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HRD-80-14 1 (1980-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabaut0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPrROL LER GENERAL O THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 2O B-199601 JULY 28, 1980 e Honorable Morris K. Udall IIIIIIII Chairman, Committee on Interior '30 and Insular Affairs 1 112892 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: LNeed To Clarify IHS Responsibilities for Maintaining Indian Water and Sanitation Facilities- (HRD-80-14) In a June 19, 1980, briefing,/we advised your office that our survey of the Indian HealEh Service (IHS) water and sanitation facilities construction program had shown IHS to be in a dilemma. As Z neatjed by your office, in order for your Committee to consider our observations during delibera- tion of proposed amendments to the Indian Health Care Im- provement Act (Public Law 94-437), this letter summarizes the information provided during the briefing. THE DILEMMA Lsince 1959, when the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act (42 U.S.C. 2004a) was enacted, IHS has spent about $490 mil- lion to construct or improve Indian water and sanitation fa- cilities.f New and improved sanitation facilities have been constructd primarily to support Indian housing programs administered by other Federal agencies. The act authorized IHS to transfer operating and maintenance responsibility of these facilities to Indian tribes or communities. As part of our survey, we visited seven Indian reserva- tions and nine Alaska Nativ communities and observed water and sanitation systems or system components that were not operating effectively because of inadequate maintenance. 'Z he tribes or communities had agreed to assume operating and maintenance responsibilities before construction of the fa- cilities and had accepted ownership responsibilities after construction; however, many of them were not willing or finan- cially able to fulfill their agreement y Inadequate operation (102034) t b 7ci 6 4,0 6

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