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[CITE: 16USC1164]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
 
            SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATION OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1164. Responsibility of Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services to provide medical and dental care to Pribilof Islands 
        natives
        
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide medical and 
dental care to the Natives of the Pribilof Islands with or without 
reimbursement, as provided by other law. He is authorized to provide 
such care to Federal employees and their dependents and tourists and 
other persons in the Pribilof Islands at reasonable rates to be 
determined by him. He may purchase, lease, construct, operate, and 
maintain such facilities, supplies, and equipment as he deems necessary 
to carry out the provisions of this section; and the costs of such 
items, including medical and dental care, shall be charged to the budget 
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Nothing in this chapter 
shall be construed as superseding or limiting the authority and 
responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 
Act of August 5, 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.], or any other 
law with respect to medical and dental care of natives or other persons 
in the Pribilof Islands.

(Pub. L. 89-702, title II, Sec. 204, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1094; Pub. 
L. 98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 839.)

                       References in Text

    Act of August 5, 1954, as amended, referred to in text, is act Aug. 
5, 1954, ch. 658, 68 Stat. 674, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 2001 et seq.) of chapter 22 of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-129 substituted provisions formerly set out in 
section 1165 of this title relating to medical and dental care of the 
natives of the Pribilof Islands for provisions which had authorized the 
Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Governor of the State of 
Alaska pursuant to which the State assumed full responsibility for 
furnishing education to the natives of the Pribilof Islands and also to 
enter into agreements with said Governor pursuant to which the State 
furnished to such natives adequate food, shelter, transportation, and 
such other facilities, services, and equipment as the Secretary deemed 
necessary, with the State of Alaska, in assuming such responsibility, to 
meet the educational needs of the said natives in the same manner as the 
State met the educational needs of all of its citizens, including the 
furnishing of necessary facilities therefor.
