U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 31, 2024
§ 5394.
Reports
(a)
Annual report
(1)
In general
(2)
Analysis
(b)
Contents
The report under subsection (a) of this section shall—
(1)
be compiled from information contained in funding agreements, annual audit reports, and data of the Secretary regarding the disposition of Federal funds; and
(2)
identify—
(A)
the relative costs and benefits of self-governance;
(B)
with particularity, all funds that are specifically or functionally related to the provision by the Secretary of services and benefits to self-governance Indian tribes and their members;
(C)
the funds transferred to each self-governance Indian tribe and the corresponding reduction in the Federal bureaucracy;
(D)
the funding formula for individual tribal shares of all headquarters funds, together with the comments of affected Indian tribes or tribal organizations, developed under subsection (c) of this section; and
(E)
amounts expended in the preceding fiscal year to carry out inherent Federal functions, including an identification of those functions by type and location;
(3)
contain a description of the method or methods (or any revisions thereof) used to determine the individual tribal share of funds controlled by all components of the Indian Health Service (including funds assessed by any other Federal agency) for inclusion in self-governance compacts or funding agreements;
(4)
before being submitted to Congress, be distributed to the Indian tribes for comment (with a comment period of no less than 30 days, beginning on the date of distribution); and
(5)
include the separate views and comments of the Indian tribes or tribal organizations.
(c)
Report on fund distribution method
(Pub. L. 93–638, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 106–260, § 4, Aug. 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 728.)
cite as: 25 USC 5394