§1638e Other Funding, Equipment, and Supplies for Facilities

Summary

Federal agency heads can give money, equipment, or supplies they have for building or running health care or sanitation facilities to the Secretary. The Secretary can accept these transfers and use them to plan, design, build, or run health care or sanitation facilities so the items are used for both the chapter’s goals and the original purpose they were provided for. The Secretary can also accept help from any source, including Federal or State agencies, and can use those items to support Indian health care, including under a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). Getting these funds does not change any priority set under section 1631. The Secretary can make agreements with other agencies or groups to get or share funds, equipment, or supplies to support Indian health programs for the chapter’s purposes and for the purposes originally intended for the funds. The Secretary must make rules for how to plan, design, build, and run these facilities. Other Department rules that apply must still be followed for projects that use transferred funds. A “sanitation facility” means a safe water system, a sanitary sewage system, or a sanitary solid waste system, including the related equipment and support infrastructure.