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‘‘(C) Such rent payments shall be retained 
by the Tribal Health Program and shall not be 
made payable to or otherwise be deposited with 
the United States. 
‘‘(D) Such rent payments shall be depos-
ited into a separate account which shall be used 
by the Tribal Health Program for the mainte-
nance (including capital repairs and replace-
ment) and operation of the quarters and facili-
ties as the Tribal Health Program shall deter-
mine. 
‘‘(2) RETROCESSION
OF
AUTHORITY.—If a 
Tribal Health Program which has made an election 
under paragraph (1) requests retrocession of its au-
thority to directly collect rents from Federal employ-
ees occupying federally-owned quarters, such ret-
rocession shall become effective on the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the first day of the month that begins 
no less than 180 days after the Tribal Health 
Program notifies the Secretary of its desire to 
retrocede; or 
‘‘(B) such other date as may be mutually 
agreed by the Secretary and the Tribal Health 
Program. 
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‘‘(c) RATES IN ALASKA.—To the extent that a Tribal 
Health Program, pursuant to authority granted in sub-
section (a), establishes rental rates for federally-owned 
quarters provided to a Federal employee in Alaska, such 
rents may be based on the cost of comparable private rent-
al housing in the nearest established community with a 
year-round population of 1,500 or more individuals. 
‘‘SEC. 315. APPLICABILITY OF BUY AMERICAN ACT RE-
QUIREMENT. 
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the requirements of the Buy American Act apply to 
all procurements made with funds provided pursuant to 
section 317. Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations shall 
be exempt from these requirements. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF VIOLATION.—If it has been finally 
determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
intentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘Made in America’ 
inscription or any inscription with the same meaning, to 
any product sold in or shipped to the United States that 
is not made in the United States, such person shall be 
ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with 
funds provided pursuant to section 317, pursuant to the 
debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures de-
scribed in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘Buy American Act’ means title III of the Act enti-
tled ‘An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and 
Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1934, and for other purposes’, approved March 3, 
1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
‘‘SEC. 316. OTHER FUNDING FOR FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary is authorized to accept from any source, including 
Federal and State agencies, funds that are available for 
the construction of health care facilities and use such 
funds to plan, design, and construct health care facilities 
for Indians and to place such funds into a contract or com-
pact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). Receipt of such 
funds shall have no effect on the priorities established pur-
suant to section 301. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is 
authorized to enter into interagency agreements with 
other Federal agencies or State agencies and other entities 
and to accept funds from such Federal or State agencies 
or other sources to provide for the planning, design, and 
construction of health care facilities to be administered by 
Indian Health Programs in order to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act and the purposes for which the funds 
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were appropriated or for which the funds were otherwise 
provided. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF STANDARDS.—The Sec-
retary, through the Service, shall establish standards by 
regulation for the planning, design, and construction of 
health care facilities serving Indians under this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 317. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2017 to carry out this title. 
‘‘TITLE IV—ACCESS TO HEALTH 
SERVICES 
‘‘SEC. 401. TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS UNDER SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) DISREGARD
OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND 
SCHIP PAYMENTS IN DETERMINING APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Any payments received by an Indian Health Program or 
by an Urban Indian Organization under title XVIII, XIX, 
or XXI of the Social Security Act for services provided 
to Indians eligible for benefits under such respective titles 
shall not be considered in determining appropriations for 
the provision of health care and services to Indians. 
‘‘(b) NONPREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.—Nothing in 
this Act authorizes the Secretary to provide services to an 
Indian with coverage under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of 
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