116 S279 IS: Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act U.S. Senate 2019-01-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II116th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 279IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 30, 2019Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian AffairsA BILLTo allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act.

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Amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) after (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).