1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—INDIAN SELF–DETERMINATION
Sec. 101. Definitions; reporting and audit requirements;
application of provisions.
Sec. 102. Contracts by Secretary of Interior.
Sec. 103. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 104. Contract funding and indirect costs.
Sec. 105. Contract or grant specifications.
Title II—TRIBAL SELF–GOVERNANCE
Sec. 201. Tribal self-governance.
<enum>I</enum><header>INDIAN
SELF–DETERMINATION</header>
<section id="H6F4626C11C1245BE97BDBD3FF00F024F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions;
reporting and audit requirements; application of provisions</header>
<subsection id="H6D23F636EBD3495BBAF64AC461390B67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b) is amended by striking subsection (j) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H51D6F9088BF84A4889DB74295FF26D22" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3EBC8244B9164BCA8C4E10CC9951500A"><enum>(j)</enum><text><term>self-determination
contract</term> means a contract entered into under title I (or a grant or
cooperative agreement used under section 9) between a tribal organization and
the appropriate Secretary for the planning, conduct, and administration of
programs or services that are otherwise provided to Indian tribes and members
of Indian tribes pursuant to Federal law, subject to the condition that, except
as provided in section 105(a)(3), no contract entered into under title I (or
grant or cooperative agreement used under section 9) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H464235DF326D4842AA0ECFED38253201"><enum>(1)</enum><text>considered to be a
procurement contract; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF1D31A7D6CA4864875B64B434928F6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 107(a)(1), subject to any Federal procurement law (including
regulations);</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D4C04D9E4C64C4FBA203B0505891B34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting and
audit requirements</header><text>Section 5(b) of the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F7FF75CA8D14AC187FCC9E0835180A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>after completion of the project or undertaking referred to in the
preceding subsection of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>after the
retention period for the report that is submitted to the Secretary under
subsection (a)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A27E43CEB9947679FFE74579ACE9688"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The retention period shall be defined in regulations
promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to section 415.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06986182837148CA8D9CFF9B30A02212"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
other provisions</header><text>Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 102(c), 104, 105(a)(1),
105(f), 110, and 111 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act, as amended (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) (Public Law 93–638; 88 Stat. 2203) and
section 314 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–512; 104 Stat. 1959), apply to
compacts and funding agreements entered into under title IV.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2C5AFD8EE89A45A394B7DF8DE550B002"><enum>102.</enum><header>Contracts by
Secretary of Interior</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
102 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450f) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAA8501E3BE384519865EA9ADB537A56E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>economic enterprises</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>except that</quote> and inserting <quote>economic enterprises
(as defined in section 3 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1452)),
except that</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0D4D1183C21401688F5AF62A18A5472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDC46144DBD22439BACA20999A5433B35" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H09ABE1723C05460886E0D5C2B276B58D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Good faith
requirement</header><text>In the negotiation of contracts and funding
agreements, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H984961CD41304CD297A0EC740FADE12B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at all times
negotiate in good faith to maximize implementation of the self-determination
policy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FB0512C375046E686E15E86EA19524A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out this Act
in a manner that maximizes the policy of tribal self-determination, in a manner
consistent with the purposes specified in section 3.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3356D7A567B546C9ACAEAB623D226445"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Each provision of this Act and each provision of a
contract or funding agreement shall be liberally construed for the benefit of
the Indian tribe participating in self-determination, and any ambiguity shall
be resolved in favor of the Indian
tribe.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H704BD495C2E14B3AB0C10752861BC086"><enum>103.</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450j) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F11DEF84AE14968B8A03F9B0E9A2E16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
in the first sentence, by striking <quote>pursuant to</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>pursuant to
sections 102 and 103</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF39159C76AD147FC8481A15C8A7153D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE0AD51E5A900418B8A97350FC8E8838D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD86DDF506F304B10A406F5FC34845091"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Interpretation
by secretary</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary
shall interpret all Federal laws (including regulations) and Executive orders
in a manner that facilitates, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="H8A170CA21EF3491BAF8A578DD8F63B1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the inclusion in
self-determination contracts and funding agreements of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10C31A88DE6A463E9B2832FB404B04D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applicable
programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions thereof); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H212102CF709E4593806160A7E7B82DCB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funds associated
with those programs, services, functions, and activities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50BB51CB70E44BE7820AD367B30CCEE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the implementation
of self-determination contracts and funding agreements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54322D0293034AA583FB75EFE20CFE4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the achievement of
tribal health
objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCAE4260DEBB74EABB7960F9F9D10CF04"><enum>104.</enum><header>Contract
funding and indirect costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106(a)(3) of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450j–1(a)(3)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94289FD5DD0346C5959F7E9EF6066D47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B74FD290F634DBD938FE963B2F1D617"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2491C1AB8B724232ACCEC742B8638338"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>expense related to the overhead incurred</quote> and inserting
<quote>expense incurred by the governing body of the Indian tribe or tribal
organization and any overhead expense incurred</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE1749B3995E452CABE1B2456C6AA42A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF18D3EB61BE54848975AFA235264BDF2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H878879907E1841679AF56B2071545D08" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE2DE5446246A46D894526F1FE97D7FEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In calculating the
reimbursement rate for expenses described in subparagraph (A)(ii), not less
than 50 percent of the expenses described in subparagraph (A)(ii) that are
incurred by the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribal organization
relating to a Federal program, function, service, or activity carried out
pursuant to the contract shall be considered to be reasonable and
allowable.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA774BBCC614D441AA416A5D1FBB16B85"><enum>105.</enum><header>Contract or
grant specifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
108 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450l) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3509CF74729242CD886EC26C95D3E5F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>subject to subsections (a) and (b) of section
102,</quote> before <quote>contain</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48F26D653BAE4D4BB49B2ADAA2444D71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)(A)(ii) of the model agreement contained in subsection (c), by inserting
<quote>subject to subsections (a) and (b) of section 102 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450f),</quote>
before <quote>such other provisions</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>TRIBAL
SELF–GOVERNANCE</header>
<section id="H001375B7391340AF8E34777F06078041"><enum>201.</enum><header>Tribal
self-governance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aa et
seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD7A8E80956E41239F91B685B5F7C4B4" style="OLC">
<title id="HFE0776E201B84800883F06B4FE0F23B0"><enum>IV</enum><header>TRIBAL
SELF–GOVERNANCE</header>
<section id="H4E4F2C0E5A3D4C90850B4B5D1CFB3AF3"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HC138E77A04254380971A158E1CBFCB59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compact</header><text>The
term <term>compact</term> means a self-governance compact entered into under
section 404.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7DF29C9D7824EC6AD6D4877AD0CAFE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction
program; construction project</header><text>The term <term>construction
program</term> or <term>construction project</term> means a tribal undertaking
relating to the administration, planning, environmental determination, design,
construction, repair, improvement, or expansion of roads, bridges, buildings,
structures, systems, or other facilities for purposes of housing, law
enforcement, detention, sanitation, water supply, education, administration,
community, health, irrigation, agriculture, conservation, flood control,
transportation, or port facilities, or for other tribal purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C81DCBC0C774071B764C84A6BC5D6EE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The
term <term>Department</term> means the Department of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B9061EC9E6D4BE88E5A2904A6654BF6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding
agreement</header><text>The term <term>funding agreement</term> means a funding
agreement entered into under section 405.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88B2B7091ECE424DAAB4C62FD31FD952"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Gross
mismanagement</header><text>The term <term>gross mismanagement</term> means a
significant violation, shown by a preponderance of the evidence, of a compact,
funding agreement, or statutory or regulatory requirement applicable to Federal
funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE09D8B20406A4044BA2F2D37AFC939D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a program
administered by an Indian tribe; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC226C017553A4670B17888CE03B5AA71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>under a compact or
funding agreement that results in a significant reduction of funds available
for the programs assumed by an Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F1EE813EE5E46978E3C7675195E69AE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Inherent federal
function</header><text>The term <term>inherent Federal function</term> means a
Federal function that may not legally be delegated to an Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H025FBED0304D45169230FFF14F064E8E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>program</term> means any program, function, service, or activity (or
portion thereof) within the Department that is included in a funding
agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C09D43390244247802DB064E69154CC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9F42BF297894ED4A1663168F3CF2E07"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Self-governance</header><text>The
