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[CITE: 25USC458aaa-14]

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


(a) No funding reduction

    Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit or reduce in any 
way the funding for any program, project, or activity serving an Indian 
tribe under this or other applicable Federal law. Any Indian tribe that 
alleges that a compact or funding agreement is in violation of this 
section may apply the provisions of section 450m-1 of this title.

(b) Federal trust and treaty responsibilities

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to diminish in any way 
the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribes and 
individual Indians that exists under treaties, Executive orders, or 
other laws and court decisions.

(c) Obligations of the United States

    The Indian Health Service under this subchapter shall neither bill 
nor charge those Indians who may have the economic means to pay for 
services, nor require any Indian tribe to do so.

(Pub. L. 93-638, title V, Sec. 515, as added Pub. L. 106-260, Sec. 4, 
Aug. 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 729.)
