25 U.S.C. § 4221 — Definitions

In this subchapter:

(1) “Department of Hawaiian Home Lands” or “Department” means the Hawaii State^* agency responsible for administering the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.
(2) “Director” means the Department’s Director.
(3)(A) “Elderly family^*” or “near-elderly family” means a family whose head or spouse, or whose only member, is an elderly person^* or near-elderly person, respectively. (B) It also includes two or more elderly or near-elderly people living together, or one or more such people living with people whom the housing plan finds essential to their care or well-being.
(4) “Hawaiian Home Lands” means lands having that status under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, or acquired under that Act.
(5) “Housing area” means Hawaiian Home Lands where the Department is authorized to provide affordable-housing assistance under this chapter.
(6) “Housing entity” means the Department.
(7) “Housing plan” means a plan developed by the Department.
(8) “Median income^*,” for a Hawaiian housing area, means the greater of the area’s median income as determined by the Secretary^* or Hawaii’s median income.
(9) “Native Hawaiian” means a United States citizen descended from the aboriginal people who, before 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area now constituting Hawaii, as shown by genealogical records, verification by kupuna (elders) or kamaʻaina (long-term community residents), or Hawaii birth records.