§5394 Reports

Summary

The Secretary must send a written report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives by January 1 each year after August 18, 2000. The report must show for each tribe how much need is being paid for now and how much is not funded, whether the money comes directly from the Secretary, from self‑determination contracts, or from self‑governance compacts and funding agreements. The report must be built from funding agreements, annual audits, and the Secretary’s records. The Secretary may not make tribes fill out extra reports beyond what this law allows. The report must list costs and benefits of self‑governance, funds tied to services, money transferred to each tribe and the cuts in Federal bureaucracy, the formula for tribal shares of headquarters funds (with tribes’ comments), and amounts spent the prior year on federal functions by type and place. Before sending the report to Congress, the Secretary must give tribes the report and at least 30 days to comment, and include their separate views. Within 180 days after August 18, 2000, the Secretary must also send a written report (after consulting tribes) to the same two committees that explains the method or methods used to figure each tribe’s share of funds controlled by all parts of the Indian Health Service, including funds assessed by other Federal agencies, for use in self‑governance compacts or funding agreements.