term <term>self-governance</term> means the Tribal Self-Governance Program
established under section 402.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD5F9B4A8B434C87815DDBEEE3E30742"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Tribal
share</header><text>The term <term>tribal share</term> means an Indian tribe’s
portion of all funds and resources that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6C5E123E4554062B4DAC18F4FEE33EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support any
program within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Special Trustee, or
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77B97FE5E9A14428865388905740F003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are not required
by the Secretary for the performance of an inherent Federal function.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H95F363D3EE524F9DB446A5AC7EBFC60F"><enum>402.</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and carry out
a program within the Department to be known as the <term>Tribal Self-Governance
Program</term>.</text>
</section><section id="H9B1E9083AA7949EB9FC7C7E2E4B8064D"><enum>403.</enum><header>Selection of
participating Indian tribes</header>
<subsection id="H6797597AE038454780721320BEA50F88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H2346F4BC0374419ABB2F0C682E8690D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Participants</header>
<subparagraph id="HE14936665754413580BDA800E060866B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office
of Self-Governance, may select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year from those
eligible under subsection (b) to participate in self-governance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9438743A2DD24F39AE812B3D25FEF414"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Joint
participation</header><text>On the request of each participating Indian tribe,
2 or more otherwise eligible Indian tribes may be treated as a single Indian
tribe for the purpose of participating in self-governance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F1C030C9DBD48279CBECE23E396827D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other authorized
Indian tribe or tribal organization</header><text>If an Indian tribe authorizes
another Indian tribe or a tribal organization to plan for or carry out a
program on its behalf under this title, the authorized Indian tribe or tribal
organization shall have the rights and responsibilities of the authorizing
Indian tribe (except as otherwise provided in the authorizing
resolution).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F1437BD70B74C74B674F5CEFD4B9419"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Joint
participation</header><text>Two or more Indian tribes that are not otherwise
eligible under subsection (b) may be treated as a single Indian tribe for the
purpose of participating in self-governance as a tribal organization if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55C6BDD221044658B2C37F59FDA5B3A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each Indian tribe
so requests; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C6F316818724652875700C3BD8E1CEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the tribal
organization itself, or at least 1 of the Indian tribes participating in the
tribal organization, is eligible under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC71C3A582C4B999395509765884E8A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tribal
withdrawal from a tribal organization</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5669B05FE0F432EB1BDF36EEC06E9B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe that withdraws from participation in a
tribal organization, in whole or in part, shall be entitled to participate in
self-governance if the Indian tribe is eligible under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H943050E8C88A40F0B002A80927927707"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of
withdrawal</header><text>If an Indian tribe withdraws from participation in a
tribal organization, the Indian tribe shall be entitled to its tribal share of
funds and resources supporting the programs that the Indian tribe is entitled
to carry out under the compact and funding agreement of the Indian
tribe.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD470B1560EE347C6BA1DFA66EFACE622"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Participation in
self-governance</header><text>The withdrawal of an Indian tribe from a tribal
organization shall not affect the eligibility of the tribal organization to
participate in self-governance on behalf of 1 or more other Indian tribes, if
the tribal organization still qualifies under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE23527E9AC6F49EAA255899C54D1DC04"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Withdrawal
process</header>
<clause id="H17FDDDCC3D49457A9515B9B06F916F58"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe may, by tribal resolution, fully or
partially withdraw its tribal share of any program in a funding agreement from
a participating tribal organization.</text>
</clause><clause id="H29010DDFD4BE49C6AE5D2894B9C1E8BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
Indian tribe shall provide a copy of the tribal resolution described in clause
(i) to the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8CF6678E62204F96976D4B26BA425D69"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subclause id="HE0A2AB625F894BCA95EB43ACEAD9605F"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A withdrawal under clause (i) shall become effective on
the date that is specified in the tribal resolution and mutually agreed upon by
the Secretary, the withdrawing Indian tribe, and the tribal organization that
signed the compact and funding agreement on behalf of the withdrawing Indian
tribe or tribal organization.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0B1047EE129C400591A6FBDE862EF57A"><enum>(II)</enum><header>No specified
date</header><text>In the absence of a date specified in the resolution, the
withdrawal shall become effective on—</text>
<item id="HC60AB03AD4624870BE270BD63F154E4E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
earlier of—</text>
<subitem id="HED5BEA5F6D0847E59C39074A3C8810D4"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>1 year after the
date of submission of the request; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H2C63FA63521749FEAEC215C70269CA31"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the date on which
the funding agreement expires; or</text>
</subitem></item><item id="H796F09AFE38B44889D3811F576E7CA1D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>such date as may
be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary, the withdrawing Indian tribe, and the
tribal organization that signed the compact and funding agreement on behalf of
the withdrawing Indian tribe or tribal organization.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H814CD178B8EB487E9070572F3FA75752"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Distribution of
funds</header><text>If an Indian tribe or tribal organization eligible to enter
into a self-determination contract under title I or a compact or funding
agreement under this title fully or partially withdraws from a participating
tribal organization, the withdrawing Indian tribe—</text>
<clause id="HE0013FF308514DCE9B1C2B1A0D43ADC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may elect to enter
into a self-determination contract or compact, in which case—</text>
<subclause id="H12EF009A2AB142D589EF6D5EBDE0218D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the withdrawing
Indian tribe or tribal organization shall be entitled to its tribal share of
unexpended funds and resources supporting the programs that the Indian tribe
will be carrying out under its own self-determination contract or compact and
funding agreement (calculated on the same basis as the funds were initially
allocated to the funding agreement of the tribal organization); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB0FFDC7EC9E94EE5846E5BB8F0BEC7EF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the funds
referred to in subclause (I) shall be withdrawn by the Secretary from the
funding agreement of the tribal organization and transferred to the withdrawing
Indian tribe, on the condition that sections 102 and 105(i), as appropriate,
shall apply to the withdrawing Indian tribe; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2FA4D3509A1A47FD8945ABD709CE3860"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may elect not to
enter into a self-determination contract or compact, in which case all
unexpended funds and resources associated with the withdrawing Indian tribe’s
returned programs (calculated on the same basis as the funds were initially
allocated to the funding agreement of the tribal organization) shall be
returned by the tribal organization to the Secretary for operation of the
programs included in the withdrawal.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54DE4AF8C69E42F58CBD441708453316"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Return to mature
contract status</header><text>If an Indian tribe elects to operate all or some
programs carried out under a compact or funding agreement under this title
through a self-determination contract under title I, at the option of the
Indian tribe, the resulting self-determination contract shall be a mature
self-determination contract as long as the Indian tribe meets the requirements
set forth in section 4(h).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FAF6C3DB1C44979939DA6F7884353C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To
be eligible to participate in self-governance, an Indian tribe shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA52E0FD417D84B40855F30BF32BC46A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>successfully
complete the planning phase described in subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4EE20AFC34412BAB92C24B3F18162C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>request
participation in self-governance by resolution or other official action by the
tribal governing body; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBB9D5E6B30F483ABF55437FA2CE6C5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate, for
the 3 fiscal years preceding the date on which the Indian tribe requests
participation, financial stability and financial management capability as
evidenced by the Indian tribe having no uncorrected significant and material
audit exceptions in the required annual audit of its self-determination or
self-governance agreements with any Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6E9A33C46D14C00A38F3379491ACDDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Planning
phase</header>
<paragraph id="H70E4EF28C9E14F5FA5A6BD3457CAFD2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe seeking to begin participation in
self-governance shall complete a planning phase as provided in this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB1E21BB940148279AB015A5E7A581D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The
planning phase shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDFC03E5A2BE741868BD8C00D2093738A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be conducted to
the satisfaction of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4C61189314C4B7C96DA412D37171808"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include—</text>
<clause id="H709D6F41DC6241BCAA10D31F77A719AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>legal and
budgetary research; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81B13FB5AF324ADBAC3238E84C22D20C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>internal tribal
government planning, training, and organizational preparation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC839EF59EE634E2E8FC16970D400F836"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H75F13FAE6AFD405EAA1BDD1378871724"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, an Indian
tribe or tribal organization that meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and
(3) of subsection (b) shall be eligible for grants—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7533EA947D2D493B8434243F3B2E7FB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to plan for
participation in self-governance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CA3CA2E10024F9BB7E2E7D1EB98067B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to negotiate the
terms of participation by the Indian tribe or tribal organization in
self-governance, as set forth in a compact and a funding agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FF523613B1047118EC3C6E617A55320"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt of grant
not required</header><text>Receipt of a grant under paragraph (1) shall not be
a requirement of participation in self-governance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4C356969B7BA49F3B127F507A6DC27A7"><enum>404.</enum><header>Compacts</header>
