing and Community 
 Development Act of 1992; and

    (5) to administer amounts obligated to tribes under the 
 Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act 
 of 1996.

    (b) Report.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, 
not later than 90 days after the start of any period of a lapse in 
discretionary appropriations, submit a report to the Congress that 
describes the actions the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
took using the amounts appropriated under subsection

    (a) .
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