An amendment to strike language in the bill that simply states that after 6 months after enactment of the act the Indian Health Service is to be removed as a bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration and placed in the Public Health Service. Instead it substitutes language that creates an Office of Indian Health Service within the Public Health Service which will report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Health. The amendment provides for the salary level of the Administrator for Indian Health and provides that all records of the INS be transferred to the new office. This is to be implemented within 180 days.

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Amendment Number
1106
Description
An amendment to strike language in the bill that simply states that after 6 months after enactment of the act the Indian Health Service is to be removed as a bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration and placed in the Public Health Service. Instead it substitutes language that creates an Office of Indian Health Service within the Public Health Service which will report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Health. The amendment provides for the salary level of the Administrator for Indian Health and provides that all records of the INS be transferred to the new office. This is to be implemented within 180 days.
Congress
98
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Sep 14, 1984
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
Sep 14, 1984
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 30, 2021
Amendment 1106 — Informed