<subsection id="H73BF1D521B7C4BC3974A1CE9314F7214"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written
compact with each Indian tribe participating in self-governance in a manner
consistent with the trust responsibility of the Federal Government, treaty
obligations, and the government-to-government relationship between Indian
tribes and the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43ADDE025A2644679C64EEF369A744E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
compact under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C844E4F59C042CEA08B1A07667CD95F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify and affirm
the general terms of the government-to-government relationship between the
Indian tribe and the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD11E11A24B1409A9BBDE6AC4FF2716E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include such terms
as the parties intend shall control during the term of the compact.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70631E6A52F7464790C752FBCADF4441"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>A
compact under subsection (a) may be amended only by agreement of the
parties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H667F2018ECBC467EB9B49C39ACFB2D71"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The effective date of a compact under subsection (a) shall
be—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB7B2CE49CE9469392E6DDA1CD2DE845"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date of the
execution of the compact by the parties; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C1B47091891476187929DC74DB2A63A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>another date
agreed upon by the parties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56FDD0C9E0D4402FB473E3FAED8E3993"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A
compact under subsection (a) shall remain in effect—</text>
<paragraph id="H215CB88173974854841FA2FC1D852054"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for so long as
permitted by Federal law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB8648D5173845B1B621872DBE0D001E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>until termination
by written agreement, retrocession, or reassumption.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BD94608E6744FC79831135F330F3C54"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Existing
compacts</header><text>An Indian tribe participating in self-governance under
this title, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Department of the
Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011, shall have the option at any time
after that date—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BADAC4329494B628B2D3EBBD658437F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to retain its
negotiated compact (in whole or in part) to the extent that the provisions of
the compact are not directly contrary to any express provision of this title;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE31E61C1704744748DA5F2B97259E344"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to negotiate a new
compact in a manner consistent with this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4DDB4ED08B43481AA90E3257B90B74E6"><enum>405.</enum><header>Funding
agreements</header>
<subsection id="HA79661E259D841D7BDF8ADA1070FFA9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written
funding agreement with the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribal
organization in a manner consistent with the trust responsibility of the
Federal Government, treaty obligations, and the government-to-government
relationship between Indian tribes and the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA6A80C809B44C68B2E72A798C0894CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included
programs</header>
<paragraph id="H39E0332AC7944BD5B42943C2EB64E065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bureau of Indian
affairs and office of special trustee</header>
<subparagraph id="H37F60B7DF4424E1FA251C4A8A7AC68DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is directed, upon the request of any Indian
tribe or tribal organization, to enter into a funding agreement to plan,
conduct, consolidate, administer, and receive full tribal share funding for all
programs selected by the Indian tribe and carried out by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the
Office of the Special Trustee, without regard to the agency or office within
which the program is performed (including funding for agency, area, and central
office functions in accordance with section 409(c)), that—</text>
<clause id="H51838344FEE440FE9FBF899464A8F444"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are provided for
in the Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="H93629D98F13043558284198B05AD67D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
administers for the benefit of Indians under the Act of November 2, 1921 (25
U.S.C. 13), or any subsequent Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE9584ED58FF4A8B8E66474EB34A2431"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Secretary
administers for the benefit of Indians with appropriations made to agencies
other than the Department of the Interior; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H95FDC4947E2144B79252D826D2094A95"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>are provided for
the benefit of Indians because of their status as Indians.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95E5F68B83F4467B8C2BB31D0D4C090F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Programs
described in subparagraph (A) shall include all programs with respect to which
Indian tribes or Indians are primary or significant beneficiaries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD3F4D5F9FC44160BB9498767A77B7D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary
programs of special significance</header>
<subparagraph id="HD3C2B190C35047E1945D7003D625BFC1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A funding agreement under subsection (a) may, in
accordance with such additional terms as the parties consider to be
appropriate, include programs, services, functions, and activities (or portions
thereof), administered by the Secretary, in addition to programs described in
paragraphs (1) and (3), that are of special geographical, historical, or
cultural significance to the Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3672258595754DCD9D9A80C82E13E383"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Governing
provisions</header><text>A funding agreement described in subparagraph (A),
including the additional terms, shall be governed by this title, except that,
subject to the discretion of the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="HE65DE720D2AA40A4A5170B86F738DD9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
accordance with section 406(d), the Indian tribe may have reallocation,
consolidation, and redesign authority over any program assumed under this
paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6EED0757437745E0877F72C53B15B752"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding
section 408, the Secretary may require special terms and conditions regarding a
construction program or project assumed under this paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H51D714AEA8F1480CAC485050D99CE0D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all Federal
regulations that otherwise govern the operation of any program assumed under
this paragraph apply to the Indian tribe, unless a specific regulation is
waived by the Secretary under the procedures set forth in section 410(b)(2),
which waiver request may be denied upon a specific finding by the Secretary
that the waiver is prohibited by Federal law or is inconsistent with the
express provisions of the funding agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H29B20F009C55461A9941F62DA7CEB4CF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
stable base budget, as described in paragraph (7)(B), may be provided for any
program assumed under this paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6902F1C006E4D55AA73A0B52BAA1E06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Programs
otherwise available</header><text>The Secretary is directed, upon the request
of any Indian tribe or tribal organization, to enter into a funding agreement
to plan, conduct, consolidate, administer, and receive full funding for any
program selected by the Indian tribe and administered by the Department other
than through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Indian Affairs, or the Office of the Special Trustee, that the
Secretary has determined is otherwise available to Indian tribes or Indians
under section 102. Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to provide any
Indian tribe with a preference with respect to the opportunity of that Indian
tribe to administer programs, services, functions, or activities, or portions
thereof, unless that preference is otherwise provided for by law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69A96521213E48E0B19AB21D151DE005"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Competitive
bidding</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H689198572B5044AB81577FDC721F4CD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supersedes any
express statutory requirement for competitive bidding; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H825A4B558F2C4CCDA287AF06BDB7E3E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibits the
inclusion in a funding agreement of a program in which non-Indians have an
incidental or legally identifiable interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50A7220289FA456E9418DFAE096698EF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Excluded
funding</header><text>A funding agreement shall not authorize an Indian tribe
to plan, conduct, administer, or receive tribal share funding under any program
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51B76801CA584D30BEBF8DEAC75E1323"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is provided under
the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0A238558EE443CBA367C817C4F5B5EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is provided for
elementary and secondary schools under the formula developed under section 1127
of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2007).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26C37203DD3C4453BBF402233DA40A1E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Services,
functions, and responsibilities</header><text>A funding agreement shall
specify—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5654E11D761A490F9F187072CF5756E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the services to be
provided under the funding agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75D4B37F44FA4198B06EA613F25C5998"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the functions to
be performed under the funding agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9548F79DCB6B47E9A46A1A4B5A6F1D44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
responsibilities of the Indian tribe and the Secretary under the funding
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2570120A75A497985A7E1394A07AEC1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Base
budget</header>
<subparagraph id="H30775087C8F441EFB8B3705EE1D0B2DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A funding agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, at
the option of the Indian tribe, provide for a stable base budget specifying the
recurring funds (which may include funds available under section 106(a)) to be
transferred to the Indian tribe, for such period as the Indian tribe specifies
in the funding agreement, subject to annual adjustment only to reflect changes
in congressional appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FBB739B3805474FAEAF48C33F523300"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Discretionary
programs of special significance</header><text>Upon agreement by the Secretary,
a funding agreement under paragraphs (2) and (3) may also provide for a stable
base budget.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67B06C58B28440828FFE19348BEED916"><enum>(8)</enum><header>No waiver of
trust responsibility</header><text>A funding agreement shall prohibit the
Secretary from waiving, modifying, or diminishing in any way the trust
responsibility of the United States with respect to Indian tribes and
individual Indians that exists under treaties, Executive orders, court
decisions, and other laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H589D5AE1B67F4C2ABE6DA839905330CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>The
Secretary shall not revise, amend, or require additional terms in a new or
subsequent funding agreement without the consent of the Indian tribe, unless
