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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1663 Office of Direct Service Tribes

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER V — ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS › § 1663

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates an Office of Direct Service Tribes inside the Service. The office is placed in the Office of the Director. The office leads and supports direct service tribes across the Service. It does strategic planning, program evaluation, and helps make tribal health systems flexible. It is the main contact for tribes on Service policy, must hold consultations at least twice a year to gather input, and runs a national program on policy, management, budgets, resource allocation, and delegation support.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1663

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(a)Establishment
There is established within the Service an office, to be known as the “Office of Direct Service Tribes”.
(b)Treatment
The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be located in the Office of the Director.
(c)Duties
The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be responsible for— (1)
(2)ensuring maximum flexibility to tribal health and related support systems for Indian beneficiaries;
(3)serving as the focal point for consultation and participation between direct service tribes and organizations and the Service in the development of Service policy;
(4)holding no less than biannual consultations with direct service tribes in appropriate locations to gather information and aid in the development of health policy; and
(5)directing a national program and providing leadership and advocacy in the development of health policy, program management, budget formulation, resource allocation, and delegation support for direct service tribes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 603 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 172 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1663, Pub. L. 94–437, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VI, § 603, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4571, authorized appropriations through fiscal year 2000 to carry out this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935. The repeal is based on section 101(b)(10) of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.

Reference

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1663

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110