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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 458aaa-12. Budget request
(a) Requirement of annual budget request
(1) In general
The President shall identify in the annual budget request
submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 all funds
necessary to fully fund all funding agreements authorized under
this part, including funds specifically identified to fund tribal
base budgets. All funds so appropriated shall be apportioned to
the Indian Health Service. Such funds shall be provided to the
Office of Tribal Self-Governance which shall be responsible for
distribution of all funds provided under section 458aaa-4 of this
title.
(2) Rule of construction
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the
Indian Health Service to reduce the amount of funds that a
self-governance tribe is otherwise entitled to receive under its
funding agreement or other applicable law, whether or not such
funds are apportioned to the Office of Tribal Self-Governance
under this section.
(b) Present funding; shortfalls
In such budget request, the President shall identify the level of
need presently funded and any shortfall in funding (including
direct program and contract support costs) for each Indian tribe,
either directly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
under self-determination contracts, or under compacts and funding
agreements authorized under this part.
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