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A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2008 INDIAN HOUSING PLAN TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government on behalf of the Cherokee people;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;
WHEREAS, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 requires a tribe to adopt a one year plan for each fiscal year's funding;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation must submit an Indian Housing Plan in a form prescribed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive its Fiscal Year 2008 housing funding allocation;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation submitted an Indian Housing Plan for Fiscal Year 2008 to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development which was approved;
WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation now wishes to make changes in its plan;
WHEREAS, this revision primarily reflects the cumulative changes passed into law through the budgeting process;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that the attached changes are approved to be incorporated into the Indian Housing Plan for the Fiscal Year 2008 and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as the Nation's amended Indian Housing Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION, that should the Department of Housing and Urban Development require changes upon its review of the submitted Plan and the changes do not reflect substantial or material modifications as determined by the Community Development/Tribal Services Committee then the changes, additions, deletions, and/or modifications may be made and returned for further consideration by HUD without further Council action.