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Calendar No. 585

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1507

[Report No. 106–306]

To authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 5, 1999

Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself and Mr. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

JUNE 6, 2000

Reported by Mr. CAMPBELL, with an amendment and an amendment to the

title

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol

and substance programs and services provided by Indian

tribal governments, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Alco3 hol and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of

4 1999’’.

5 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

6 The purposes of this Act are (a) to enable Indian

7 tribes to consolidate and integrate alcohol and other sub8 stance abuse prevention, diagnosis and treatment pro9 grams to provide unified and more effective and efficient

10 services to Native Americans afflicted with alcohol and

11 other substance abuse problems; and (b) to recognize that

12 Indian tribes can best determine the goals and methods

13 for establishing and implementing prevention, diagnosis

14 and treatment programs for their communities, consistent

15 with the policy of self-determination.

16 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

17 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions

18 shall apply:

19 (1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal

20 agency’’ has the same meaning given the term in

21 section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.

22 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’

23 and ‘‘tribe’’ shall have the meaning given the term

24 ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-De25 termination and Education Assistance Act.
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1 (3) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ shall have the

2 meaning given such term in section 4(d) of the In3 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

4 Act.

5 (4) SECRETARY.—Except where otherwise pro6 vided, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

7 the Interior.

8 SEC. 4. INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED.

9 The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the

10 appropriate Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and

11 Human Services, Secretary of Education, Secretary of

12 Housing and Urban Development, United States Attorney

13 General, Secretary of Transportation, and Director of the

14 National Institutes of Health shall, upon the receipt of

15 a plan acceptable to the Secretary submitted by an Indian

16 tribe, authorize the tribe to coordinate, in accordance with

17 such plan, its federally funded alcohol and substance

18 abuse in a manner that integrates the program services

19 involved into a single, corridated, comprehensive program

20 and reduces administrative costs by consolidating adminis21 trative functions.

22 SEC. 5. PROGRAMS AFFECTED.

23 The programs that may be integrated in any such

24 plan referred to in section 4 shall include any program

25 under which an Indian tribe is eligible for receipt of funds
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1 under a statutory or administrative formula for the pur2 poses of prevention, diagnosis or treatment of alcohol and

3 other substance abuse problems and disorders, or any pro4 gram designed to enhance the ability to treat, diagnose

5 or prevent alcohol and other substance abuse and related

6 problems and disorders.

7 SEC. 6. PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

8 For a plan to be acceptable pursuant to section 4,

9 it shall—

10 (1) Identify the programs to be integrated;

11 (2) be consistent with the purposes of this Act

12 authorizing the services to be integrated into this

13 project;

14 (3) describe a comprehensive strategy which

15 identifies the full range of existing and potential di16 agnosis, treatment and prevention programs avail17 able on and near the tribe’s service area;

18 (4) describe the way in which services are to be

19 integrated and delivered and the results expected

20 under the plan;

21 (5) identify the projected expenditures under

22 the plan in a single budget;

23 (6) identify the agency or agencies in the tribe

24 to be involved in the delivery of the services inte25 grated under the plan;
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1 (7) identify any statutory provisions, regula2 tions, policies or procedures that the tribe believes

3 need to be waived in order to implement its plan;

4 and

5 (8) be approved by the governing body of the

6 tribe.

7 SEC. 7. PLAN REVIEW.

8 Upon receipt of the plan from a tribal government,

9 the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of each Fed10 eral agency providing funds to be used to implement the

11 plan, and with the tribe submitting the plan. The parties

12 consulting on the implementation of the plan submitted

13 shall identify any waivers of statutory requirements or of

14 Federal agency regulations, policies or procedures nec15 essary to enable the tribal government to implement its

16 plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec17 retary of the affected agency shall have the authority to

18 waive any statutory requirement, regulation, policy, or

19 procedure promulgated by the affected agency that has

20 been identified by the tribe or the Federal agency to be

21 waived, unless the Secretary of the affected department

22 determines that such a waiver is inconsistent with the pur23 poses of this Act or those provisions of the statute from

24 which the program involved derives its authority which are

25 specifically applicable to Indian programs.
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1 SEC. 8. PLAN APPROVAL.

2 Within 90 days after the receipt of a tribe’s plan by

3 the Secretary, the Secretary shall inform the tribe, in writ4 ing, of the Secretary’s approval or disapproval of the plan,

5 including any request for a waiver that is made as part

6 of the plan submitted by the tribal government. If the plan

7 is disapproved, the tribal government shall be informed,

8 in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval and shall

9 be given an opportunity to amend its plan or to petition

10 the Secretary to reconsider such disapproval, including re11 considering the disapproval of any waiver requested by the

12 Indian tribe.

13 SEC. 9. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

14 (a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE

15 INTERIOR.—Within 180 days following the date of enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec17 retary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv18 ices, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Housing

19 and Urban Development, the United States Attorney Gen20 eral, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Director of

21 the National Institutes of Health shall enter into an inter22 departmental memorandum of agreement providing for

23 the implementation of the plans authorized under this Act.

24 The lead agency under this Act shall be the Bureau of

25 Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. The respon26 sibilities of the lead agency shall include—
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1 (1) the use of a single report format related to

2 the plan for the individual project which shall be

3 used by a tribe to report on the activities undertaken

4 by the plan;

5 (2) the use of a single report format related to

6 the projected expenditures for the individual plan

7 which shall be used by a tribe to report on all plan

8 expenditures;

9 (3) the development of a single system of Fed10 eral oversight for the plan, which shall be imple11 mented by the lead agency;

12 (4) the provision of technical assistance to a

13 tribe appropriate to the plan, delivered under an ar14 rangement subject to the approval of the tribe par15 ticipating in the project, except that a tribe shall

16 have the authority to accept or reject the plan for

17 providing the technical assistance and the technical

18 assistance provider; and

19 (5) The convening by an appropriate official of

20 the lead agency (whose appointment is subject to the

21 confirmation of the Senate) and a representative of

22 the Indian tribes that carry out projects under this

23 Act, in consultation with each of the Indian tribes

24 that participate in projects under this Act, of a

25 meeting not less than 2 times during each fiscal year
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1 for the purpose of providing an opportunity for all

2 Indian tribes that carry out projects under this Act

3 to discuss issues relating to the implementation of

4 this Act with officials of each agency specified in

5 subsection (a).

6 (b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The single report for7 mat shall be developed by the Secretary, consistent with

8 the requirements of this Act. Such report format, together

9 with records maintained on the consolidated program at

10 the tribal level shall contain such information as will allow

11 a determination that the tribe has complied with the re12 quirements incorporated in its approved plan and will pro13 vide assurances to the Secretary that the tribe has com14 plied with all directly applicable statutory requirements

15 and with those directly applicable regulatory requirements

16 which have not been waived.

17 SEC. 10. NO REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS.

18 In no case shall the amount of Federal funds avail19 able to a participating tribe involved in any project be re20 duced as a result of the enactment of this Act.

21 SEC. 11. INTERAGENCY FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.

22 The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Labor,

23 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec24 retary of Education, the Secretary of Housing and Urban

25 Development, the United States Attorney General, the
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1 Secretary of Transportation, or the Director of the Na2 tional Institutes of Health, as appropriate, is authorized

3 to take such action as necessary to provide for interagency

4 transfer of funds otherwise available to a tribe in order

5 to further the purposes of this Act.

6 SEC. 12. ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS AND OVERAGE.

7 (a) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Program funds shall be ad9 ministered in such a manner as to allow for a deter10 mination that funds from specific programs (or an

11 amount equal to the amount attracted from each

12 program) are spent on allowable activities authorized

13 under such program.

14 (2) SEPARATE RECORDS NOT REQUIRED.—

15 Nothing in this section shall be construed as requir16 ing the tribe to maintain separate records tracing

17 any services or activities conducted under its ap18 proved plan to the individual programs under which

19 funds were authorized, nor shall the tribe be re20 quired to allocate expenditures among individual

21 programs.

22 (b) OVERAGE.—All administrative costs may be com23 mingled and participating Indian tribes shall be entitled

24 to the full amount of such costs (under each program or

25 department’s regulations), and no overage shall be count-
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1 ed for Federal audit purposes, provided that the overage

2 is used for the purposes provided for under this Act.

3 SEC. 13. FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

4 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere

5 with the ability of the Secretary or the lead agency to ful6 fill the responsibilities for the safeguarding of Federal

7 funds pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1984.

8 SEC. 14. REPORT ON STATUTORY AND OTHER BARRIERS TO

9 INTEGRATION.

10 (a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Not later than two

11 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall submit a report to the Committee on Indian

13 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of

14 the House of Representatives on the implemenation of the

15 program authorized under this Act.

