Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§4234 Repayment
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS › § 4234
Summary
If the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands uses grant money to build affordable housing and that housing later stops meeting the rule in section 4232(a)(2) during its useful life, the Secretary must act. The Secretary must either cut the Department’s future grant payments by the same grant amount (under section 4238(a)(2)) or require the Department to repay that amount to the Secretary.
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Title 25, §4234
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If the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands uses grant amounts to provide affordable housing under activities under this subchapter and, at any time during the useful life of the housing, the housing does not comply with the requirement under section 4232(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall—
(1)reduce future grant payments on behalf of the Department by an amount equal to the grant amounts used for that housing (under the authority of section 4238(a)(2) of this title); or
(2)require repayment to the Secretary of any amount equal to those grant amounts.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Pub. L. 106–568, § 203, and Pub. L. 106–569, § 513, enacted identical section 815 of Pub. L. 104–330. This section is based on the text of section 815 of Pub. L. 104–330, as added by Pub. L. 106–569, § 513.
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25 U.S.C. § 4234
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73