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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-651
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
TO DEEM AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF
TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF
CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DECEMBER 15, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6535]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6535) to deem an urban Indian organization and employ-
ees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the pur-
poses of certain claims for personal injury, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6535 is to deem an urban Indian organiza-
tion and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Serv-
ice for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Indian Health System, commonly referred to as the I/T/U
system, is made up of the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal
health programs (THPs), and urban Indian organizations (UIOs).
UIOs play a pivotal role in the system and provide culturally com-
petent care for the over seventy percent of American Indians and
Alaska Natives who live in urban centers.
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