PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Urban Indian organizations that get or spend money under this subchapter must send the Secretary a report every quarter for each fiscal year they have a contract or grant. The report must include the specific data required by clauses (10) and (11) of section 1653(a), a description of what the organization did with the contract or grant, an accounting of how federal funds were spent and for what purposes, and any other information the Secretary asks for. The Secretary and the Comptroller General may audit the organization’s reports and records. The Secretary must allow the cost of one annual private audit by a certified public accountant as an allowable contract or grant expense under section 1653. The Secretary, through the Service, must send Congress by March 31, 1992, a report that evaluates the health of urban Indians, the services provided under this subchapter, and unmet needs in both served and unserved urban areas. The Secretary must consult with urban Indian health providers and may hire a national organization to help with the report. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior must also assess the welfare of urban Indian children—looking at child protection cases, child sexual abuse, and coordination with tribal authorities—and send Congress a report with recommended laws by March 31, 1992.

Title 25, §1657

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(a)Quarterly reports

For each fiscal year during which an urban Indian organization receives or expends funds pursuant to a contract entered into, or a grant received, pursuant to this subchapter, such organization shall submit to the Secretary a quarterly report including—

(1)in the case of a contract or grant under section 1653 of this title, information gathered pursuant to clauses (10) and (11) of subsection (a) of such section;

(2)information on activities conducted by the organization pursuant to the contract or grant;

(3)an accounting of the amounts and purposes for which Federal funds were expended; and

(4)such other information as the Secretary may request.

(b)Audit by Secretary and Comptroller General

The reports and records of the urban Indian organization with respect to a contract or grant under this subchapter shall be subject to audit by the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States.

(c)Cost of annual private audit

The Secretary shall allow as a cost of any contract or grant entered into under section 1653 of this title the cost of an annual private audit conducted by a certified public accountant.

(d)Health status, services, and areas of unmet needs; child welfare

(1)The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall submit a report to the Congress not later than March 31, 1992, evaluating—

(A)the health status of urban Indians;

(B)the services provided to Indians through this subchapter;

(C)areas of unmet needs in urban areas served under this subchapter; and

(D)areas of unmet needs in urban areas not served under this subchapter.

(2)In preparing the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with urban Indian health providers and may contract with a national organization representing urban Indian health concerns to conduct any aspect of the report.

(3)The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall—

(A)assess the status of the welfare of urban Indian children, including the volume of child protection cases, the prevalence of child sexual abuse, and the extent of urban Indian coordination with tribal authorities with respect to child sexual abuse; and

(B)submit a report on the assessment required under subparagraph (A), together with recommended legislation to improve Indian child protection in urban Indian populations, to the Congress no later than March 31, 1992.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1657, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 507, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1412; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3179, related to review of program by Secretary and report to Congress, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(5)(A), inserted “, or a grant received,” after “entered into” in introductory provisions and “or grant” after “contract” in pars. (1) and (2). Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(5)(B), inserted “or grant” after “contract”. 1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–630 added subsec. (d).

§1657 Reports and Records