PUBLIC LAW 103-413—OCT. 25, 1994 108 STAT. 4269 Board of Contract Appeals established pursuant to section 8 ofsuchAct(41 U.S.C. 607)". ,.,.^ , SEC. 105. REGULATIONS. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended by sections 2 through 4, is further amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) of section 107 and 25 USC 450k. inserting the following new subsections: "(a)(1) Except as may be specifically authorized in this subsection, or in any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not promulgate any regulation, nor impose any nonregulatory requirement, relating to self-determination contracts or the approval, award, or declination of such contracts, except that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may promulgate regulations under this Act relating to chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, commonly known as the 'Federal Tort Claims Act', the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), declination and waiver procedures, appeal procedures, reassumption procedures, discretionary grant procedures for grants awarded under section 103, property donation procedures arising under section 105(f), internal agency procedures relating to the implementation of this Act, retrocession and tribal organization relinquishment procedures, contract proposal contents, conflicts of interest, construction, programmatic reports and data requirements, procurement standards, property management standards, and financial management standards. "(2)(A) The regulations promulgated under this Act, including the regulations referred to in this subsection, shall be promulgated— "(i) in conformance with sections 552 and 553 of title 5, United States Code and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section; and "(ii) as a single set of regulations in title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations. "(B) The authority to promulgate regulations set forth in this Act shall expire if final regulations are not promulgated within 18 months after the date of enactment of the Indian Self-Determination Contract Reform Act of 1994. "(b) The provisions of this Act shall supersede any conflicting provisions of law (including any conflicting regulations) in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Indian Self-Determination Contract Reform Act of 1994, and the Secretary is authorized to repeal any regulation inconsistent with the provisions of this Act."; and (2) by adding at the end of section 107, the following new subsections: "(d)(1) In drafting and promulgating regulations as provided in subsection (a) (including drafting and promulgating any revised regulations), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall confer with, and allow for active participation by, representatives of Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and individual tribal members. "(2)(A) In carrying out rulemaking processes under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall follow the guidance of—
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