United States Code · Section
§ 1638e — Other Funding, Equipment, And Supplies For Facilities
25 U.S.C. § 1638e
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(1) The head of any Federal agency to which funds, equipment, or other supplies are made available for the planning, design, construction, or operation of a health care or sanitation facility may transfer the funds, equipment, or supplies to the Secretary for the planning, design, construction, or operation of a health care or sanitation facility to achieve—
(A) the purposes of this chapter; and
(B) the purposes for which the funds, equipment, or supplies were made available to the Federal agency.
(2) The Secretary may—
(A) accept from any source, including Federal and State agencies, funds, equipment, or supplies that are available for the construction or operation of health care or sanitation facilities; and
(B)
(3) Receipt of funds by the Secretary under this subsection shall not affect any priority established under section 1631 of this title.
(b) The Secretary may enter into interagency agreements with Federal or State agencies and other entities, and accept funds, equipment, or other supplies from those entities, to provide for the planning, design, construction, and operation of health care or sanitation facilities to be administered by Indian health programs to achieve—
(1) the purposes of this chapter; and
(2) the purposes for which the funds were appropriated or otherwise provided.
(1) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish, by regulation, standards for the planning, design, construction, and operation of health care or sanitation facilities serving Indians under this chapter.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any other applicable regulations of the Department shall apply in carrying out projects using funds transferred under this section.
(d) In this section, the term “sanitation facility” means a safe and adequate water supply system, sanitary sewage disposal system, or sanitary solid waste system (including all related equipment and support infrastructure).
Implementing Regulations
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