Guidance Document

Final
June 1, 2015

2016 SELF-GOVERNANCE
NEGOTIATION GUIDANCE
FOR BIA PROGRAMS

Office of Self Governance

Office of Self Governance
Central Office
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Washington, D.C. 20240
Telephone (202) 219-0240
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2016 Final Self-Governance Negotiation Guidance
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Northwest Field Office
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Telephone (360) 699-1013
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Table of Contents
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.

XI.

Purpose
Interpretation and Process
Tribal Self-Governance (SG) Base Budgets
Tribal Shares
Negotiations Process
Disputes
Amendments
Reporting Requests
Budget Formulation
Documents for Self-Governance Negotiations
A.
Compacts
B.
Funding Agreements (FAs)
C.
Proposed Effective Date
D.
Adjustments/Mistakes
E.
Self-Governance 2016 Annual Funding Agreement Reprogramming Request Worksheets
F.
Footnotes
G.
Tribal Resolutions
H.
Final Reports for Federal Negotiators
I.
Incorporation of Title I Self-Determination Provisions
Programs Requiring Special Attention
A.
Trust Programs
1. Real Estate Appraisal Services and Beneficiary
Processes Program Funds
2. Requirements for Tribes to Access DOI Information
Technology Trust Systems
3. Trust Records Management
B.
Programs Involving Contact With Children
C.
Contract Support
D.
Welfare Assistance
E.
Road Maintenance
F.
Law Enforcement
G.
Indian Employment Training and Related Services
Demonstration Project (P.L. 102-477) 25 U.S.C.3401
et seq.
H.
Construction, Wildland Fire Preparedness, Wildland
Fire Prevention and Non-Recurring Projects
I.
Tribal Transportation Program
J.
Consortium Breakout of Participating Tribes’ Shares
K.
Housing Improvement Program (HIP)

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Motor Vehicle Operation Policy
Single Audit Copies

XII. Summary - Final Negotiations Packets
List of Attachments

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2016 FINAL SELF-GOVERNANCE
NEGOTIATION GUIDANCE
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Office of Self Governance
I. Purpose
This document is prepared as a tool to guide Federal negotiators in Indian Affairs,
including the Office of Self Governance (OSG), Office of Facilities Environmental and
Cultural Resources (OFECR), Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development
(OIEED), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
(including the Office of Justice Services) (OJS), and the Office of the Solicitor (SOL), in
conducting, on a government-to-government basis, the 2016 self-governance (SG)
negotiations. This guidance is provided to Tribes/Consortia for informational purposes.
For the most part, 2016 negotiations will be conducted telephonically/electronically.
Under limited budgets, travel to conduct face-to-face negotiations will only be approved
if it meets a test of what is mission critical.
II. Interpretation and Process
Prior to negotiations, if there are questions about the content or meaning of this
Guidance, please contact the OSG in Washington, DC at (202) 219-0240 or the
Northwest Field Office in Vancouver, WA at (360) 699-1013. As in past years, the OSG
Negotiator will be the lead negotiator for the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs (AS/IA)
and the BIA Regional Director will be the negotiator for BIA programs, services,
functions, or activities (PSFAs) pursuant to guidance issued by the BIA Director for nonbase programs. The BIA Regional Director has responsibility to coordinate with and
notify all pertinent BIA program offices regarding dates and locations of the negotiations
to support the timely completion of negotiations. OSG will coordinate with the BIA
Director, the BIE, OST, OIEED, OFECR, and OJS Line Officers. Where OJS and
OFECR funds are involved, OJS and OFECR have requested that their representatives
be contacted so that they may be present during self-governance negotiations.
The Regional Director and the OSG Negotiator will surname and date the Final Report
of a Tribe’s/Consortium’s 2016 negotiations (see Attachment 6), once negotiations
have concluded and after the funding agreement has been signed by the
Tribe’s/Consortium’s designated official(s). The BIE and OJS Line Officers may
surname and date the Final Report as participants in the negotiations. The BIE Director
and the OJS Deputy Director will participate in the OSG Central Office surname process
only when the funding agreement is new or there is Education or Law Enforcement and

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Detention/Corrections program issues or funding changes from the previous funding
agreement. The OSG Director will sign funding agreements and amendments with
concurrence from the BIA Director, the BIE Director, the OIEED Director, and the OJS
Director as appropriate. Subject to revision by Congressional action, when negotiations
include a Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) Addendum, a separate TTP Addendum
Final Report Form will be used (see Attachment 6) that includes the date and surname
of the Regional Roads Administrator. The OSG Director will sign TTP Addenda with
concurrence from the BIA Director and Chief, BIA Division of Transportation for those
Tribes receiving TTP funding through a Self-Governance funding agreement.
It is the intent of the OSG to have 2016 negotiations completed for fiscal year Tribes/
Consortia by June 30, 2015, and for calendar year Tribes/Consortia by August 31,
2015. This allows OSG to obtain the necessary signatures 90 days before the
proposed effective date of the agreement. The 90-day review period is required by
Section 403 (f) of P.L. 93-638, as amended. Under normal budget and appropriation
circumstances, this allows OSG to obligate funds to Self-Governance Tribes/Consortia
on a more efficient and timely basis. This also allows OSG to meet an October 1
deadline to incorporate base transfers as changes in the next President’s budget. It is
important to meet these deadlines so that Tribes/Consortia receive the funds necessary
to continue their tribal operations without interruption and avoid the cost of borrowing
other funds.
III. Tribal Self-Governance Base Budgets
Once a Self-Governance Tribe/Consortium has elected to establish a Self-Governance
base budget for Operation of Indian Program (OIP) funds and the amounts have been
base transferred in the Tribal Priority Allocation (TPA) portion of the FY 2016
President’s Budget Request to Congress, the tribal shares which make up the base
budget shall only be adjusted in accordance with 25 CFR §1000.109. Language in
funding agreements regarding the Secretary’s responsibility for Self-Governance base
budgets shall be identical to P.L. 93-638, Section 404, 25 U.S.C. § 458dd. Language in
funding agreements regarding adjustment of base budgets shall be identical to 25 CFR
§ 1000.109. Self-Governance base budgets shall be established and maintained in
accordance with 25 CFR §1000.105-109. The base budget language in the funding
agreement shall include the citation to 25 CFR § 1000.109. Tribal Self-Governance
base budgets do not include Contract Support Cost funds. These funds and Law
Enforcement funds are awarded separately from Tribes’ base budgets.1
Examples of funds from sources other than the OIP accounts are Tribal Transportation
Program (TTP) Funds from the Department of Transportation, Department of Labor and
Department of Health and Human Services funds for the Indian Employment Training
1

Some tribes have OSG shortfall funds in their base budgets that, before the year 2000, had been used for law
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and Related Services Demonstration Project, and Fire Preparedness funding. In
accordance with 25 CFR §1000.105(b) and (c), non-recurring funds and any other onetime funding are not eligible to be included as part of the Tribe’s base budget and shall
not be base transferred. The BIA’s Reprogramming documents and OSG’s Authority to
Obligate (ATO) Award documents will identify funds that are awarded on a one-timeonly basis and are not guaranteed to be funded in subsequent fiscal year(s).
A Tribe/Consortium may choose to base transfer funds or remove funds from its base
budget for a certain program or category of programs. If a Tribe/Consortium chooses to
establish or remove a base amount in a certain program or line item, there must be a
clear indication in the Self-Governance funding agreement that the item is to be base
transferred or removed from the base budget. In instances where funding for a program
is to be base transferred or removed from the base budget, the following footnote shall
be applied to that program line:
“The amount identified in Column D is requested to be transferred [SELECT: into
OR out of] the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] Self-Governance TPA Base
Budget as soon as possible.”
More than $159.022 million is requested to be transferred to the Self-Governance
Compacts line item in the FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to Congress. The
deadline for additional base transfers in the FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to
Congress has passed. The next opportunity to base transfer funds will be the FY 2017
President’s Budget Request to Congress.
IV. Tribal Shares
Subpart E of the Self-Governance regulations deals with funding agreements for BIA
programs and the tribal shares process.
The FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to Congress no longer contains proposed
appropriation language that no funds “available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except
executive direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations,
regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for
contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal SelfGovernance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).” This language has appeared in
appropriations acts annually for over a decade.
V. Negotiations Process
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funding agreements. Generally, this process is oriented toward new funding agreements
and consists of an information phase and negotiation phase.
For continuing Self-Governance Tribes/Consortia, pre-negotiations and actual face-toface negotiations may not be necessary. As a general rule, teleconferencing and
videoconferencing are encouraged.
Section 403(b)(5) of Title IV of P.L. 93-638 (25 U.S.C. § 458cc(b)(5)), as amended,
requires that self-governance funding agreements specify the Programs, Services,
Functions, and Activities to be provided and performed, and the responsibilities of the
Tribe/Consortium and the Secretary pursuant to the funding agreement. This should be
specified in all funding agreements. Tribes/Consortia and the BIA shall identify the
PSFAs which are being assumed by the Tribe/Consortium and which functions the BIA
will continue to perform. The funding agreement shall at a minimum identify the PSFAs
that the Tribe/Consortium intends to provide by Tribal/Consortium budget categories. It
should be noted that specifying the services to be provided and the functions to be
performed by the Tribe/Consortium does not limit in any way the Tribe’s/Consortium’s
authority to reallocate funds and redesign programs as authorized by Title IV of P.L. 93638, as amended, except for PSFAs and funds appropriated and/or authorized for
specific purposes.
In instances where there is a need to identify who is performing different functions,
wording shall be negotiated and included in the funding agreement to clarify the matter.
Detailed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) may be negotiated between the Tribe
and the BIA or other entities such as OST and may be included as funding agreement
attachments or amendments to provide greater clarity regarding the respective roles
and responsibilities of the Tribe and the BIA or other entities for PSFAs included in the
funding agreement. The OSG Compact Negotiator shall provide the OSG Director with
a draft BIA MOU prior to final signature.
Tribal self-governance base budget information will be pre-loaded in the BIA
reprogramming request and supporting financial information will be provided by the
OSG based on the FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to Congress. A SelfGovernance Negotiations Checklist to help participants through the 2016 negotiations
process is provided. See Attachment 1.
When a funding agreement specifically indicates, either in the narrative or the
reprogramming request, that a Tribe/Consortium has elected to assume a certain PSFA,
the funding for that PSFA will be awarded, once available and known, without further
amendment to the funding agreement. When there is no indication in the funding
agreement that the Tribe elects to assume a certain PSFA, an amendment will be
required to add the PSFA and associated funding to the funding agreement.
VI. Disputes

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Disputes language, disagreements, differing views and the like shall not be included in
funding agreements, MOUs, reprogramming documents, or footnotes to them. Funding
agreements are reserved for matters on which the parties agree.
Language which reserves specific rights of the Secretary or Tribe may be considered
dispute language. A “Memorialization of Matters Remaining in Dispute” may be
attached to the funding agreement where there are disagreements or the Tribe and the
Department have differing viewpoints. The Memorialization of Matters Remaining in
Dispute must state that it is not part of the funding agreement. See Attachment 11.
If, during negotiations, the policies and processes of this Guidance become an issue of
dispute, the OSG Negotiator will contact the OSG Director for further discussion and
thereafter make necessary decisions to complete the negotiations. If the negotiation
agreement cannot be completed, the OSG Negotiator will complete with the Tribe a
draft agreement that includes the items that are in agreement and set a date to resolve
the remaining issue(s) later by phone. Any disputes concerning amounts in the funding
agreement or other matters involving the funding agreement will be handled through the
appropriate dispute resolution process referenced in 25 CFR Part 1000 Subpart R Appeals.
VII. Amendments
If either the Tribe/Consortium or Department wishes to amend a funding agreement,
then the amendment process shall be used, which could involve negotiations.
Negotiations of the amendment shall be completed and the amendment executed first in
order to facilitate the timely transfer of funds. The OSG Director will sign amendments.
In addition, OJS, BIA (including all regional and central offices), BIE, OIEED, OFECR,
the Public Law 102-477 Office and OST shall provide award letters and funding
distribution lists by Tribe to OSG for funding awards made throughout the year. These
documents are also needed to facilitate the timely transfer of funds.
VIII. Reporting Requests
As in past years, the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs’ (AS/IA) office is requesting
the cooperation of Tribes/Consortia to provide program performance data and
information as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (P.L.
103-62) (GPRA) for budget formulation purposes. This information and data is required
on a quarterly basis. Without GPRA program performance information, it is not possible
to explain to the Department, OMB or the Congress what the Tribes/Consortia have
accomplished with funds transferred to them in their funding agreements. The following
language is provided as a starting point for the Tribe’s/Consortium’s negotiations with its
respective Regional Office:

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“The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to provide applicable data and
information to the BIA [INSERT: Name] Regional Office pursuant to the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-62). Before
providing such information, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will work with its
respective Regional Office GPRA Coordinator to determine applicable data and
information needed to meet the requirements pursuant to the Act.”
Attachment 2 lists the BIA Regional Office GPRA Coordinators. Attachment 4 identifies
possible information requests that Self-Governance Tribes/Consortia may receive
during the 2016 operating year. It should be understood that actual requests for data
and information received by individual Tribes/Consortia, as well as the timing of the
requests, may vary from this list. Not included are any requests for information that
might come from Federal courts, OMB or Congress.
Under the 2011 – 2016 DOI Strategic Plan, one item is being compiled by OSG
headquarters for GPRA purposes: the percent of P.L. 93-638 Title IV Contracts (Title IV
Compact Agreements) with clean audits.
During FY 2016, the Tribal Data Exchange (TDE) System is expected to be operational
and used to collect data from Tribes electronically. An example of how the TDE System
can be used includes the collection of 2015 Tribal/Consortium activity data for the 2015
Tribal Self-Governance Annual Report to Congress.
IX.

Budget Formulation

The BIA Central and Regional Offices are responsible for budget formulation for all
Tribes, including Self-Governance Tribes.
Self-Governance Tribes are strongly
encouraged to participate in all Regional Budget meetings. Tribal Interior Budget
Committee (TIBC) Regional Representatives receive quarterly budget updates and are
responsible to represent all Tribes from their Region. They are also expected to share
budget and related information with their Regional Tribes.
In addition, BIA Regional Offices are responsible for collecting 638 Pay Cost information
from all Tribes in their Region, including Self-Governance Tribes. This information will
be used to determine increases in pay cost funding for all Regional Tribes.
X. Documents for Self-Governance Negotiations
A. Compacts
Newly selected Tribes/Consortia should prepare their draft compacts in advance of
negotiations using as their guide the model compact that appears in Appendix A of the
final Self-Governance regulations at 25 CFR Part 1000. This model compact applies to
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compact negotiations.
Changes from the model compact to fit the Tribe’s/Consortium’s particular situation are
negotiable. However, any changes must comply with Title IV of P.L. 93-638, as
amended, and 25 CFR Part 1000. Tribes/Consortia should allow ample time for the
proposed compact to be reviewed by OSG and SOL.
The proper title of the federal signature line of the compact is “Assistant Secretary –
Indian Affairs.” The federal signature line must not contain the name of an individual.
This allows the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs to designate, if necessary, an
authorized designee to sign the compact.
Negotiations to reach agreement on compact language should be scheduled as
needed. One unsigned version of the compact as agreed to at the field negotiation will
be routed through the Federal surname process. If issues are identified during the
surname process, then negotiations may reconvene. If no issues are identified during
the surname process, then the Tribe will be notified by OSG. The Tribe can then submit
two originals to OSG. After the Tribe signs both originals of the final compact, the
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs will sign the compact and OSG will return one
original of the final signed compact to the Tribe.
OSG requests that changes or amendments to existing Compacts be delayed until after
January 1, 2016, when the initial payments for 2016 funding agreements have been
completed. If the Self-Governance Tribe/Consortium is not willing to delay changing the
compact by amendment, please notify OSG as soon as possible. OSG will work with
the Tribe/Consortium to establish a timeline for the amendment process.
B. Funding Agreements (FAs)
A model funding agreement has been developed for Tribes. (See Attachment 5)
Existing Self-Governance Tribes/Consortia may wish to review this model funding
agreement to see if there are provisions for inclusion in their respective funding
agreements. A copy of the model funding agreement is also on the OSG’s web site
(http://64.58.34.34). OSG requests that the Tribe/Consortium assume the responsibility
for preparing the funding agreement and reprogramming request. Tribal employees may
have access to the Self-Governance Data Base in a READ ONLY capacity without
undergoing a background check. Tribal employee security clearance for accessing the
Self-Governance Database funding agreement online component can be requested
from the OSG Finance Office, phone: (202) 513-7707. In cases where the Tribal
employee’s security clearance for accessing the Self-Governance Database funding
agreement online component has not been completed, the OSG Negotiator will prepare
the reprogramming request.
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Governance. Do not type in a specific name. Once final decisions have been reached,
Tribes/Consortia should submit two signed original funding agreements, along with two
signed original reprogramming requests as agreed to at the negotiation, to the OSG
Compact Negotiator or the Regional Office for further processing.

C. Proposed Effective Date
Section 403(f) of Title IV of Public Law 93-638, 25 USC § 458cc(f) provides that the
Secretary shall submit a copy of a funding agreement no later than 90 days before the
proposed effective date of the agreement to each Indian Tribe served by the Agency
that is serving the tribe that is a party to the funding agreement; to the Committee on
Indian Affairs of the Senate; and to the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native
Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. For
annual funding agreements, the following language shall be included:
“Section (xxx) --- Proposed Effective Date. The proposed effective date of this
Agreement will be 90 days following the submission of the signed Agreement to
the Congress and to the other Tribes served by the BIA Agency Office. The
proposed effective date is [SELECT: October 1 OR January 1]. The successor
Agreement shall be controlled by 25 CFR § 1000.90. This Agreement shall
remain in effect until [INSERT: APPROPRIATE date Agreement ends.]”
25 CFR § 1000.85 authorizes Tribes/Consortia to negotiate a funding agreement with a
term that exceeds one year, i.e. a multi-year funding agreement. Multi-year funding
agreements shall include the following language:
“Section (xxx) --- Proposed Effective Date. The proposed effective date of this
Agreement will be 90 days following the submission of the signed Agreement to
the Congress and to the other Tribes served by the BIA Agency Office. The
proposed effective date is [SELECT: October 1 OR January 1]. The successor
Agreement shall be controlled by 25 CFR § 1000.90. This Agreement shall
remain in effect until [INSERT: APPROPRIATE date agreement ends]. In
subsequent years, the parties shall negotiate an amendment incorporating the
annual reprogramming request(s) into the multi-year funding agreement by
[SELECT: July 1 OR October 1] of each year.”
D. Adjustments/Mistakes
Consistent with practices of previous years, the following mistakes language shall be
included in the funding agreement:
“It is recognized that during negotiations, there may be errors in calculations or
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corrective action when such errors are identified.”
E. Self-Governance 2016 Funding Agreement Annual Reprogramming
Request Worksheet
The key financial document to be completed at negotiations is the Self-Governance
2016 Funding Agreement – annual reprogramming request worksheet.
The
reprogramming request data entry table is available online via the Internet located on
the OSG Website (http://64.58.34.34).
OSG Financial Management will pre-load 2016 Self-Governance base budget data into
each Tribe’s/Consortium’s annual reprogramming request. Negotiated amounts will be
entered into the annual reprogramming request via the Internet.
For Tribes/Consortia negotiating their first Self-Governance agreements, 2016 budget
information will be provided prior to the negotiation by the BIA Regional SelfGovernance Coordinator.
It is essential that all negotiation participants work from the same reprogramming
request during negotiations and decisions are clearly documented in the reprogramming
request. After negotiations are completed, those Tribal Self-Governance employees
who are security cleared are encouraged to enter negotiation data on the online
reprogramming request in coordination and notification with the OSG Compact
Negotiator. Otherwise, the OSG Compact Negotiator will enter such data.
In order to properly verify and document the funding to be provided to the
Tribe/Consortium in subsequent years of a multi-year funding agreement, it is
necessary that a reprogramming request worksheet be completed and signed for each
year of the multi-year funding agreement. For administrative and signatory purposes,
subsequent year reprogramming request worksheets shall be incorporated into the
multi-year funding agreement by an amendment which will be signed by the Tribe and
the OSG Director. The Tribe/Consortium should provide a copy of completed
documents to the OSG Negotiator and the BIA self-governance coordinator in advance
of obtaining Tribal signatures.
F. Footnotes
A footnote shall be written to cover every item where there is some uncertainty
concerning the amount, unusual circumstance, or need for documentation about a
program. For example, a footnote could identify the circumstances under which the
amount could change. Typical examples include line items in the BIA budget which are
formula driven, projects, or competitive programs where the Tribe may or may not
receive an award or the amount to be awarded is not certain. Footnotes shall not be
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positions.
G. Tribal Resolutions
The Tribe/Consortium should review its resolutions authorizing participation in SelfGovernance to determine whether additional resolutions are necessary for authority to
sign funding agreements in 2016. Tribes/Consortia should provide to the OSG
negotiator at the time of negotiations the tribal resolution being used to authorize the
2016 funding agreement.
H. Final Reports for Federal Negotiators
The purpose of the Final Reports for Federal Negotiators (Attachment 6) is for the
Federal Negotiators to attest that the language and numbers contained in the funding
agreement and reprogramming request are those that were agreed to during the
negotiations. Both the OSG Negotiator and the BIA self-governance coordinator shall
review these documents and provide a quality control check for any errors before
submission for Federal signatures. The Tribe/Consortium should provide a copy of
completed documents to the OSG Negotiator and the BIA self-governance coordinator
in advance of obtaining Tribal signatures.
Once the funding agreement with the Tribe’s/Consortium’s signature and the Final
Report for Federal Negotiators are received in central office, a 7 to 10 day review period
will likely be needed before the funding agreement is signed. There will also be a final
report form for a negotiated TTP Addendum. See Attachment 6 for both of the Final
Reports.
I. Incorporation of Title I Self-Determination Provisions
25 USC 458cc (l), allows participating Tribes/Consortia to include "any or all provisions
of Title I" in Self-Governance agreements and "the Secretary is obligated to include
such provisions at the option of the participating Tribe or Tribes.”
Accordingly, OSG should receive advance notice as soon as possible with the precise
wording and the specific citation regarding any provisions from Title I to be included in a
funding agreement. Direct excerpts or citations from Title I will facilitate the negotiations.
When selecting a Title I provision, any applicable qualifying and related language must
be included.
It is recognized that Title I provisions and self-governance regulations may have
superseded certain provisions of a Tribe’s/Consortium’s compact. The following
footnote addresses this issue:

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“To the extent that provisions in this Agreement conflict with the Compact, this
Agreement shall apply.”
XI. Programs Requiring Special Attention
A. Trust Programs
Real Estate Appraisal Services and Beneficiary Processes Program2 Funds

1.

The Real Estate Appraisal Services and Beneficiary Processes Programs are managed
by the OST. Negotiations with Tribes/Consortia for these programs will involve OST
participation in conjunction with BIA and OSG Negotiators. Tribes/Consortia that
currently perform these programs will be contacted by OST to negotiate a separate
MOU between the Tribe/Consortium and OST that outlines the roles and responsibilities
for management of these programs. Attachment 7 contains a template for an MOU for
the Real Estate Appraisal Services Program. Attachment 8 contains a template for an
MOU for the Beneficiary Processes Program. For more information, please contact the
OST Office of External Affairs – Washington D.C. (202) 208-4317. The following
footnote shall be used in cases where the Real Estate Appraisal Services or Beneficiary
Processes Program are being operated by the Tribe/Consortium under its funding
agreement:
“The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and the Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians (OST) [SELECT: have negotiated OR are negotiating] a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the OPTION: [SELECT: Real Estate
Appraisal Services Program OR Beneficiary Processes Program]. This program
will be governed by the terms of this MOU, which OPTION: [SELECT: is OR will
be] attached and fully incorporated into the funding agreement.”
2.

Requirements for Tribes to Access DOI Information Technology Trust Systems

There are options with recommended language for training, employee security
requirements for access to DOI information technology, and records management. In
addition, information is provided for negotiating the Real Estate Appraisal Services
Program or the Beneficiary Processes Program [Individual Indian Money (IIM)]. OST
should be referenced in footnotes when the Tribe/Consortium is operating the Real
Estate Appraisal Services or Beneficiary Processes Program.
Option 1 – Tribal Election to Access DOI Information Technology Trust Systems
i.

2

Training

The Beneficiary Processes Program formerly was known as the Financial Trust Services Program.

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The following language should be included:
“Prior to being granted access to DOI automated trust information technology
systems, [SELECT: Tribal OR Consortium] employees must successfully
complete BIA trust automated technology systems training, the costs of which will
be met by the BIA [INSERT IF APPLICABLE: and OST].”
ii.

Employee Security Requirements for Access to DOI Information Technology
Systems

Tribal employees and employees of Tribal contractors must be favorably screened
before being granted access to DOI information technology systems and DOI Trust
Records in any electronic data or hardcopy format. Further, it may become necessary
to have background investigations conducted of employees of Tribes/Consortia and
their contractors. Such investigations will be conducted by the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management and adjudicated by the BIA Personnel and Physical Security Office (or for
OST programs, the OST Security Office).
Both functions (investigation and
adjudication) are considered inherently Federal functions and cannot be delegated for
purposes of granting access to DOI information technology systems and DOI Trust
Records in any electronic data or hardcopy format and/or individual Indian and tribal
trust resources. Since background investigation and adjudication may be required, it is
not possible for the BIA (or OST) to rely on screening conducted by a non-Federal
entity.
In addition, Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) mandates a
government-wide standard of identification for Federal Government employees,
contractors and specific DOI categories of individuals who are affiliated with DOI for
more than 180 days and who require access to federally controlled information systems
and/or access to federally controlled facilities (no matter the frequency or duration).
Tribal employees and employees of their contractors must also successfully go through
a Personal Identity Verification process prior to being granted access to DOI automated
information technology systems.
The following provision should be included in each funding agreement involving
functions and activities that require access to DOI information technology systems:
“Prior to being granted access to DOI automated information technology systems
and DOI Trust Records in any electronic data or hardcopy format, the [SELECT:
Tribe OR Consortium] agrees its employees and employees of its contractors
must be favorably screened and a final favorable suitability determination issued
by the BIA Personnel and Physical Security Office pursuant to OMB Circular No.
A-130 and DM 441. In addition, pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 12 (HSPD-12), Tribal employees and employees of their contractors
must also successfully go through a Personal Identity Verification process prior to

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being granted access to DOI automated information technology systems. Costs
will be incurred by the BIA or OST for their respective PSFAs.”
Option 2 – Alternative Tribal Election Requirements to Access DOI Information
Technology Trust Systems
The following language may be included:
a) "The Parties agree that prior to being granted data entry access to DOI automated
information technology systems,
1) employees of the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and its contractors must be
favorably screened and a final suitability determination issued by the applicable Security
Office pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-130 and DM 441.
2) pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12),
employees of the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and its contractors must also
successfully go through a Personal Identification process.
3) the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] employees must successfully
complete DOI trust automated technology systems training, the costs of which will be
met by BIA [INSERT IF APPLICABLE: or OST for each agency's respective PSFAs].
b) Policies are currently being developed to implement background investigation
requirements for Tribal employees and their contractors. The parties agree that during
the interim [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will continue to carry out BIA [INSERT IF
APPLICABLE: or OST] Trust PSFAs under this funding agreement and employees of
the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will continue to have access to Federal Records.
c) The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will assess Tribal employees by function in
order to determine level of risk for each employee as well as the corresponding level of
background investigation necessary based upon DOI guidance.
However, the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will begin requesting background investigations for
those employees the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] determines to have an
immediate need. DOI agrees to work with the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] in this
process.
d) The cost of the initial round of background investigations to perform the functions
described in this Agreement will be paid by BIA [INSERT IF APPLICABLE: or OST for
their respective PSFAs]. The parties agree to renegotiate terms upon the completion of
the development of the background investigation requirement policies for Tribal
employees and their contractors.
e) Wherever feasible or possible, Tribal and Federal agencies will coordinate their
efforts to utilize reciprocal suitability determinations when appropriate."
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When a Tribe is not Operating any Trust Programs
Should a Tribe/Consortium choose not to use either of the above two options in its 2016
funding agreement, then the following disclaimer shall be included:
“The Department and the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] mutually agree that
for 2016, none of the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] employees or
employees of its contractors will have access to DOI automated information
technology systems or DOI Trust records in any electronic data or hardcopy
format.”
3.

Trust Records Management

The language regarding Trust Records Management to be negotiated into funding
agreements was developed in consultation with Tribes and published at page 51801 of
Volume 70 of the Federal Register on August 29, 2005. The purpose of the language is
to specify the respective responsibilities of the Tribes and the Secretary with respect to
trust record keeping for trust PSFAs included in funding agreements.
When a Tribe is operating a trust program(s) the following language shall be negotiated
into the 2016 funding agreements which include PSFAs that create fiduciary Trust
Records:
“The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and the Secretary agree to the following:
The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to:
(a) preserve, protect and manage all fiduciary Trust Records, created
and/or maintained by the [SELECT: Tribes OR Consortia] during their
management of trust programs in their Title IV agreements. (A fiduciary Trust
Record is/was any document that reflects the existence of an Indian trust asset
and is/was used in the management of an Indian trust asset. An Indian trust
asset refers to lands, natural resources, monies or other assets held in trust at a
particular time by the Federal Government for a [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium], Alaska natives or that are or were at a particular time restricted
against alienation, for individual Indians. Management includes actions that
influence, affect, govern, or control an Indian trust asset. The following are
examples not considered to be fiduciary Trust Records: general administrative,
personnel or travel records; education records; law enforcement records; health
records; law making unrelated to Indian trust assets; tribal council resolutions
and laws unrelated to Indian trust assets; and tribal elections.)
(b) make available to the Secretary all fiduciary Trust Records maintained
by the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium], provided that the Secretary gives

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reasonable oral or written advance request to the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium]. Access shall include visual inspection and at the expense of the
Secretary the production of copies (as agreed upon between the parties) and
shall not include the removal of the records without tribal approval; and
(c) store and permanently retain all inactive fiduciary trust records at the
Tribe/Consortium or allow such records to be removed and stored at the
American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa, Kansas at no cost to the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium].
The Secretary agrees to:
(a) allow the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] to determine what records it
creates to implement the trust program assumed under its Title IV agreement,
except that the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] must create and maintain the
information required by statute and regulation. No additional record keeping
requirements are required by this Agreement.
(b) store all inactive fiduciary Trust Records at AIRR at no cost to the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] when the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] no
longer wishes to keep the records. Further, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium]
will retain legal custody and determine access to these records and such records
shall not be treated as Federal records for purposes of chapter 5 of Title 5 of the
United States Code unless expressly agreed to by the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium];
(c) create and manage a single tribal storage and retrieval system for all
fiduciary Trust Records stored at AIRR (No records will be accepted at AIRR until
such a retrieval system exists); and
(d) provide technical assistance for [SELECT: Tribes OR Consortia] in
preserving, protecting and managing their fiduciary Trust Records from available
funds appropriated for this purpose.”
In order to request technical assistance, please contact the Office of Trust Records
(OTR) at (505) 816-1600.
B. Programs Involving Contact With Children
The following provision should be included in each funding agreement involving
services, functions and activities where program staff has regular contact with or control
over Indian children:
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(P.L. 101-630), prior to being authorized to perform services, functions and
activities that involve regular contact with or control over Indian children, Tribal
program staff and volunteers must be favorably screened and a final favorable
suitability determination issued. Minimum standards of character must be
established and implemented in accordance with 25 CFR Part 63.”
The Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act requires the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Indian tribes and tribal organizations receiving funds under the
authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to conduct background investigations for individuals
whose duties and responsibilities would allow them regular contact with or control over
Indian children (for example, JOM, ICWA, and Child Protective Services).
Some tribes perform their own background investigations and others use a private
contractor, or work with a company that Indian Affairs Security has a contract with,
Personnel Security Consultants (PSC). PSC is the conduit for tribes to obtain
background investigations for their employees and employees of their contractors.
However, the Criminal National Agency Check (CNAC) will only reflect information that
is submitted to the FBI’s system.
C. Contract Support Costs
Estimated funding amounts for Contract Support Costs may be shown in
reprogramming requests.
“Subject to applicable federal laws, the [Tribe OR Consortium] is eligible for Contract
Support Costs funding on the same basis as Tribes which contract with the BIA under
P.L. 93-638. [The amount shown is an estimate.] Contract Support Costs funding shall
be added to this Agreement as it becomes available.”
D. Welfare Assistance
Implementation of the national distribution methodology will require all BIA and tribal
welfare assistance programs to submit their welfare assistance reports in a timely
manner as indicated in the 2016 Welfare Assistance Funding Distribution Methodology
approved by the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs. A copy of the approved
Distribution Methodology and associated Financial Assistance and Social Services
Report (FASSR) and Narrative Report are posted in the file library of the OSG Website
(http://64.58.34.34) for use by the Tribe. The FASSR and Narrative Reports are to be
completed and electronically certified by the Tribe and sent to Ken Reinfeld at
[email protected]. The reports are required so BIA can determine whether the
full need welfare assistance payment level can be made or some pro rata reduction is
required. The timely submission of information is needed to avoid delaying the final
national distribution and adversely impacting Tribal and Bureau welfare assistance

