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§1663a Nevada Area Office

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within one year after March 23, 2010, the Secretary must send Congress a plan, following the Service’s tribal consultation policy, that explains how and when to create an area office in Nevada that is separate from the Phoenix Area Office. Operations funds — money used to run services, like overtime, staff pay, benefits, and related tasks. If the Secretary does not send the plan on time, the Secretary must withhold the operations funds set aside for the Office of the Director, as long as doing so does not reduce the Service’s ability to provide health care. Those funds can be returned if the Secretary decides the Office has complied.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1663a

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(a)In general
Not later than 1 year after March 23, 2010, in a manner consistent with the tribal consultation policy of the Service, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan describing the manner and schedule by which an area office, separate and distinct from the Phoenix Area Office of the Service, can be established in the State of Nevada.
(b)Failure to submit plan
(1)Definition of operations funds
In this subsection, the term “operations funds” means only the funds used for— (A)
(B)related tasks that directly affect the operations described in subparagraph (A).
(2)Withholding of funds
If the Secretary fails to submit a plan in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall withhold the operations funds reserved for the Office of the Director, subject to the condition that the withholding shall not adversely impact the capacity of the Service to deliver health care services.
(3)Restoration
The operations funds withheld pursuant to paragraph (2) may be restored, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the Office of the Director on achievement by that Office of compliance with this section.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification section 604 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 173 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.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1663a

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110