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 94 STAT. 3178

PUBLIC LAW 96-537—DEC. 17, 1980 "(1) the extent of the unmet health care needs of urban Indians in the urban center or of rural Indians in the rural community involved; "(2) the size of the urban Indian population or the rural Indian community to receive assistance; "(3) the relative accessibility of health care services to such population in such urban center or rural community; "(4) the extent, if any, to which the activities set forth in subsection (a) would duplicate any previous or current public or private health services project in such urban center or rural community that was or is funded in a manner other than pursuant to this title; "(5) the appropriateness and likely effectiveness of the activities set forth in subsection (a) in such urban center or rural community; "(6) the existence of an urban Indiem organization or a rural Indian organization capable of performing the activities set forth in subsection (a) and entering into a contract with the Secretary pursuant to this title; and "(7) the extent of existing or likely future participation in the activities set forth in subsection (a) by appropriate health and health-related Federal, State, local, and other agencies. OTHER CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

Federal laws and regulations, exceptions. 25 USC 1654.

Payments.

Amendments and revisions.

Federal facility utilization.

"SEC. 504. (a) Contracts with urban Indian organizations or rural Indian organizations pursuant to this title shall be in accordance with all Federal contracting laws and regulations except that, in the discretion of the Secretary, such contracts may be negotiated without advertising and need not conform to the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793), as amended. "ft)) Payments under any contracts pursuant to this title may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments and on such conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. "(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Secretary may, at the request or consent of an urban Indian organization or a rural Indian organization, revise or amend any contract made by the Secretary with such organization under this title as necessary to carry out the purposes of this title: Provided, however. That whenever an urban Indian organization or a rural Indian organization requests retrocession of the Secretary for any contract entered into pursuant to this title, such retrocession shall become effective upon a date specified by the Secretary not more than one hundred and twenty days from the date of the request by the organization or at such later date as may be mutually agreed to by the Secretary and the organization. "(d) In connection with any contract made pursuant to this title, the Secretary may permit an urban Indian organization or a rural Indian organization to utilize, in carrying out such contract, existing facilities owned by the Federal Government within the Secretary's jurisdiction under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon for the use and maintenance of such facilities. "(e) Contracts with urban or rural Indian organizations and regulations adopted pursuant to this title shall include provisions to assure the fair and uniform provision to urban or rural Indians of services and assistance under such contracts by such organizations.

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