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programs nationwide.
If the report is not submitted, the Tribe will not receive funding in the final distribution.
Funding is dependent upon the submission and certification of the report.
For those Tribes/Consortia not operating under an approved Tribal Redesign Plan, if the
Tribe/Consortium elects to include an estimate on the reprogramming request, the
following footnote shall be used:
“The amount shown is an estimate. The actual amount to be provided is to be
determined and distributed based upon welfare assistance need as determined
by the national distribution methodology used by the BIA.”
For those Tribes/Consortia not operating under an approved Tribal Redesign Plan, if the
Tribe/Consortium elects to omit the amount on the reprogramming request, the following
footnote shall be used.
“The actual amount to be provided is to be determined and distributed based
upon welfare assistance need as determined by the national distribution
methodology used by the BIA.”
For Tribes/Consortia operating under an approved Tribal Redesign Plan, the following
footnote shall be used:
“The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] is operating a General Assistance
program under an approved Tribal Redesign Plan and will receive a fixed
negotiated amount of General Assistance program funding subject to a pro rata
reduction needed to stay within any capped Welfare Assistance appropriation
level enacted by Congress. The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] may use
savings from a redesign of the General Assistance program to meet other
priorities. However, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] must meet any
increase in the cost of the General Assistance program that results solely from
tribally increased payment levels due to the Tribal Redesign Plan. Welfare
assistance other than general assistance funds will be distributed based upon
need as determined by the national distribution methodology used by the BIA.”
Tribes/Consortia operating under an approved Tribal Redesign Plan are urged to
complete the Financial Assistance and Social Services Report and Narrative Report as
previously indicated in this Section. This information is needed to assist the BIA in
preparing budget formulation requests.
E. Road Maintenance Funds:
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Road Maintenance funds are those Tribes that have BIA owned roads that are currently
included in the BIA Road Inventory Field Distribution System (RIFDS). The following
language shall be used when the Tribe is eligible to receive road maintenance funds:
“When the Tribe is eligible to receive road maintenance funds, subject to
appropriations, Bureau of Indian Affairs road maintenance funds will be
distributed using the same formula as used last fiscal year.”
Tribes that receive Tribal Transportation Program funding pursuant to Title 23 are
authorized to utilize TTP funds up to 25% under MAP-21 for the upkeep of these roads.
This provision is subject to revision based on Congressional action.
F. Law Enforcement:
The FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to Congress for Law Enforcement funding
includes Criminal Investigation/Police Services and Detention/Corrections program
funding in separate Public Safety and Justice line items. These program funds are
intended for Criminal Investigation/Police Services programs and Detention/Corrections
programs only. Funds from these Public Safety and Justice line items will be
transferred by the BIA Office of Justice Services (OJS) to the OSG for distribution to
Self-Governance Tribes. The amount of funds transferred for each Tribe/Consortium will
be determined by BIA OJS. The following footnote provision for these programs shall be
used:
“Any new eligible Law Enforcement program funding will be determined and
added to the funding agreement based on a determination by BIA OJS.”
Consistent with the findings contained in the Inspector General’s Report, Tribes are
encouraged to report serious incidents in the Law Enforcement and
Detention/Corrections fields through the OJS chain of command.
Law Enforcement base amounts for Criminal Investigation/Police Services and
Detention/Corrections are included in the FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to
Congress. These amounts should be included in column D of the annual
reprogramming request and described as estimates. They are subject to Congressional
appropriation, and include the actual amount of the previous year’s recurring Criminal
Investigation/Police Services program funding received by the Tribe/Consortium.
However, in some instances, non-recurring funding that may have been included in
recurring funding program lines should not be included as part of the estimated amount.
An approved list of Law Enforcement programs and recurring funding estimates to be
included in the 2016 funding agreements will be available for negotiations.
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provide monthly crime reports pursuant to 25 CFR § 12.41. For those tribes, the
following footnote provisions shall be used:
“The Tribe agrees to provide monthly uniform crime data reports pursuant to 25
CFR § 12.41. The monthly reports are due by the 5 th of each month and shall be
submitted to the BIA District Office in the Tribe’s area.”
OSG Negotiators are encouraged to remind Tribes that it is important to provide
monthly crime data reports to OJS for purposes of ensuring eligibility for any possible
funding increases.
OSG Negotiators will notify OJS district representatives so that they may participate in
negotiations when Tribes are receiving OJS funds.
Funding for the Conservation Law Enforcement Officers (CLEO) program is included in
the FY 2016 President’s Budget Request to Congress under Criminal
Investigations/Police Services.
G. Indian Employment Training and Related Services Demonstration
Project (P.L. 102-477), 25 U.S.C. § 3401 et seq.
A funding agreement that includes P.L. 102-477 funds shall include a section with the
following language:
“To the extent this Agreement includes Indian Employment Training and Related
Services Demonstration Project funds pursuant to P.L. 102-477, the [SELECT:
Tribe OR Consortium] agrees that:
i.

Such funds will be administered in accordance with the [SELECT: Tribe's
OR Consortium’s] approved P.L. 102-477 Plan, including compliance with
existing P.L. 102-477 reporting requirements for such funds.

ii.

All applicable statutory requirements governing the various integrated
programs must be met. The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to
abide by all applicable federal regulations published in the Federal
Register. Only those federal regulations for which waivers have been
specifically requested and formally approved will be considered waived.

iii.

No program funds under this demonstration project shall be
reprogrammed for other tribal functions that are not included in the
[SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] approved P.L. 102-477 Plan. The
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] has the authority to integrate the
program services in its approved P.L. 102-477 Plan into a single,
coordinated, and comprehensive program. Within that framework the Tribe

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has the authority to commingle and reallocate funds to meet program
objectives, unless commingling and reallocation is expressly prohibited by
law (see P.L. 102-477 and legislation related to funding origin.)”
The following language should be included in calendar year agreements to insure that
non-DOI P.L. 102-477 fiscal year funds received by the BIA are awarded without regard
to the status of a calendar year funding agreement:
“Advance funding for programs funded through this funding agreement that are
derived from non-DOI agencies as a result of their inclusion in the [SELECT:
Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] P.L. 102-477 plan is to be transferred to the [SELECT:
Tribe OR Consortium] based on the funding year inherent in those funds and as
soon as those funds are available for transfer.”
Estimates of the funding amounts to be provided by non-DOI agencies may be included
in Column D of the appropriate line item in the reprogramming request. The following
footnote shall be used when an estimate is included:
“Funding for this line item shall be provided by OSG to the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium] when it is transferred by [INSERT: name of the appropriate Federal
Agency] pursuant to an approved P.L. 102-477 Plan for inclusion in the
[SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] Self-Governance funding agreement. The
amount included is a funding estimate. The actual amount will be based upon
funding levels provided by [INSERT: name of the appropriate Federal Agency].”
The following language shall be used when an estimate of the non-DOI agency funding
amount is not included:
“Funding for this line item shall be provided by OSG to the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium] when it is transferred by [INSERT: name of the appropriate Federal
Agency] pursuant to an approved P.L. 102-477 Plan for inclusion in the
[SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] Self-Governance funding agreement. The
actual amount will be based upon funding levels provided by [INSERT: name of
the appropriate Federal Agency].”
H. Construction, Wildland Fire Preparedness, Wildland Fire Prevention and
Non-Recurring Projects
Footnotes that identify the basis for the award and the estimated amount at the time of
negotiations shall be used for Construction, Wildland Fire Preparedness, Wildland Fire
Prevention and Non-Recurring projects amounts where there is a degree of uncertainty
in the amount of funds to be made available. In these instances, the following footnote
shall be used when an estimate of the amount of funds to be made available is included
in the reprogramming request Worksheet:

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“The amount identified is the best estimate at the time of negotiation and is
subject to adjustment based on actual award, selection of project, or distribution
methodology used by the BIA provided Self-Governance Tribes, other Tribes,
and BIA agencies are treated similarly. Funding for non-recurring Programs,
Services, Functions, and Activities can only be provided on a one-time-only basis
for this year and are not guaranteed to be funded in subsequent years.”
The following footnote shall be used when an estimate of the amount of funds to be
made available is not included in the reprogramming request Worksheet:
“The amount to be provided is based on actual award, selection of project, or
distribution methodology used by the BIA provided Self-Governance Tribes, other
Tribes, and BIA agencies are treated similarly. Funding for non-recurring
Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities (PSFAs) can only be provided on a
one-time-only basis for this year and such PSFAs are not guaranteed to be
funded in subsequent years.”
The BIA’s Reprogramming documents and OSG’s Authority to Obligate (ATO) award
documents will identify funds that are awarded on a one-time-only basis and are not
guaranteed to be funded in subsequent year(s). In accordance with 25 CFR 1000.105
non-recurring program funds, construction and Wildland Fire Preparedness funds,
Wildland Fire Prevention funds, Congressional earmarks, one-time project funds, funds
with restrictive conditions, other funds specifically excluded by Congress and funds that
are not in the OIP accounts cannot be base transferred to SG base budgets.
Wildland Fire Preparedness Program funding and Wildland Fire Prevention Program
funding are both non-recurring and subject to adjustment based on actual award or
distribution methodology used by the BIA. Wildland Fire Preparedness and Wildland
Fire Prevention Program Management – Indirect (Indirect cost for Wildland Fire
Preparedness) are separate line items on the reprogramming request and need to be
identified separately from contract support cost needs for Tribal Priority Allocation and
other Operation of Indian Programs appropriation accounts. The following footnote
shall be added for this line item when an estimate of the Indirect Cost for Wildland Fire
Preparedness is included in the reprogramming request Worksheet:
“The amount shown is an estimate of the Indirect Cost funding to be provided for
Wildland Fire Preparedness. The actual amount will be determined at the current
negotiated tribal indirect cost rate or other approved indirect cost methodology.”
The following footnote shall be added when an estimate for the Indirect Cost for
Wildland Fire Preparedness is not included in the reprogramming request worksheet:
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Preparedness will be determined at the current negotiated Tribal Indirect Cost
Rate or other approved indirect cost methodology.”
On April 6, 2001, the Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs issued guidelines for
Tribally operated Wildland Fire Management programs which are included as
Attachment 12.
I. Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)
Provisions in this Section are subject to revision based on Congressional action.
Current authorization of MAP-21 expires on May 31, 2015. Operation of the TTP
beginning October 1, 2015, will require the enactment of an extension of authority. In
order to be valid, the program Addendum must conform to the authorization statute that
subsequently governs. Estimates of TTP and TTP Planning amounts are not to be
included in 2016 reprogramming requests due to the uncertainty of the funding formula
in the authorizing and appropriation statutes.
The following language shall be used for Tribal Transportation Program footnotes in the
reprogramming request:
“The Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) will be operated under this SelfGovernance funding agreement. A transportation Amendment and Addendum
will be attached and incorporated into the funding agreement when either the
MAP 21 TTP statute is extended or new authorizing legislation is enacted. The
amount of funding to be provided for the program will be based upon the
authorizing and appropriation statutes.”
The following language shall be used for TTP footnotes in the reprogramming request:
“The Tribal Transportation Planning Program is being operated by the [SELECT:
Tribe OR Consortium] under its Self-Governance funding agreement in
[SELECT: FY 2016 OR CY 2016]. The amount of funding to be provided will be
based upon the authorizing and appropriation statutes.”
The Tribal Transportation Planning Program PSFAs may be included in the funding
agreement without a TTP addendum.
The following language shall be used when a Tribe/Consortium decides to receive its
TTP funding directly from the Federal Highway Administration during FY 2016/CY 2016:
“The [SELECT: Tribe or Consortium] has elected to receive Tribal Transportation
Program funding directly from the Federal Highway Administration during
[SELECT: FY 2016 OR CY 2016]. Project work or activities funded by [SELECT:
FY OR CY] 2015 or prior years continue to be coordinated through the Office of

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Self Governance and Bureau of Indian Affairs and carried out in accordance with
the Self-Governance Funding Agreement and [SELECT: IRR OR TTP OR IRR
and/or TTP] Addendum in place when the funds were received by the [SELECT:
Tribe OR Consortium] until such time that the funds are completely expended
and the project work and activities are accepted by the signatory parties.”
The BIA Division of Transportation has agreed to provide the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) with the information it needs on the obligations and
expenditures for the Road Construction work accomplished by Self-Governance
Tribes/Consortium. As a result, Self-Governance Tribes/Consortia will not be required
to provide the Office of Self Governance with an annual financial status report of its
Road Construction activity. The BIA Division of Transportation may seek such
information directly from self-governance tribes. Tribes can send such information to
the BIA Regional Road Engineers.
J. Consortium Breakout of Participating Tribes' Shares
To provide clarification when negotiating agreements, providing funding, and
responding to inquiries, each Alaskan Consortium shall include a Tribe-by-Tribe break
out of all negotiated shares included in the funding agreement. (See attachment A & B
models on the OSG website: http://64.58.34.34.)
K. Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
The FY 2016 President’s budget request to Congress proposes to include the Housing
Improvement Program. The following footnote shall be used:
“Funds will be distributed based on HIP eligible applicant data and shall be used
in accordance with HIP regulations unless waived."
L. Motor Vehicle Operation Policy
Pursuant to the requirements of 5 CFR Part 930 and the Department of the Interior’s
Motor Vehicle Safety Policy, 485 DM 16, the following language is requested to be
included in funding agreements to promote the safe and prudent operations of motor
vehicles while performing duties under the funding agreement:
“The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] certifies that it will self-administer a motor
vehicle operation policy that promotes the safe and prudent operations of motor
vehicles while performing duties to implement the terms of the Agreement. The
[SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] policy is either comparable or superior to the
May 3, 2006, Motor Vehicle Operation Policy for the BIA issued by the Associate
Deputy Secretary. The [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] policy includes
compliance with Executive Order 13513 prohibiting texting while driving.”

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Pursuant to Executive Order 13513, negotiators shall give Tribes/Consortia a copy of
Executive Order 13513 and shall encourage Tribes/Consortia to adopt their own policies
about texting while driving and to educate their employees and contractors about texting
while driving. Tribes/Consortia may elect to include compliance with Executive Order
13513 which includes texting while driving and include such reference in the funding
agreement. The purpose of including a Motor Vehicle Operation Policy in the funding
agreement is to better prepare to defend a tort action in the event that it becomes
necessary.
A copy of the Motor Vehicle Operation Policy for the BIA is included in Attachment 13.
In those instances where a Tribe declines to include this Motor Vehicle Operation Policy
language in the funding agreement, the federal negotiator is to document the declination
with a Memo to the File.
M. Single Audit Copies
The OSG negotiator shall advise the Tribe that extensions of the date, by which single
audits must be filed can no longer be granted pursuant to a Department directive. Audits
that are late will be subject to sanction.
The following footnote shall be included in the funding agreement.
“In addition to the required copy to the Federal Audit Clearing House, the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] is required by 25 USC § 450c(f) to provide two
copies of the audit financial statements and single audit report to the Office of
Internal Evaluation and Assessment, DOI, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
VA 20191, phone (703) 390-6578, fax (703) 390-6325, or e-mail an electronic
copy to [email protected].”
As part of an effort to reform and strengthen Federal grant making, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) published new guidance on December 26, 2013, for
Federal award programs, OMB Uniform Guidance, Administrative Requirements for
Federal Awards, commonly referred to as the Omni Circular, codified at 2 C.F.R. Parts
200, 215, 220, 225, and 230. The new guidance is being implemented as of December
26, 2014.
XII. Summary - Final Negotiations Packets
Once the exchanging of draft documents is completed and final agreement has been
reached, Tribes/Consortia should prepare final negotiations packets which should
include the following items to be sent to the Compact Negotiator or the BIA Regional
Office:

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A.
B.
C.
D.

Two signed, original funding agreements;
Two signed, original funding agreement reprogramming request worksheets;
Two copies of authorizing Tribal resolution(s) as needed;
Two copies of attachments (MOAs, Tribal breakouts, (“Attachment A” and
“Attachment B” for Alaska Consortia), footnotes, etc.);
E. Two copies of TTP original addendum.
If one set of signed originals is submitted by a Tribe/Consortium, that set will be
retained by OSG and a copy will be provided to the Tribe/Consortium for their records.
BIA Regional Directors should prepare the following items for the final negotiation
packets, using the current Attachment 6 in this Guidance:
A. Final Report Form for Federal Negotiators (provided by and signed and dated
by BIA Regional Director and OSG negotiator).
B. Final Report Form for TTP (provided by and signed and dated by BIA
Regional Director, Regional Roads Administrator and OSG Negotiator) if TTP
is being included in the funding agreement.

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List of Attachments
Attachment 1:

Self-Governance Negotiations Process Checklist

Attachment 2:

List of BIA Regional Office GPRA Contacts

Attachment 3:

List of BIA Climate Control Points of Contact

Attachment 4:

Reporting Requests

Attachment 5:

Model Annual Funding Agreement

Attachment 6:

Final Reports for Federal Negotiators

Attachment 7:

MOU Template for the Real Estate Appraisal Services Program

Attachment 8:

MOU Template for the Beneficiary Processes Program

Attachment 9:

Process for Negotiating TTP Program into Funding Agreement
(Subject to Revision Based on Congressional Action)

Attachment 10:

TTP Templates for Self-Governance Tribes and Consortia
(2 Documents) (Subject to Revision Based on Congressional
Action)

Attachment 11:

Memorialization of Matters Remaining in Dispute

Attachment 12:

Guidelines for Tribally Operated Wildland Fire Management
Programs, April 6, 2001 Memorandum from the Deputy
Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Attachment 13:

Motor Vehicle Operation Policy for the BIA

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ATTACHMENT 1

Self-Governance Negotiations Checklist
Action or Activity

Notification
Notification of Selection to Participate in Self-Governance
Confirmation to BIA and OSG to Begin Negotiations Process
Scheduling of Negotiations

Tribes/Consortia
New To
Self-Governance

OSG to Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortia to Regional Director & OSG
OSG, BIA, BIE, OIEED, OJS, OST, SOL &
Tribe/Consortium

Tribes/Consortia
Continuing
Self-Governance

OSG, BIA, BIE, OIEED, OJS, OST, SOL &
Tribe/Consortium

Negotiations Process
Pre-Negotiations
Preload Budget Data (Tribal Specific - AFA Online Report)
Compact
Compact Amendments
Annual or Multi-Year Funding Agreement
Reprogramming request Worksheet - AFA Online Report
Resolution(s) Authorizing Compact & Agreements
Tribal Signatures on Two Sets of Original Documents
Compact
Compact Amendments
Annual or Multi-Year Funding Agreement
Reprogramming request Worksheet
Final Report on Negotiations - Federal Signatures
BIA Regional Director
Regional BIE Administrator (if necessary)
District OJS Line Officers (if necessary)
OSG Negotiator
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Director, OSG
Director, BIE (if necessary)
Deputy Director, OJS (if necessary)
Final Documents - Federal Signatures
Compact
Compact Amendments
Funding Agreement
Reprogramming request Worksheet

Tribe/Consortium, BIA, BIE, OJS, and OSG,
SOL
OSG Washington, D.C.
OSG, SOL, BIA, and Tribe/Consortium
OSG, BIA, SOL and Tribe/Consortium
OSG, BIA, SOL and Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium

Optional
OSG Washington, D.C.
OSG, SOL, BIA, and Tribe/Consortium
OSG, BIA, SOL and Tribe/Consortium
OSG, BIA, SOL and Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium

Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium

Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium
Tribe/Consortium

Regional Office
Regional Office
District Office
OSG Washington, D.C. or OSG NWFO
Central Office
OSG Washington, D.C.
Central Office
Central Office

Regional Office
Regional Office
District Office
OSG Washington, D.C. or OSG NWFO
Central Office
OSG Washington, D.C.
Central Office
Central Office

Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
Director - Office of Self Governance
Regional Budget Officer and OSG Negotiator

Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
Director - Office of Self Governance
Regional Budget Officer and OSG Negotiator

Tribe/Consortium and OSG
BIA Regional Office, OSG/NWFO, House and
Senate Committees, and other Tribes in BIA

Tribe/Consortium and OSG
BIA Regional Office, OSG/NWFO, House and
Senate Committees, and other Tribes in BIA

Distribution of Signed Documents
Signed Originals to:
Copies of Originals to:

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Deadline

Date
Completed

ATTACHMENT 2
BIA Regional Office GPRA Coordinators
REGION

CONTACT

PHONE NUMBER

Alaska (E00100)

Keith Kahklen
Cyril Andrews

(907) 586 7618
(907) 271-1553

Eastern (S00100)

Eric Wilcox

(615) 564 - 6712

Eastern Oklahoma (G00100)

Diane Buck

(918) 781 - 4647

Denise (Bruce) Hart

(605) 226 - 7343

Darren Smith

(612) 725 - 4530

Karen Zajicek

(505) 863-8486

Michele Hensel

(503) 231- 6790

Travis Britton
Harley Long

(916) 978 - 6167
(530) 246 - 5167

Jo Ellen Cree

(406) 247 - 7964
(405) 247 - 6673 x273
(405) 247 - 1540

Great Plains (A00100)
Midwest (F00100)
Navajo (N00100)

Northwest (P00100)
Pacific (J00100)
Rocky Mountain (C00100)
Southern Plains (B00100)

Rose Roberson
Rolanda Talley

Southwest (M00100)

Lolita Crespin
Esther Lopez

(505) 563 - 3103
(505) 563 - 3614

Nancy Jones

(602) 379 - 3083

Western (H00100)

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ATTACHMENT 3
BIA CLIMATE CHANGE POINTS OF CONTACT
Central Office
Sean J. Hart
BIA Climate Change Coordinator
1849 C Street, NW, MIB 4635
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 513-0337
Cell:
(202) 809-2070
E-Mail: [email protected]
Alaska Region
Mark Kahklen
Environmental Protection Specialist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region
3601 C Street, Suite 1100
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: (907) 271-4004
Fax:
(907) 271-1750
[email protected]
Eastern Region
Harold Peterson
Natural Resource Officer
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Region
545 Marriott Drive Suite 700
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
Phone: (615) 564-6838
Fax:
(615) 564-6701
E-Mail: [email protected]

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Eastern Oklahoma Region
Sierra Mandelko
Archaeologist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region
3100 W. Peak Boulevard
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401
Phone: (918) 781-4660
Fax:
(918) 781-4667
E-Mail: [email protected]
Great Plains Region
Wayne Stone
Water Rights Specialist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region
115 4th Avenue, SE
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
Phone: (605) 226-7621
Fax:
(605) 226-7645
E-Mail: [email protected]
Midwest Region
Matthew C. Anderson
Regional Forester
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region
5600 American Boulevard West, Suite 500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55437
Phone: (612) 725-4521
Fax:
(612) 713-4401
E-Mail: [email protected]

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Northwest Region
David Redhorse
Water Rights Specialist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region
911 NE 11th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: (503) 231-6927
Fax:
(503) 231-6791
E-Mail: [email protected]
Pacific Region
Dale Morris
Water Rights Specialist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Region
2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2820
Sacramento, California 95825
Phone: (916) 978-6050
Fax:
(916) 978-6055
Cell:
(916) 803-4599
E-Mail: [email protected]
Rocky Mountain Region
Jarvis Gust
Branch Chief of Agriculture & Wildlife Management
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region
2021 4th Avenue North
Billings, Montana 59101
Phone: (406) 247-7946
Fax:
(406) 247-7990
E-Mail: [email protected]

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Southern Plains Region
Crystal Keys
Water Program Manager
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern Plains Region
1 Mile No. of City – Highway 281
Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005
Phone: (405) 247-1549
Fax:
(405) 247-9707
E-Mail: [email protected]
Southwest Region
Joseph Jojola
General Biologist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Region
1001 Indian School Road, N.W.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
Phone: (505) 563-3408
Fax:
(505) 346-7512
E-Mail: [email protected]
Western Region
Chip Lewis
Environmental Protection Specialist
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Region
2600 N. Central Avenue, 4th Floor Mailroom
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Phone: (602) 379-6782
Fax:
(602) 379-3837
Cell:
(602) 390-2014
E-Mail: [email protected]

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ATTACHMENT 4
Expected Data/Information Request

Requesting Entity

Estimated Request Date

Basis for Request

A. Report on 2015 status of Indian forest lands on
attaining standards, goals and objectives set forth in
approved forest management plans*

BIA Regional Director

October 2015

Report to Congress and tribes on
status of Indian forest lands per 25
C.F.R. §163.82

B. Information for contract support costs report to
Congress

OSG Director

October 2015

Implement 25 U.S.C §450j-1(c)

January 2016

Determine Tribal compliance with
statutory and regulatory requirements
in a Tribe’s approved P.L. 102-477
plan per 25 U.S.C. §3410

C. Information contained in a single report format
from tribes participating in the Indian Employment,
Training and Related Services Demonstration Project
(P.L. 102-477)

Division of Workforce
Development OIEED

D. Information to be used in the formulation of the
BIA FY 2017 budget

Assistant Secretary for
Indian Affairs

February 2016

Implement guidance from OMB and
Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Management and Budget

E. Updated roads inventory information for Road
Inventory Field Data System to determine 2015
Tribal Transportation Program funding distribution

BIA Regional Director

February 2015

Implement BIA national distribution
methodology per Final Rule Published
in Federal Register

F. Information on 2016 crime reported in Indian
country*

BIA District Special Agent
In Charge Office of Justice
Services

Monthly

G. Information on 2016 tribal enrollment, service
population, and labor force information.

Office of Assistant
Secretary – Indian Affairs

February 2016

Implement 25 U.S.C. § 3416

February 2016

Implement 25 U.S.C. § 458ee and 25
CFR §1000.381

BIA Office of Indian
Services

January 2016

Implement BIA national distribution
methodology

J. Information to determine the amount of 2016
Public Law 93- 638 pay cost funding distribution

BIA Regional Director

May 2016

Implement BIA national distribution
methodology

K. Real Estate information for 2016 Annual Activity
Log and Caseload Reports

BIA Regional Director

Quarterly and Annual

Implement performance management
activities per GPRA, including 5
U.S.C. § 306 & 31 U.S.C. § §11151116

L. Irrigation and Safety of Dams Construction
Project Quarterly Status Report for 2016

BIA Regional Director

Quarterly and Project
Completion

Resolve current and avoid future
material weaknesses in BIA Audited
Financial Statements

M. Information needed to compete and/or apply for
2016 non-recurring program funding to be provided
to the Tribe/Consortium

BIA Regional Director

Periodically Throughout the
Year

Implement national BIA distribution
methodologies per program funding
announcements

N. Indian Child Welfare Act statistical and narrative
program performance reports and Standard Form 425

BIA Regional Director

H. Information on 2015 tribal self-governance
activity to attach to the Secretary's Tribal SelfGovernance 2015 Annual Report to Congress
I. Financial Assistance and Social Services Report to
determine 2016welfare assistance funding
distribution and service only caseload

OSG Director

Events between scheduled reporting dates that have
significant impact on Indian Child Welfare Act
activity.
O. Child Abuse and Neglect statistical reports and
related information*
P. Program performance information to measure
2016 program performance management

Quarterly and Annual
As soon as problems, delays,
adverse conditions, or serious
conditions giving rise to
liability become known.

BIA Regional Director &
BIA OJS District
Commander

As Incidents are Reported

BIA Regional Director

Concurrent with Reporting to
Law Enforcement or Social
Services Agency

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Maintain criminal justice information
system for Indian country per 25
C.F.R. §12.41

As required by 25 C.F.R. § 23.47 (a)(c)
As required by 25 C.F.R. § 23.47 (d)

Maintain child abuse and neglect
information per 25 U.S.C.§ 2434
Implement BIA program performance
management activities per GPRA,
including 5 U.S.C. § 306 & 31 U.S.C.
§§ 1115-1116

Expected Data/Information Request

Requesting Entity

Estimated Request Date

Basis for Request

Q. TTP program performance information (subject to
revision based on Congressional action)

BIA – DOT

Ongoing

Implement TTP program performance
management activities per GPRA,
including 5 U.S.C. § 306 & 31 U.S.C.
§§ 1115-1116

BIA Regional Director

Within 90 calendar days after
the end of the operating year

As required by 23 U.S.C. §
1119(c)(6)(A)

OST Office of Appraisal
Services

Appraisal Log June 2016

Negotiated Memorandum of
Understanding

R. TTP financial status report

S. Appraisal log and backlog information for Real
Estate Appraisal Services Program

Backlog Quarterly

*Information may also be included in a Self-Governance minimum data collection form to be used by Self-Governance Tribes to report 2015 Tribal Self-Governance
activity to attach to the Secretary’s Tribal Self-Governance 2015 Annual Report to Congress.

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ATTACHMENT 5
MODEL
ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR 2016
BETWEEN THE ABC TRIBE
AND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Section 1

Negotiated Agreement - Pursuant to Title IV of P.L. 93-638 as amended, the [INSERT
NAME OF Tribe] (herein referred to as Tribe), and the United States of America,
through the Secretary of the Interior (herein referred to as the Secretary) have
negotiated the following Agreement for the assumption of responsibilities by the Tribe
for the various programs, services, functions, and activities (PSFAs) as specified in this
Agreement. This Agreement includes programs which are funded by or flow through
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (herein referred to as BIA) for the benefit of the Tribe.
Section 2
Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities Assumed By the Tribe - The Tribe
agrees to assume responsibility for the implementation of the programs identified in the
attached REPROGRAMMING REQUEST for which funds are transferred to the Tribe.
The Tribe’s Budget Categories listed below specify the programs for which program
responsibilities are assumed. The Tribe has broad authority to consolidate and
redesign the programs and to reallocate funding between programs without further
approval from the Secretary unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement.
(HERE THE TRIBE SHOULD UTILIZE ITS OWN BUDGET CATEGORIES TO
OPERATE THE PSFAs THAT ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE TRIBE.)
(SAMPLE)
A. Government and administration
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Administrative Direction
Tribal Courts
Aid to Tribal Government
Law Enforcement
Corrections
Etc.

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B. Business and Economic Development
1. Enterprise development
2. Loan program
3. Etc.
C. Natural Resource Development
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Forestry Management
Fisheries management/Enforcement
Habitat Protection
Water Resources
Wildlife Management
Etc.

D. Social and Human Services
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Social Service Management
Social Service Programs
Welfare Assistance
Education (Scholarships, Adult Education)
Employment Assistance
Etc.
Section 3

Special Projects or Earmarked Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities The Tribe is not authorized to redesign or to reallocate funds provided through this
Agreement for PSFAs which are subject to special restriction imposed by statute or
which are awarded to the Tribe based on a competition or a special identified need. The
amounts identified for these special projects or earmarked PSFAs are the best
estimates at the time of negotiation and are subject to adjustment based on actual
award, selection of project, or distribution methodology used by the Secretary, provided
self-governance Tribes, other Tribes, and BIA agencies are treated similarly. Nonrecurring PSFA funds are provided on a one-time basis for this year only. The BIA’s
Reprogramming documents and OSG’s Authority to Obligate (ATO) award documents
will identify funds that are awarded on a one-time-only basis and are not guaranteed to
be funded in subsequent fiscal year(s). The following programs which meet this criteria
are included in this Agreement:
(SAMPLE)
Certain Individual Identified Facilities Major and Minor Improvement and Repair Projects
Welfare Assistance

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Housing Improvement Program
Certain Criminal Investigations/Police Service
Certain Detention/Corrections
Wetlands/Waterfowl Management
Certain Fish Hatchery Operations
Fish Hatchery Maintenance
Noxious Weed Eradication
Forestry Development
Forest Inventories and Plans
Wildland Fire Preparedness
Wildland Fire Prevention
Water Management, Planning and Pre-Development
Certain Environmental Management
Certain Other Indian Rights Protection Categories
Unresolved Hunting and Fishing Rights
Litigation Support
Mineral Assessments
Certain Real Estate Services Categories
Tribal Transportation Program (Subject to Revision Based on Congressional Action)
Tribal Transportation Planning
Specific Construction Project
Programs operated under the Tribe’s/Consortium’s Approved Public Law 102-477 Plan
[(such as Scholarships (P.L. 102-477), Johnson O’Malley (P.L. 102-477), Adult
Education (P.L. 102-477), Job Placement and Training (P.L. 102-477), Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (P.L. 102-477), and Child Care Development Funds)
(P.L. 102-477)]
Other funds not identified in this section may be separately negotiated and included in
this Agreement as provided for in Section 8.
Section 4
Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities Retained by the BIA – Any program,
service, function, or activity not listed as transferred to the Tribe shall be assumed to be
a retained function of the Secretary. In addition, the services related to any inherently
federal functions provided by the Secretary will be available to self-governance Tribes
on the same basis as other Tribes. In cases where there are shared responsibilities
between the Tribe and the BIA, the respective roles of the parties will be specified in
footnotes to the reprogramming requests.
Section 5
Amount of Funds - Subject only to Congressional action and the terms of this
Agreement, the Secretary shall make available to the Tribe the funds identified in the

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attached REPROGRAMMING REQUEST for fiscal year 2016.
Section 6
Contract Support Costs – Subject to applicable federal laws, the Tribe is eligible for
Contract Support funding on the same basis as Tribes which contract with the BIA
under P.L. 93-638. Contract Support Cost funding shall be added to this Agreement as
it becomes available.
Section 7
Payment - Payment to the Tribe shall be made by the most advantageous means
available. The Tribe chooses to receive all funding possible on an annual lump sum
basis. Other funds will be transferred to the Tribe as soon as possible after the
amounts due are known and deliverable.
[Select for Fiscal Year Tribe: (Base funding under continuing resolutions will be paid to
the Tribe within 30 business days from the date the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) apportions the appropriations or, when applicable, within 30 business days after
the date OMB approves an operating plan for the PSFAs in the Funding Agreement.)]
[Select for Calendar Year Tribe: (Base funding under continuing resolutions will be
paid to the Tribe by January 1 or within 30 business days from the date the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) apportions the appropriations, whichever is later, or,
when applicable, by January 1 or within 30 business days after the date OMB approves
an operating plan for the PSFAs in the Funding Agreement, whichever is later.)]
Section 8
Amendment or Modification of this Agreement - Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Compact, or by law, any modifications to this Agreement shall be in the
form of a written amendment signed by the Tribe and the Director, OSG. It is
recognized that during negotiations, there may be errors in calculations or other
mistakes which may need to be renegotiated. Both parties agree to take corrective
action when such errors are identified.
Section 9
No Reduction in Programs, Services, Functions or Activities to Other Tribes - In
accordance with 25 U.S.C. § 458ff (a), nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
limit or reduce in any way services, contracts or funds that any other Indian tribe or tribal
organization is eligible to receive under 25 U.S.C. § 450f or any other applicable
Federal law.

