§2411 Inter-departmental Memorandum of Agreement

Summary

Within one year after July 29, 2010, the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services must make and sign a written agreement. The agreement must describe how big the alcohol and drug problem is for Indian tribes and members, including effects on youth and costs. It must list federal, tribal, state, local, and private programs and resources (including BIA, OJP, SAMHSA, and IHS). The agencies must set minimum standards for their work, using existing federal or state rules when they exist or making new rules with tribal input. The agreement must connect programs that existed on October 27, 1986, assign clear duties at central, area, agency, and service unit levels, require certain BIA and IHS leaders to cooperate with tribal requests under section 2412 when appropriate, and be reviewed every year by the three officials. New activities under this chapter must add to, not replace, programs active on October 27, 1986, and must avoid disrupting tribal or local control while following the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and section 2010. While making the agreement, the three officials must talk with and get comments from interested tribes, Indian people, Indian organizations, and treatment professionals. The agreement must be sent to Congress and put in the Federal Register no later than 130 days after July 29, 2010, and the Secretary of the Interior must give every Indian tribe a copy of this chapter and the agreement at the same time.