---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4113"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4113"
heading: "Review of plans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4113"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination"
  - "Subchapter I — Block Grants and Grant Requirements"
---

# §4113. Review of plans

- (a) **Review and notice—**
  - (1) **Review—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall conduct a limited review of each [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12) submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) to ensure that the plan complies with the requirements of [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md). The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall have the discretion to review a plan only to the extent that the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) considers review is necessary.
  - (2) **Notice—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall notify each [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) for which a plan is submitted and any [tribally designated housing entity](/usc/25/4103.md?p=22) for the tribe whether the plan complies with such requirements not later than 60 days after receiving the plan. If the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) does not notify the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A), as required under this subsection and [subsection (b)](#b), the plan shall be considered, for purposes of this chapter, to have been determined to comply with the requirements under [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md) and the tribe shall be considered to have been notified of compliance upon the expiration of such 60-day period.
- (b) **Notice of reasons for determination of noncompliance—** If the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) determines that a plan, as submitted, does not comply with the requirements under [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md), the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall specify in the notice under [subsection (a)](#a) the reasons for the noncompliance and any modifications necessary for the plan to meet the requirements under [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md).
- (c) **Review—** After submission of the [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12) or any amendment or modification to the plan to the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20), to the extent that the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) considers such action to be necessary to make determinations under this subsection, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall review the plan (including any amendments or modifications thereto) to determine whether the contents of the plan—
  - (1) set forth the information required by [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md) to be contained in an [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12);
  - (2) are consistent with information and data available to the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20); and
  - (3) are not prohibited by or inconsistent with any provision of this chapter or other applicable law.

  If the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) determines that any of the appropriate certifications required under [section 4112(c)(5)](/usc/25/4112.md)[^1] of this title are not included in the plan, the plan shall be deemed to be incomplete.

- (d) **Updates to plan—** After a plan under [section 4112 of this title](/usc/25/4112.md) has been submitted for an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) for any tribal program year, the tribe may comply with the provisions of such section for any succeeding tribal program year by submitting only such information regarding such changes as may be necessary to update the plan previously submitted.
- (e) **Self-determined activities program—** Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20)—
  - (1) shall review the information included in an [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12) pursuant to subsections (b)(4)[^2] and (c)(7)[^3] only to determine whether the information is included for purposes of compliance with the requirement under [section 4145a(b)(2)](/usc/25/4145a.md)[^4] of this title; and
  - (2) may not approve or disapprove an [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12) based on the content of the particular benefits, activities, or results included pursuant to subsections (b)(4)[^2] and (c)(7).[^3]

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.
[^2]: So in original. Subsec. (b) does not contain a par. (4).
[^3]: So in original. Subsec. (c) does not contain a par. (7).
[^4]: So in original. Section 4145a(b) of this title does not contain a par. (2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–330, title I, § 103, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4026; Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 595(e)(6), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2657; Pub. L. 110–411, title I, § 103, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4323.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2) and (c)(3), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables.

Section 4112(c)(5) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed by Pub. L. 110–411, title I, § 102(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4321.

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–411, § 103(1), substituted “tribal program” for “fiscal” in two places, struck out “(with respect to information included for the 5-year period under section 4112(b) of this title or the 1-year period under section 4112(c) of this title)” before “by submitting only such information”, and struck out at end “Not less than once every 5 years, the tribe shall submit a complete plan.”

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–411, § 103(2), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “This section and section 4112 of this title shall take effect on the date provided by the Secretary pursuant to section 4116(a) of this title to provide for timely submission and review of Indian housing plans as necessary for the provision of assistance under this chapter in fiscal year 1998.”

1998—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105–276 inserted “not” before “prohibited”.