[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2541

 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

                           September 24, 2019

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
  Heinrich, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
Smith, Mr. Tester, Ms. Warren, 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 2019''.

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 the first fiscal year 
that starts during the year after the year in which this subsection is 
enacted, discretionary new budget authority provided for the Indian 
Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts, and Indian 
Health Service Contract Support Costs, 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 each fiscal year to 
which subsection (b) applies detailed estimates of the funds necessary 
for the Indian Health Services and Indian Health Facilities accounts, 
and Indian Health Service Contract Support Costs, 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 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.
                    ``(C) Indian Health Service Contract Support 
                Costs.''.
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