PUBLIC LAW 106-260—AUG. 18, 2000 114 STAT. 729 25 USC 458aaa-14. "(E) amounts expended in the preceding fiscal year to carry out inherent Federal functions, including an identification of those functions by type and location; "(3) contain a description of the method or methods (or any revisions thereof) used to determine the individual tribal share of funds controlled by all components of the Indian Health Service (including funds assessed by any other Federal agency) for inclusion in self-governance compacts or funding agreements; "(4) before being submitted to Congress, be distributed Deadline, to the Indian tribes for comment (with a comment period of no less than 30 days, beginning on the date of distribution); and "(5) include the separate views and comments of the Indian tribes or tribal organizations. "(c) REPORT ON FUND DISTRIBUTION METHOD. —Not later than Deadline. 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000, the Secretary shall, after consultation with Indian tribes, submit a written report to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate that describes the method or methods used to determine the individual tribal share of funds controlled by all components of the Indian Health Service (including funds assessed by any other Federal agency) for inclusion in self-governance compacts or funding agreements. "SEC. 515. DISCLAIMERS. "(a) No FUNDING REDUCTION.— Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit or reduce in any way the funding for any program, project, or activity serving an Indian tribe under this or other applicable Federal law. Any Indian tribe that alleges that a compact or funding agreement is in violation of this section may apply the provisions of section 110. "(b) FEDERAL TRUST AND TREATY RESPONSIBILITIES.— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish in any way the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian tribes and individual Indians that exists under treaties. Executive orders, or other laws and court decisions. "(c) OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. —The Indian Health Service under this Act shall neither bill nor charge those Indians who may have the economic means to pay for services, nor require any Indian tribe to do so. "SEC. 516. APPLICATION OF OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ACT. "(a) MANDATORY APPLICATION.—Al l provisions of sections 5(b), 6, 7, 102(c) and (d), 104, 105(k) and (1), 106(a) through (k), and 111 of this Act and section 314 of Public Law 101-512 (coverage under chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, commonly known as the 'Federal Tort Claims Act'), to the extent not in conflict with this title, shall apply to compacts and funding agreements authorized by this title. "(b) DISCRETIONARY APPLICATION. —At the request of a participating Indian tribe, any other provision of title I, to the extent such provision is not in conflict with this title, shall be made a part of a funding agreement or compact entered into under this title. The Secretary is obligated to include such provision at the option of the participating Indian tribe or tribes. If such provision is incorporated it shall have the same force and effect as 25 USC 458aaa-15.
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