§1663 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates an Office of Direct Service Tribes inside the Service. It must be located in the Office of the Director. The office must lead and support direct service tribes across the Service. It must help with planning and program review, make sure tribal health and support systems have flexibility, act as the main contact for policy talks and participation, meet with tribes at least twice a year for input, and run a national program that guides policy, program management, budgets, resource allocation, and delegation support.

Title 25, §1663

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(a)There is established within the Service an office, to be known as the “Office of Direct Service Tribes”.

(b)The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be located in the Office of the Director.

(c)The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be responsible for—

(1)providing Service-wide leadership, guidance and support for direct service tribes to include strategic planning and program evaluation;

(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.

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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.

§1663 Office of Direct Service Tribes

Summary

Title 25, §1663

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

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