16 (b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than five years after

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall

18 submit a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of

19 the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House

20 of Representatives on the results of the implementation

21 of the program authorized under this Act. The report shall

22 identify statutory barriers to the ability of tribes to inte23 grate more effectively their alcohol and substance services

24 in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act.
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1 SEC. 15. ASSIGNMENT OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL TO STATE

2 INDIAN ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT

3 PROGRAMS.

4 Any State with an alcohol and substance abuse pro5 gram targeted to Indian tribes shall be eligible to receive,

6 at no cost to the State, such Federal personnel assign7 ments as the Secretary, in accordance with the applicable

8 provisions of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of

9 1970, may deem appropriate to help insure the success

10 of such program.

11 SEC. 16. ALASKA REGIONAL CONSORTIA.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall

14 permit a regional consortium of Alaska Native villages or

15 regional or village corporations (as defined or established

16 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43

17 U.S.C. § 1601, et seq.)) to carry out a project under a

18 plan that meets the requirements of this Act through a

19 resolution adopted by the governing body of that consor20 tium or corporation.

21 (b) WITHDRAWAL.—Nothing in subsection (a) is in22 tended to prohibit an Alaska Native village or regional cor23 poration from withdrawing from participation in any por24 tion of a program conducted pursuant to that subsection.
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Alcohol

3 and Substance Abuse Program Consolidation Act of 2000’’.

4 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

5 The purposes of this Act are—

6 (1) to enable Indian tribes to consolidate and in7 tegrate alcohol and other substance abuse prevention,

8 diagnosis and treatment programs, and mental health

9 and related programs, to provide unified and more ef10 fective and efficient services to Native Americans af11 flicted with alcohol and other substance abuse prob12 lems; and

13 (2) to recognize that Indian tribes can best deter14 mine the goals and methods for establishing and im15 plementing prevention, diagnosis and treatment pro16 grams for their communities, consistent with the pol17 icy of self-determination.

18 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act:

20 (1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen21 cy’’ has the same meaning given the term in section

22 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.

23 (2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ shall have the

24 meaning given such term in section 4(d) of the In25 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

26 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)).
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1 (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’

2 and ‘‘tribe’’ shall have the meaning given the term

3 ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-De4 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.

5 450b(e)) and shall include entities as provided for in

6 subsection (b)(2).

7 (4) SECRETARY.—Except where otherwise pro8 vided, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

9 Health and Human Services.

10 (5) SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—The term ‘‘substance

11 abuse’’ includes the illegal use or abuse of a drug, the

12 abuse of an inhalant, or the abuse of tobacco or re13 lated products.

14 (b) INDIAN TRIBE.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which an In16 dian tribe has authorized another Indian tribe, an

17 inter-tribal consortium, or a tribal organization to

18 plan for or carry out programs, services, functions, or

19 activities (or portions thereof) on its behalf under this

20 Act, the authorized Indian tribe, inter-tribal consor21 tium, or tribal organization shall have the rights and

22 responsibilities of the authorizing Indian tribe (except

23 as otherwise provided in the authorizing resolution or

24 in this Act).
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1 (2) INCLUSION OF OTHER ENTITIES.—In a case

2 described in paragraph (1), the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’,

3 as defined in subsection (a)(2), shall include the addi4 tional authorized Indian tribe, inter-tribal consor5 tium, or tribal organization.

6 SEC. 4. INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED.

7 The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in co8 operation with the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Inte9 rior, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Housing and

10 Urban Development, United States Attorney General, and

11 Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, shall, upon the

12 receipt of a plan acceptable to the Secretary that is sub13 mitted by an Indian tribe, authorize the tribe to coordinate,

14 in accordance with such plan, its federally funded alcohol

15 and substance abuse and mental health programs in a man16 ner that integrates the program services involved into a sin17 gle, coordinated, comprehensive program and reduces ad18 ministrative costs by consolidating administrative func19 tions.

20 SEC. 5. PROGRAMS AFFECTED.

21 The programs that may be integrated in a demonstra22 tion project under any plan referred to in section 4 shall

23 include—

24 (1) any program under which an Indian tribe is

25 eligible for the receipt of funds under a statutory or
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1 administrative formula for the purposes of preven2 tion, diagnosis or treatment of alcohol and other sub3 stance abuse problems and disorders, or mental health

4 problems and disorders, or any program designed to

5 enhance the ability to treat, diagnose or prevent alco6 hol and other substance abuse and related problems

7 and disorders, or mental health problems or disorders;

8 (2) any program under which an Indian tribe is

9 eligible for receipt of funds though a competitive or

10 other grant program for the purposes of prevention,

11 diagnosis or treatment of alcohol and other substance

12 abuse problems and disorders, or mental health prob13 lems and disorders, or treatment, diagnosis and pre14 vention of related problems and disorders, or any pro15 gram designed to enhance the ability to treat, diag16 nose or prevent alcohol and other substance abuse and

