authority regulation

CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND INDIAN
HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part

900

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Contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act ....................................

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PART 900—CONTRACTS UNDER THE
INDIAN
SELF-DETERMINATION
AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE
ACT

900.18 What happens if a proposal is not declined within 90 days after it is received
by the Secretary?
900.19 What happens when a proposal is approved?

Subpart A—General Provisions

Subpart E—Declination Procedures

Sec.
900.1 Authority.
900.2 Purpose and scope.
900.3 Policy statements.
900.4 Effect on existing tribal rights.
900.5 Effect of these regulations on Federal
program guidelines, manual, or policy directives.

Subpart B—Definitions
900.6

Definitions.

Subpart C—Contract Proposal Contents
900.7 What technical assistance is available
to assist in preparing an initial contract
proposal?
900.8 What must an initial contract proposal contain?
900.9 May the Secretary require an Indian
tribe or tribal organization to submit
any other information beyond that identified in § 900.8?
900.10 How does an Indian tribe or tribal organization secure a list of all Federal
property currently in use in carrying out
the programs, functions, services, or activities that benefit the Indian tribe or
tribal organization to assist in negotiating a contract?
900.11 What should an Indian tribe or tribal
organization that is proposing a contract
do about specifying the Federal property
that the Indian tribe or tribal organization may wish to use in carrying out the
contract?
900.12 Are the proposal contents requirements the same for renewal of a contract
that is expiring and for securing an annual funding agreement after the first
year of the funding agreement?
900.13 Does the contract proposal become
part of the final contract?

Subpart D—Review and Approval of
Contract Proposals
900.14 What does this subpart cover?
900.15 What shall the Secretary do upon receiving a proposal?
900.16 How long does the Secretary have to
review and approve the proposal and
award the contract, or decline a proposal?
900.17 Can the statutory 90-day period be extended?

900.20 What does this subpart cover?
900.21 When can a proposal be declined?
900.22 For what reasons can the Secretary
decline a proposal?
900.23 Can the Secretary decline a proposal
where the Secretary’s objection can be
overcome through the contract?
900.24 Can a contract proposal for an Indian
tribe or tribal organization’s share of administrative programs, functions, services, and activities be declined for any
reason other than the five reasons specified in § 900.22?
900.25 What if only a portion of a proposal
raises one of the five declination criteria?
900.26 What happens if the Secretary declines a part of a proposal on the ground
that the proposal proposes in part to
plan, conduct, or administer a program,
function, service or activity that is beyond the scope of programs covered
under section 102(a) of the Act, or proposes a level of funding that is in excess
of the applicable level determined under
section 106(a) of the Act?
900.27 If an Indian tribe or tribal organization elects to contract for a severable
portion of a proposal, does the Indian
tribe or tribal organization lose its appeal rights to challenge the portion of
the proposal that was declined?
900.28 Is technical assistance available to an
Indian tribe or tribal organization to
avoid declination of a proposal?
900.29 What is the Secretary required to do
if the Secretary decides to decline all or
a portion of a proposal?
900.30 When the Secretary declines all or a
portion of a proposal, is the Secretary required to provide an Indian tribe or tribal organization with technical assistance?
900.31 When the Secretary declines all or a
portion of a proposal, is an Indian tribe
or tribal organization entitled to any appeal?
900.32 Can the Secretary decline an Indian
tribe or tribal organization’s proposed
successor annual funding agreement?
900.33 Are all proposals to renew term contracts subject to the declination criteria?

Subpart F—Standards for Tribal or Tribal
Organization Management Systems
GENERAL
900.35

What is the purpose of this subpart?

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900.36 What requirements are imposed upon
Indian tribes or tribal organizations by
this subpart?
900.37 What provisions of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars or the
‘‘common rule’’ apply to self-determination contracts?
900.38 Do these standards apply to the subcontractors of an Indian tribe or tribal
organization carrying out a self-determination contract?
900.39 What is the difference between a
standard and a system?
900.40 When are Indian tribe or tribal organization management standards and
management systems evaluated?
900.41 How long must an Indian tribe or
tribal organization keep management
system records?
STANDARDS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
900.42 What are the general financial management system standards that apply to
an Indian tribe carrying out a self-determination contract?
900.43 What are the general financial management system standards that apply to
a tribal organization carrying out a selfdetermination contract?
900.44 What minimum general standards
apply to all Indian tribe or tribal organization financial management systems
when carrying out a self-determination
contract?
900.45 What specific minimum requirements
shall an Indian tribe or tribal organization’s financial management system contain to meet these standards?
900.46 What requirements are imposed upon
the Secretary for financial management
by these standards?
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
STANDARDS
900.47 When procuring property or services
with self-determination contract funds,
can an Indian tribe or tribal organization
follow the same procurement policies
and procedures applicable to other Indian
tribe or tribal organization funds?
900.48 If the Indian tribe or tribal organization does not propose different standards,
what basic standards shall the Indian
tribe or tribal organization follow?
900.49 What procurement standards apply to
subcontracts?
900.50 What Federal laws, regulations, and
Executive Orders apply to subcontractors?
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARDS
900.51 What is an Indian tribe or tribal organization’s property management system
expected to do?

900.52 What type of property is the property
management system required to track?
900.53 What kind of records shall the property management system maintain?
900.54 Should the property management
system prescribe internal controls?
900.55 What are the standards for inventories?
900.56 What maintenance is required for
property?
900.57 What if the Indian tribe or tribal organization chooses not to take title to
property furnished or acquired under the
contract?
900.58 Do the same accountability and control procedures described above apply to
Federal property?
900.59 How are the inventory requirements
for Federal property different than for
tribal property?
900.60 How does an Indian tribe or tribal organization dispose of Federal personal
property?

Subpart G—Programmatic Reports and
Data Requirements
900.65 What programmatic reports and data
shall the Indian tribe or tribal organization provide?
900.66 What happens if the Indian tribe or
tribal organization and the Secretary
cannot come to an agreement concerning
the type and/or frequency of program
narrative and/or program data report(s)?
900.67 Will there be a uniform data set for
all IHS programs?
900.68 Will this uniform data set be required
of all Indian tribe or tribal organizations
contracting with the IHS under the Act?

Subpart H—Lease of Tribally-Owned
Buildings by the Secretary
900.69 What is the purpose of this subpart?
900.70 What elements are included in the
compensation for a lease entered into between the Secretary and an Indian tribe
or tribal organization for a building
owned or leased by the Indian tribe or
tribal organization that is used for administration or delivery of services
under the Act?
900.71 What type of reserve fund is anticipated for funds deposited into a reserve
for replacement of facilities as specified
in § 900.70(c)?
900.72 Who is the guardian of the fund and
may the funds be invested?
900.73 Is a lease with the Secretary the only
method available to recover the types of
cost described in § 900.70?
900.74 How may an Indian tribe or tribal organization propose a lease to be compensated for the use of facilities?

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Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior, IHS, HHS
Subpart I—Property Donation Procedures
GENERAL
900.85 What is the purpose of this subpart?
900.86 How will the Secretary exercise discretion to acquire and donate BIA or IHS
excess property and excess and surplus
Federal property to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization?

Pt. 900
900.100 May the Secretary elect to reacquire
excess BIA or IHS property whose title
has been transferred to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization?
900.101 Is excess BIA or IHS real property to
which an Indian tribe or tribal organization has taken title eligible for facilities
operation and maintenance funding from
the Secretary?

GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY

EXCESS OR SURPLUS GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
OF OTHER AGENCIES

900.87 How does an Indian tribe or tribal organization obtain title to property furnished by the Federal government for use
in the performance of a contract or grant
agreement
pursuant
to
section
105(f)(2)(A) of the Act?
900.88 What should the Indian tribe or tribal
organization do if it wants to obtain title
to government-furnished real property
that includes land not already held in
trust?
900.89 When may the Secretary elect to reacquire government-furnished property
whose title has been transferred to an Indian tribe or tribal organization?
900.90 Does government-furnished real property to which an Indian tribe or tribal organization has taken title continue to be
eligible for facilities operation and maintenance funding from the Secretary?

900.102 What is excess or surplus government property of other agencies?
900.103 How can Indian tribes or tribal organizations learn about property that has
been designated as excess or surplus government property?
900.104 How may an Indian tribe or tribal
organization receive excess or surplus
government property of other agencies?
900.105 Who takes title to excess or surplus
Federal property donated to an Indian
tribe or tribal organization?
900.106 If a contract or grant agreement or
portion thereof is retroceded, reassumed,
terminated, or expires, may the Secretary reacquire title to excess or surplus Federal property of other agencies
that was donated to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization?

CONTRACTOR-PURCHASED PROPERTY

PROPERTY ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT
FUNDING

900.91 Who takes title to property purchased with funds under a self-determination contract or grant agreement
pursuant to section 105(f)(2)(A) of the
Act?
900.92 What should the Indian tribe or tribal
organization do if it wants contractorpurchased real property to be taken into
trust?
900.93 When may the Secretary elect to acquire title to contractor-purchased property?
900.94 Is contractor-purchased real property
to which an Indian tribe or tribal organization holds title eligible for facilities
operation and maintenance funding from
the Secretary?
BIA AND IHS EXCESS PROPERTY
900.95 What is BIA or IHS excess property?
900.96 How can Indian tribes or tribal organizations learn about BIA and IHS excess
property?
900.97 How can an Indian tribe or tribal organization acquire excess BIA or IHS
property?
900.98 Who takes title to excess BIA or IHS
property donated to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization?
900.99 Who takes title to any land that is
part of excess BIA or IHS real property
donated to an Indian tribe or tribal organization?

900.107 What property to which an Indian
tribe or tribal organization obtains title
under this subpart is eligible for replacement funding?

Subpart J—Construction
900.110 What does this subpart cover?
900.111 What activities of construction programs are contractible?
900.112 What are construction phases?
900.113 Definitions.
900.114 Why is there a separate subpart in
these regulations for construction contracts and grants?
900.115 How do self-determination construction contracts relate to ordinary Federal
procurement contracts?
900.116 Are negotiated fixed-price contracts
treated the same as cost-reimbursable
contracts?
900.117 Do these ‘‘construction contract’’
regulations apply to planning services?
900.118 Do these ‘‘construction contract’’
regulations apply to construction management services?
900.119 To what extent shall the Secretary
consult with affected Indian tribes before
spending funds for any construction
project?
900.120 How does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization find out about a construction project?

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900.121 What
happens
during
the
preplanning phase and can an Indian
tribe or tribal organization perform any
of the activities involved in this process?
900.122 What does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization do if it wants to secure a
construction contract?
900.123 What happens if the Indian tribe or
tribal organization and the Secretary
cannot develop a mutually agreeable
contract proposal?
900.124 May the Indian tribe or tribal organization elect to use a grant in lieu of a
contract?
900.125 What shall a construction contract
proposal contain?
900.126 Shall a construction contract proposal incorporate provisions of Federal
construction guidelines and manuals?
900.127 What can be included in the Indian
tribe or tribal organization’s contract
budget?
900.128 What funding shall the Secretary
provide in a construction contract?
900.129 How do the Secretary and Indian
tribe or tribal organization arrive at an
overall fair and reasonable price for the
performance of a construction contract?
900.130 What role does the Indian tribe or
tribal organization play during the performance of a self-determination construction contract?
900.131 What role does the Secretary play
during the performance of a self-determination construction contract?
900.132 Once a contract and/or grant is
awarded, how will the Indian tribe or
tribal organization receive payments?
900.133 Does the declination process or the
Contract Dispute Act apply to construction contract amendments proposed either by an Indian tribe or tribal organization or the Secretary?
900.134 At the end of a self-determination
construction contract, what happens to
savings on a cost-reimbursement contract?
900.135 May the time frames for action set
out in this subpart be reduced?
900.136 Do tribal employment rights ordinances apply to construction contracts
and subcontracts?
900.137 Do all provisions of the other subparts apply to contracts awarded under
this subpart?

Subpart K—Waiver Procedures
900.140 Can any provision of the regulations
under this part be waived?
900.141 How does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization get a waiver?
900.142 Does an Indian tribe or tribal organization’s waiver request have to be included in an initial contract proposal?
900.143 How is a waiver request processed?

900.144 What happens if the Secretary
makes no decision within the 90-day period?
900.145 On what basis may the Secretary
deny a waiver request?
900.146 Is technical assistance available for
waiver requests?
900.147 What appeal rights are available?
900.148 How can an Indian tribe or tribal organization secure a determination that a
law or regulation has been superseded by
the Indian Self-Determination Act, as
specified in section 107(b) of the Act?

Subpart L—Appeals
APPEALS OTHER THAN EMERGENCY REASSUMPTION AND SUSPENSION, WITHHOLDING OR
DELAY IN PAYMENT
900.150 What decisions can an Indian tribe
or tribal organization appeal under this
subpart?
900.151 Are there any appeals this subpart
does not cover?
900.152 How does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization know where and when to
file its appeal from decisions made by
agencies of DOI or DHHS?
900.153 Does an Indian tribe or tribal organization have any options besides an appeal?
900.154 How does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization request an informal conference?
900.155 How is an informal conference held?
900.156 What happens after the informal
conference?
900.157 Is the recommended decision always
final?
900.158 How does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization appeal the initial decision,
if it does not request an informal conference or if it does not agree with the
recommended decision resulting from the
informal conference?
900.159 May an Indian tribe or tribal organization get an extension of time to file a
notice of appeal?
900.160 What happens after an Indian tribe
or tribal organization files an appeal?
900.161 How is a hearing arranged?
900.162 What happens when a hearing is necessary?
900.163 What is the Secretary’s burden of
proof for appeals from decisions under
§ 900.150(a) through § 900.150(g)?
900.164 What rights do Indian tribes, tribal
organizations, and the government have
during the appeal process?
900.165 What happens after the hearing?
900.166 Is the recommended decision always
final?
900.167 If an Indian tribe or tribal organization objects to the recommended decision, what will the Secretary of Health
and Human Services or the IBIA do?

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900.168 Will an appeal hurt the Indian tribe
or tribal organization’s position in other
contract negotiations?
900.169 Will the decisions on appeals be
available for the public to review?
APPEALS OF EMERGENCY REASSUMPTION OF
SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACTS OR SUSPENSIONS, WITHHOLDING OR DELAY OF PAYMENTS UNDER A SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACT

900.170 What happens in the case of emergency reassumption or suspension or
withholding or delay of payments?
900.171 Will there be a hearing?
900.172 What happens after the hearing?
900.173 Is the recommended decision always
final?
900.174 If an Indian tribe or tribal organization objects to the recommended decision, what will the Secretary of Health
and Human Services or the IBIA do?
900.175 Will an appeal hurt an Indian tribe
or tribal organization’s position in other
contract negotiations?
900.176 Will the decisions on appeals be
available for the public to review?
APPLICABILITY OF THE EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE ACT
900.177 Does the Equal Access to Justice Act
(EAJA) apply to appeals under this subpart?

Subpart M—Federal Tort Claims Act
Coverage General Provisions
900.180 What does this subpart cover?
900.181 What definitions apply to this subpart?
900.182 What other statutes and regulations
apply to FTCA coverage?
900.183 Do Indian tribes and tribal organizations need to be aware of areas which
FTCA does not cover?
900.184 Is there a deadline for filing FTCA
claims?
900.185 How long does the Federal government have to process an FTCA claim
after the claim is received by the Federal
agency, before a lawsuit may be filed?
900.186 Is it necessary for a self-determination contract to include any clauses
about Federal Tort Claims Act coverage?
900.187 Does FTCA apply to a self-determination contract if FTCA is not referenced in the contract?
900.188 To what extent shall the contractor
cooperate with the Federal government
in connection with tort claims arising
out of the contractor’s performance?
900.189 Does this coverage extend to subcontractors of self-determination contracts?

Pt. 900
MEDICAL-RELATED CLAIMS
900.190 Is FTCA the exclusive remedy for a
tort claim for personal injury or death
resulting from the performance of a selfdetermination contract?
900.191 Are employees of self-determination
contractors providing health services
under the self-determination contract
protected by FTCA?
900.192 What employees are covered by
FTCA for medical-related claims?
900.193 Does FTCA coverage extend to individuals who provide health care services
under a personal services contract providing services in a facility that is
owned, operated, or constructed under
the jurisdiction of the IHS?
900.194 Does FTCA coverage extend to services provided under a staff privileges
agreement with a non-IHS facility where
the agreement requires a health care
practitioner to provide reciprocal services to the general population?
900.195 Does FTCA coverage extend to the
contractor’s health care practitioners
providing services to private patients on
a fee-for-services basis when such personnel (not the self-determination contractor) receive the fee?
900.196 Do covered services include the conduct of clinical studies and investigations and the provision of emergency
services, including the operation of
emergency motor vehicles?
900.197 Does FTCA cover employees of the
contractor who are paid by the contractor from funds other than those provided through the self-determination
contract?
900.198 Are Federal employees assigned to a
self-determination contractor under the
Intergovernmental Personnel Act or detailed under section 214 of the Public
Health Service Act covered to the same
extent that they would be if working directly for a Federal agency?
900.199 Does FTCA coverage extend to
health care practitioners to whom staff
privileges have been extended in contractor health care facilities operated
under a self-determination contract on
the condition that such practitioner provide health services to IHS beneficiaries
covered by FTCA?
900.200 May persons who are not Indians or
Alaska Natives assert claims under
FTCA?
PROCEDURE FOR FILING MEDICAL-RELATED
CLAIMS
900.201 How should claims arising out of the
performance of medical-related functions
be filed?
900.202 What should a self-determination
contractor or a contractor’s employee do
on receiving such a claim?

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900.203 If the contractor or contractor’s employee receives a summons and/or a complaint alleging a tort covered by FTCA,
what should the contractor do?
NON-MEDICAL RELATED CLAIMS
900.204 Is FTCA the exclusive remedy for a
non-medical related tort claim arising
out of the performance of a self-determination contract?
900.205 To what non-medical-related claims
against self-determination contractors
does FTCA apply?
900.206 What employees are covered by
FTCA for non-medical-related claims?
900.207 How are non-medical related tort
claims and lawsuits filed for IHS?
900.208 How are non-medical related tort
claims and lawsuits filed for DOI?
900.209 What should a self-determination
contractor or contractor’s employee do
on receiving a non-medical related tort
claim?
900.210 If the contractor or contractor’s employee receives a summons and/or complaint alleging a non-medical related
tort covered by FTCA, what should an
Indian tribe or tribal organization do?

Subpart N—Post-Award Contract Disputes
900.215 What does this subpart cover?
900.216 What other statutes and regulations
apply to contract disputes?
900.217 Is filing a claim under the CDA our
only option for resolving post-award contract disputes?
900.218 What is a claim under the CDA?
900.219 How does an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or Federal agency submit a
claim?
900.220 Does it make a difference whether
the claim is large or small?
900.221 What happens next?
900.222 What goes into a decision?
900.223 When does an Indian tribe or tribal
organization get the decision?
900.224 What happens if the decision does
not come within that time?
900.225 Does an Indian tribe or tribal organization get paid immediately if the
awarding official decides in its favor?
900.226 What rules govern appeals of cost
disallowances?
900.227 Can the awarding official change the
decision after it has been made?
900.228 Is an Indian tribe or tribal organization entitled to interest if it wins its
claim?
900.229 What role will the awarding official
play during an appeal?
900.230 What is the effect of a pending appeal?

Subpart O—Conflicts of Interest
900.231 What is an organizational conflict of
interest?
900.232 What must an Indian tribe or tribal
organization do if an organizational conflict of interest arises under a contract?
900.233 When must an Indian tribe or tribal
organization regulate its employees or
subcontractors to avoid a personal conflict of interest?
900.234 What types of personal conflicts of
interest involving tribal officers, employees or subcontractors would have to
be regulated by an Indian tribe?
900.235 What personal conflicts of interest
must the standards of conduct regulate?
900.236 May an Indian tribe elect to negotiate contract provisions on conflict of
interest to take the place of this regulation?

Subpart P—Retrocession and
Reassumption Procedures
900.240 What does retrocession mean?
900.241 Who may retrocede a contract, in
whole or in part?
900.242 What is the effective date of retrocession?
900.243 What effect will an Indian tribe or
tribal organization’s retrocession have
on its rights to contract?
900.244 Will an Indian tribe or tribal organization’s retrocession adversely affect
funding available for the retroceded program?
900.245 What obligation does the Indian
tribe or tribal organization have with respect to returning property that was
used in the operation of the retroceded
program?
900.246 What does reassumption mean?
900.247 Under what circumstances is a reassumption considered an emergency instead of non-emergency reassumption?
900.248 In a non-emergency reassumption,
what is the Secretary required to do?
900.249 What happens if the contractor fails
to take corrective action to remedy the
contract deficiencies identified in the notice?
900.250 What shall the second written notice
include?
900.251 What is the earliest date on which
the contract will be rescinded in a nonemergency reassumption?
900.252 In an emergency reassumption, what
is the Secretary required to do?
900.253 What shall the written notice include?
900.254 May the contractor be reimbursed
for actual and reasonable ‘‘wind up
costs’’ incurred after the effective date of
rescission?

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900.255 What obligation does the Indian
tribe or tribal organization have with respect to returning property that was
used in the operation of the rescinded
contract?
900.256 Will a reassumption adversely affect
funding available for the reassumed program?
AUTHORITY: 25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.
SOURCE: 61 FR 32501, June 24, 1996, unless
otherwise noted.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Nomenclature changes to
part 900 appear at 67 FR 34602, May 15, 2002.

Subpart A—General Provisions
§ 900.1

Authority.

These regulations are prepared,
issued, and maintained jointly by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Interior,
with the active participation and representation of Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and individual tribal
members pursuant to the guidance of
the Negotiated Rulemaking procedures
required by section 107 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
§ 900.2

Purpose and scope.

(a) General. These regulations codify
uniform and consistent rules for contracts by the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS) and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) in implementing title I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act, Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C.
450 et seq., as amended and sections 1
through 9 preceding that title.
(b) Programs funded by other Departments and agencies. Included under this
part are programs administered (under
current or future law or interagency
agreement) by the DHHS and the DOI
for the benefit of Indians for which appropriations are made to other Federal
agencies.
(c) This part included in contracts by
reference. Each contract, including
grants and cooperative agreements in
lieu of contracts awarded under section
9 of the Act, shall include by reference
the provisions of this part, and any
amendment thereto, and they are binding on the Secretary and the contractor except as otherwise specifically

§ 900.3
authorized by a waiver under section
107(e) of the Act.
(d) Freedom of Information. Access to
records maintained by the Secretary is
governed by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and other applicable Federal law. Except for previously provided copies of tribal
records that the Secretary demonstrates are clearly required to be
maintained as part of the record keeping systems of the DHHS or the DOI, or
both, records of the contractors (including archived records) shall not be
considered Federal records for the purpose of the Freedom of Information
Act. The Freedom of Information Act
does not apply to records maintained
solely by Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
(e) Privacy Act. Section 108(b) of the
Indian Self-Determination Act states
that records of the tribal government
or tribal organizations shall not be
considered Federal records for the purposes of the Privacy Act.
(f) Information collection. The Office of
Management and Budget has approved,
under 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, the information collection requirements in part 900
under assigned control number 1076–
0136. The information for part 900 is
being collected and used by the Departments to determine applicant eligibility, evaluate applicant capabilities,
protect the service population, safeguard Federal funds and other resources, and permit the Departments
to administer and evaluate contract
programs.
§ 900.3

Policy statements.

(a) Congressional policy. (1) Congress
has recognized the obligation of the
United States to respond to the strong
expression of the Indian people for selfdetermination by assuring maximum
Indian participation in the direction,
planning, conduct and administration
of educational as well as other Federal
programs and services to Indian communities so as to render such programs
and services more responsive to the
needs and desires of those communities.

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Frm 01099

Fmt 8010

Sfmt 8010

Y:\SGML\208082.XXX

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