To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize additional funding for planning, design, construction, modernization, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health care facilities.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1811 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize additional funding for planning, design, construction, modernization, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health care facilities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 2021 Ms. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to au- thorize additional funding for planning, design, construc- tion, modernization, and renovation of hospitals and out- patient health care facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:20 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1811.IH H1811 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1811 IH SECTION 1. 21ST CENTURY INDIAN HEALTH PROGRAM HOS- 1 PITALS AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE FA- 2 CILITIES. 3 The Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amend- 4 ed by inserting after section 301 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 5 1631) the following: 6 ‘‘SEC. 301A. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, 7 CONSTRUCTION, MODERNIZATION, AND REN- 8 OVATION OF HOSPITALS AND OUTPATIENT 9 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. 10 ‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—For the purpose de- 11 scribed in subsection (b), in addition to any other funds 12 available for such purpose, there is authorized to be appro- 13 priated $5,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 14 through 2026. 15 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose described in this sub- 16 section is the planning, design, construction, moderniza- 17 tion, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health 18 care facilities that are funded, in whole or part, by the 19 Service through, or provided for in, a contract or compact 20 with the Service under the Indian Self-Determination and 21 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), in- 22 cluding to address COVID–19 and other subsequent pub- 23 lic health crises.’’. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:20 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1811.IH H1811 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS