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 100 STAT. 3207-141

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse among Indians as provided under section 4228, and (B) the incorporation of the minimum standards for those programs and services which it encompasses which shall be— (i) the Federal or State standards as provided in section 4205(a)(3), or (ii) applicable tribal standards, if such standards are no less stringent than the Federal or State standards. (2) Any Tribal Action Plan may, among other things, provide for— (A) an assessment of the scope of the problem of alcohol and substance abuse for the Indian tribe which adopted the resolution for the Plan, (2) the identification and coordination of available resources and programs relevant to a program of alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment, (3) the establishment and prioritization of goals and the efforts needed to meet those goals, and (4) the identification of the community and family roles in any of the efforts undertaken as part of the Tribal Action Plan. (d) GRANTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Interior may make grants to Indian tribes adopting a resolution pursuant to subsection (a) to provide technical assistance in the development of a Tribal Action Plan. The Secretary shall allocate funds based on need. (2) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal year 1987, 1988, and 1989 for grants under this subsection. (e) FEDERAL ACTION.—If any Indian tribe does not adopt a resolution as provided in subsection (a) within 90 days after the publication of the Memorandum of Agreement in the Federal Register as provided in section 4205, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall require the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and education superintendents, where appropriate, and the Indian Health Service service unit director serving such tribe to enter into an agreement to identify and coordinate available programs and resources to carry out the purposes of this subtitle for such tribe. After such an agreement has been entered into for a tribe such tribe may adopt a resolution under subsection (a). 25 USC 2413.

SEC. 4207. DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service, shall bear equal responsibility for the implementation of this subtitle in cooperation with Indian tribes. (b) OFFICE OF ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—

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5 USC 5331.

(1) In order to better coordinate the various programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in carrying out this subtitle, there is established within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs an Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. The director of such office shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary on a permanent basis at no less than a grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.

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