25 U.S.C. § 4163: Monitoring of compliance

Summary

Recipients must have binding agreements and other steps to make sure the program rules stay in place long-term. Those steps must allow the grant beneficiary or other beneficiaries to enforce the rules and get remedies if the rules are broken. At least once a year, recipients must review activities and inspect assisted housing as needed, put the results in the performance report sent to the Secretary under section 4164, and make the results public. The Secretary must set the performance measures used to assess compliance.

Title 25, §4163

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(a)Enforceable agreements

Each recipient, through binding contractual agreements with owners and otherwise, shall ensure long-term compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such measures shall provide for (1) enforcement of the provisions of this chapter by the grant beneficiary or by recipients and other intended beneficiaries, and (2) remedies for the breach of such provisions.

(b)Periodic monitoring

Not less frequently than annually, each recipient shall review the activities conducted and housing assisted under this chapter to assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Such review shall include an appropriate level of onsite inspection of housing to determine compliance with applicable requirements. The results of each review shall be included in the performance report of the recipient submitted to the Secretary under section 4164 of this title and made available to the public.

(c)Performance measures

The Secretary shall establish such performance measures as may be necessary to assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–411 inserted “an appropriate level of” after “shall include”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104–330, set out as a note under section 4101 of this title.

§4163 Monitoring of Compliance