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Tribal Participation in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Budget
System Should Be Improved. CBD-78-62; 2-114868. Yekruary 15#
1978. Released February 27. 1978. 25 pp. * 3 appendices (6 pp.).
Report to Sen. Robert C. Byrde Chairman, Senate Committee on
Appropriations: interior Subcommittee; by liner B. StaateR
Comptroller General.
Contact: Community and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: General Goverument: Other General Government
(606).
Organization Concerned: Bureau of Indian Affairs; Department of
the Interior.
Congressional Relevance: 3enate Committes on Appropriations;
Interior Subcommittee. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
Authority: Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (25 U.S.C. 461; 25
U.S.C. 476). Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. $50).
The degree to which the Bureau of Indian Affairs§
(DIA's) budget reflects tribal needs and priorities depeads on
the extent of effective tribal involvement. Tribal participation
and effective tribal input in BIAs fiscal year 1979 funding
decisions varied from total involvement to no involvement at
all. Therefore, BIA's fiscal year 1979 budget represents some,
but not all, tribal funding priorities. Findings/Conclusions:
Participation or effective input by some tribes was limited
because BIA: did not give the tribes needed funding data and
information to identify all programs and '.unding sources, did
not identify funds for :rust responsibilities and essential
services that could not be eliminated. varied the programs
subject to direct tribal input, imposed a severe time constraint
on the tribes for ilentifying funding priorities, did not give
some tribes an opportunity to participate or limited tribal
input to review and comsent, and did not give tribes an
opportunity to participate in develoFing new programs and making
malor revisions to existing programs. The conditions that
limited participation in the 1979 budget vill again Unit tribal
participation in developing the fl..cal year 1980 budget.
Recommendations: The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for
Indian Affairs should: give the tribes complete funding data and
info.-eation. inform the tribes of the exact amount of funds
available to change the ix of programs and funding priorities,
narrow the criteria for excluding a program from the funding
priority-setting process, give the tribes more time to develop
program-funding priozities, revise procedure3 and requirements
for setting program-fundinq priorities to sake sure that tribal
officials are given an opportunity to identify their priorities,
and give the tribes an opportunity to participate in developing
new programs and making major revisions to axisting programs.
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