Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2541
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-09-24
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of Health and Human Services

Executive agency funding and structure

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Indian social and development programs

Minority health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 201</b><b>9</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes advance appropriations for the following Indian Health Service appropriations accounts: </p> <ul> <li>Indian Health Services, </li> <li>Indian Health Facilities, and </li> <li>Contract Support Costs. </li> </ul> <p>The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available in the first fiscal year after the budget year. The bill requires the President's budget request to include information on estimates for the advance appropriations. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2541 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2019 Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Udall , Mr. Sullivan , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Smith , Mr. Tester , Ms. Warren , and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2019 . 2. Advance appropriations for certain Indian Health Service accounts (a) In general Section 825 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1680o ) is amended— (1) by inserting (a) before There are authorized ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) For each fiscal year, beginning with the first fiscal year that starts during the year after the year in which this subsection is enacted, discretionary new budget authority provided for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts, and Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs, of the Indian Health Service shall include advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. (c) The Secretary shall include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for each fiscal year to which subsection (b) applies detailed estimates of the funds necessary for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts, and Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs, of the Indian Health Service for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. . (b) Submission of budget request Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (40) information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Indian Health Service: (A) Indian Health Services. (B) Indian Health Facilities. (C) Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs. .