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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 S T A T. 2978

42 USC I395f, I3%n, J^^^^^g. and note! I396d; 25 USC 1671 ' note ]^39g '

P U B L I C L A W 9 6 - 5 1 4 — D E C. 12, 1980

contracts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450) shall r e m a i n available u n t i l September 30, 1982. Funds provided in this Act, and those provided in fiscal year 1980, for the Indian Health Service, may be used for one-year contracts and g r a n t s which a r e to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds a r e appropriated: Provided further. That not to exceed $20,000,000 of the a m o u n t s collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be available until September 30, 1982, for the purpose of achieving compliance w i t h the applicable Conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, construction of n e w facilities, or major renovation of existing Indian Health Service facilities): Provided further. That funding h e r e i n shall be available for the lease of 24 u n i t s of existing housing in Bethel, Alaska, to be used as staff housing for the Bethel A l a s k a N a t i v e Hospital: Provided further. That funding h e r e i n shall be available for the lease of 47 units of housing to be constructed a t Bethel, Alaska, for the Bethel Alaska Native Hospital. INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings, purchase of trailers, and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 25 USC 450 note. U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian 25 USC 1601 Health Care Improvement Act, $84,469,000, to remain available until ^°^expended, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

93 Stat 973.

Appropriations in this Act to the Health Services Administration, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the rate for GS-18, for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for the initial lease of permanent structures without advance provision therefor in appropriations Acts: Provided further. That non-Indian patients may be extended health care at the Talihina Hospital in Talihina, Oklahoma, and the Zuni-Ramah Indian Health Service Unit in Zuni, New Mexico, subject to such reasonable charges as the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prescribe: Provided further. That notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act and in Public Law 96-126, except those used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation.