,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,kim 7for himself and ,mr4    
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
designate an environmental review       
procedure for certain assistance        
administered by the ,secretary of       
,housing and ,urban ,development4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,better ,use of ,intergovernmental  
and ,local ,development for ,housing    
,act or the ,,build ,housing ,act4  #b4 
,designation of environmental review    
procedure ,the ,department of ,housing  
and ,urban ,development ,act 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #ceca et seq47 is amended by  
inserting after section #ab 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #cecg;a7 the following3  #ac4 
,designation of environmental review    
procedure  7a7 ,in general ,except as   
provided in subsection 7b71 the         

,secretary may1 for purposes of         
environmental review1 decision making1  
and action pursuant to the ,national    
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471 and other
 provisions of law that further the     
purposes of such ,act1 designate the    
treatment of assistance administered by 
the ,secretary as funds for a special   
project for purposes of section #cje7;c7
 of the ,multifamily ,housing ,property 
,disposition ,reform ,act of #aiid 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #cedg74  7b7 ,exception ,the  
designation described in subsection 7a7 
shall not apply to assistance for which 
a procedure for carrying out the        
responsibilities of the ,secretary under
 the ,national ,environmental ,policy   
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq471 and other provisions of law that 
further the purposes of such ,act1 is   
otherwise specified in law4  4  #c4     
,tribal assumption of environmental     
review obligations ,section #cje7;c7 of 
the ,multifamily ,housing ,property     

,disposition ,reform ,act of #aiid 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #cedg7 is amended-- 7#a7 by   
striking ,state or unit of general local
 government each place it appears and   
inserting ,state1 ,indian ,tribe1 or    
unit of general local government2  7#b7 
in paragraph 7#a77;,c71 in the heading1 
by striking ,state or unit of general   
local government and inserting ,state1  
,indian ,tribe1 or unit of general local
 government2 and  7#c7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#e7 ,definition of 
,indian ,tribe ,for purposes of this    
subsection1 the term ,indian ,tribe     
means a federally recognized tribe1 as  
defined in section #d7ac77;,b7 of the   
,native ,american ,housing ,assistance  
and ,self-,determination ,act of #aiif  
7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #dajc7ac77;,b774  4