TRIBAL CONSULTATION: IHS Allocation of Additional Funding Sources: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act

The Indian Health Service invites you to a virtual Tribal Consultation Session to share your input regarding the allocation of $210 million in additional funding to the IHS from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (March 11, 2021), $3.5 billion appropriated to the IHS in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. No. 117-58 (November 15, 2021), and $2.35 billion currently under consideration by Congress in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), H.R. 5376, 117th Cong. (2021). The three new funding sources are described in a November 22, 2021-dated letter to Tribal Leaders [PDF – 594KB].

Written comments on the three funding sources to consultation@ihs.gov . Please use the Subject Line: American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Build Back Better Act. The deadline to provide written comments is Thursday, December 23, 2021.