17 related problems and disorders, or mental health

18 problems or disorders, if—

19 (A) the Indian tribe has provided notice to

20 the appropriate agency regarding the intentions

21 of the tribe to include the grant program in the

22 plan it submits to the Secretary, and the affected

23 agency has consented to the inclusion of the

24 grant in the plan; or
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1 (B) the Indian tribe has elected to include

2 the grant program in its plan, and the adminis3 trative requirements contained in the plan are

4 essentially the same as the administrative re5 quirements under the grant program; and

6 (3) any program under which an Indian tribe is

7 eligible for receipt of funds under any other funding

8 scheme for the purposes of prevention, diagnosis or

9 treatment of alcohol and other substance abuse prob10 lems and disorders, or mental health problems and

11 disorders, or treatment, diagnosis and prevention of

12 related problems and disorders, or any program de13 signed to enhance the ability to treat, diagnose or pre14 vent alcohol and other substance abuse and related

15 problems and disorders, or mental health problems or

16 disorders.

17 SEC. 6. PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

18 For a plan to be acceptable under section 4, the plan

19 shall—

20 (1) identify the programs to be integrated;

21 (2) be consistent with the purposes of this Act

22 authorizing the services to be integrated into the

23 project;

24 (3) describe a comprehensive strategy that identi25 fies the full range of existing and potential alcohol
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1 and substance abuse and mental health treatment and

2 prevention programs available on and near the tribe’s

3 service area;

4 (4) describe the manner in which services are to

5 be integrated and delivered and the results expected

6 under the plan;

7 (5) identify the projected expenditures under the

8 plan in a single budget;

9 (6) identify the agency or agencies in the tribe

10 to be involved in the delivery of the services integrated

11 under the plan;

12 (7) identify any statutory provisions, regula13 tions, policies or procedures that the tribe believes

14 need to be waived in order to implement its plan; and

15 (8) be approved by the governing body of the

16 tribe.

17 SEC. 7. PLAN REVIEW.

18 (a) CONSULTATION.—Upon receipt of a plan from an

19 Indian tribe under section 4, the Secretary shall consult

20 with the Secretary of each Federal agency providing funds

21 to be used to implement the plan, and with the tribe submit22 ting the plan.

23 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF WAIVERS.—The parties con24 sulting on the implementation of the plan under subsection

25 (a) shall identify any waivers of statutory requirements or
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1 of Federal agency regulations, policies or procedures nec2 essary to enable the tribal government to implement its

3 plan.

4 (c) WAIVERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision

5 of law, the Secretary of the affected agency shall have the

6 authority to waive any statutory requirement, regulation,

7 policy, or procedure promulgated by the affected agency

8 that has been identified by the tribe or the Federal agency

9 under subsection (b) unless the Secretary of the affected de10 partment determines that such a waiver is inconsistent with

11 the purposes of this Act or with those provisions of the Act

12 that authorizes the program involved which are specifically

13 applicable to Indian programs.

14 SEC. 8. PLAN APPROVAL.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the

16 receipt by the Secretary of a tribe’s plan under section 4,

17 the Secretary shall inform the tribe, in writing, of the Sec18 retary’s approval or disapproval of the plan, including any

19 request for a waiver that is made as part of the plan.

20 (b) DISAPPROVAL.—If a plan is disapproved under

21 subsection (a), the Secretary shall inform the tribal govern22 ment, in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval and

23 shall give the tribe an opportunity to amend its plan or

24 to petition the Secretary to reconsider such disapproval, in-
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1 cluding reconsidering the disapproval of any waiver re2 quested by the Indian tribe.

3 SEC. 9. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

4 (a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INDIAN HEALTH SERV5 ICE.—

6 (1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not

7 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this

8 Act, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of

9 Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,

10 the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Housing

11 and Urban Development, the United States Attorney

12 General, and the Secretary of Transportation shall

13 enter into an interdepartmental memorandum of

14 agreement providing for the implementation of the

15 plans authorized under this Act.

