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 PUBLIC LAW 100-713—NOV. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 4833

shall jointly submit a report to the Congress on the health care services provided as a result of paragraph (1). "(d) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating any right of a veteran to obtain health services from the Indian Health Service except as provided in an agreement under subsection (c).". REALLOCATION OF BASE RESOUBCES

SEC. 711. Title Vn, as amended by section 710 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " B E A L L O C A T I O N O F BASE BESOUBCES

"SEC. 717. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any allocation of Service funds for a fiscal year that reduces by 5 percent or more from the previous fiscal year the funding for any recurring program, project, or activity of a service unit may be implemented only after the Secretary has submitted to the Congress a report on the proposed change in allocation of funding, including the reasons for the change and its likely effects. "Oi>) Subs^ion (a) shall not apply if the total amount appropriated to the Service for a fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated to the Service for previous fiscal year.".

Reports. 25 USC 1680g.

PBOVISION OF SERVICES IN MONTANA

SEC. 712. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Lidian Health Service, shall provide services and benefits for Indians in Montana in a manner consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in McNabb for McNabb v. Bowen, 829 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1987). (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be construed to be an expression of the sense of the Congress on the application of the decision described in subsection (a) with respect to the provision of services or benefits for Indians living in any State other than Montana. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR TRIBAL MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CABE SERVICES

SEC. 713. Title Vn, as amended by section 711 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR TRIBAL MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CABE SERVICES

"SEC. 718. (a)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall make grants to Indian tribes to establish demonstration projects under which the Indian tribe will develop and test a phased approach to assumption by the Indian tribe of the heall^ care delivery system of the Service for members of the Indian tribe living on or near the reservations of the Indian tribe through the use of Service, tribal, and private sector resources. "(2) A grant may be awarded to an Indian tribe under paragraph (1) only IJL the Secretary determines that the Indian tribe has the administrative and financial capabilities necessary to conduct a demonstration project described in paragraph (1).

Grants. 25 USC 1680h.

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