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Section 10
Subject to Availability of Funds - All amounts identified in this Agreement are subject
to Congressional action on appropriations and will be adjusted accordingly. Notification
to the Tribe of such adjustments will occur as soon as practicable following the action.
The Tribe shall be eligible for new PSFAs and shall be advised of available funding for
such PSFAs on the same basis as other tribes when the Assistant Secretary or other
delegated official makes a decision that additional funds are available.
Section 11
Establishment of Self-Governance Base Budget - The Tribe elects to establish and
maintain a self-governance base budget for its operations under self-governance
pursuant to 25 C.F.R. § 1000.105. This consists of the actual amounts of recurring
funding which have been base transferred from BIA budget accounts to the selfgovernance budget accounts. Adjustments to base budgets will be done in accordance
with 25 C.F.R. § 1000.109. Non-recurring funds and any other one-time funding are not
eligible to be included as part of the Tribe’s base budget.
Section 12
Title I Provisions - The Tribe chooses to include the following provisions from Title I of
P.L. 93-638 in accordance with P.L. 104-109, 25 U.S.C § 458cc(l) in this agreement.
[List of provisions to be included here]
Section 13
Conflict Between Provisions of this Agreement and the Compact - To the extent
that provisions in this Agreement conflict with the Compact, this Agreement shall apply.
Section 14
Proposed Effective Date - The proposed effective date of this Agreement will be 90
days following the submission of the signed Agreement to the Congress and to the
other Tribes served by the BIA Agency Office. The proposed effective date is
[SELECT: October 1 or January 1]. The successor agreement shall be controlled by 25
CFR § 1000.90. This agreement shall remain in effect until the date the agreement
ends.
FOR MULTI-YEAR FUNDING AGREEMENTS ONLY:
Proposed Effective Date - The proposed effective date of this Agreement will be 90
days following the submission of the signed Agreement to the Congress and to the
other Tribes served by the BIA Agency Office. The proposed effective date is

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[SELECT: October 1 or January 1]. The successor Agreement shall be controlled by
25 CFR § 1000.90. This Agreement shall remain in effect until the date the agreement
ends. In subsequent years, the parties shall negotiate an amendment incorporating the
annual REPROGRAMMING REQUEST(s) into the Multi-Year Funding Agreement by
[SELECT: July 1 OR October 1] of each year.
Section 15
Training - Prior to being granted access to DOI automated trust information technology
systems, [SELECT: Tribal OR Consortium] employees must successfully complete BIA
trust automated technology systems training, the costs of which will be met by the BIA
[INSERT IF APPLICABLE: and OST].
Section 16
Employee Security - Prior to being granted access to DOI automated information
technology systems and DOI Trust Records in any electronic data or hardcopy format,
the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees its employees and employees of its
contractors must be favorably screened and a final favorable suitability determination
issued by the BIA Personnel and Physical Security Office pursuant to OMB Circular No.
A-130 and DM 441. In addition, pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive
12 (HSPD-12), Tribal employees and employees of their contractors must also
successfully go through a Personal Identity Verification process prior to being granted
access to DOI automated information technology systems. Costs will be incurred by the
BIA or OST for their respective PSFAs.
OR
a) The Parties agree that prior to being granted data entry access to DOI automated
information technology systems,
1) employees of the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and its contractors must be
favorably screened and a final suitability determination issued by the applicable Security
Office pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-130 and DM 441.
2) pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12),
employees of the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and its contractors must also
successfully go through a Personal Identification process.
3) the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] employees must successfully
complete DOI trust automated technology systems training, the costs of which will be
met by BIA [INSERT IF APPLICABLE: or OST for each agency's respective PSFAs].
b) Policies are currently being developed to implement background investigation
requirements for Tribal employees and their contractors. The parties agree that during
the interim the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will continue to carry out BIA [INSERT
IF APPLICABLE: OST] Trust PSFAs under this funding agreement and employees of

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the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will continue to have access to Federal Records.
c) The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will assess Tribal employees by function in
order to determine level of risk for each employee as well as the corresponding level of
background investigation necessary based upon DOI guidance.
However, the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will begin requesting background investigations for
those employees the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] determines to have an
immediate need. DOI agrees to work with the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] in this
process.
d) The cost of the initial round of background investigations to perform the functions
described in this Agreement will be paid by BIA [INSERT IF APPLICABLE: or OST for
each agency's respective PSFAs]. The parties agree to renegotiate terms upon the
completion of the development of the background investigation requirements policies for
Tribal employees and their contractors.
e) Wherever feasible or possible, Tribal and Federal agencies will coordinate their
efforts to utilize reciprocal suitability determinations when appropriate.
OR
The Department and the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] mutually agree that for 2016,
none of the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] employees or employees of its
contractors will have access to DOI automated information technology systems or DOI
Trust records in any electronic data or hardcopy format.
Section 17
OPTION: SELECT [(Real Estate Appraisal Services) OR (Beneficiary Processes)]
The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and the Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians (OST) [SELECT: have negotiated OR are negotiating] a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the OPTION: [SELECT: Real Estate
Appraisal Services Program OR Beneficiary Processes Program]. This program will be
governed by the terms of this MOU, which OPTION: [SELECT: is OR will be] attached
and fully incorporated into the funding agreement.
Section 18
Trust Records Management – The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] and the Secretary
agree to the following:
The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to:

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(a) preserve, protect and manage all fiduciary Trust Records, created
and/or maintained by the [SELECT: Tribes OR Consortia] during their
management of trust programs in their Title IV agreements. (A fiduciary Trust
Record is/was any document that reflects the existence of an Indian trust asset
and is/was used in the management of an Indian trust asset. An Indian trust
asset refers to lands, natural resources, monies or other assets held in trust at a
particular time by the Federal Government for a [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium], Alaska natives that are or were at a particular time restricted
against alienation, for individual Indians. Management includes actions that
influence, affect, govern, or control an Indian trust asset. The following are
examples not considered to be fiduciary Trust Records: general administrative,
personnel or travel records; education records; law enforcement records; health
records; law making unrelated to Indian trust assets; tribal council resolutions
and laws unrelated to Indian trust assets; and tribal elections.)
(b) make available to the Secretary all fiduciary Trust Records maintained
by the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium], provided that the Secretary gives
reasonable oral or written advance request to the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium]. Access shall include visual inspection and at the expense of the
Secretary the production of copies (as agreed upon between the parties) and
shall not include the removal of the records without tribal approval; and
(c) store and permanently retain all inactive fiduciary Trust Records at the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] or allow such records to be removed and
stored at the American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa, Kansas at
no cost to the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium].
The Secretary agrees to:
(a) allow the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] to determine what records it
creates to implement the trust program assumed under its Title IV Agreement,
except that the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] must create and maintain the
information required by statute and regulation. No additional record keeping
requirements are required by this Agreement.
(b) store all inactive fiduciary Trust Records at AIRR at no cost to the
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] when the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] no
longer wishes to keep the records. Further, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium]
will retain legal custody and determine access to these records and such records
shall not be treated as Federal records for purposes of chapter 5 of Title 5 of the
United States Code unless expressly agreed to by the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium];
(c) create and manage a single tribal storage and retrieval system for all

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fiduciary Trust Records stored at AIRR (No records will be accepted at AIRR until
such a retrieval system exists); and
(d) provide technical assistance for [SELECT: Tribes OR Consortia] in
preserving, protecting and managing their fiduciary Trust Records from available
funds appropriated for this purpose.

Section 19
Single Audit Copies -- In addition to the required copy to the Federal Audit Clearing
House, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] is required by 25 U.S.C. § 450c(f) to
provide two copies of the audit financial statements and single audit report to the Office
of Internal Evaluation and Assessment, DOI, 12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA
20191 phone 703-390-6578, fax 703-390-6325 or e-mail an electronic copy to
[email protected].
Section 20
Motor Vehicle Operation Policy – The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] certifies that it
will self-administer a motor vehicle operation policy that promotes the safe and prudent
operation of motor vehicles while performing duties to implement the terms of the
Agreement. The [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] policy is either comparable or
superior to the May 3, 2006 Motor Vehicle Operation Policy for the BIA issued by the
Associate Deputy Secretary. The [SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] policy includes
compliance with Executive Order 13513 prohibiting texting while driving.
Section 21
Reporting Requests -- The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to provide
applicable data and information to the BIA [INSERT: name of BIA Regional Office]
pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-62).
Before providing such information, the [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] will work with
its respective Regional Office GPRA Coordinator to determine applicable data and
information needed to meet the requirements pursuant to the Act.
OPTION: Please Include Section 22 When the Tribe Has Elected To Receive P.L. 102477 Program Funds
Section 22
Indian Employment Training and Related Services Demonstration Project -- To the
extent this Agreement includes Indian Employment Training and Related Services
Demonstration Project funds pursuant to P.L. 102-477, the [SELECT: Tribe OR

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Consortium] agrees that:
i.

Such funds will be administered in accordance with the [SELECT: Tribe's
OR Consortium’s] approved P.L. 102-477 Plan, including compliance with
existing P.L. 102-477 reporting requirements for such funds.

ii.

All applicable statutory requirements governing the various integrated
programs must be met. The [SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] agrees to
abide by all applicable federal regulations published in the Federal
Register. Only those federal regulations for which waivers have been
specifically requested and formally approved will be considered waived.

iii.

No program funds under this demonstration project shall be
reprogrammed for other tribal functions that are not included in the
[SELECT: Tribe’s OR Consortium’s] approved P.L. 102-477 Plan. The
[SELECT: Tribe OR Consortium] has the authority to integrate the
program services in its approved P.L. 102-477 Plan into a single,
coordinated, and comprehensive program. Within that framework the
Tribe has the authority to commingle and reallocate funds to meet
program objectives, unless commingling and reallocation is expressly
prohibited by law (see P.L. 102-477 and legislation related to funding
origin.)

[SELECT: The following language should be included in calendar year Agreements to
ensure that non-DOI fiscal year funds received by the BIA are awarded without regard
to the status of a calendar year Agreement:]
Advance funding for programs funded through this funding Agreement that are derived
from non-DOI agencies as a result of their inclusion in the [SELECT: Tribe’s OR
Consortium’s] P.L. 102-477 plan is to be transferred to the [SELECT: Tribe OR
Consortium] based on the funding year inherent in those funds and as soon as those
funds are available for transfer.
Section 23
Programs Involving Contact With Children – As mandated by the Indian Child
Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (P.L. 101-630), prior to being authorized
to perform services, functions and activities that involve regular contact with or control
over Indian children, Tribal program staff and volunteers must be favorably screened
and a final favorable suitability determination issued. Minimum standards of character
must be established and implemented in accordance with 25 CFR Part 63.

ABC TRIBE

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BY:_____________________

DATE:________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY:_____________________
DATE:_________________
Director, Office of Self Governance

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ATTACHMENT 6
FEDERAL NEGOTIATING TEAM
________
Date

BIA Regional Director

_______________________

________
Date

OSG Negotiator

_______________________

________
Date

Regional Education
Program Administrator
(If Necessary)

_______________________

________
Date

District Law Enforcement
and Corrections Officials _______________________
(If Necessary)
FINAL REPORT
[NAME OF TRIBE/CONSORTIUM]
2016 NEGOTIATIONS

We hereby attest that the programs and dollar amounts identified in the attached
funding agreement are those which were negotiated at sessions involving federal and
tribal representatives as part of the Tribal Self-Governance negotiations for the 2016
funding agreement.
____________
Date

_______________________________________________
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs

____________
Date

_______________________________________________
Director, Office of Self Governance

____________
Date

_______________________________________________
Director, Bureau of Indian Education
(If Necessary)

____________
Date

_______________________________________________
Deputy Director, Office of Justice Services
(If Necessary)

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(Subject to Revision Based on Congressional Action)
FEDERAL NEGOTIATING TEAM

________
Date

______________________________________________________
BIA Regional Director

________
Date

______________________________________________________
OSG Negotiator

________
Date

______________________________________________________
BIA Regional Roads Administrator

FINAL REPORT
[NAME OF TRIBE/CONSORTIUM]
TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ADDENDUM
2016 NEGOTIATIONS
We hereby attest that the provisions in the attached Tribal Transportation Program Addendum
are those which were negotiated at sessions involving federal and tribal representatives as part of
the Tribal Self-Governance negotiations for 2016 agreements.

________
Date

______________________________________________________
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs

________
Date

______________________________________________________
Director, Office of Self Governance

________
Date

______________________________________________________
Chief, BIA Division of Transportation

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ATTACHMENT 7

DRAFT TEMPLATE – 2016 OST SELFGOVERNANCE APPRAISAL PROGRAM MOU
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
__________________________________TRIBE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS FOR
REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES CALENDAR YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR 2016
I. AUTHORITY
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the __________ Tribe (Tribe)
and the Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians (OST) is entered into pursuant to a compact initiated under Title IV of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638), as amended.
II. PURPOSE
The purpose of this MOU is to detail the coordination, implementation, duties and
responsibilities of each party for the Tribe’s operation of the OST Real Estate
Appraisal Program for Calendar Year (CY) or Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Pursuant to
the CY or FY 2016 Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) or Multi-Year Funding
Agreement (MYFA), this MOU is an attachment to the CY or FY 2016 AFA or MYFA
and is incorporated into and made a part of the CY or FY 2016 AFA or MYFA as if
set out in full in the AFA or MYFA.
This MOU shall be attached to the AFA or MYFA for this year and subsequent years
and remain in effect unless modified and such modification is agreed to in writing by
both parties.
III. THE TRIBE’S DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PERFORMING REAL
ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES
A. Program Guidance
Real estate appraisal services shall be provided in accordance with published
authority contained in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 25; appraisal
standards contained in the current edition of the Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), and Uniform Appraisal Standards for
Federal Land Acquisitions (UASFLA), as applicable, including updates and
revisions; and use of appraisal industry recognized valuation methods and

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techniques. The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Office of
Appraisal Services (OST-OAS), Regional Supervisory Appraiser (RSA) is
available to provide guidance for the interpretation and use of these standards
and, upon written request of the Tribe, will assist the Tribe in their development
of Statements of Work (SOW) for appraisal service contracts.
B. Program Responsibilities
1. Appraisal Procedures
a. The Tribe agrees to conduct appraisal services herein identified, as
required, to support real estate transactions on trust or restricted property.
b. Appraisals must:
i) Identify the Secretary of the Interior and the Tribe as the Client in all
appraisal reports of trust/restricted property;
ii) Identify the BIA, OST-OAS, the Secretary of the Interior and the Tribe
as Intended Users in the body of the appraisal report; and
iii) Identify any third party Intended Users of the report e.g., Agencies,
individual Indians, etc.
c. The Tribe agrees not to submit an appraisal report to BIA for use in a trust
transaction until the appraisal has been reviewed and approved by the
OST-OAS.
d. Appraisers must not disclose confidential information or assignment
results prepared for the trust landowner to anyone other than the Client
Intended Users or persons specifically authorized by the Client.
e. Once an appraisal report, written by a state-certified general contract
appraiser, is reviewed and approved by the OST-OAS RSA, the RSA will
obtain from the contract appraiser three (3) approved original appraisal
reports with original signatures, which will include a copy of the appraisal
request in each report.
f. The Tribe agrees that all appraisal reports submitted to the RSA for review
must be signed by a state-certified general appraiser.
g. The Tribe agrees to submit the completed appraisal report to the OSTOAS RSA for review within 60 calendar days of receipt of the valid
appraisal request, which will be the due date, or provide written notice to
the OST-OAS-RSA before the expiration of the 60 days that the tribal
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provided the complexity of the appraisal, or other extenuating
circumstances, warrants extending this time. Such written agreement
between the Client and the tribal appraisal program should be contained in
the appraisal work file.
h. Appraisals must be submitted to the RSA as an “Appraisal Report”
pursuant to SR 2-2(a) or a “Restricted Appraisal Report” pursuant to SR 22(b) that will be accompanied with the appraisal work file. If
questions/concerns arise from the review of the “Appraisal Report” OSTOAS may request additional information from the Tribe in the form of the
appraisal work file.
i. Appraisals also may be prepared using alternative valuation
methodologies, when appropriate and in compliance with USPAP or
UASFLA, as applicable. Such alternative methodologies include, but are
not limited to, Restricted Use Reports when used as part of a Project
Appraisal Report per Section D-17 of UASFLA; Market Studies; and
Market Analysis.
2. Appraisal Log
a. The Tribe agrees to maintain an appraisal tracking log of all appraisal
requests received. The appraisal log shall be available for review by the
OST-OAS-RSA for reporting purposes. The Tribe agrees to submit the
appraisal log to the OST-OAS-RSA no later than October 15 each year,
for the previous fiscal year ending September 30. See Section III. B. 8. b.
b. At a minimum, the appraisal tracking log shall contain:
i)
ii)
iii)

iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
x)
xi)
xii)
xiii)

Appraisal request number
Allotment or tribal tracking number
Due date, i.e., the date agreed upon, between the Client and the
tribal appraisal program, to submit the appraisal product to the
Client
Purpose of appraisal
Legal descriptions
Size of property appraised
Intended use of appraisal
Effective date of appraisal
Owner/ Grantor information
Name of Appraiser of record
Approval date of the appraisal
Conclusion of value
Date valid appraisal request is received by the Tribe

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xiv)

Date appraisal report is transmitted to the Client

c. The Tribe agrees to provide to the OST-OAS RSA the tribal appraisal
report past due information on a fiscal year quarterly basis on: January 15,
April 15, July 15, and October 15, during this current fiscal year and in
subsequent years on the same quarterly basis. Tribal backlog is
considered to be any request(s) for appraisal(s) that have not been
completed and provided to the OST-OAS RSA for review within 60
calendar days of receiving a complete and valid appraisal request, unless
the due date is extended by negotiation.
3. Conflict of Interest
a. To avoid a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest,
neither a Tribal appraiser employed, nor a fee appraiser contracted, by the
Tribe shall complete an appraisal on land owned by the appraiser or by an
immediate relative as defined by Tribal law and policy.
b. If applicable, when the Tribe is conducting an appraisal for trust property
that an individual landowner has offered for sale to the Tribe, the Tribe’s
appraiser, whether an employee or a fee appraiser, shall disclose such
potential conflict of interest to OST-OAS with the request for review and
approval.
4. Appraisal Contracts
The Tribe agrees that appraisals provided by contractors shall meet the
requirements of this MOU.
5. Purposes of Appraisals: Requirements and Proscriptions
a. OAS completes appraisals to support real estate transactions on trust or
restricted property only, except when non-trust property is part of a
congressionally mandated action, court order, right–of-way acquisition, or
land exchange. Such transactions requiring appraisals are limited to:
negotiated sales, advertised sales, leases, home site or residential leases,
gift deeds, subdivisions and partitions, property exchanges, damage
estimates for trespass settlements, various types of easements and rightsof-way, special use permits, removal of restrictions, certificate of
competency, or fee patents.
b. Appraisals under this program cannot be performed for the following
purposes: mortgages, probates (except for congressionally mandated,
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subleases, mineral evaluations, acquisitions or sales of fee lands (unless
the acquisition is part of a congressionally mandated action, court order,
right-of-way acquisition, or land exchange), or leases granted at less than
fair annual rents as provided for in 25 C.F.R. § 162.604 (b).
6. Records Management
a. The Tribe agrees to:
i) Preserve, protect and manage all Indian fiduciary trust records (IFTR)
created and/or maintained by the Tribe, regardless of media during its
management of the Real Estate Appraisal Program.
An Indian fiduciary trust record is any document that reflects the
existence of an Indian trust asset and is/was used in the management
of an Indian trust asset.
An Indian trust asset refers to lands, natural resources, monies or
other assets held in trust at a particular time by the Federal
Government for a Tribe, Alaska natives or that are or were at a
particular time restricted against alienation, for individual Indians.
Management includes actions that influence, affect, govern, or control
an Indian trust asset.
The following examples are not considered to be IFTR:
general administrative, personnel or travel records;
education records;
law enforcement records;
health records;
law making unrelated to Indian trust assets;
tribal council resolutions and laws unrelated to Indian trust assets; and
tribal election records
ii) Make available to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) all IFTR
maintained by the Tribe, provided that the Secretary gives reasonable
oral or written advance request to the Tribe. Access shall include
visual inspection and, at the expense of the Secretary, the production
of copies (as agreed upon between the parties) and shall not include
the removal of records without tribal approval.
iii) Store and permanently retain all inactive IFTR at the Tribe or allow
such records to be removed and stored at the American Indian