such terms are required by Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE70DFDF21179474CB12E5AB817C1F429"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>A funding agreement shall become effective on the date
specified in the funding agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2B40DB05817744519F2928FA1F6F528F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Existing and
subsequent funding agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H524BD34212844B49B0A2B1F358F85B8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subsequent
funding agreements</header><text>Absent notification from an Indian tribe that
the Indian tribe is withdrawing or retroceding the operation of 1 or more
programs identified in a funding agreement under paragraph (1) or (3) of
subsection (b), or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to the funding
agreement or by the nature of any noncontinuing program, service, function, or
activity contained in a funding agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H047A1B1DD57148699501B9E1C9739743"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a funding
agreement shall remain in full force and effect until a subsequent funding
agreement is executed, with funding paid annually for each fiscal year the
agreement is in effect; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DF36A14C15D4D7FBE9E5E7D4973E981"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term of the
subsequent funding agreement shall be retroactive to the end of the term of the
preceding funding agreement for the purposes of calculating the amount of
funding to which the Indian tribe is entitled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCF26DC2A0C4168B2540C2AFE09C5A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disputes</header><text>Disputes
over the implementation of paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to section
407(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H213B5552CE9144428624ADFA81A6CA5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing funding
agreements</header><text>An Indian tribe that was participating in
self-governance under this title on the date of enactment of the Department of
the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011 shall have the option at any
time after that date—</text>
<subparagraph id="H102524D45485449AABC24FA7C096F9BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to retain its
existing funding agreement (in whole or in part) to the extent that the
provisions of that funding agreement are not directly contrary to any express
provision of this title; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6B4BB1FC1B9471B91FEBDFB9EB3A3DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to negotiate a new
funding agreement in a manner consistent with this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB084B3DE2094D70A14C4FC5E49DBB6F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Multiyear
funding agreements</header><text>An Indian tribe may, at the discretion of the
Indian tribe, negotiate with the Secretary for a funding agreement with a term
that exceeds 1 year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFCF997824DBE406A9C50F0ABE353B13D"><enum>406.</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<subsection id="HE3B7C75694274185ABCDB13C940F330F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>An
Indian tribe and the Secretary shall include in any compact or funding
agreement provisions that reflect the requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H149C2E9B3B2E45C6B144A34F97137A57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conflicts of
interest</header><text>An Indian tribe participating in self-governance shall
ensure that internal measures are in place to address, pursuant to tribal law
and procedures, conflicts of interest in the administration of programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H448942D92495400B9E9CB0F7E1E77A1C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header>
<paragraph id="HC4F178B8F4944E0682CFE8F9DA44FE96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Single agency
audit act</header><text>Chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply
to a funding agreement under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B4F23CF841043E7B07B11CB316F7F2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost
principles</header><text>An Indian tribe shall apply cost principles under the
applicable Office of Management and Budget circular, except as modified
by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H79D077EBFE4A475287020377E477BB4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any provision of
law, including section 106; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34A0D05B806C421EB0B73B840704EFB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any exemptions to
applicable Office of Management and Budget circulars subsequently granted by
the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DF7138CE0A046809BAC5D7F5D205ADB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal
claims</header><text>Any claim by the Federal Government against an Indian
tribe relating to funds received under a funding agreement based on any audit
under this subsection shall be subject to section 106(f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8397F36CBF684246B49CD6470AC577CD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redesign and
consolidation</header><text>Except as provided in section 408, an Indian tribe
may redesign or consolidate programs or reallocate funds for programs in any
manner that the Indian tribe determines to be in the best interest of the
Indian community being served, so long as that the redesign or consolidation
does not have the effect of denying eligibility for services to population
groups otherwise eligible to be served under applicable Federal law, except
that, with respect to the reallocation, consolidation, and redesign of programs
described in sections 405(b)(2) and 405(b)(3), a joint agreement between the
Secretary and the Indian tribe shall be required.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1DE242D0CF0C4983979F397FDF7EEEF9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Retrocession</header>
<paragraph id="H857B92F18C7F461AB34BAAD648D7CE31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe may fully or partially retrocede to the
Secretary any program under a compact or funding agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C8880B8CAF7449395A7849245FE9033"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subparagraph id="HF1331F19192F41AA9DB7C5A4A7BAF556"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Unless
an Indian tribe rescinds a request for retrocession under paragraph (1), the
retrocession shall become effective on the date specified by the parties in the
compact or funding agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H329D1C964AD949FEB98925D5668D63C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No
agreement</header><text>In the absence of a specification of an effective date
in the compact or funding agreement, the retrocession shall become effective
on—</text>
<clause id="H34371E65072E42D4ACE350ACEDBFE70C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the earlier
of—</text>
<subclause id="H699386E2225145639834003212CE51A7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 year after the
date on which the request is submitted; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C9BB3F11A6642C7A4DDD8FC1EDF4FA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date on which
the funding agreement expires; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HBD12C45AF26A47AC8AADF493FF64481D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such date as may
be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the Indian tribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB4FA12F6A0DE4AFAAACC8DA39D905DCD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Nonduplication</header><text>A
funding agreement shall provide that, for the period for which, and to the
extent to which, funding is provided to an Indian tribe under this title, the
Indian tribe—</text>
<paragraph id="H0280BF106CC74343B56FFEE2843D6DB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be
entitled to contract with the Secretary for funds under section 102, except
that the Indian tribe shall be eligible for new programs on the same basis as
other Indian tribes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0880F2D0CF85460EAB8D088E2FA9B233"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be
responsible for the administration of programs in accordance with the compact
or funding agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A2AD355F05A464A8BBB5BBDAC4BE5CF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Records</header>
<paragraph id="H858B63D8662B4ACFAB740FBF30A852D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Unless an Indian tribe specifies otherwise in the compact
or funding agreement, records of an Indian tribe shall not be considered to be
Federal records for purposes of chapter 5 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36922B970EF146DD9FA8BAECE894A411"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recordkeeping
system</header><text>An Indian tribe shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27C7F086D2194057A191416ED8F8490D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain a
recordkeeping system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEACD2F9D6D2044CD8CB341807F3BA929"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on a notice period
of not less than 30 days, provide the Secretary with reasonable access to the
records to enable the Department to meet the requirements of sections 3101
through 3106 of title 44, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB92D5F470E82493EBE3D829D8577E036"><enum>407.</enum><header>Provisions
related to the secretary</header>
<subsection id="HB796940472A04CE88D5809D5043B8EF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Trust
evaluations</header><text>A funding agreement shall include a provision to
monitor the performance of trust functions by the Indian tribe through the
annual trust evaluation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5E47C3D98DE4073A6E7C8996CDB1944"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reassumption</header>
<paragraph id="HB66B2C6F123C4B9E945D6CBBFC3C96F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A compact or funding agreement shall include provisions
for the Secretary to reassume a program and associated funding if there is a
specific finding relating to that program of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A1622ACF6D2486B96B4CF4C63147665"><enum>(A)</enum><text>imminent jeopardy
to a trust asset, natural resources, or public health and safety that—</text>
<clause id="H9F282B133D5B488D837B641AC554D784"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
caused by an act or omission of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD872AA4E4CCE4D3797BA22C8A8597D3C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>arises out of a
failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5620436E03684F9EA62FF117EE5D644E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>gross
mismanagement with respect to funds transferred to an Indian tribe under a
compact or funding agreement, as determined by the Secretary in consultation
with the Inspector General, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19BC9A5803064015BFA74293F62C3C8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The
Secretary shall not reassume operation of a program, in whole or part,
unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61A40DE1079B4241A5280D55F7B147B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
first provides written notice and a hearing on the record to the Indian tribe;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC521E0317AB6498AAB05E78C1FECD25E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Indian tribe
does not take corrective action to remedy the mismanagement of the funds or
programs, or the imminent jeopardy to a trust asset, natural resource, or
public health and safety.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E285419C9404633BD0DDBE5999B0F59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<subparagraph id="HAD3CA9145EF84994B0075D5CEE7B4F88"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary may, on
written notice to the Indian tribe, immediately reassume operation of a program
if—</text>
<clause id="H0AB5C3AAEAA14F03B0B108996BEF60AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary
makes a finding of imminent and substantial jeopardy and irreparable harm to a
trust asset, a natural resource, or the public health and safety caused by an
act or omission of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H74AD3061BDC14B8B966536078A9294ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the imminent and
substantial jeopardy, and irreparable harm to the trust asset, natural
