[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6535 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6535


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 18, 2020

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.