PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, must make rules to check that urban Indian organizations follow grant and contract rules and that they do the work they promised. The Service must visit each organization that has a contract or grant under section 1653 at least once a year to see how it is doing. If an evaluation finds rule-breaking or poor work, the Secretary must try to fix it and change the contract or grant to stop it happening again. If it cannot be fixed, the Secretary will not renew the contract or grant and may give it to another urban Indian organization in the same urban center. When deciding renewals, the Secretary will review the organization’s records, reports under section 1657, and the onsite evaluation results.

Title 25, §1655

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(a)Contract compliance and performance

The Secretary, through the Service, shall develop procedures to evaluate compliance with grant requirements under this subchapter and compliance with, and performance of contracts entered into by urban Indian organizations under this subchapter. Such procedures shall include provisions for carrying out the requirements of this section.

(b)Annual onsite evaluation

The Secretary, through the Service, shall conduct an annual onsite evaluation of each urban Indian organization which has entered into a contract or received a grant under section 1653 of this title for purposes of determining the compliance of such organization with, and evaluating the performance of such organization under, such contract or the terms of such grant.

(c)Noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance

If, as a result of the evaluations conducted under this section, the Secretary determines that an urban Indian organization has not complied with the requirements of a grant or complied with or satisfactorily performed a contract under section 1653 of this title, the Secretary shall, prior to renewing such contract or grant, attempt to resolve with such organization the areas of noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance and modify such contract or grant to prevent future occurrences of such noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance. If the Secretary determines that such noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance cannot be resolved and prevented in the future, the Secretary shall not renew such contract or grant with such organization and is authorized to enter into a contract or make a grant under section 1653 of this title with another urban Indian organization which is situated in the same urban center as the urban Indian organization whose contract or grant is not renewed under this section.

(d)Contract and grant renewals

In determining whether to renew a contract or grant with an urban Indian organization under section 1653 of this title which has completed performance of a contract or grant under section 1654 of this title, the Secretary shall review the records of the urban Indian organization, the reports submitted under section 1657 of this title, and, in the case of a renewal of a contract or grant under section 1653 of this title, shall consider the results of the onsite evaluations conducted under subsection (b).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1655, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 505, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1412; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3179, related to reports by urban Indian organizations and rural Indian organizations to Secretary, contents, audit of reports and records, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(3)(E), substituted “renewals” for “contract renewals” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(3)(A), inserted “compliance with grant requirements under this subchapter and” before “compliance with, and”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(3)(B), inserted “or received a grant” after “entered into a contract” and “or the terms of such grant” before period at end. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(3)(C), inserted “the requirements of a grant or complied with” after “has not complied with”, “or grant” after “such contract” wherever appearing, “or make a grant” after “enter into a contract”, and “or grant” after “whose contract”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(3)(D), inserted “or grant” after “a contract” wherever appearing.

§1655 Evaluations; Renewals