{"identifier":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e","title":25,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1638e.","heading":"Other funding, equipment, and supplies for facilities","text":"\u00a7\u202f1638e.\nOther funding, equipment, and supplies for facilities\n(a)\nAuthorization\n(1)\nAuthority to transfer funds\nThe 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\u2014\n(A) the purposes of this chapter; and\n(B) the purposes for which the funds, equipment, or supplies were made available to the Federal agency.\n(2)\nAuthority to accept funds\nThe Secretary may\u2014\n(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\n(B) use those funds, equipment, and supplies to plan, design,,\n1\n1 So in original.\n25 U.S.C. 450\n2\n2 See References in Text note below.\n(3)\nEffect of receipt\nReceipt of funds by the Secretary under this subsection shall not affect any priority established under\nsection 1631 of this title\n(b)\nInteragency agreements\nThe 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\u2014\n(1) the purposes of this chapter; and\n(2) the purposes for which the funds were appropriated or otherwise provided.\n(c)\nEstablishment of standards\n(1)\nIn general\nThe 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.\n(2)\nOther regulations\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, any other applicable regulations of the Department shall apply in carrying out projects using funds transferred under this section.\n(d)\nDefinition of sanitation facility\nIn this section, the term \u201csanitation facility\u201d means a safe and adequate water supply system, sanitary sewage disposal system, or sanitary solid waste system (including all related equipment and support infrastructure).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t25/s1638e.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1638e."},{"t":"heading","text":"Other funding, equipment, and supplies for facilities"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorization"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority to transfer funds"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"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\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the purposes of this chapter; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the purposes for which the funds, equipment, or supplies were made available to the Federal agency.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority to accept funds"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary may\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" use those funds, equipment, and supplies to plan, design,,","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original.","tail":" construct, and operate health care or sanitation facilities for Indians, including pursuant to a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ("},{"t":"ref","text":"25 U.S.C. 450","href":"/us/usc/t25/s450","tail":" et seq.)."},{"t":"ref","text":"2"},{"t":"num","text":"2","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Effect of receipt"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Receipt of funds by the Secretary under this subsection shall not affect any priority established under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1631 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t25/s1631","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Interagency agreements"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"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\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s1638e/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the purposes of this chapter; 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