I 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 409 To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to secure existing Tribal contract support cost reimbursements, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY20, 2023 Mr. C OLE(for himself, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Ms. BROWN, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Ms. S TANSBURY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. C ASE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. L AMALFA, and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- sistance Act to secure existing Tribal contract support cost reimbursements, 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 ‘‘IHS Contract Support 4 Cost Amendment Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:15 Jan 31, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H409.IH H409 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 409 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINA-1 TION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. 2 Section 106(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and 3 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5325(a)) is amend-4 ed— 5 (1) in paragraph (2)— 6 (A) by striking ‘‘but which’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘including activities that’’; 8 (B) in subparagraph (A)— 9 (i) by striking ‘‘respective’’; 10 (ii) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘the Secretary’s’’; and 12 (iii) by striking ‘‘or’’; 13 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 14 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(C) would otherwise be carried out by the 17 Secretary in support of the Secretary’s direct 18 operation of the program, but for which the 19 costs are not fully covered by the amount of 20 funds required under paragraph (1).’’; and 21 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting 22 ‘‘amounts’’ after ‘‘duplicate any funding’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jan 31, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H409.IH H409 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS