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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2657 lease-purchase homeownership units that are owned by the recipient for the tribe unless the governing body of the locality within which the property subject to the development activities to be assisted with the grant amounts is or will be situated has entered into an agreement with the recipient for the tribe providing for local cooperation required by the Secretary pursuant to this Act.". (4) EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. — Section 101(d) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111(d)) is amended— "(A) by striking the subsection designation and subsection heading and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: "(d) EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, grant amounts provided under this Act on behalf of an Indian tribe may not be used for affordable housing activities under this Act for rental or lease-purchase dwelling units developed under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) or with amounts provided under this Act that are owned by the recipient for the tribe unless— "(1) such dwelling units (which, in the case of units in a multi-unit project, shall be exclusive of any portions of the project not developed under the United States Housing Act of 1937 or with amounts provided under this Act) are exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by any State, tribe, city, county, or other political subdivision; and"; and (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting "for the tribe" after "the recipient". (5) SUBMISSION OF INDIAN HOUSING PLAN.— Section 102(a) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4112(a)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting "(A)" after "(1)"; (B) in paragraph (1)(A), as so designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by adding "or" at the end; (C) by striking "(2)" and inserting "(B)"; and (D) by striking "(3)" and inserting "(2)". (6) CLARIFICATION.—Section 103(c)(3) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4113(c)(3)) is amended by inserting "not" before "prohibited". (7) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS.—Section 201(b)(5) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4131(b)(5)) is amended— (A) by striking "Indian tribes" and inserting "federally recognized tribes and the tribally designated housing entities of those tribes"; and (B) by striking "under this subsection" and inserting "under this Act". (8) ELIGIBILITY.— Section 205(a)(1) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4135(a)(1)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end; and (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

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