Indian Tribes are added to the bodies that may take on environmental review
To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 205, Sec. 205.
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Indian Tribes are added to the bodies that may take on environmental review
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 205 in the PDF
What the document says
“by striking ``State or unit of general local government'' each place it appears and inserting ``State, Indian Tribe, or unit of general local government'';”
The section amends section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 to add Indian Tribes wherever States and units of general local government appear, and adds a definition of Indian Tribe drawn from section 4(13)(B) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
What the document actually says
“by striking ``State or unit of general local government'' each place it appears and inserting ``State, Indian Tribe, or unit of general local government'';”
That sentence, in plain words
A phrase in an older law names states and local governments. Every time it appears, it comes out. A longer phrase goes in that names tribes too.
What this is about
That older law lets a body take on a review itself. Before this, only states and local governments could. Now a tribe can as well.
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Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 205, 140 Stat. 869 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm
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“Indian Tribes are added to the bodies that may take on environmental review,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 205, Sec. 205. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec205-tribal-assumption/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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