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 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 2979 "(B) is authorized and consents on behalf of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Director to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts for the purpose of enforcement of the responsibilities of the Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as such an official. "SEC. 807. REGULATIONS. 25 USC 4227. "The Secretary shall issue final regulations necessary to carry out this title not later than October 1, 2001. "SEC. 808. EFFECTIVE DATE. 25 USC 4221 "Except as otherwise expressly provided in this title, this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000. "SEC. 809. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 25 USC 4228. "(a) NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.— "(1) PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. — The national objectives of this title are— "(A) to assist and promote affordable housing activities to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments for occupancy by low-income Native Hawaiian families; "(B) to ensure better access to private mortgage markets and to promote self-sufficiency of low-income Native Hawaiian families; "(C) to coordinate activities to provide housing for lowincome Native Hawaiian families with Federal, State, and local activities to further economic and community development; "(D) to plan for and integrate infrastructure resources on the Hawaiian Home Lands with housing development; and "(E) to— "(i) promote the development of private capital markets; and "(ii) allow the markets referred to in clause (i) to operate and grow, thereby benefiting Native Hawaiian communities. "(2) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES. — "(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under subparagraph (B), assistance for eligible housing activities under this title shall be limited to low-income Native Hawaiian families. "(B) EXCEPTION TO LOW-INCOME REQUIREMENT. — "(i) IN GENERAL. — The Director may provide assist-, ance for homeownership activities under— "(I) section 810(b); "(II) model activities under section 810(f); or "(III) loan guarantee activities under section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to Native Hawaiian families who are not low-income families, to the extent that the Secretary approves the activities under that section to address a need for housing for those families that cannot be reasonably met without that assistance.

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