resource, or public health and safety arises out of a failure by the Indian
tribe to carry out the terms of an applicable compact or funding
agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98B293D6B9A34399BF8A5E09B2178452"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reassumption</header><text>If
the Secretary reassumes operation of a program under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall provide the Indian tribe with a hearing on the record not later
than 10 days after the date of reassumption.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A2D6DCC2A6244A587DEEE4604141765"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inability To
agree on compact or funding agreement</header>
<paragraph id="HD078C2DE70CD40DE871EA3AB5C9262F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Final
offer</header><text>If the Secretary and a participating Indian tribe are
unable to agree, in whole or in part, on the terms of a compact or funding
agreement (including funding levels), the Indian tribe may submit a final offer
to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CF5E9A678CE42A38F2DB4192DF010AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Not
more than 60 days after the date of receipt of a final offer by the official(s)
designated pursuant to paragraph (4), the Secretary shall review and make a
determination with respect to the final offer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75795CC85E3C496293C9B6F858D0DA2E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>The
deadline described in paragraph (2) may be extended for any length of time, as
agreed upon by both the Indian tribe and the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF19857295A414E7AB0E4E5E98325CCAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Designated
officials</header><text>The Secretary shall designate 1 or more appropriate
officials in the Department to receive a copy of the final offer described in
paragraph (1). The Secretary’s Executive Secretariat shall be the designated
official if no other official is designated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6B2DCDABE8A4BC3B2B5749D0A51291F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>No timely
determination</header><text>If the Secretary fails to make a determination with
respect to a final offer within the period specified in paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall be deemed to have agreed to the offer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6342159741E9490288BDC1CEE224AD9D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rejection of
final offer</header>
<subparagraph id="H2A782990E645419B8C6B41E9BB964B01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary rejects a final offer (or 1 or more
provisions or funding levels in a final offer), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HB6445DBDBF4B40388469FAC4F2D7A11B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide timely
written notification to the Indian tribe that contains a specific finding that
clearly demonstrates, or that is supported by a controlling legal authority,
that—</text>
<subclause id="HAED90779C1504DB796AE79772F9C5026"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of
funds proposed in the final offer exceeds the applicable funding level as
determined under section 450j–1(a)(1);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA1764CFB82B44DFBABB89A29F1F6D11F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the program that
is the subject of the final offer is an inherent Federal function or is subject
to the discretion of the Secretary under section 405(b)(2);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA8B4ACAD6109424391E266A1F5F00E42"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Indian tribe
cannot carry out the program in a manner that would not result in significant
danger or risk to the public health or safety, to natural resources, or to
trust resources;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4C9544FE20E340699D6B97E8099B9CB9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Indian tribe
is not eligible to participate in self-governance under section 403(b);
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2BF4900EB4EC412D9622A2DA84C8AA31"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the funding
agreement would violate a Federal statute or regulation;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H18D079A84EE5443A93DE8B21DBE36BEB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to overcome the objections stated in the notification required by
clause (i);</text>
</clause><clause id="H32EBEFB3DEE04D41A13FD02455CB19F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide the
Indian tribe with—</text>
<subclause id="H573823EF8B774D41A2A9015995744402"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a hearing on the
record with the right to engage in full discovery relevant to any issue raised
in the matter; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9E4735CB0DE84A96A443B60128EB7E06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the opportunity
for appeal on the objections raised (except that the Indian tribe may, in lieu
of filing such appeal, directly proceed to initiate an action in a United
States district court under section 110(a)); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAF1FF037D2734E9BBD244BD7D6330E90"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide the
Indian tribe the option of entering into the severable portions of a final
proposed compact or funding agreement (including a lesser funding amount, if
any), that the Secretary did not reject, subject to any additional alterations
necessary to conform the compact or funding agreement to the severed
provisions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA6B24B27AEF445CA2986852C1165823"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of
exercising certain option</header><text>If an Indian tribe exercises the option
specified in subparagraph (A)(iv)—</text>
<clause id="H7771B977241545289F3141340F4E780B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Indian tribe
shall retain the right to appeal the rejection by the Secretary under this
section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBFAFB1DF4EDE420B9BB4C39E8A321914"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall apply only to the portion of the
proposed final compact or funding agreement that was rejected by the
Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H17F8325DB2AA4D2C87CFE3133F3DE4F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Burden of
proof</header><text>In any administrative action, hearing, or appeal or civil
action brought under this section, the Secretary shall have the burden of
proof—</text>
<paragraph id="HF4ED62B270894EF888A739536CBD782E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of demonstrating, by a preponderance of the
evidence, the validity of the grounds for a reassumption under subsection (b);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9A4570364974308A114209645DD641B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>of clearly
demonstrating the validity of the grounds for rejecting a final offer made
under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A324CD6368A4558AB4901BBB7EB6EDE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Good
faith</header>
<paragraph id="HEAFA7758EF9143BE9F8372A18071547C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the negotiation of compacts and funding agreements,
the Secretary shall at all times negotiate in good faith to maximize
implementation of the self-governance policy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3901DCE756A44DF4A0239D56BFFF74FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out this title in a manner that maximizes the policy of
tribal self-governance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB576F070694349C78FC4AE9CBEC41DFF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings</header>
<paragraph id="HABBBFF4AA58147519FC0E7CA5038022F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the extent that programs carried out for the benefit
of Indian tribes and tribal organizations under this title reduce the
administrative or other responsibilities of the Secretary with respect to the
operation of Indian programs and result in savings that have not otherwise been
included in the amount of tribal shares and other funds determined under
section 409(c), except for funding agreements entered into for programs under
section 405(b)(2), the Secretary shall make such savings available to the
Indian tribes or tribal organizations for the provision of additional services
to program beneficiaries in a manner equitable to directly served, contracted,
and compacted programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9344C9BAA0984DD5B758AD54788E778D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary
programs of special significance</header><text>For any savings generated as a
result of the assumption of a program by an Indian tribe under section
405(b)(2), such savings shall be made available to that Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E14E82BB16A49C384AE957E65BDB9BF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Trust
responsibility</header><text>The Secretary may not waive, modify, or diminish
in any way the trust responsibility of the United States with respect to Indian
tribes and individual Indians that exists under treaties, Executive orders,
other laws, or court decisions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E2B9BB6F0654E2AB4373701C06242C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Decisionmaker</header><text>A
decision that constitutes final agency action and relates to an appeal within
the Department conducted under subsection (c)(4) may be made by—</text>
<paragraph id="HB96218B3C0334E32AD2AF6B4FFDFD546"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an official of the
Department who holds a position at a higher organizational level within the
Department than the level of the departmental agency in which the decision that
is the subject of the appeal was made; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37EF18A2F0C94013B8B4B7F037D8F2FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an administrative
law judge.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCD066CC82044DBE84B9BC642AB0BE07"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text>Each provision of this title and each provision of a
compact or funding agreement shall be liberally construed for the benefit of
the Indian tribe participating in self-governance, and any ambiguity shall be
resolved in favor of the Indian tribe.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0340AE493D1D4FFB820F30D397C3C9F9"><enum>408.</enum><header>Construction
programs and projects</header>
<subsection id="H636368C37B414D93B53F25CF87EAE4ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Indian tribes participating in tribal self-governance may
carry out construction projects under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H66384F8E8AD14FDCB8B78CC589C69CC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal option To
carry out certain federal environmental activities</header><text>In carrying
out a construction project under this title, an Indian tribe may, subject to
the agreement of the Secretary, elect to assume some Federal responsibilities
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and related
provisions of law and regulations that would apply if the Secretary were to
undertake a construction project, by adopting a resolution—</text>
<paragraph id="H12BD1053BDD54D04878432AA919A7322"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designating a
certifying tribal officer to represent the Indian tribe and to assume the
status of a responsible Federal official under those Acts or regulations;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85CE82723E0243AD940A4B0964506002"><enum>(2)</enum><text>accepting the
jurisdiction of the United States courts for the purpose of enforcing the
responsibilities of the certifying tribal officer assuming the status of a
responsible Federal official under those Acts or regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H236681AE2C394B34AE8CFE6C782B84BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), nothing in this section
authorizes the Secretary to include in any compact or funding agreement duties
of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and
other related provisions of law that are inherent Federal functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A463B63B0354195B829E79DDA213470"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Codes and
standards</header><text>In carrying out a construction project under this
title, an Indian tribe shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A55710E2F4F4BB3A8E78215A10E2080"><enum>(1)</enum><text>adhere to
applicable Federal, State, local, and tribal building codes, architectural and
engineering standards, and applicable Federal guidelines regarding design,
space, and operational standards, appropriate for the particular project;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5D434E44FA645C68795B32C17278BEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use only
architects and engineers who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBD28A08D1B374315B63F4761A328A7D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are licensed to
practice in the State in which the facility will be built; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82608C616C29448A914EF1AF32E0BDDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certify
that—</text>
<clause id="HCFA5F423DF8C41238DD653C8E474A2AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>they are qualified
to perform the work required by the specific construction involved; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A0D4B5DF43F4D3995D0E4B3E7E5105E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upon completion
of design, the plans and specifications meet or exceed the applicable
construction and safety codes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0E7C95D9D894211BCD96CB064977956"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal
accountability</header>
<paragraph id="HF35EC6DE7D1E4400BD03E34601813524"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out a construction project under this title,
an Indian tribe shall assume responsibility for the successful completion of
the construction project and of a facility that is usable for the purpose for
which the Indian tribe received funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98D88820F2264868B33957738FA62675"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>For
each construction project carried out by an Indian tribe under this title, the
Indian tribe and the Secretary shall negotiate a provision to be included in
the funding agreement that identifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1489070D47F343E1B18433B3C3BC4389"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the approximate
start and completion dates for the project, which may extend over a period of 1
or more years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21B4EF4DEE924BEFAB3F933CA62E482C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a general
description of the project, including the scope of work, references to design
criteria, and other terms and conditions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D025A0554074675A0A6002C906643D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
responsibilities of the Indian tribe and the Secretary for the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01F1D99E82D54873BED02893AC23F38B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how
project-related environmental considerations will be addressed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H242E4F7D74104390B982B391F113A31B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the amount of
funds provided for the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5456422EDC441F99D27D1CD4E3AD087"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the obligations of
the Indian tribe to comply with the codes referenced in subsection (c)(1) and
applicable Federal laws and regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEE11E2E5F2446A287A0BD4047C9204F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the agreement of
the parties over who will bear any additional costs necessary to meet changes
in scope, or errors or omissions in design and construction; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECD4CCC272E244A3ACFEDA37C39FC20C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the agreement of
the Secretary to issue a certificate of occupancy, if requested by the Indian
tribe, based upon the review and verification by the Secretary, to the
satisfaction of the Secretary, that the Indian tribe has secured upon
completion the review and approval of the plans and specifications, sufficiency
of design, life safety, and code compliance by qualified, licensed, and
independent architects and engineers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44F92AA7B68443A29CD921CDA56CB78E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H833733F958F54B978342CB435A7F2F2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Funding appropriated for construction projects carried
out under this title shall be included in funding agreements as annual or
semiannual advance payments at the option of the Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA540E12676D3494F9E27F581B31C69F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance
payments</header><text>The Secretary shall include all associated project
contingency funds with each advance payment, and the Indian tribe shall be
responsible for the management of such contingency funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BBCF0DC46D345C3BFE7B7E136876C92"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Negotiations</header><text>At
the option of the Indian tribe, construction project funding proposals shall be
negotiated pursuant to the statutory process in section 105, and any resulting
construction project agreement shall be incorporated into the funding agreement
as addenda.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07248C87F7E84FA1BAB71CB70342D2DA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal review
and verification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a
schedule negotiated by the Secretary and the Indian tribe:</text>
<paragraph id="H5DD99CBD15624ED2B57D7AE9092F1272"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="H764DF363F9894430A1F5B27BBB69E5EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall review and verify, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that project
planning and design documents prepared by the Indian tribe in advance of
initial construction are in conformity with the obligations of the Indian tribe
under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80D18587DB52498FAC5333EA7C499A87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Before the project
planning and design documents are implemented, the Secretary shall review and
verify to the satisfaction of the Secretary that subsequent document amendments
which result in a significant change in construction are in conformity with the
obligations of the Indian tribe under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1273F62B73B4261B289B4BA04DB88AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Indian tribe shall provide the Secretary with project progress and financial
reports not less than semiannually.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF1917161E3C48738F0F4281DAF4EC2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Oversight
visits</header><text>The Secretary may conduct onsite project oversight visits
semiannually or on an alternate schedule agreed to by the Secretary and the
Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1ED27EFFF3ED4C7DA10A3FA80475D515"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of
other laws</header><text>Unless otherwise agreed to by the Indian tribe and
except as otherwise provided in this Act, no provision of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), the Federal Acquisition
Regulations issued pursuant to that Act, or any other law or regulation
pertaining to Federal procurement (including Executive orders) shall apply to
any construction program or project carried out under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A5D39652977443BA271A84F498E725F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Future
funding</header><text>Upon completion of a facility constructed under this
title, the Secretary shall include the facility among those eligible for annual
operation and maintenance funding support comparable to that provided for
similar facilities funded by the Department as annual appropriations are
available and to the extent that the facility size and complexity and other
factors do not exceed the funding formula criteria for comparable
buildings.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H57EE96CFF44D46838D55311A14FE28C6"><enum>409.</enum><header>Payment</header>
<subsection id="H469E64D5988445EFBF35C78C86809880"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the request of the governing body of an Indian tribe
and under the terms of an applicable funding agreement, the Secretary shall
provide funding to the Indian tribe to carry out the funding agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C6F8B628FE84A6AA92F38B25EB258F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advance annual
payment</header><text>At the option of the Indian tribe, a funding agreement
shall provide for an advance annual payment to an Indian tribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H938A9286C08345DC8AE5FE8D471CE1BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount</header>
<paragraph id="H224984C56B974FC8897F710DD31FF202"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (e) and sections 405 and 406, the
Secretary shall provide funds to the Indian tribe under a funding agreement for
programs in an amount that is equal to the amount that the Indian tribe would
have been entitled to receive under contracts and grants under this Act
(including amounts for direct program and contract support costs and, in
addition, any funds that are specifically or functionally related to the
provision by the Secretary of services and benefits to the Indian tribe or its
members) without regard to the organization level within the Department at
which the programs are carried out.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE58CB57C99E84B9FB965F148B6CB68ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text>Nothing in this section reduces programs, services, or
funds of, or provided to, another Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H802AB6B1212C4D69BF88E03839684256"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing</header>
<paragraph id="HE2696F5B613D40B6B85B54CEF74E6F0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Pursuant to the terms of any compact or funding agreement
entered into under this title, the Secretary shall transfer to the Indian tribe
all funds provided for in the funding agreement, pursuant to subsection (c),
and provide funding for periods covered by joint resolution adopted by Congress
making continuing appropriations, to the extent permitted by such
resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33B5E0A26013478B8AE0910741445CBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Department of the Interior
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011, in any instance in which a funding
agreement requires an annual transfer of funding to be made at the beginning of
a fiscal year or requires semiannual or other periodic transfers of funding to
be made commencing at the beginning of a fiscal year, the first such transfer
shall be made not later than 10 days after the apportionment of such funds by
the Office of Management and Budget to the Department, unless the funding
agreement provides otherwise.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16B7CE5689984F67BA6D3F2113DF287A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds
for trust services to individual Indians shall be available under a funding
agreement only to the extent that the same services that would have been
provided by the Secretary are provided to individual Indians by the Indian
tribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5BF58197D384FD5BD143427ABA15572"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Multiyear
funding</header><text>A funding agreement may provide for multiyear
funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1CA3800A144407ABA7EA8954B7EE630"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations on
authority of the secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall not—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA374CDC6B82447E85EEBB7849143B38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fail to transfer
to an Indian tribe its full share of any central, headquarters, regional, area,
or service unit office or other funds due under this title for programs
eligible under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 405(b), except as required by
Federal law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD0B721D357C4C82AFC3A8040D8AEB30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>withhold any
portion of such funds for transfer over a period of years; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF4B7A526265442C85B4D5483F499511"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce the amount
of funds required under this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="H904BB4A1E9B845C7A46393D7C648725E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to make funding
available for self-governance monitoring or administration by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0CE8879A5534AD9B55F18E9E1E8ED27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsequent
years, except as necessary as a result of—</text>
