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§1654 Contracts and grants for determination of unmet health care needs

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS › § 1654

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Using authority in section 13, the Secretary (through the Service) may give a contract or grant to an urban Indian organization in an urban center that does not already have a contract or grant under section 1653. The purpose is to have the organization check and report on the health status and unmet health care needs of urban Indians there and to help the Secretary decide whether to later award a section 1653 contract or grant to that organization. Any contract or grant must require the organization to document health status and unmet needs and to determine the specific matters listed in clauses (2), (3), (4), and (8) of section 1653(b). The work must be finished within one year after the contract starts or the grant is received. The Secretary may not renew these contracts or grants.

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Title 25, §1654

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(a)Under authority of section 13 of this title, the Secretary, through the Service, may enter into contracts with, or make grants to, urban Indian organizations situated in urban centers for which contracts have not been entered into, or grants have not been made, under section 1653 of this title. The purpose of a contract or grant made under this section shall be the determination of the matters described in subsection (b)(1) in order to assist the Secretary in assessing the health status and health care needs of urban Indians in the urban center involved and determining whether the Secretary should enter into a contract or make a grant under section 1653 of this title with respect to the urban Indian organization which the Secretary has entered into a contract with, or made a grant to, under this section.
(b)Any contract entered into, or grant made, by the Secretary under this section shall include requirements that—
(1)the urban Indian organization successfully undertake to—
(A)document the health care status and unmet health care needs of urban Indians in the urban center involved; and
(B)with respect to urban Indians in the urban center involved, determine the matters described in clauses (2), (3), (4), and (8) of section 1653(b) of this title; and
(2)the urban Indian organization complete performance of the contract, or carry out the requirements of the grant, within one year after the date on which the Secretary and such organization enter into such contract, or within one year after such organization receives such grant, whichever is applicable.
(c)The Secretary may not renew any contract entered into, or grant made, under this section.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1654, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 504, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1411; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3178, related to other contract requirements, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(2)(D), inserted “and grants” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(2)(A), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: “Under authority of section 13 of this title, the Secretary, through the Service, may enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations situated in urban centers for which contracts have not been entered into under section 1653 of this title. The purpose of a contract under this section shall be the determination of the matters described in subsection (b)(1) of this section in order to assist the Secretary in assessing the health status and health care needs of urban Indians in the urban center involved and determining whether the Secretary should enter into a contract under section 1653 of this title with the urban Indian organization with which the Secretary has entered into a contract under this section.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(2)(B), inserted “, or grant made,” after “contract entered into” in introductory provisions and substituted “, or carry out the requirements of the grant, within one year after the date on which the Secretary and such organization enter into such contract, or within one year after such organization receives such grant, whichever is applicable.” for “within one year after the date on which the Secretary and such organization enter into such contract.” in par. (2). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(2)(C), inserted “, or grant made,” after “entered into”.

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25 U.S.C. § 1654

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73