Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§1680g Reallocation of Base Resources
Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1680g
Summary
If the Service plans to cut funding for any ongoing program, project, or activity by 5 percent or more from the prior year, the cut can only happen after the Secretary gives the President a report for Congress explaining the change, the reasons, and the likely effects. This rule does not apply if Congress gives the Service less money overall for the year than the year before.
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Title 25, §1680g
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(a)Report to Congress
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any allocation of Service funds for a fiscal year that reduces by 5 percent or more from the previous fiscal year the funding for any recurring program, project, or activity of a service unit may be implemented only after the Secretary has submitted to the President, for inclusion in the report required to be transmitted to the Congress under section 1671 of this title, a report on the proposed change in allocation of funding, including the reasons for the change and its likely effects.
(b)Appropriated amounts
Subsection (a) shall not apply if the total amount appropriated to the Service for a fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated to the Service for previous fiscal year.
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1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 805, substituted “Secretary has submitted to the President, for inclusion in the report required to be transmitted to the Congress under section 1671 of this title,” for “Secretary has submitted to the Congress”.
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25 U.S.C. § 1680g
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110