,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #be        
7legislative day1 ,january #bd71 #bjai  
,mr4 ,udall 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tester1 
,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4  
,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,warren1 and ,mr4       
,schatz7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,budget  ,a ,,bill   
,to provide advance appropriations      
authority for certain accounts of the   
,bureau of ,indian ,affairs and ,bureau 
of ,indian ,education of the ,department
 of the ,interior and the ,indian       
,health ,service of the ,department of  
,health and ,human ,services1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,indian       
,programs ,advance ,appropriations ,act4
  #b4 ,authorization for advance        
appropriations  7a7 ,in ,general ,for   
each fiscal year1 beginning with fiscal 
year #bjbj1 new budget authority        
provided in an appropriations ,act for  

the covered accounts shall--  7#a7 be   
made available for that fiscal year2 and
  7#b7 include1 for each such account1  
advance new budget authority that first 
becomes available for the first fiscal  
year after the budget year4  7b7        
,estimates ,required ,each applicable   
,secretary shall include in documents   
submitted to ,congress in support of the
 ,president's budget submitted pursuant 
to section #aaje of title #ca1 ,united  
,states ,code1 detailed estimates of the
 funds necessary for the covered        
accounts of the ,department of the      
,interior or the ,department of ,health 
and ,human ,services1 as applicable1 for
 the fiscal year following the fiscal   
year for which the budget is submitted4 
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,applicable ,secretary ,the term        
applicable ,secretary means--  7,a7 with
 respect to actions involving the       
covered accounts described in paragraph 
7#b77;,a71 the ,secretary of the        
,interior2 and  7,b7 with respect to    

actions involving the covered accounts  
described in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services4  7#b7 ,covered ,accounts ,the
 term covered accounts means the        
following3 7,a7 ,the following accounts 
of the ,department of the ,interior that
 provide annual appropriations for the  
,department of the ,interior1 ,bureau of
 ,indian ,affairs and ,bureau of ,indian
 ,education account3  7i7 ,operation of 
,indian ,programs4  7ii7 ,contract      
,support ,costs4  7iii7 ,indian         
,guaranteed ,loan ,program ,account4    
7,b7 ,the following accounts of the     
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services that provide annual           
appropriations for the ,indian ,health  
,service account3  7i7 ,indian ,health  
,services4  7ii7 ,contract ,support     
,costs4  #c4 ,information on            
appropriations estimates ,section       
#aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#dj7 information on    

estimates of appropriations for the     
fiscal year following the fiscal year   
for which the budget is submitted for   
the covered accounts described in       
section #b7;c77#b7 of the ,indian       
,programs ,advance ,appropriations ,act4
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