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114 STAT. 2966 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 by an Indian tribe that requires the payment of not less than prevailing wages, as determined by the Indian tribe.". (j) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended in the table of contents— (A) by striking the item relating to section 206; and (B) by striking the item relating to section 209 and inserting the following: "209. Noncompliance with affordable housing reqturement.". (2) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSIDY LAYERING REQUIREMENTS. —Section 206 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4136) is repealed. (3) TERMINATIONS.— Section 502(a) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4181(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "Any housing that is the subject of a contract for tenantbased assistance between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority that is terminated under this section shall, for the following fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, be considered to be a dwelling unit under section 302(b)(1).". Hawaiian Subtltlc B—Nativc Hawailaii Housing Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000. SEC. 511. SHORT TITLE. note '^^^ subtitle may be cited as the "Hawaiian Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000". SEC. 512. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— 25 USC 4221 (1) the United States has undertaken a responsibility to ^°^- promote the general welfare of the United States by— (A) employing its resources to remedy the unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and the acute shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of lower income; and (B) developing effective partnerships with governmental and private entities to accomplish the objectives referred to in subparagraph (A); (2) the United States has a special responsibility for the welfare of the Native peoples of the United States, including Native Hawaiians; (3) pursuant to the provisions of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.), the United States set aside 200,000 acres of land in the Federal territory that later became the State of Hawaii in order to establish a homeland for the native people of Hawaii—Native Hawaiians; (4) despite the intent of Congress in 1920 to address the housing needs of Native Hawaiians through the enactment of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.). Native Hawaiians eligible to reside on the Hawaiian home lands have been foreclosed from participating in Federal housing assistance programs available to all other eligible families in the United States;