Congressional Materials

House Hearing: Contract Support Costs within IHS and BIA

Excerpt: Statement of Representative Don Young: The consistent failure of Federal agencies (IHS and BIA) to fully fund – contract support costs has resulted in financial management problems for tribes as they struggle to pay for federally mandated annual single-agency audits, liability insurance, financial management systems, personnel salaries, property management and other administrative costs. Congress …

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Senate Oversight Hearing: IHS Implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Act – 1995

“This oversight hearing will focus on how the Indian Health Service is implementing the Tribal Self-Governance Act. I am persuaded that tribal self-governance will provide the framework for Federal Indian policy in the future. Self-governance is a policy conceived by tribal leaders. It gives practical meaning to the special trust relationship between tribes and the …

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Senate Hearing on S. 1287, Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act

Senate hearing on S. 1287, The Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act. Statements: Allen, William Ron, Chairman, Jamestown Klallam Tribe Anderson, Marge, Chief Executive, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Brown, Eddie, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, BIA, Department of the Interior Cagey, Henry, Chairman, Lummi Indian Nation, and Chairman, Lummi Business Council DeLaCruz, Joseph, President, …

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House Report 102 -320 – 1991 – Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act

Recommends passage with an amendment of H.R. 3394, the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project Act of 1991, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to extend and expand eligibility for the tribal self-governance demonstration project which allows Indian tribes to enter into agreements with the Department of Interior to enable the tribes to plan, …

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Senate Report – 102-199 – 1991

The purpose of S. 1287 is to extend and expand the Self-Governance Demonstration Project in order to allow an adequate demonstration period, to provide additional information to the Congress on whether it should make this Project available on a permanent basis, and to make various technical amendments to clarify Project administration.