Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 229 To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bu- reau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Depart- ment of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 24), 2019 Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. SMITH, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To provide advance appropriations authority for certain ac- counts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Programs Ad- 4 vance Appropriations Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S229.IS S229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 229 IS SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, beginning 2 with fiscal year 2020, new budget authority provided in 3 an appropriations Act for the covered accounts shall— 4 (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and 5 (2) include, for each such account, advance new 6 budget authority that first becomes available for the 7 first fiscal year after the budget year. 8 (b) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—Each applicable Sec- 9 retary shall include in documents submitted to Congress 10 in support of the President’s budget submitted pursuant 11 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, detailed 12 estimates of the funds necessary for the covered accounts 13 of the Department of the Interior or the Department of 14 Health and Human Services, as applicable, for the fiscal 15 year following the fiscal year for which the budget is sub- 16 mitted. 17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 18 (1) APPLICABLE SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘ap- 19 plicable Secretary’’ means— 20 (A) with respect to actions involving the 21 covered accounts described in paragraph (2)(A), 22 the Secretary of the Interior; and 23 (B) with respect to actions involving the 24 covered accounts described in paragraph (2)(B), 25 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S229.IS S229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 229 IS (2) COVERED ACCOUNTS.—The term ‘‘covered 1 accounts’’ means the following: 2 (A) The following accounts of the Depart- 3 ment of the Interior that provide annual appro- 4 priations for the Department of the Interior, 5 Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 6 Education account: 7 (i) Operation of Indian Programs. 8 (ii) Contract Support Costs. 9 (iii) Indian Guaranteed Loan Pro- 10 gram Account. 11 (B) The following accounts of the Depart- 12 ment of Health and Human Services that pro- 13 vide annual appropriations for the Indian 14 Health Service account: 15 (i) Indian Health Services. 16 (ii) Contract Support Costs. 17 SEC. 3. INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATES. 18 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 19 amended by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘(40) information on estimates of appropria- 21 tions for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for 22 which the budget is submitted for the covered ac- 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S229.IS S229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 229 IS counts described in section 2(c)(2) of the Indian 1 Programs Advance Appropriations Act.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Feb 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S229.IS S229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS