BUILD Housing Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2391 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2391

 To designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance 
    administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2025

  Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance 
    administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Use of Intergovernmental and 
Local Development for Housing Act'' or the ``BUILD Housing Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.

    The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 12 (42 U.S.C. 3537a) the 
following:

``SEC. 13. DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary may, for purposes of environmental review, decision making, 
and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of law that further the 
purposes of such Act, designate the treatment of assistance 
administered by the Secretary as funds for a special project for 
purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547).
    ``(b) Exception.--The designation described in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to assistance for which a procedure for carrying out the 
responsibilities of the Secretary under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and other provisions of 
law that further the purposes of such Act, is otherwise specified in 
law.''.

SEC. 3. TRIBAL ASSUMPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OBLIGATIONS.

     Section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 
Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``State or unit of general local 
        government'' each place it appears and inserting ``State, 
        Indian Tribe, or unit of general local government'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C), in the heading, by striking 
        ``State or unit of general local government'' and inserting 
        ``State, indian tribe, or unit of general local government''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Definition of indian tribe.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `Indian Tribe' means a federally 
        recognized tribe, as defined in section 4(13)(B) of the Native 
        American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
        (25 U.S.C. 4103(13)(B)).''.
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