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Records Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa, Kansas, at no cost for storage
to the Tribe (shipping costs to be borne by the Tribe); and if applicable:
A.) Enter into an agreement with OST’s Office of Trust Records for the
purposes of transferring and providing future access to the Tribe’s
IFTR stored at the AIRR as tribal records; or
B.) Allow such records to be returned back to the custody of the OSTOAS to be transferred, treated as Federal Records, and stored at
the AIRR in Lenexa by entering into an agreement with OST-OAS
for the purposes of transferring legal custody of the Tribe’s IFTR
back to the Federal government, provided that the Tribe wishes to
relinquish legal custody of IFTR for storage at the AIRR.
iv) Return all active and inactive IFTR the Secretary in the event the Tribe
retrocedes the Real Estate Appraisal Program, or in the event the
Secretary reassumes operations of the Real Estate Appraisal Program.
Records returned to the custody of the Appraisal Program shall be
treated as Federal Records.
v) Attend OST and/or BIA records management training.
b. The Secretary agrees to:
i) Allow the Tribe to determine what records it creates to implement the
trust program assumed under its Title IV compact (or Title I contract, if
applicable), except that the Tribe must create information required by
statute, regulation, and this MOU. No additional record keeping
requirements are required by this MOU;
ii) Store all inactive IFTR at the AIRR at no cost for storage to the Tribe
(shipping costs to be borne by the Tribe) when the Tribe no longer
wishes to keep the records. Further, the Tribe will retain legal custody
and determine access to these records. These records shall not be
treated as Federal records for purposes of Chapter 5 of Title 5 of the
United States Code unless expressly agreed to by the Tribe;
iii) Store all inactive IFTR at the AIRR at no cost for storage to the Tribe
when the Tribe returns legal custody of inactive IFTR to the OST-OAS
for storage. The records will then be treated as Federal records;
iv) Manage a single tribal storage and retrieval system for all tribal IFTR
stored at AIRR as Tribal records; and

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v) Provide technical assistance and records management training for the
Tribe to preserve, protect and manage its IFTR from available funds
appropriated for this purpose.
7. System Security Access
a. Security Requirements for Access to DOI Information Technology (IT)
Systems
i) Prior to being granted access to DOI IT systems and DOI IFTR in any
electronic data or hardcopy format, the Tribe agrees that its employees
and employees of its contractors must undergo the appropriate
clearance as determined by the position sensitivity rating process, but
at a minimum, a National Agency Check with Inquiries and Credit
Check (NACI-C) and ultimately receive a final favorable suitability
determination issued by the OST Personnel Security Office pursuant to
OMB Circular No. A-130 and DM 441. In addition, pursuant to
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) (OST
reciprocates with other federal agencies’ background investigations),
the Tribe’s employees and employees of its contractors must also
successfully go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process
prior to being granted access to DOI IT systems. PIV costs will be
incurred by the OST.
ii) The Tribe agrees to follow all DOI and OST policy on IT security
measures as cited in OST Operating Manuals (OM), OM-3 and OM431, or most current.
iii) The Tribe agrees to take all prudent steps necessary to secure
confidentiality, integrity and availability of Personally Identifiable
Information as required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 55a)
and by subsequent OMB memoranda; and in the event of a security
related incident (i.e. information exposure, theft, network compromise)
affecting Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or tribal equipment
utilized in the performance of the Real Estate Appraisal Services
Program also agrees to notify the OST by emailing
[email protected], within 24 hours of discovery of the incident.
iv) The Tribe will notify the OST at [email protected]
within 24 hours of exiting employees who no longer require systems
access.
b. Training

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Prior to being granted access to DOI trust IT systems, the Tribe’s
employees must successfully complete the Federal Information System
Security Awareness training (and complete annually thereafter to maintain
access), the costs of which will be met by the OST.
8. Reports
a. The Tribe and OST agree to cooperate in the identification and provision
of applicable data and information pursuant to the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-62). Before
providing the information, the Tribe will work with OST-OAS to determine
applicable data and information needed to meet the GPRA requirements.
b. The Tribe agrees to submit its appraisal log to OST-OAS, as described in
Section III. B. 2. a. and b. above, on an annual basis no later than October
15, this year, and each year thereafter.
c. The Tribe agrees to provide backlog information to the OST-OAS RSA on
a quarterly basis. See Section III. B. 2. c. above.
9. OMB Circulars
The Tribe agrees that, pursuant to 25 C.F.R. §1000.395, OMB circulars and
revisions apply, except for:
a. listed exceptions for Tribes and Tribal Consortia;
b. exceptions in 25 U.S.C. 450j-1(k); and
c. additional exceptions that OMB may grant.

10. Single Audit Act Audit
a. The Tribe will notify OTRA that their Single Audit is completed and
submitted to OSG.

IV. OST DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. The OST will notify the Tribe of training provided or hosted by OAS, related to
management of the Tribe’s appraisal program.
B. The OST-OAS RSA will provide an appraisal review within 30 calendar days after
OST-OAS receives the report.

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C. Once an appraisal report is approved by OAS, the OST-OAS RSA will do the
following:
1. If Tribe’s appraisal report did not require changes or corrections, the RSA will
obtain three (3) additional original appraisal reports with original signatures;
and will submit two (2) appraisal reports, two (2) review reports, and two (2)
appraisal requests for each report to the BIA Superintendent and/or designee
for processing.
2. If the Tribe’s appraisal report required changes or corrections, the RSA will
obtain three (3) original appraisal reports of the final approved appraisal
report with original signatures; and will submit two (2) appraisal reports, two
(2) review reports, and two (2) appraisal requests for each report to the BIA
Superintendent and/or designee for processing.
D. If OST-OAS cannot approve the appraisal report under review the OST-OAS
RSA will contact the Tribe in writing, and the appraiser of record, within five
business days of identifying the deficiency in an attempt to resolve any concerns.
E. Once the appraisal report is reviewed and approved, the OST-OAS RSA will
provide the appraisal report and review report to the appropriate tribal official,
BIA Superintendent and/or designee.
F. Third-party Appraisals
1. As used in this document, third-party appraisals are those procured by nonfederal parties, including individual Indian landowners, commercial
enterprises, utility companies, or an Indian tribe acting as a non-federal party.
2. Upon request by the appropriate real estate services program (federal or 638
tribal) and/or BIA line officer, OAS shall review a third-party appraisal if:
a. The statement-of-work identifies the Secretary of the Interior and the Tribe
as the Clients. The Secretary of the Interior, the Tribe, and also applicable
Individual Indian Land owners, shall be identified as the Intended Users of
the third-party appraisal report. Statements-of-work may be coordinated
with the third party, but ultimate responsibility for the document remains
with OAS;
b. The third party consults with the OST-OAS RSA prior to the initiation of
the appraisal on the statement of work for the appraisal, and on a list of
recommended fee appraisers. The third party appraiser is highly
encouraged to attend a pre-work conference via conference call or in
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attend the pre-work conference, then a written declination of the pre-work
conference will be provided to the OST-OAS RSA;
c. The appraiser-of-record selected to perform the appraisal is a statecertified general appraiser, competent to appraise the subject property at
issue, and meets applicable appraisal standards for the intended use of
the appraisal.
G. OST agrees to compensate the Tribe for the cost of security clearances for up to
three tribal employee appraisers per year based on whether the Tribe is paid on
a calendar year or fiscal year basis. In accordance with the DOI’s current
Departmental Manual, Part 441, contracted appraisers who perform work for less
than 180 days are not required to have background investigations. If this
standard changes after execution of this MOU, during Fiscal Year 2015, the OST
agrees to renegotiate this provision to include compensation for background
investigations for up to three of the Tribe’s contracted appraisers.

V.

SIGNATURES

The foregoing is hereby agreed to as stated on this __________day of
___________________, 2015, and will become effective on October 1, 2015, (if
FY tribe) or January 1, 2016 (if CY tribe), and remain in effect unless modified
and such modification is agreed to in writing by the parties.

TRIBE

_________________________________________________
Designated Tribal Official’s signature
___________________________________________________________
Print name
___________________________________________________________
Title
___________________________________________________________

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Date

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

___________________________________________________________
Director, OST Office of External Affairs, and Secretary’s Delegated Official
____________________________________________________________
Print Name

_______________________________________________________
Date

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ATTACHMENT 8

DRAFT TEMPLATE - 2016 OST SELFGOVERNANCE BENEFICARY PROCESSES
PROGRAM MOU
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
___________________________________TRIBE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS FOR
BENEFICIARY PROCESSES PROGRAM CALENDAR YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR 2016
I. AUTHORITY
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the __________________
Tribe (Tribe) and the Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of the Special Trustee
for American Indians (OST) is entered into pursuant to a compact initiated under
Title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638),
as amended.
II. PURPOSE
The purpose of this MOU is to detail the coordination, implementation, duties and
responsibilities of each party for the Tribe’s operation of the OST Beneficiary
Processes Program (BPP) for the designated Calendar Year (CY) or Fiscal Year
(FY) 2016. Pursuant to the CY or FY 2016 Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) or
Multi-Year Funding Agreement (MYFA), this MOU is an attachment to the CY or FY
2016 AFA or MYFA and is incorporated into and made a part of the CY or FY 2016
AFA or MYFA as if set out in full in the AFA or MYFA.
This MOU shall be incorporated as an addendum agreement to the AFA or MYFA
for this year and subsequent years and remain in effect unless modified and such
modification is agreed to in writing by both parties.
III. TRIBE’S DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PERFORMING BPP FUNCTIONS
A. Program Guidance
All BPP functions will be performed and all transactions will be processed in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as OST policies and
procedures, directives, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - OST Interagency
Handbook and Desk Operating Procedures Manual.

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B. The Tribe agrees to:
1. Assume the OST functions for receipting, disbursing and account
maintenance for trust accounts;
a. Transmit all necessary data to OST such that OST can create the
beneficiary Statements of Performance in accordance with the
requirements of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act
of 1994;
b. Not to include Tribal Trust accounts in the Tribe’s execution of the BPP
function;
c. To process to the Solicitor’s Office, Power of Attorney documents for
review/determination by the Solicitor’s Office;
d. Comply with OST requirements and processes for Indian trust account
updates;
e. Coordinate with your BIA agency’s respective OST Fiduciary Trust Officer
(FTO) regarding the disposition of Suspense Collections Account and
Limited Pay processes; and
f. Coordinate with your BIA agency’s Fiduciary Trust Officer regarding
account clean-up and clearing items from the discrepancy/anomaly
reports.
2. Provide effective customer friendly services to all beneficiaries;
3. Record all beneficiary contacts (walk-in, faxes, mail and phone calls) utilizing
Service Center software;
4. Utilize OST accounting system databases available for processing receipting,
disbursing and account maintenance of Indian trust funds;
5. Package documents for the FTO in support of receipting, disbursing and
account maintenance as required to process within established timeframes;
6. Take appropriate action, within established timeframes, to resolve any
rejected transactions;
7. Abide by the Privacy Act as it relates to the release of financial trust
information understanding that such compliance is mandatory; and

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8. Avoid potential, as well as actual, conflicts of interest and to not process
transactions involving relatives to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
C. Reporting
The Tribe agrees to:
1. Forward all BPP-related Freedom of Information Act of 1966, as amended,
(P.L. 89-544) [FOIA] requests to the OST FOIA Officer. The Tribe can
directly coordinate with OST’s FOIA Officer to process FOIA requests; and
2. Work with the FTO to identify and provide applicable data and information
pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993
(P.L. 103-62) and the Government Performance and Results Modernization
Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-352).
D. OMB Circulars
The Tribe agrees to comply with OMB circulars and revisions, pursuant to 25
C.F.R. section 1000.395, except for:
1. listed exceptions for Tribes and Tribal Consortia;
2. exceptions in 25 U.S.C. 450j-1(k); and
3. additional exceptions that OMB may grant.
E. Records Management
1. The Tribe agrees to:
a. Preserve, protect and manage all Indian fiduciary trust records (IFTR)
created and/or maintained by the Tribe, regardless of media during its
management of the BPP.
An Indian fiduciary trust record is any document that reflects the existence
of an Indian trust asset and is/was used in the management of an Indian
trust asset.
An Indian trust asset refers to lands, natural resources, monies or other
assets held in trust at a particular time by the Federal Government for a
Tribe, Alaska natives or that are or were at a particular time restricted
against alienation, for individual Indians.

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Management includes actions that influence, affect, govern, or control an
Indian trust asset.
The following examples are not considered to be IFTR:
general administrative, personnel or travel records;
education records;
law enforcement records;
health records;
law making unrelated to Indian trust assets;
tribal council resolutions and laws unrelated to Indian trust assets; and
tribal elections records
b. Make available to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) all IFTR
maintained by the Tribe, provided that the Secretary gives reasonable oral
or written advance request to the Tribe. Access shall include visual
inspection and, at the expense of the Secretary, the production of copies
(as agreed upon between the parties) and shall not include the removal of
the records without tribal approval.
c. Store and permanently retain all inactive IFTR at the Tribe or allow such
records to be removed and stored at the American Indian Records
Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa, Kansas, at no cost for storage to the Tribe
(shipping costs to be borne by the Tribe); and, as applicable,
i.

allow such records to be returned back to the custody of the BPP to be
transferred, treated as Federal Records, and stored at the AIRR in
Lenexa by entering into an agreement with BPP for the purposes of
transferring legal custody of the Tribe’s IFTR back to the Federal
government, provided that the Tribe wishes to relinquish legal custody
of IFTR for storage at the AIRR, or

ii. enter into an agreement with OST’s Office of Trust Records for the
purposes of transferring and providing future access to the Tribe’s
IFTR stored at the AIRR as tribal records.

d. Return all active and inactive IFTR to the Secretary in the event the Tribe
retrocedes the Beneficiary Processes Program, or in the event the
Secretary reassumes operations of the BPP. Records returned to the
custody of the BPP shall be treated as Federal Records.
e. Attend OST and/or BIA records management training.

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2. The Secretary agrees to:
a. Allow the Tribe to determine what records it creates to implement the trust
program assumed under its Title IV compact (or Title I contract, if
applicable), except that the Tribe must create information required by
statute, regulation, and this MOU. No additional record keeping
requirements are required by this MOU;
b. Store all inactive IFTR at the AIRR at no cost for storage to the Tribe
(shipping costs to be borne by the Tribe) when the Tribe no longer wishes
to keep the records. Further, the Tribe will retain legal custody and
determine access to these records. These records shall not be treated as
Federal records for purposes of Chapter 5 of Title 5 of the United States
Code unless expressly agreed to by the Tribe;
c. Store all inactive IFTR at the AIRR at no cost for storage to the Tribe when
the Tribe returns legal custody of inactive IFTR to the BPP for storage.
The records will then be treated as Federal records;
d. Manage a single tribal storage and retrieval system for all tribal fiduciary
trust records stored at AIRR;
e. Provide technical assistance and records management training for the
Tribe to preserve, protect and manage its IFTR from available funds
appropriated for this purpose.
F. Information Technology (IT) Necessary to Access the OST Trust Funds
Accounting Systems (TFAS)
Any computer hardware, including printers and software required to access OST
systems shall be provided by OST.
G. System Security Access
1. Security Requirements for Access to DOI IT Systems
a. Prior to being granted access to DOI IT systems and DOI IFTR in any
electronic data or hardcopy format, the Tribe agrees that its employees
and employees of its contractors must undergo the appropriate clearance
as determined by the position sensitivity rating process but, at a minimum,
a National Agency Check with Inquiries and Credit Check (NACI-C) and
ultimately receive a final favorable suitability determination issued by the
OST Personnel Security Office pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-130 and
DM 441. In addition, pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive

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12 (HSPD-12) (OST reciprocates with other federal agencies’ background
investigations), the Tribe’s employees and employees of its contractors
must also successfully undergo a Personal Identity Verification process
prior to being granted access to DOI IT systems. OST will incur any
Personal Identity Verification costs.
b. The Tribe agrees to follow all DOI and OST policy on IT security measures
as cited in OST Operating Manuals (OM), OM-3 and OM-431, or most
current guidance.
c. The Tribe agrees to take all prudent steps necessary to secure
confidentiality, integrity and availability of Personally Identifiable
Information as required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 55a) and by
subsequent OMB memoranda; and in the event of a security related
incident (i.e. information exposure, theft, network compromise) affecting
Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or tribal equipment utilized in the
performance of the BPP, the Tribe also agrees to notify the OST at
[email protected], within 24 hours of discovery of the incident.
d. The Tribe will notify the OST at [email protected]
within 24 hours of exiting employees who no longer require systems
access.
2. Training
Prior to being granted access to DOI trust IT systems, the Tribe’s employees
must successfully complete the Federal Information System Security
Awareness training (and complete annually thereafter to maintain access),
the costs of which will be met by the OST.
H. General
The Tribe agrees to:
1. Attend OST or BIA training, workgroups, IT records management training and
other training sessions to maintain current knowledge of trust funds systems
and services.
2. Establish and/or maintain appropriate management controls, including
maintaining:
a. An adequate system of internal controls in accordance with 25 C.F.R. Part
900, Subpart F, Standards for Tribal or Tribal organization management
systems.

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3. Work in partnership with OST on financial audit issues including the
implementation of corrective actions.
I. Single Audit Act Audit
1. The Tribe will notify OTRA that their Single Audit is completed and submitted
to OSG.
IV. OST DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Receipting, Disbursing, and Account Maintenance
OST agrees to:
1. Review and approve disbursements, or delineate any additional requirements
necessary for approval of transactions;
2. Forward the approved transactions to the appropriate office; and,
3. Process transactions within the established timeframes.
B. Reporting
Make available all necessary reports to complete the BPP function.
C. IT Including Software and Hardware
Necessary to Access OST Systems
1. OST will provide computer hardware and software necessary to carry out the
BPP.
2. OST will provide systems support related to the BPP. The Office of
Information Resources will assist with any connectivity problems.
D. System Security Access
1. The Office of Information Resources shall process and maintain requests for
systems access or revocation.
2. The Office of Information Resources shall be responsible for equipment
software maintenance for Government furnished equipment.
E. General

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1. OST agrees to:
a. Provide technical assistance in relation to the BPP;
b. Provide technical assistance with risk management efforts upon request;
c. Make available training required for operating the BPP
2. Primary OST oversight and monitoring will be performed through review of
electronic transactions in the systems, review of documents and packages
presented for approval and encoding, analysis of reconciliation provided by
the Tribe, internal reconciliation performed at OST and results from ITE’s.
The Tribe will be notified of any findings requiring corrective action or other
resolution.
3. OST will work in partnership with the Tribe on financial audit issues, including
implementation of corrective actions.
V. SIGNATURES
The foregoing is hereby agreed to as stated on this __________day of
___________________, 2015, and will become effective on October 1, 2015, (if
FY tribe) or January 1, 2016 (if CY tribe), and remain in effect unless modified
and such modification is agreed to in writing by the parties.

TRIBE

_________________________________________________
Designated Tribal Official’s signature
___________________________________________________________
Print name
___________________________________________________________
Title
___________________________________________________________
Date

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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

___________________________________________________________
Director, OST Office of External Affairs, and Secretary’s Delegated Official
_______________________________________________________
Print Name

_______________________________________________________
Date

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ATTACHMENT 9
(Subject to Revision Based on Congressional Action
PROCESS FOR NEGOTIATING TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
PROVISIONS INTO A SELF-GOVERNANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT
(1) In accordance with 25 CFR Parts 1000.170-182 and 25 CFR 170.610, a SelfGovernance Tribe/Consortium wanting to include the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)
program, services, functions or activities or portions thereof, in a Self-Governance Annual or
Multi-Year Funding Agreement (funding agreement) should submit to the Director, Office of
Self Governance (OSG) a letter of interest to initiate the information phase or a written
request to negotiate the terms for including TTP program provisions into its SelfGovernance funding agreement for a particular year. Courtesy copies of the letter of
interest may be sent to the Tribe’s/Consortium’s respective OSG negotiator and BIA
Regional Office;
(2) The OSG negotiator shall notify the appropriate BIA Regional Office contact of the SelfGovernance Tribe’s/Consortium’s interest to operate the TTP program under a Tribal SelfGovernance funding agreement for a particular year;
(3) The BIA Regional Office contact shall indicate to the OSG negotiator the response of the
Tribe/Consortium to provisions found in 25 CFR 170.600;
(4) The BIA and the OSG shall respond to the Tribe’s/Consortium’s letter of interest and
written request to negotiate in accordance with 25 CFR Parts 1000.172 and 1000.174,
respectively;
(5) Negotiations shall be held between Tribal/Consortium and Federal representatives in
accordance with 25 CFR Parts 1000.175-176;
(6) Using the TTP Model Addendum in Attachment 9 as a guide, the OSG Negotiator shall
submit the negotiated TTP Addendum to the OSG Director for signature through the
approved surname process. The approved surname process may include the BIA Regional

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Director, OSG Negotiator, OSG Director, Office of the Solicitor, Chief of the BIA Division of
Transportation, BIA Regional Roads Administrator, and Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(7) One original signed TTP Addendum will be retained by the OSG, and one original sent
to the Tribe/Consortium. In addition to the copies stipulated in 25 CFR § 1000.177, copies
shall also be sent to the respective BIA Regional Office, and BIA Division of Transportation;
and
(8) MAP-21 authorization expires on May 31, 2015. Currently, there is no authorization for
a Tribe/Consortium to operate its TTP Program for any portion of the 2016 fiscal or calendar
year until Congress either extends MAP-21 or enacts a new authorization.

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ATTACHMENT 10a/Single Tribe
[Note: A new transportation authorization, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century “
(MAP-21), Pub. L. 112-141 (July 6, 2012), has been enacted until May 31, 2015. At the time
this Guidance was published, there is no authorization for a Tribe to operate under the
provisions of this Model Agreement beyond May 31, 2015. The use of this TTP MODEL
ADDENDUM beyond this date can only occur if the MAP-21 authorization is extended. A
standard amendment process may need to be used to revise the term of the TTP Addendum. If
a different transportation authorization is enacted, a new addendum will need to be developed
for use.
[SELECT: FY OR CY] 2016
TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRM (TTP) ADDENDUM
TO THE
[SELECT: ANNUAL OR MULTI-YEAR] FUNDING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
[NAME OF TRIBE]
AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Section 1. Authority
This Addendum to the [SELECT: Annual OR Multi-Year] Funding Agreement [SELECT:
AFA or MFA] is entered into by and between the [Name of Tribe] (“Tribe”) and the United
States of America (“United States”), acting through the Secretary of the Interior or an authorized
designee (“Secretary”), pursuant to the authorities set forth in the Tribal Self-Governance Act of
1994, Title IV of Public Law 93-638, as amended, (“Act”); Title 23 of the United States Code, as
amended by “Moving Ahead for Progress In The 21st Century (MAP-21), Public Law 112-141
(July 6, 2012), 25 C.F.R. Part 170; and 25 C.F.R. Part 1000. Except where otherwise noted
herein, this Addendum is subject to all provisions of the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] and
the Compact of Self-Governance between the Tribe and the Secretary (“Compact”).
Section 2. Effective Date
This addendum shall become effective as of the date it is executed by authorized representatives
of the Tribe and the Secretary and attached and incorporated into the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA
OR MFA]. It shall remain in effect until it is terminated, renegotiated by mutual agreement, the
[SELECT: AFA OR MFA] expires, or the Tribal Transportation Program is no longer
authorized by MAP-21.
Section 3. Purpose
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and the responsibility for its share of the Tribal Transportation Program, including all highway
and bridge programs authorized to be assumed under the Act; 25 C.F.R. Part 170; and Chapter 2
of Title 23 of the United States Code, as amended, (hereafter collectively referred to as the
“TTP”), including those programs, functions, services, and activities, or portions thereof
(collectively, “PFSAs”) which are specifically or functionally related to the administration of the
TTP and are otherwise provided by the Secretary to the Tribe. In the event of a conflict between
this Addendum and the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA or MFA], the provisions of this Addendum
shall control solely with respect to the PFSAs authorized to be assumed under this Addendum.
Section 4. Use of Tribal Facilities and Purchase of Equipment
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Parties should address any special
equipment issues that may arise only in a particular BIA Region, such as access to BIA operated
equipment pools.]
Subject to a Transportation Improvement Program approved by the Federal Highways
Administration (“FHWA-approved TIP”), the Tribe may make available facilities and equipment
that it owns, at industry standard lease or rental rates, in order to carry out the purposes of this
Addendum. The Parties agree that, subject to an FHWA-approved TIP, the Tribe shall be
permitted to utilize TTP and other FHWA funds awarded under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR
MFA] to pay such lease/rental rates and to maintain such equipment when performing PFSAs
under this Addendum. For purposes of this Addendum, in those cases where the Tribe
reasonably determines that the purchase of equipment is more cost effective than the leasing of
equipment, the Parties agree that, subject to an FHWA-approved TIP, the purchase of equipment
shall be an allowable cost to the Tribe. The purchase of road maintenance equipment shall be
subject to the limitations provided by 23 U.S.C. § 202 (a) (8) (A), to wit, the Tribe shall not use
an amount more than the greater of 25% of its annual TTP share or $500,000, for road
maintenance activities, including the purchase of road maintenance equipment.
Section 5. Limitation of Costs
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: At the Tribe’s option, this section may be
deleted if the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] already includes similarly protective language.]
The Tribe shall not be obligated to continue performance that requires an expenditure of funds in
excess of the amount of funds awarded under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] to perform
the PFSAs authorized under this Addendum.
Section 6. Time and Method of Payment
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Tribe should specifically list in its [SELECT: AFA
OR MFA] or reprogramming report all the funds to be paid within this 30-day timeframe.
Depending on which TTP PFSAs the Tribe has chosen to assume and whether it has special nonrecurring TTP funding in a given year, the funding items may include the following: TTP

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Relative Need Distribution Factor Funds, TTP Bridge Program Funds, Tribal Transportation
Planning Funds, Population Adjustment Factor Funds, TTP High Priority Project Funds and
other specific Title 23 program funds.]
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202(b)(6), as amended by MAP-21 § 1119(a), the Secretary,
acting at the option of the Tribe through the Office of Self Governance (“OSG”) as sub-allottee,
shall pay to the Tribe or its designee, through an electronic fund transfer in a single annual lump
sum, all the TTP and related transportation program funds identified in the Tribe’s [SELECT:
AFA OR MFA] within 30 days after the funds are made available to the Secretary from the
FHWA. Upon the receipt of funds from the FHWA, the Secretary shall notify the Tribe or its
designee in writing that the funds are available for payment.
The total funds awarded under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] for PFSAs authorized to
be performed under this Addendum will be adjusted to reflect all funding in the TTP authorized
by MAP-21 and any eligible appropriations made available to the Secretary or passed through to
the BIA from the FHWA for transportation projects identified for the Tribe. In addition, the
Tribe will receive:
(1) all supportive administrative funds in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (7) (B),
and;
(2) special allocations attributable to any TTP and TTP Bridge Program funds, TTP High
Priority Project funds identified for the Tribe if any such funds become available during
the effective term of this Addendum.
The Tribe shall be eligible to receive additional TTP funds on the same basis as other Indian
tribes according to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. § 202(b), as well as other eligible funds available
to the Tribe on a competitive, formula, or other basis.
Section 7. Contract Support Costs
Pursuant to 25 C.F.R. §§ 170.607-170.608, Contract Support Costs (“CSCs”) are an eligible item
out of a tribe’s TTP allocation and need to be included in a Tribe’s program budget. The Parties
acknowledge that no additional TTP funds are available to pay CSCs to the Tribe with regard to
the PFSAs assumed under this Addendum.
Section 8. Use of Funds and Flexible Financing
A.

Payments to the Tribe shall be subject to the availability of the appropriation of funds by
the Congress of the United States. Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (6) (B), all funds shall
be paid to the Tribe without regard to the organizational level at which the Department of
the Interior has previously carried out the PFSAs involved.

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B.

The Tribe shall use the TTP funds advanced under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR
MFA] to perform eligible PFSAs authorized under 23 U.S.C. § 202 (a) (2) (B) and 25
C.F.R. Part 170, as amended by MAP-21, other applicable laws, and as authorized under
this Addendum. The Tribe reserves the right to reprogram funds among the eligible
projects identified on an FHWA-approved TTP Transportation Improvement Program
(TTP-TIP), so long as such funds are used in accordance with Federal appropriations law.

C.

The Tribe may use TTP funds provided under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] for
flexible financing as provided in 23 U.S.C. § 122, 25 C.F.R. §§ 170.300-170.303, and
other applicable laws, provided that the Tribe enters into an Advance Construction
Agreement and Project Agreement, when applicable.

D.

The Tribe may issue bonds or enter into other debt financing instruments under 23 U.S.C.
§ 122 with the expectation of payment of TTP Program funds to satisfy the instruments.
The Parties acknowledge that this Addendum does not create a commitment, guarantee,
or obligation on the part of the United States to provide for payment of debts of the Tribe
to third parties for loan principal or interest on any debt financing instrument that the
Tribe may enter into, nor does this Addendum create any right of a third party against the
United States for payment under any debt financing instrument that the Tribe may enter
into.

E.

The Tribe may use TTP Program funds awarded under the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR
MFA] to meet matching or cost participation requirements for any Federal or non-Federal
transit grant or program.
Section 9. Reporting

The Tribe will provide the Secretary with an annual financial status report within 90 calendar
days after the end of the [SELECT: FY OR CY] year. This report will contain a recording of
obligations and expenditures for the work accomplished to date, based on activity.
Section 10. Buyback of Services and Retained Funds
A.

Buyback of Services: The United States may, at its option, accept and utilize funds
returned by the Tribe as a payment for services rendered or through some other funding
arrangement as a buyback of services to perform PFSAs for the benefit of the Tribe. In
the event that the buyback of services option is employed, the Secretary shall, upon
written request from the Tribe, promptly report to the Tribe in writing on the
accomplishments of the Secretary and the obligation/expenditure of the funds and return
to the Tribe’s any unobligated or unexpended funds.

B.

Retained Funds: Through the Tribe’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] or reprogramming
documents, the Tribe and the Secretary may negotiate and agree to an amount of funds to
be retained by the Secretary to perform any PFSAs identified in writing.

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1.

Upon written request, the Secretary shall provide the Tribe with a
project/program accounting and accomplishment report for the PFSAs
performed.

2.

Upon written notice, the Tribe may choose to perform any or all PFSAs
previously identified for performance by the Secretary. The Secretary will
provide a project/program accounting to the Tribe and immediately return
any unobligated or unexpended funds to the Tribe.

3.

No later than [insert appropriate date here], the Secretary shall reconcile
all of its expenditures incurred on behalf of the Tribe through the end of
[insert appropriate date here] and estimate its projected expenditures on
behalf of the Tribe through the end of the Federal fiscal year. In the event
that unexpended retained funds are projected to remain at the end of the
Federal fiscal year, the Secretary shall return the projected unexpended
funds to the Tribe no later than [insert appropriate date here].

[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: If there are no retained functions identified in Section
12.D., then Sections 10.B.2. and 10.B.3. should be deleted.]
Section 11. Obligations of the Tribe
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: In this section, the Tribes and the Secretary may
specifically identify all the PFSAs which the Tribe intends to perform itself and the contractible
PFSA which the Tribe, at its option, chooses to leave with the BIA to perform on the Tribe’s
behalf. Among the PFSAs that the Tribe may wish to perform itself are: Transportation
Planning; Program Management and Administration; Project Development, including, but not
limited to, Plans, Specifications and Estimates (“PS&E”) Development and Approval;
Construction; Construction Management; Construction Engineering; Road Maintenance as
authorized under MAP-21 section 1119(a) (not more than the greater of 25% of the funds
allocated to a Tribe or $500,000 may be expended for the purpose of maintenance, excluding
road sealing which shall not be subject to any limitation); development and negotiation of
Tribal-State road maintenance agreements authorized under 23 U.S.C. § 202 (a) (8) (C); public
transit services, including capital purchase, operations, and maintenance; and other TTP
Program-eligible activities authorized under Chapter 2 of Title 23 United States Code or 25
C.F.R. Part 170, as each may be amended by MAP-21, or other applicable law.]
In carrying out the responsibilities and obligations of the Tribe pursuant to this Addendum, Title
IV of the Act and Title 23 of the United States Code, and within available TTP funding, the
Tribe:
A. Agrees to carry out a transportation planning process for the BIA to maintain an
inventory of roads and bridges for the Tribe, and to support funding, prioritization, and

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programming of TTP projects by implementing a current Control Schedule and
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and
B. Assures the Secretary that it will meet or exceed applicable health and safety standards
related to the administration, planning, design, and construction PFSAs assumed under
this Addendum. To this end, and within available funding, the Tribe will provide all
necessary qualified personnel (including licensed engineers to perform the design phase),
equipment, materials, and services necessary to administer the PFSAs in compliance with
25 C.F.R. Part 170, as modified by MAP-21. In the event that the above-cited regulatory
provisions conflict with the provisions of MAP-21, the provisions of MAP-21 shall
govern. The Tribe may, at its option, choose to apply certain other guidelines upon prior
written notice to the Secretary, including but not limited to, the October 28, 1987 draft or
the most recent revision of 57 BIAM; the Program Agreement between the BIA and
FHWA; and other Federal directives, program memoranda or regulations (including
Federal Acquisition Regulations). Additionally, the Tribe may, at its option, develop
Tribal policies, procedures, program guidelines and memoranda which meet or exceed
federal standards to facilitate operation of any aspect of the TTP assumed by the Tribe
under this Addendum; and
C. Agrees to perform all Plan, Specification and Estimate (PS&E) review and approvals for
projects developed under this Addendum in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (5) and
provide a file copy of the approved PS&E to the BIA or the facility owner, in full
compliance with the statutory and quality assurance requirements made applicable under
this Addendum; and
D. Agrees to obtain all right-of-way and utility agreements necessary for construction. The
Tribe further agrees to prepare all environmental and archaeological documents necessary
for approval in accordance with applicable laws. Nothing in this Addendum, or
performed pursuant to this Addendum, shall act to diminish the inherent sovereign
governmental authority and jurisdiction of the Tribe over its members and trust,
restricted, or allotted land within its territory. At the option of the Tribe, all recorded
deeds or other instruments transferring title to real property acquired in whole or in part
with Addendum funds shall include a written statement that the deed or other instrument
shall not be construed to diminish the Tribe’s inherent sovereign governmental authority
and jurisdiction over its members and trust, restricted, or allotted land within its territory;
and
E. Assures the United States that all TTP projects constructed under this Addendum will
comply with the approved PS&E and the construction standards set forth in this
Addendum.
Section 12. Obligations of the United States
The Secretary shall:

