[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1570 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1570

 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance 
appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year 
               budget authority, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 10, 2013

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and 
  Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance 
appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year 
               budget authority, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Health Service Advance 
Appropriations Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
              ACCOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 825 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1680o) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``There are authorized''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) For each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2015, 
discretionary new budget authority provided for the Indian Health 
Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of the Indian Health 
Service shall include advance discretionary new budget authority that 
first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget 
year.
    ``(c) The Secretary shall include in documents submitted to 
Congress in support of the President's budget submitted pursuant to 
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2015 and 
each succeeding fiscal year detailed estimates of the funds necessary 
for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts of 
the Indian Health Service for the fiscal year following the fiscal year 
for which the budget is submitted.''.
    (b) Submission of Budget Request.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(37) the list'' and inserting ``(39) the 
        list''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(40) information on estimates of appropriations for the 
        fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is 
        submitted for the following accounts of the Indian Health 
        Service:
                    ``(A) Indian Health Services.
                    ``(B) Indian Health Facilities.''.
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