[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7362 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7362

 To provide full-year appropriations for the Indian Health Service in 
the event of a partial lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2018

  Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide full-year appropriations for the Indian Health Service in 
the event of a partial lapse in appropriations, 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 ``Pay our Doctors Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. FULL-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.

    If a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 is not in effect, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal 
year 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary, at an annualized rate for operations as 
provided in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division G of Public Law 115-141) 
for fiscal year 2018 and under the authority and conditions provided in 
such Act, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of 
direct loans and loan guarantees) that were conducted in fiscal year 
2018 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made 
available under any account relating to the Indian Health Service, 
including the ``Indian Health Services'', ``Contract Support Costs'', 
and ``Indian Health Facilities'' accounts.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

    Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to section 2 shall be available until September 30, 2019.
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