16 (2) LEAD AGENCY.—The lead agency under this

17 Act shall be the Indian Health Service.

18 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of

19 the lead agency under this Act shall include—

20 (A) the development of a single reporting

21 format related to the plan for the individual

22 project which shall be used by a tribe to report

23 on the activities carried out under the plan;

24 (B) the development of a single reporting

25 format related to the projected expenditures for
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1 the individual plan which shall be used by a

2 tribe to report on all plan expenditures;

3 (C) the development of a single system of

4 Federal oversight for the plan, which shall be im5 plemented by the lead agency;

6 (D) the provision of technical assistance to

7 a tribe appropriate to the plan, delivered under

8 an arrangement subject to the approval of the

9 tribe participating in the project, except that a

10 tribe shall have the authority to accept or reject

11 the plan for providing the technical assistance

12 and the technical assistance provider; and

13 (E) the convening by an appropriate offi14 cial of the lead agency (whose appointment is

15 subject to the confirmation of the Senate) and a

16 representative of the Indian tribes that carry out

17 projects under this Act, in consultation with each

18 of the Indian tribes that participate in projects

19 under this Act, of a meeting not less than 2

20 times during each fiscal year for the purpose of

21 providing an opportunity for all Indian tribes

22 that carry out projects under this Act to discuss

23 issues relating to the implementation of this Act

24 with officials of each agency specified in para25 graph (1).
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1 (b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The single reporting

2 format shall be developed by the Secretary under subsection

3 (a)(3), consistent with the requirements of this Act. Such

4 reporting format, together with records maintained on the

5 consolidated program at the tribal level shall contain such

6 information as will—

7 (1) allow a determination that the tribe has com8 plied with the requirements incorporated in its ap9 proved plan; and

10 (2) provide assurances to the Secretary that the

11 tribe has complied with all directly applicable statu12 tory requirements and with those directly applicable

13 regulatory requirements which have not been waived.

14 SEC. 10. NO REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS.

15 In no case shall the amount of Federal funds available

16 to a participating tribe involved in any project be reduced

17 as a result of the enactment of this Act.

18 SEC. 11. INTERAGENCY FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.

19 The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Labor,

20 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary

21 of Education, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop22 ment, the United States Attorney General, or the Secretary

23 of Transportation, as appropriate, is authorized to take

24 such action as may be necessary to provide for the inter-
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1 agency transfer of funds otherwise available to a tribe in

2 order to further the purposes of this Act.

3 SEC. 12. ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS AND OVERAGE.

4 (a) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Program funds shall be ad6 ministered under this Act in such a manner as to

7 allow for a determination that funds from specific

8 programs (or an amount equal to the amount utilized

9 from each program) are expended on activities au10 thorized under such program.

11 (2) SEPARATE RECORDS NOT REQUIRED.—Noth12 ing in this section shall be construed as requiring a

13 tribe to maintain separate records tracing any serv14 ices or activities conducted under its approved plan

15 under section 4 to the individual programs under

16 which funds were authorized, nor shall the tribe be re17 quired to allocate expenditures among individual pro18 grams.

19 (b) OVERAGE.—All administrative costs under a plan

20 under this Act may be commingled, and participating In21 dian tribes shall be entitled to the full amount of such costs

22 (under each program or department’s regulations), and no

23 overage shall be counted for Federal audit purposes so long

24 as the overage is used for the purposes provided for under

25 this Act.
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1 SEC. 13. FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

2 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere with

3 the ability of the Secretary or the lead agency to fulfill the

4 responsibilities for the safeguarding of Federal funds pursu5 ant to chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code (the Single

6 Audit Act of 1984).

7 SEC. 14. REPORT ON STATUTORY AND OTHER BARRIERS TO

8 INTEGRATION.

9 (a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Not later than 2 years

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall

11 submit a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the

12 Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of

13 Representatives on the implementation of the program au14 thorized under this Act.

15 (b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit

17 a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate

18 and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa19 tives on the results of the implementation of the program

20 authorized under this Act. The report shall identify statu21 tory barriers to the ability of tribes to integrate more effec22 tively their alcohol and substance abuse services in a man23 ner consistent with the purposes of this Act.
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1 SEC. 15. ASSIGNMENT OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL TO STATE

2 INDIAN ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT OR

3 MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

4 Any State with an alcohol and substance abuse or

5 mental health program targeted to Indian tribes shall be

6 eligible to receive, at no cost to the State, such Federal per7 sonnel assignments as the Secretary, in accordance with the

8 applicable provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 33 of title

9 5, United States Code (the Intergovernmental Personnel Act

10 of 1970), may deem appropriate to help insure the success

11 of such program.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize

the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by Indian

tribal governments, and for other purposes.’’.

Calendar No. 585

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1507

[Report No. 106–306]

A BILL

To authorize the integration and consolidation of

alcohol and substance programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, and for otherpurposes.

JUNE 6, 2000

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the

title