,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ad1 #bjbe  
,mr4 ,ruiz introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide appropriations for certain
 tribal programs during a period of a   
lapse in discretionary appropriations1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,tribal ,housing ,continuity ,act of    
#bjbe4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress    
finds the following3  7#a7 ,the ,federal
 government has a trust responsibility  
to support tribal nations and their     
citizens4  7#b7 ,the ,native ,american  
,housing ,assistance and                
,self-,determination ,act of #aiif      
provides the primary ,federal support   
for affordable housing in tribal        
communities4  7#c7 ,lapses in           
appropriations and lapses in orders1    
from the ,office of ,personnel          
,management relating to requests for    

information1 risk delaying or halting   
critical tribal housing projects4  7#d7 
,tribal governments do not have access  
to financial assistance from ,states or 
units of local government1 making the   
continuity of ,federal programs         
essential4  #c4 ,appropriations during  
period of a lapse in discretionary      
appropriations  7a7 ,in general ,there  
is appropriated for fiscal year #bjbf1  
out of any money in the ,treasury not   
otherwise appropriated1 #a4f 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 section1  
for any period of such lapse to pay for 
the salaries and expenses necessary to--
 7#a7 to issue1 process1 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 #aiif2     
7#b7 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 #aiif2  7#c7 to guarantee and   
pay under guarantees as required to     
carry out the program for loan          
guarantees for ,indian housing under    
section #ahd and of the ,housing and    
,community ,development ,act of #aiib2  
7#d7 to guarantee and pay under         
guarantees as required to carry out the 
program for loan guarantees for ,native 
,alaskan housing under section #ahd;,a  
and of the ,housing and ,community      
,development ,act of #aiib2 and  7#e7 to
 administer amounts obligated to tribes 
under the ,native ,american ,housing    
,assistance and ,self ,determination    
,act of #aiif4  7b7 ,report ,the        

,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development shall1 not later than #ij  
days after the start of any period of a 
lapse in discretionary appropriations1  
submit a report to the ,congress that   
describes the actions the ,secretary of 
,housing and ,urban ,development took   
using the amounts appropriated under    
subsection 7a74