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[CITE: 25USC458aaa-13]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
 
          Part E--Tribal Self-Governance--Indian Health Service
 
Sec. 458aaa-13. Reports


(a) Annual report

                           (1) In general

        Not later than January 1 of each year after August 18, 2000, the 
    Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
    Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
    Representatives a written report regarding the administration of 
    this part.

                            (2) Analysis

        The report under paragraph (1) shall include a detailed analysis 
    of the level of need being presently funded or unfunded for each 
    Indian tribe, either directly by the Secretary, under self-
    determination contracts under part A of this subchapter, or under 
    compacts and funding agreements authorized under this subchapter. In 
    compiling reports pursuant to this section, the Secretary may not 
    impose any reporting requirements on participating Indian tribes or 
    tribal organizations, not otherwise provided in this subchapter.

(b) Contents

    The report under subsection (a) of this section shall--
        (1) be compiled from information contained in funding 
    agreements, annual audit reports, and data of the Secretary 
    regarding the disposition of Federal funds; and
        (2) identify--
            (A) the relative costs and benefits of self-governance;
            (B) with particularity, all funds that are specifically or 
        functionally related to the provision by the Secretary of 
        services and benefits to self-governance Indian tribes and their 
        members;
            (C) the funds transferred to each self-governance Indian 
        tribe and the corresponding reduction in the Federal 
        bureaucracy;
            (D) the funding formula for individual tribal shares of all 
        headquarters funds, together with the comments of affected 
        Indian tribes or tribal organizations, developed under 
        subsection (c) of this section; and
            (E) amounts expended in the preceding fiscal year to carry 
        out inherent Federal functions, including an identification of 
        those functions by type and location;

        (3) contain a description of the method or methods (or any 
    revisions thereof) used to determine the individual tribal share of 
    funds controlled by all components of the Indian Health Service 
    (including funds assessed by any other Federal agency) for inclusion 
    in self-governance compacts or funding agreements;
        (4) before being submitted to Congress, be distributed to the 
    Indian tribes for comment (with a comment period of no less than 30 
    days, beginning on the date of distribution); and
        (5) include the separate views and comments of the Indian tribes 
    or tribal organizations.

(c) Report on fund distribution method

    Not later than 180 days after August 18, 2000, the Secretary shall, 
after consultation with Indian tribes, submit a written report to the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Indian Affairs of the Senate that describes the method or methods 
used to determine the individual tribal share of funds controlled by all 
components of the Indian Health Service (including funds assessed by any 
other Federal agency) for inclusion in self-governance compacts or 
funding agreements.

(Pub. L. 93-638, title V, Sec. 514, as added Pub. L. 106-260, Sec. 4, 
Aug. 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 728.)