<clause id="HFC9861253047439DB464AE19C8A096AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
reduction in appropriations from the previous fiscal year for the program to be
included in a compact or funding agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H624B601E2A57419192025AB85A64A9A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
congressional directive in legislation or an accompanying report;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDAD855E33984BEF86EE71AE402ACEFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a tribal
authorization;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE3844C2E1A1458C8A6E09D22EC5DBE4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
change in the amount of pass-through funds subject to the terms of the funding
agreement; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3048A6DA2B93475FA5A37ECC89EF03DF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>completion of an
activity under a program for which the funds were provided;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95298AF461154D07BCA38C6D6C332F13"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to pay for Federal
functions, including—</text>
<clause id="HA503A051B80D430FBD4D29C694705F07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal pay
costs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC3E9417C7B73405681B1033967EC8286"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal employee
retirement benefits;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAC090F362F146DFBA5E81AEFC5E019A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>automated data
processing;</text>
</clause><clause id="H18BADF628A62468FBB6F17BDFBD0CB49"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>technical
assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2ADD48679298424193516AEDA9371638"><enum>(v)</enum><text>monitoring of
activities under this title; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C07392454674E5297FB838F769551DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to pay for costs
of Federal personnel displaced by self-determination contracts under this Act
or self-governance under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7818AF14D8C64A65971746B618D85DAA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal
resources</header><text>If an Indian tribe elects to carry out a compact or
funding agreement with the use of Federal personnel, Federal supplies
(including supplies available from Federal warehouse facilities), Federal
supply sources (including lodging, airline transportation, and other means of
transportation, including the use of interagency motor pool vehicles), or other
Federal resources (including supplies, services, and resources available to the
Secretary under any procurement contracts in which the Department is eligible
to participate), the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, acquire and
transfer such personnel, supplies, or resources to the Indian tribe under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA44C9A08CAFF4D9990E6B5AFC0B94DB3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prompt payment
act</header><text>Chapter 39 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to
the transfer of funds due under a compact or funding agreement authorized under
this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5BC6EDBCB7C4A95AA57D3BF21EC7CE8"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Interest or
other income</header>
<paragraph id="H96EB7D0EB4284A9F860B4405073804A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe may retain interest or income earned on
any funds paid under a compact or funding agreement to carry out governmental
purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA26C2812CA404A7CA61A7B992125F29F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No effect on
other amounts</header><text>The retention of interest or income under paragraph
(1) shall not diminish the amount of funds an Indian tribe is entitled to
receive under a funding agreement in the year the interest or income is earned
or in any subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A0AAE50830748E499CDF9F9019AC7B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investment
standard</header><text>Funds transferred under this title shall be managed by
the Indian tribe using the prudent investment standard, provided that the
Secretary shall not be liable for any investment losses of funds managed by the
Indian tribe that are not otherwise guaranteed or insured by the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22C9219CD9564791A7D0FD7DB08C437F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Carryover of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="HB7C19984028046B28B168C3FFB76A97B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of an appropriations Act,
all funds paid to an Indian tribe in accordance with a compact or funding
agreement shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9754199C55DE4D0F8AC4A993CD6D7F69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
carryover</header><text>If an Indian tribe elects to carry over funding from 1
year to the next, the carryover shall not diminish the amount of funds the
Indian tribe is entitled to receive under a funding agreement in that fiscal
year or any subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA114E25397E3481382B4F292CB3D7F6D"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Limitation of
costs</header>
<paragraph id="H1B6FBAB9772A48EABC96CAAFEB89FFC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe shall not be obligated to continue
performance that requires an expenditure of funds in excess of the amount of
funds transferred under a compact or funding agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD57286625E15414BB430A14ECB0A841D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of
insufficiency</header><text>If at any time the Indian tribe has reason to
believe that the total amount provided for a specific activity under a compact
or funding agreement is insufficient, the Indian tribe shall provide reasonable
notice of such insufficiency to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H181D7ABCA8D647B198351FBE5BCF7F14"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suspension of
performance</header><text>If, after notice under paragraph (2), the Secretary
does not increase the amount of funds transferred under the funding agreement,
the Indian tribe may suspend performance of the activity until such time as
additional funds are transferred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FEBBD3AC45644B49CF9B8CE42D2935C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text>Nothing in this section reduces any programs, services, or
funds of, or provided to, another Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91F268112E034CE8B018B1A28A844A5C"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Distribution of
funds</header><text>The Office of Self-Governance shall be responsible for
distribution of all Bureau of Indian Affairs funds provided under this title
unless otherwise agreed by the parties to an applicable funding
agreement.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H52B1CCEB2FB8499A93923DD3CE007F75"><enum>410.</enum><header>Facilitation</header>
<subsection id="HC8ACD10E8D3748C6AFA1FB54C9BB068F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary shall
interpret each Federal law and regulation in a manner that facilitates—</text>
<paragraph id="H7732F538A244406E8C87ACA53346E332"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the inclusion of
programs in funding agreements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD5449F4E40245E59DD2B20A84D04876"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the implementation
of funding agreements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD53D48A0F674636AF333415A67BEC92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulation
waiver</header>
<paragraph id="HB03B03954F144C67B0B84AD9F9369CB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Request</header><text>An
Indian tribe may submit to the Secretary a written request for a waiver of
applicability of a Federal regulation, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C813BF5B76C46EF82748E17B1456A6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification
of the specific text in the regulation sought to be waived; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4A7A65811EF4755BA720092581ADCCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the basis for the
request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26657FDEB88B49539F54EA1EA0458479"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination by
the secretary</header><text>Not later than 120 days after receipt by the
Secretary and the designated officials under paragraph (4) of a request under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve or deny the requested waiver in
writing to the Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF7E4A900A5340B4933048BD642916A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>The
deadline described in paragraph (2) may be extended for any length of time, as
agreed upon by both the Indian tribe and the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E525022A6944AACB53D380645A592E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Designated
officials</header><text>The Secretary shall designate 1 or more appropriate
officials in the Department to receive a copy of the waiver request described
in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DE909ED0EAE4F24BE806B937CCD4539"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Ground for
denial</header><text>The Secretary may deny a request under paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H225BD2BC26754A71B0458241DAD0ACFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a program
eligible under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 405(b), only upon a specific
finding by the Secretary that the identified text in the regulation may not be
waived because such a waiver is prohibited by Federal law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB27566592E30439781672763C7B2389A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a program
eligible under section 405(b)(2), upon a specific finding by the Secretary that
the waiver is prohibited by Federal law or is inconsistent with the express
provisions of the funding agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40D0F748CF314524B17D79728151C8A3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Failure to make
determination</header><text>If the Secretary fails to approve or deny a waiver
request within the period required under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall be
deemed to have approved the request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDFB6632391040FDBB29FF18EF193FD5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Finality</header><text>A
decision of the Secretary under this section shall be final for the
Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCB2944424D2340479E203460E92DDF6E"><enum>411.</enum><header>Disclaimers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title expands or alters any
statutory authority of the Secretary in a manner that authorizes the Secretary
to enter into any agreement under section 405—</text>
<paragraph id="H988A963F988949018D15B6656E4A9BC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to an
inherent Federal function;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H102BF6DE63E544C9B33DEEBEBF81543E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in a case in which
the law establishing a program explicitly prohibits the type of participation
sought by the Indian tribe (without regard to whether 1 or more Indian tribes
are identified in the authorizing law); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71B707D80EEB4FEAB433715F60812E6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that limits or
reduces in any way the services, contracts, or funds that any other Indian
tribe or tribal organization is eligible to receive under section 102 or any
other applicable Federal law.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF00801BDB02B4ECB807BF95953372681"><enum>412.</enum><header>Discretionary
application of other sections</header>
<subsection id="HDF431324ED4F43A8B3B45B8AD7764DBB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in section 101(c), at the
option of a participating Indian tribe or Indian tribes, any of the provisions
of title I may be incorporated in any compact or funding agreement under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5CD4A904F46C416C91E152FF77EC1714"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Each
incorporated provision under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF712C2D15CB6402DAD3C247CB48DED8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have the same
force and effect as if set out in full in this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63928F19A2FD41ECAB2996BD80886513"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supplement or
replace any related provision in this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57D30340194E4DCBA9E61B834EEF71C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>apply to any
agency otherwise governed by this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC734EE2CAA14EA798D3A2B631EAC333"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>If an Indian tribe requests incorporation at the negotiation
stage of a compact or funding agreement, the incorporation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD202CF8706EF4D999879D926EC876A67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be effective
immediately; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2139194964D94133A2197AE2B8147147"><enum>(2)</enum><text>control the
negotiation and resulting compact and funding agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2B68687062BC4099A2F8C0D21DB5CB5E"><enum>413.</enum><header>Annual Budget
list</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall list,
in the annual budget request submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, any funds proposed to be included in funding agreements
authorized under this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H6B794A5CFB51491EB17D6DD97CC2F937"><enum>414.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="HB426FF7E431E4572AD53F501848FA195"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HB312082FE37A4F64BAD869B59068FB5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>On
January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
regarding the administration of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H427FB4CA58994657BC717168CA3CDC52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Any
tribe may submit to the Office of Self-Governance and to the appropriate
Committees of Congress a detailed annual analysis of unmet tribal need for
funding agreements under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0351A3107AF1413DBCE2484CC201E402"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report under subsection (a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H73BC5DDA47A449D38069DBDD94586496"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be compiled from
information contained in funding agreements, annual audit reports, and data of
the Secretary regarding the disposition of Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H851934F02A944C59B95C0F3112469AD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9AAC18813FF445D29B378AC8EFC4CBAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the relative costs
and benefits of self-governance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD743965925B949108EF88177C776DF1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with
particularity, all funds that are specifically or functionally related to the
provision by the Secretary of services and benefits to self-governance Indian
tribes and members of Indian tribes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87F9EB1AFD744793B37E163FE15D036E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the funds
transferred to each Indian tribe and the corresponding reduction in the Federal
employees and workload; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA14C7E3DB6194158A731573F1619E499"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the funding
formula for individual tribal shares of all Central Office funds, together with
the comments of affected Indian tribes, developed under subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60BC38FC335A44289AD3D30E2C240E1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>before being
submitted to Congress, be distributed to the Indian tribes for comment (with a
comment period of no less than 30 days);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD22C4A71F98647538B80C433103F2B0E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include the
separate views and comments of each Indian tribe or tribal organization;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F20BEF5DB844457B3FEAE9EB923EC0F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>include a list
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC97528B4517345C4BE49D50245819E4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all such programs
that the Secretary determines, in consultation with Indian tribes participating
in self-governance, are eligible for negotiation to be included in a funding
agreement at the request of a participating Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67937A4E4CEA4B39BE231E2C40ABD73A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all such programs
which Indian tribes have formally requested to include in a funding agreement
under section 405(b)(2) due to the special geographic, historical, or cultural
significance of the program to the Indian tribe, indicating whether each
request was granted or denied, and stating the grounds for any denial.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EEEB99F623F4E99B29AA3C9A6FFB6BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on
non-BIA, non-OST programs</header>
<paragraph id="H0C9D293AD11E44AB8C5F52000D51B389"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to optimize opportunities for including
non-Bureau of Indian Affairs and non-Office of Special Trustee programs in
agreements with Indian tribes participating in self-governance under this
title, the Secretary shall review all programs administered by the Department,
other than through the Bureau of Indian Affairs or Office of the Special
Trustee, without regard to the agency or office concerned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F27E813726C40DEB0CD553F12AAA78C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programmatic
targets</header><text>The Secretary shall establish programmatic targets, after
consultation with Indian tribes participating in self-governance, to encourage
bureaus of the Department to ensure that an appropriate portion of those
programs are available to be included in funding agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77D7C97328374408B56B5346E3ED6CCF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
lists under subsection (b)(5) and targets under subsection (c)(2) shall be
published in the Federal Register and made available to any Indian tribe
participating in self-governance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD313606187DE4FFDA87FD4F2DD2FBD9F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual
review</header>
<subparagraph id="HC5BB42ED850E4CFB8511AADB22366DB6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall annually review and publish in the
Federal Register, after consultation with Indian tribes participating in
self-governance, revised lists and programmatic targets.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3436547F53E04B659C6ADCB6B8464054"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
preparing the revised lists and programmatic targets, the Secretary shall
consider all programs that were eligible for contracting in the original list
published in the Federal Register in 1995, except for programs specifically
determined not to be contractible as a matter of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5EF5D4BD0F24701B18DC593844C91E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on
central office funds</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2012, the
Secretary shall, in consultation with Indian tribes, develop a funding formula
to determine the individual tribal share of funds controlled by the Central
Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee
for inclusion in the compacts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6DF741479D124BA3B12105107B0DA942"><enum>415.</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subsection id="HD9ADD7A8337B40FAACC77D7012652B94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H908E31A738844DC59D72F02D21296FFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Promulgation</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Department of the
Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011, the Secretary shall initiate
procedures under subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to
negotiate and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E628E7B9E1546A896AC47001D69427C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication of
proposed regulations</header><text>Proposed regulations to implement this title
shall be published in the Federal Register not later than 21 months after the
date of enactment of the Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act
of 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H555CB31E8BC44218975969FCC83E4516"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expiration of
authority</header><text>The authority to promulgate regulations under paragraph
(1) shall expire on the date that is 30 months after the date of enactment of
the Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F01A3919B134E799D1ADF99A1E12E2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Committee</header>
<paragraph id="HA2B57C4F95084574A0D13CBE08FC3AC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>A
negotiated rulemaking committee established pursuant to section 565 of title 5,
United States Code, to carry out this section shall have as its members only
representatives of the Federal Government and tribal government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H379DC5D9AB5E44979BCDDC05E39FB19B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lead
agency</header><text>Among the Federal representatives described in paragraph
(1), the Office of Self-Governance shall be the lead agency for the
Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84A4B695E6AB45D5A2CB1D1CC7FA6E2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adaptation of
procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall adapt the negotiated rulemaking
procedures to the unique context of self-governance and the
government-to-government relationship between the United States and Indian
tribes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7E21BC9CEE44145AE4DD6146D628FBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect</header>
<paragraph id="HE5F4AA488F3D45C68191B0A72DD80F9F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>The
Secretary may repeal any regulation that is inconsistent with this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC083BFC38EAB4C2A9A50B67C65AC02BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conflicting
provisions</header><text>This title shall supersede any conflicting provision
of law (including any conflicting regulations).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA307C557F324E1A8302071EDCF9F75B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effectiveness
without regard to regulations</header><text>The lack of promulgated regulations
on an issue shall not limit the effect or implementation of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB49BE92DE74145FFAA1F5BC930C1515D"><enum>416.</enum><header>Effect of
circulars, policies, manuals, guidances, and rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless
expressly agreed to by a participating Indian tribe in a compact or funding
agreement, the participating Indian tribe shall not be subject to any agency
circular, policy, manual, guidance, or rule adopted by the Department, except
for—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC7043DAACF9420D9FB88F78E068E5DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the eligibility
provisions of section 105(g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52DAF9B5E2AD45DD8126A10FBDD28088"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulations
promulgated pursuant to section 415.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB41877F513AE47DEBD73193742887999"><enum>417.</enum><header>Appeals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 407(d), in any
administrative action, appeal, or civil action for judicial review of any
decision made by the Secretary under this title, the Secretary shall have the
burden of proof of demonstrating by a preponderance of the evidence—</text>
<paragraph id="H15AA0CDE0470461796CFA2406AB776A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the validity of
the grounds for the decision; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD45174FFA1B94401969B578C47A7F5DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the consistency of
the decision with the requirements and policies of this title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1A89E2BBC304451690F257DAB6A37EE3"><enum>418.</enum><header>Application of
other provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 314
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
(Public Law 101–512; 104 Stat. 1959), shall apply to compacts and funding
agreements entered into under this title.</text>
</section><section id="H8EC84C10A49D470CA147ED4AF76B5AB3"><enum>419.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
title.</text>
</section>.