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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care

§ 1616c. Tribal recruitment and retention program

Statutory text

(a)

Projects funded on competitive basis

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall fund, on a competitive basis, projects to enable Indian tribes and tribal and Indian organizations to recruit, place, and retain health professionals to meet the staffing needs of Indian health programs (as defined in section 1616a(a)(2) of this title).

(b)

Eligibility

(1)

Any Indian tribe or tribal or Indian organization may submit an application for funding of a project pursuant to this section.

(2)

Indian tribes and tribal and Indian organizations under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.] shall be given an equal opportunity with programs that are administered directly by the Service to compete for, and receive, grants under subsection (a) for such projects.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    Pub. L. 94–437 title I § 110 · 90 Stat. 1400

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1616c

    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4794

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4794

  2. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 title I § 117(b)(4) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 1616c(c)

    Pub. L. 102–573 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) in section 110, by striking out subsection (c);

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, , 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5321 et seq.) of chapter 46 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.

Credits

1988–1992 · 2 acts
  1. 1988Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, , 102 Stat. 4794
  2. 1992amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 117(b)(4), , 106 Stat. 4544.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 108, , 102 Stat. 4794; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 117(b)(4), , 106 Stat. 4544.)

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