Flexibility for community compass technical assistance

The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 101 (25 U.S.C. 4111), by adding at the end the following: (l) Technical assistance flexibility Notwithstanding any requirement of the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program, in approving technical assistance requests, the Secretary shall grant an Indian tribe or a tribally designated housing entity requesting such technical assistance maximum flexibility and deference when determining the allowable uses of such technical assistance funding.; and (2) in section 802 (25 U.S.C. 4222), by adding at the end the following: (f) Technical assistance flexibility Notwithstanding any requirement of the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program, in approving technical assistance requests, the Secretary shall grant the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or its subrecipients under subsection (e)(2), requesting such technical assistance maximum flexibility and deference when determining the allowable uses of such technical assistance funding..