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PUBLIC LAW 101-512—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1951 contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with the Indian Health Service under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) and section 338G of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1992: Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal Reports, organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and Public Law 100-713 shall be reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided further. That notwithstanding the existing Indian Health Service facilities priority system, $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of funding a demonstration program to equip, supply, operate, and maintain up to three health centers to be selected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Service, for the provision of Indian Health Service funded health services: Provided further, That the centers shall be selected on a competitive basis from those tribal applicants who agree to provide an appropriate facility for use as a health center for a minimum of 20 years, under a no cost lease, in exchange for financial resources to equip, supply, operate and maintain such health centers. 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, and purchases 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 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, $167,279,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service 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, and 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 no later Reports, than 30 days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, the Indian Health Service is to report to the Committees on Appropriations of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate on any proposed adjustments to existing leases involving additional space or proposed additional leases for permanent structures to be used in the delivery of Indian health care services: Provided further. That non-Indian patients may be extended health