§2411 Inter-departmental Memorandum of Agreement

Summary

Within 1 year after July 29, 2010, the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services must write and sign a Memorandum of Agreement. The agreement must say how big alcohol and drug problems are for Indian tribes and people, including youth, and what those problems cost. It must list relevant programs and resources from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Justice Programs, SAMHSA, the Indian Health Service, and other federal, tribal, state, local, and private sources, including programs created by this law. The agreement must set minimum standards for each agency’s duties, use existing federal or state standards when possible or make new ones with tribal input, link older programs that existed on October 27, 1986 to new efforts, assign agency roles at different levels, require BIA and IHS local leaders to help with tribal requests, and be reviewed every year by the three Secretaries. Any new work under this law must add to, not replace, programs active on October 27, 1986, and must avoid disrupting tribal or local control. While making the agreement, the three Secretaries must consult tribes, Indian people, Indian organizations, and addiction treatment professionals. The agreement must be sent to Congress and published in the Federal Register not later than 130 days after July 29, 2010, and the Secretary of the Interior must give each Indian tribe a copy of this law and the agreement when it is published.