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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 229 

To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department 

of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 24), 2019 

Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. SMITH, Mr. 

HEINRICH, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of 

Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and 

the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health 

and Human Services, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Programs Ad5 vance Appropriations Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, beginning 

3 with fiscal year 2020, new budget authority provided in 

4 an appropriations Act for the covered accounts shall— 

5 (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 

6 (2) include, for each such account, advance new 

7 budget authority that first becomes available for the 

8 first fiscal year after the budget year. 

9 (b) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—Each applicable Sec10 retary shall include in documents submitted to Congress 

11 in support of the President’s budget submitted pursuant 

12 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, detailed 

13 estimates of the funds necessary for the covered accounts 

14 of the Department of the Interior or the Department of 

15 Health and Human Services, as applicable, for the fiscal 

16 year following the fiscal year for which the budget is sub17 mitted. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) APPLICABLE SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘ap20 plicable Secretary’’ means— 

21 (A) with respect to actions involving the 

22 covered accounts described in paragraph (2)(A), 

23 the Secretary of the Interior; and 

24 (B) with respect to actions involving the 

25 covered accounts described in paragraph (2)(B), 

26 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 


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1 (2) COVERED ACCOUNTS.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 accounts’’ means the following: 

3 (A) The following accounts of the Depart4 ment of the Interior that provide annual appro5 priations for the Department of the Interior, 

6 Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

7 Education account: 

8 (i) Operation of Indian Programs. 

9 (ii) Contract Support Costs. 

10 (iii) Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro11 gram Account. 

12 (B) The following accounts of the Depart13 ment of Health and Human Services that pro14 vide annual appropriations for the Indian 

15 Health Service account: 

16 (i) Indian Health Services. 

17 (ii) Contract Support Costs. 

18 SEC. 3. INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES. 

19 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(40) information on estimates of appropria22 tions for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 

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1 counts described in section 2(c)(2) of the Indian 

2 Programs Advance Appropriations Act.’’. 

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