S.Amdt. 2922

SA 2922. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 567, after line 19, add the following:

SEC. 2903. FUNDING FOR CONTRACT MEDICAL CARE FOR INDIANS.

Title VIII of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 826. FUNDING FOR CONTRACT MEDICAL CARE.

``(a) Appropriation.--For the purpose of the Secretary,
acting through the Service, providing payment for contract
medical care to Indians, there is appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums
as may be necessary, not to exceed--
``(1) for fiscal year 2010, $625,000,000;
``(2) for fiscal year 2011, $2,500,000,000;
``(3) for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014, the limit
specified under this subsection for the preceding fiscal
year, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the
medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) over
such preceding fiscal year; and
``(4) for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, one-fourth
of the limit specified under this subsection for fiscal year
2014, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the
medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) over
such preceding fiscal year.
``(b) No Effect on Other Funding for This Act;
Availability.--Funds appropriated under subsection (a)
shall--
``(1) be in addition to any other amounts made available
under law (including under a

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provision of this Act, the Social Security Act, the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), or any other law) for payment for providing
contract medical care to Indians; and
``(2) remain available until expended.
``(c) Study and Report.--Not later than October 1, 2015,
the Secretary shall study and submit a report to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the
Senate on the extent to which the funds appropriated under
this section have assisted in reducing health disparities
among Indians.
``(d) Budget Authority.--This section constitutes budget
authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents
the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for
payment of the amounts provided under subsection (a).
``(e) Definition.--In this section, the term `Indian health
program' means--
``(1) any health program administered directly by the
Service;
``(2) any tribal health program; and
``(3) any Indian tribe or tribal organization to which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services provides funding
pursuant to section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C.
47) (commonly known as the `Buy Indian Act').''.
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