123STA T .7 37 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9not to exc ee d$2,70 0,000 fr o m t hisa cco u nt and the ‘ ‘ I ndian H ea l th S er v ices ’ ’ account shall b eusedb y the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in con j unction w ith an existin g interagency agreement between the Indian Health Service and the G eneral Services A dministration
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d fu r th er, T hat not to exceed $ 5 00,000 shall be p laced in a D emolition F und, available until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings .ADMIN I STR ATI VEP R O VISIONS, INDIAN H EA L TH SERVI C E Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authori z edby5 U .S. C . 31 0 9 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate e q uivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior - level positions under 5 U.S.C. 537 6; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equip- ment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in private residences in the field, when author- ized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901 – 5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or otherwise con- tribute to the improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities. In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal M edical Care R ecovery Act (4 2 U.S.C. 2651– 2653 ) shall be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation. N otwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be administered under P ublic L aw 8 6–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 638, as amended. Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for administrative and program direction pur- poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation. None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and E ducation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation. None of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published Regulations.B u d get r e q uest.
