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This bill, known as the BUILD Housing Act (Better Use of Intergovernmental and Local Development for Housing Act), provides the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with additional flexibility in conducting environmental reviews for housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill allows the Secretary to designate certain housing assistance as a "special project" for environmental review purposes under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which would streamline the review process. The bill also expands environmental review capabilities by explicitly including Indian Tribes in the process, allowing federally recognized tribes to assume environmental review obligations previously limited to states and local governments. An important exception is included, which prevents this new designation from applying to assistance programs that already have specific environmental review procedures established by law. By making these changes, the bill aims to potentially expedite housing development processes while maintaining environmental protection considerations, and provides more direct involvement for tribal governments in environmental review procedures related to housing assistance.

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