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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5567 
To amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to provide advance appropriations authority for certain 
accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service 
of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2021 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. COLE, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. RUIZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Budget, and Edu-
cation and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance appro-
priations 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 Serv-
ices, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Programs Ad-
vance Appropriations Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF 
INDIAN EDUCATION.—The Indian Self-Determination Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 112. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED ACCOUNT.—The term ‘covered 
account’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) Each of the following annual appro-
priations accounts of the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs: 
‘‘(i) Operation of Indian Programs. 
‘‘(ii) Contract Support Costs. 
‘‘(iii) Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(iv) Construction. 
‘‘(v) Payments for Tribal Leases. 
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‘‘(B) Each of the following annual appro-
priations accounts of the Bureau of Indian 
Education: 
‘‘(i) Operation of Indian Education 
Programs. 
‘‘(ii) Education Construction. 
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 
means the Department of the Interior. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.—For each fiscal 
year, beginning with fiscal year 2022, new budget author-
ity provided in an appropriations Act for the covered ac-
counts shall— 
‘‘(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) include, for each covered account, advance 
new budget authority that first becomes available for 
the first fiscal year after the budget year. 
‘‘(c) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in documents submitted to Congress in support of 
the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, detailed estimates of the 
funds necessary for the covered accounts of the Depart-
ment for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted. 
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‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31 of 
each fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with 
Indian Tribes, shall submit to Congress a report on 
the sufficiency of the resources of the Department 
for the fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
submittal of the report. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include estimates of the work-
load and demand data for the fiscal year covered by 
the report.’’. 
(b) INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.—Title VIII of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 833. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED ACCOUNT.—In this 
section, the term ‘covered account’ means each of the fol-
lowing annual appropriations accounts of the Indian 
Health Service: 
‘‘(1) Indian Health Services. 
‘‘(2) Contract Support Costs. 
‘‘(3) Payments for Tribal Leases. 
‘‘(4) Indian Health Facilities. 
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‘‘(b) ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.—For each fiscal 
year, beginning with fiscal year 2022, new budget author-
ity provided in an appropriations Act for the covered ac-
counts shall— 
‘‘(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) include, for each covered account, advance 
new budget authority that first becomes available for 
the first fiscal year after the budget year. 
‘‘(c) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in documents submitted to Congress in support of 
the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, detailed estimates of the 
funds necessary for the covered accounts of the Depart-
ment for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 31 of 
each fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with 
Indian tribes, shall submit to Congress a report on 
the sufficiency of the resources of the Department 
for the fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
submittal of the report. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include estimates of the work-
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load and demand data for the fiscal year covered by 
the report.’’. 
SEC. 3. INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF BUDGET REQUEST.—Section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(40) information on estimates of appropria-
tions for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted for the covered ac-
counts described in— 
‘‘(A) section 112(a)(1) of the Indian Self- 
Determination Act; and 
‘‘(B) section 833(a) of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act.’’. 
(b) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.—Section 106 of 
the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 5325) is 
amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) BUDGET REQUEST.—The annual budget 
request for the programs of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, as submitted as part of the President’s an-
nual budget request under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall include, in the amount re-
quested and the budget justification, information on 
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estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year for which the budget is sub-
mitted for the covered accounts described in section 
112(a)(1)(A). 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the budget 
request under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the 
Interior shall consult with, and solicit the participa-
tion of, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.’’. 
(c) BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COST GRANT BUDGET RE-
QUESTS.—Section 1128(l)(1) of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008(l)(1)) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘for the fiscal year for which the budget is 
submitted and for the fiscal year following that fis-
cal year.’’. 
(2) DIVISION OF BUDGET ANALYSIS.—Section 
1129(c) of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2009(c)) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘contains’’ and inserting 
‘‘contains, for the fiscal year for which the budget 
is submitted and for the fiscal year following that 
fiscal year’’. 
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(3) 
ANNUAL
BUDGET
REQUEST.—Section 
1135(b) of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2015(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘shall include the plans’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘shall include— 
‘‘(1) the plans’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) in the amount requested and the budget 
justification, information on estimates of appropria-
tions for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted for the covered ac-
counts described in section 112(a)(1)(B) of the In-
dian Self-Determination Act.’’. 
(d) INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.—Section 826 of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1680p) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘justification, amounts that reflect any 
changes in—’’ and inserting ‘‘justification—’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) amounts that reflect any changes in— 
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‘‘(A) the cost of health services, as indexed 
for United States dollar inflation (as measured 
by the Consumer Price Index); and 
‘‘(B) the size of the population served by 
the Service; and 
‘‘(2) information on estimates of appropriations 
for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted for the covered accounts de-
scribed in section 833(a).’’. 
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