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A. Administer this Addendum in compliance with the Act, MAP-21, 25 C.F.R. Part 1000
and 25 C.F.R. Part 170. In event that the above-cited regulatory provisions conflict with
the provisions of MAP-21, the BIA and OSG shall comply with the provisions of MAP21; and
B. Through the BIA, participate in a final inspection of construction projects, in accordance
with 25 C.F.R. § 170.473 [Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Tribe and the
Secretary may also agree to one or more project monitoring visits to be paid for from the
BIA’s own project-related administrative funds]; and
C. Upon the request of the Tribe, promptly advise the Tribe of the status of the BIA’s
updates of the TTP Inventory and the TTP-TIP approval process and make copies of this
information available to the Tribe; and
D. Through the BIA, satisfactorily perform all retained functions as follows: [Note to Tribal
and Federal Negotiators: If there are retained functions, list them here. If there are no
retained functions, put “None” here and delete Sections 10.B.2. and 10.B.3.]
[Name of Tribe]

______________________________________
[Tribal Chair, Governor or President]

___________________
Date

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

______________________________________
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs or Delegate

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(Subject to Revision Based on Congressional Action)

ATTACHMENT 10b/Tribal Consortium
TTP MODEL ADDENDUM
[Model Agreement – Tribal Consortium]
[Note: A new transportation authorization, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century”
(MAP-21), Pub. L. 112-141 (July 6, 2012), has been enacted until May 31, 2015. At the time
this Guidance was published, there is no authorization for a Tribal Consortium to operate
under the provisions of this Model Agreement beyond May 31, 2015. The use of this TTP
MODEL ADDENDUM beyond this date can only occur if the MAP-21 authorization is
extended. A standard amendment process may need to be used to revise the term of the TTP
Addendum. If a different transportation authorization is enacted, a new addendum will need
to be developed for use.
[SELECT: FY OR CY] 2016
TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ADDENDUM
TO THE
[SELECT: ANNUAL OR MULTI-YEAR] FUNDING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE
[NAME OF CONSORTIUM]
AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Section 1. Authority
This Addendum to the [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] Funding Agreement [SELECT: AFA or
MFA] is entered into by and between the [Name of Consortium] (“Consortium”) and the United
States of America (“United States”), acting through the Secretary of the Interior or an authorized
designee (“Secretary”), pursuant to the authorities set forth in the Tribal Self-Governance Act of
1994, Title IV of Public Law 93-638, as amended, (“Act”); Title 23 of the United States Code, as
amended by the “Moving Ahead for Progress In The 21st Century (MAP-21) Public Law 112141 (July 6, 2012), 25 C.F.R. Part 170; and 25 C.F.R. Part 1000. Except where otherwise noted
herein, this Addendum is subject to all provisions of the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA or MFA]
and the Compact of Self-Governance between the Consortium and the Secretary (“Compact”).
Section 2. Effective Date
This Addendum shall become effective as of the date it is executed by authorized representatives
of the Consortium and the Secretary and attached and incorporated into the Consortium’s
[SELECT: AFA OR MFA.] It shall remain in effect until it is terminated or renegotiated by
mutual agreement, the [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] expires, or the Tribal Transportation Program

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(TTP) is no longer authorized by MAP-21.
Section 3. Purpose
The Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] and this Addendum transfer to the Consortium
all the funding and responsibility for its member tribes’ share of the Tribal Transportation
Program, including all highway and bridge programs authorized to be assumed under the Act; 25
C.F.R. Part 170; and Chapter 2 of Title 23 of the United States Code, as amended, (hereafter
collectively referred to as the “TTP”), including those programs, functions, services, and
activities, or portions thereof (collectively, “PFSAs”) which are specifically or functionally
related to the administration of the TTP and are otherwise provided by the Secretary to the
Consortium. In the event of a conflict between this Addendum and the Consortium’s
[SELECT: AFA OR MFA], the provisions of this Addendum shall control solely with respect to
the PFSAs authorized to be assumed under this Addendum. The following tribes are included in
this Addendum: [Note: Identify the tribes that have authorized and are participating in this
Addendum.]
Section 4. Use of Tribal Facilities and Purchase of Equipment
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Parties should address any special
equipment issues that may arise only in a particular BIA Region, such as access to BIA operated
equipment pools.]
Subject to a Transportation Improvement Program approved by the Federal Highways
Administration (“FHWA-approved TIP”), the Consortium or its member tribes may make
available facilities and equipment that it owns, at industry standard lease or rental rates, in order
to carry out the purposes of this Addendum. The Parties agree that, subject to an FHWAapproved TIP, the Consortium shall be permitted to utilize TTP and other FHWA funds awarded
under the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] to pay such lease/rental rates and to
maintain such equipment when performing PFSAs under this Addendum. For purposes of this
Addendum, in those cases where the Consortium reasonably determines that the purchase of
equipment is more cost effective than the leasing of equipment, the Parties agree that, subject to
an FHWA-approved TIP, the purchase of equipment shall be an allowable cost to the
Consortium. The purchase of road maintenance equipment shall be subject to the limitations
provided by 23 U.S.C. § 202(a) (8) (A), to wit, the Tribe shall not use an amount more than the
greater of 25% of its annual TTP share or $500,000, for road maintenance activities, including
the purchase of road maintenance equipment.
Section 5. Limitation of Costs
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: At the Consortium’s option, this section may be
deleted if the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] already includes similarly protective
language.]

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The Consortium shall not be obligated to continue performance that requires an expenditure of
funds in excess of the amount of funds awarded under the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR
MFA] to perform the PFSAs authorized under this Addendum.
Section 6. Time and Method of Payment
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Consortium should specifically list in its
[SELECT: AFA OR MFA] or reprogramming report all the funds to be paid within this 30-day
timeframe. Depending on which TTP PFSAs the Consortium has chosen to assume and whether
it has special non-recurring TTP funding in a given year, the funding items may include the
following: TTP Relative Need Distribution Factor Funds, TTP Bridge Program Funds, Tribal
Transportation Planning Funds, Population Adjustment Factor Funds, TTP High Priority
Project Funds and other specific Title 23 program funds.]
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (6), the Secretary, acting at the option of the Consortium
through the Office of Self Governance (“OSG”) as sub-allottee, shall pay to the Consortium or
its designee, through an electronic fund transfer in a single annual lump sum, all the TTP and
related transportation program funds identified in the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA]
within 30 days after the funds are made available to the Secretary from the FHWA. Upon the
receipt of funds from the FHWA, the Secretary shall notify the Consortium or its designee in
writing that the funds are available for payment.
The total funds awarded under the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] for PFSAs
authorized to be performed under this Addendum will be adjusted to reflect all funding in the
TTP authorized by MAP-21 and any eligible appropriations made available to the Secretary or
passed through to the BIA from the FHWA for transportation projects identified for the
Consortium. In addition, the Consortium will receive:
(1) all supportive administrative funds in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (7) (B) ;
and
(2) special allocations attributable to any TTP and TTP Bridge Program funds, TTP High
Priority Project funds, or other funds identified for the Consortium if any such funds
become available during the effective term of this Addendum.
The Consortium shall be eligible to receive additional TTP funds on the same basis as other
Indian tribes according to 23 U.S.C. § 202(b), as well as other eligible funds available for the
Consortium’s member tribes on a competitive, formula, or other basis.
Section 7. Contract Support Costs
Pursuant to 25 C.F.R. §§ 170.607-170.608, Contract Support Costs (“CSCs”) are an eligible item
out of a Consortium’s TTP allocation and need to be included in a Consortium’s program budget.
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Consortium with regard to the PFSAs assumed under this Addendum.
Section 8. Use of Funds and Flexible Financing
A.

Payments to the Consortium shall be subject to the availability of the appropriation of
funds by the Congress of the United States. Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (6) and 25
U.S.C. § 450j-1(a)(1), all funds shall be paid to the Consortium without regard to the
organizational level at which the Department of the Interior has previously carried out the
PFSAs involved.

B.

The Consortium shall use the TTP funds advanced under the Consortium’s [SELECT:
AFA OR MFA] to perform eligible PFSAs authorized under 23 U.S.C. § 202 (a) (2) (B)
and 25 C.F.R. Part 170, as amended by MAP-21, other applicable laws, and as authorized
under this Addendum. The Consortium reserves the right to reprogram funds among the
eligible projects identified on an FHWA-approved TTP Transportation Improvement
Program (TTP-TIP), so long as such funds are used in accordance with Federal
appropriations law.

C.

The Consortium may use TTP funds provided under the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA
or MFA] for flexible financing as provided in 23 U.S.C. § 122, 25 C.F.R. §§ 170.300170.303, and other applicable laws, provided that the Consortium enters into an Advance
Construction Agreement and Project Agreement, when applicable.

D.

The Consortium may issue bonds or enter into other debt financing instruments under 23
U.S.C. § 122 with the expectation of payment of TTP Program funds to satisfy the
instruments. The Parties acknowledge that this Addendum does not create a
commitment, guarantee, or obligation on the part of the United States to provide for
payment of debts of the Consortium to third parties for loan principal or interest on any
debt financing instrument that the Consortium may enter into, nor does this Addendum
create any right of a third party against the United States for payment under any debt
financing instrument that the Consortium may enter into.

E.

The Consortium may use TTP funds awarded under the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA
OR MFA] to meet matching or cost participation requirements for any Federal or nonFederal transit grant or program.

Section 9. Reporting
The Consortium will provide the Secretary with an annual financial status report within 90
calendar days after the end of the [SELECT: FY or CY] year. This report will contain a
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Section 10. Buyback of Services and Retained Funds
A.

Buyback of Services: The United States may, at its option, accept and utilize funds
returned by the Consortium as a payment for services rendered or through some other
funding arrangement as a buyback of services to perform PFSAs for the benefit of the
Consortium. In the event that the buyback of services option is employed, the Secretary
shall, upon written request from the Consortium, promptly report to the Consortium in
writing on the accomplishments of the Secretary and the obligation/expenditure of the
funds and return to the Consortium any unobligated or unexpended funds.

B.

Retained Funds: Through the Consortium’s [SELECT: AFA OR MFA] or
reprogramming documents, the Consortium and the Secretary may negotiate and agree to
an amount of funds to be retained by the Secretary to perform any PFSAs identified in
writing.
1.

Upon written request, the Secretary shall provide the Consortium
with a project/program accounting and accomplishment report for
the PFSAs performed.

2.

Upon written notice, the Consortium may choose to perform any or
all PFSAs previously identified for performance by the Secretary.
The Secretary will provide a project/program accounting to the
Consortium and immediately return any unobligated or
unexpended funds to the Consortium.

3.

No later than [insert appropriate date here], the Secretary shall
reconcile all of its expenditures incurred on behalf of the
Consortium through the end of [insert appropriate date here] and
estimate its projected expenditures on behalf of the Consortium
through the end of the Federal fiscal year. In the event that
unexpended retained funds are projected to remain at the end of the
Federal fiscal year, the Secretary shall return the projected
unexpended funds to the Consortium no later than [insert
appropriate date here].

[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: If there are no retained functions identified in Section
12.D., then Sections 10.B.2. and 10.B.3. should be deleted.]
Section 11. Obligations of the Consortium
[Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: In this section, the Consortiums and the Secretary may
specifically identify all the PFSAs which the Consortium intends to perform itself and the
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on the Consortium’s behalf. Among the PFSAs that the Consortium may wish to perform itself
are: Transportation Planning; Program Management and Administration; Project Development,
including, but not limited to, Plans, Specifications and Estimates (“PS&E”) Development and
Approval; Construction; Construction Management; Construction Engineering; Road
Maintenance as authorized under MAP-21, 23 U.S.C. § 202 (a) (not more than 25% of the funds
allocated to a Consortium for its member tribes may be expended for the purpose of
maintenance, excluding road sealing which shall not be subject to any limitation); development
and negotiation of Tribal-State road maintenance agreements authorized under 23 U.S.C. § 202
(a) (8) (C); public transit services, including capital purchase, operations, and maintenance;
and other TTP-eligible activities authorized under Chapter 2 of Title 23 United States Code or
25 C.F.R. Part 170, as each may be amended by MAP-21, or other applicable law.]
In carrying out the responsibilities and obligations of the Consortium pursuant to this Addendum,
Title IV of the Act and Title 23 of the United States Code, and within available IRR Program
funding, the Consortium:
A. Agrees to carry out a transportation planning process for the BIA to maintain an
inventory of roads and bridges for the Consortium, and to support funding, prioritization,
and programming of TTP projects by implementing a current Control Schedule and
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and
B. Assures the Secretary that it will meet or exceed applicable health and safety standards
related to the administration, planning, design, and construction PFSAs assumed under
this Addendum. To this end, and within available funding, the Consortium will provide
all necessary qualified personnel (including licensed engineers to perform the design
phase), equipment, materials, and services necessary to administer the PFSAs in
compliance with 25 C.F.R. Part 170, as modified by MAP-21. In the event that the
above-cited regulatory provisions conflict with the provisions of TTP, the provisions of
TTP shall govern. The Consortium may, at its option, choose to apply certain other
guidelines upon prior written notice to the Secretary, including but not limited to, the
October 28, 1987 draft or the most recent revision of 57 BIAM; the Program Agreement
between the BIA and FHWA; and other Federal directives, program memoranda or
regulations (including Federal Acquisition Regulations). Additionally, the Consortium
may, at its option, develop Tribal policies, procedures, program guidelines and
memoranda which meet or exceed federal standards to facilitate operation of any aspect
of the TTP assumed by the Consortium under this Addendum; and
C. Agrees to perform all Plan, Specification and Estimate (PS&E) review and approvals for
projects developed under this Addendum in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 202 (b) (5) and
provide a file copy of the approved PS&E to the BIA or the facility owner, in full
compliance with the statutory and quality assurance requirements made applicable under
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D. Agrees to obtain all right-of-way and utility agreements necessary for construction. The
Consortium further agrees to prepare all environmental and archaeological documents
necessary for approval in accordance with applicable laws. Nothing in this Addendum,
or performed pursuant to this Addendum, shall act to diminish the inherent sovereign
governmental authority and jurisdiction of the Consortium’s member tribes over their
members and trust, restricted, or allotted land within their territory. At the option of the
Consortium, all recorded deeds or other instruments transferring title to real property
acquired in whole or in part with Addendum funds shall include a written statement that
the deed or other instrument shall not be construed to diminish the respective member
tribe’s inherent sovereign governmental authority and jurisdiction over its members and
trust, restricted, or allotted land within its territory; and
E. Assures the United States that all TTP projects constructed under this Addendum will
comply with the approved PS&E and the construction standards set forth in this
Addendum.
Section 12. Obligations of the United States
The Secretary shall:
A. Administer this Addendum in compliance with the Act, MAP-21, 25 C.F.R. Part 1000
and 25 C.F.R. Part 170. In event that the above-cited regulatory provisions conflict with
the provisions of MAP-21, the BIA and OSG shall comply with the provisions of MAP21; and
B. Through the BIA, participate in a final inspection of construction projects, in accordance
with 25 C.F.R. § 170.473 [Note to Tribal and Federal Negotiators: The Consortium and
the Secretary may also agree to one or more project monitoring visits to be paid for from
the BIA’s own project-related administrative funds]; and
C. Upon the request of the Consortium, promptly advise the Consortium of the status of the
BIA’s updates of the TTP Inventory and the TTP-TIP approval process and make copies
of this information available to the Consortium; and
D. Through the BIA, satisfactorily perform all retained functions as follows: [Note to Tribal
and Federal Negotiators: If there are retained functions, list them here. If there are no
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[Name of Consortium]

______________________________________
[Tribal Chair, Chief Executive Officer, or President]

_______________________
Date

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
______________________________________
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs or Delegate

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ATTACHMENT 11
MEMORIALIZATION OF MATTERS REMAINING IN DISPUTE
The parties to the funding agreement have failed to reach agreement on certain matters
which remain unresolved and in dispute. Such matters may be addressed through the
process set forth in 25 C.F.R. Part 1000.179 and 25 C.F.R. 1000.Subpart R or at the
[SELECT: TRIBE’S OR CONSORTIUM’S] option, may be set forth in this document,
which shall be identified as “Memorialization of Matters Remaining in Dispute.” This
Attachment is not and shall not be considered a part of the funding agreement, but is
attached for the purpose of recording matters in dispute for future reference, discussion
and resolution as appropriate. The [SELECT: TRIBE OR CONSORTIUM] does not
waive any remedy the [SELECT: TRIBE OR CONSORTIUM] may have under the law
with regard to these issues.

A. Item Remaining in Dispute
B. Item Remaining in Dispute
C. Item Remaining in Dispute
D. Item Remaining in Dispute
E. Item Remaining in Dispute

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ATTACHMENT 12

Guidelines for Tribally Operated Wildland Fire
Management Programs
Memorandum from the Deputy Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
April 6, 2001

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ATTACHMENT 13

Motor Vehicle Operation Policy for the BIA
and
Executive Order No. 13513
Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging
While Driving

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