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[CITE: 25USC458aaa-3]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
    SUBCHAPTER II--INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
 
          Part E--Tribal Self-Governance--Indian Health Service
 
Sec. 458aaa-3. Compacts


(a) Compact required

    The Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written compact with 
each Indian tribe participating in self-governance in a manner 
consistent with the Federal Government's trust responsibility, treaty 
obligations, and the government-to-government relationship between 
Indian tribes and the United States.

(b) Contents

    Each compact required under subsection (a) of this section shall set 
forth the general terms of the government-to-government relationship 
between the Indian tribe and the Secretary, including such terms as the 
parties intend shall control year after year. Such compacts may only be 
amended by mutual agreement of the parties.

(c) Existing compacts

    An Indian tribe participating in the Tribal Self-Governance 
Demonstration Project under title III \1\ on August 18, 2000, shall have 
the option at any time after August 18, 2000, to--
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        (1) retain the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project 
    compact of that Indian tribe (in whole or in part) to the extent 
    that the provisions of that funding agreement are not directly 
    contrary to any express provision of this part; or
        (2) instead of retaining a compact or portion thereof under 
    paragraph (1), negotiate a new compact in a manner consistent with 
    the requirements of this part.

(d) Term and effective date

    The effective date of a compact shall be the date of the approval 
and execution by the Indian tribe or another date agreed upon by the 
parties, and shall remain in effect for so long as permitted by Federal 
law or until terminated by mutual written agreement, retrocession, or 
reassumption.

(Pub. L. 93-638, title V, Sec. 504, as added Pub. L. 106-260, Sec. 4, 
Aug. 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 715.)

                       References in Text

    Title III, referred to in subsec. (c), means title III of Pub. L. 
93-638, as added by Pub. L. 100-472, title II, Sec. 209, Oct. 5, 1988, 
102 Stat. 2296, and amended, which was set out as a note under section 
450f of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106-260, Sec. 10, Aug. 18, 
2000, 114 Stat. 734.
