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[H.R. 6535 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6535

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part 
  of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for 
                personal injury, 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. DEEMING AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF 
TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN 
CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY.
    Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1651) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 519. DEEMING AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES 
      THEREOF TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE 
      PURPOSES OF CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY.
    ``Section 102(d) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act shall apply--
        ``(1) to an Urban Indian organization to the same extent and in 
    the same manner as such section applies to an Indian tribe, a 
    tribal organization, and an Indian contractor; and
        ``(2) to the employees of an Urban Indian organization to the 
    same extent and in the same manner as such section applies to 
    employees of an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an Indian 
    contractor.''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.