Letter of Support for H.R. 5549 — Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (July 28, 2022)

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A letter dated July 28, 2022, from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to Acting Ranking Member Jay Obernolte and Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, Committee on Natural Resources. The subject line is Support for H.R. 5549, the Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act. The letter states that the Tribe writes to express support for the bill and that the list of bi-partisan cosponsors has grown to fifteen. It argues that advance appropriations are a budget-neutral and flexible solution to the impacts of funding disruptions and states that the Biden-Harris Administration supports advance appropriations and mandatory funding for IHS.

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                                 July 28, 2022


                                                                                  The Honorable Jay Obernolte
                                 The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernandez
           hip                                                                    Acting Ranking Member
                                 Chair
                                 Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of           Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of
Min Waban Dan                                                                     the United States
                                 the United States
Administrative                   Committee on Natural Resources                   Committee on Natural Resources
Office                           U.S. House of Representatives                    U.S. House of Representatives
                                 1324 Longworth House Office Building             1329 Longwo1th House Office Building
523 Ashmun Street                Washington, DC 20515                             Washington, DC 20515
Sault Ste. Marie

Michigan                         RE: Support for H.R. 5549, the Indian Health Service Advance
                                 Appropriations Act
49783

Phone                            Dear Chair Fernandez and Acting Ranking Member Obernolte:
906.635.6050
                                 The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians writes to express support for
Fax                              H.R. 5549, the Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act. Introduced by
906-632-6696
                                 the late Representative Don Young and originally co-sponsored by
Government                       Representatives McCollum, Kilmer, Kind, Mullin, Cole, Johnson, and Strickland,
Services                         the list of bi-partisan cosponsors for H.R. 5549 has grown to fifteen. The Sault
                                 Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians urges Congress to pass this bipartisan
Membership
Services                         policy solution to end the undue suffering of our people and unnecessary drain on
                                 taxpayer resources.
Economic
Development                      Advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS) are a bi-partisan and
Commission                       bi-camera! policy initiative that increases tribal and federal government
                                 efficiency, reduces federal taxpayer waste, and, most importantly, saves Native
                                 lives by providing more effective funding for health care service in Indian
                                 Country. Since advance appropriations are merely advance agreements to provide
                                 funding at a later date, they are a budget-neutral and flexible solution to the
                                 outsized impacts of funding disruptions on Indian Country, allowing Congress to
                                 respond to changing real-world circumstances and challenges. The result is
                                 continuity of services that reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies and uncertainty for
                                 IHS and for Tribal Nations.

                                 The Biden-Harris Administration supports advance appropriations and
                                 mandatory funding for IHS-a historic shift in the paradigm of Nation-to
                                 Nation relations that seeks to restore the promises made between our
                                 ancestors and the United States. Advance appropriations and mandatory
                                 funding are not mutually exclusive requests. However, once IHS
                                 obligations are provided through mandatory direct appropriations, there is
                                 no need for advance appropriations through the annual regular
                                 appropriations process. Until such time that mandatory appropriations are
                                 provided, advance appropriations are a fiscally responsible solution to the
                                 outsized impacts of disruptions and uncertainty in funding on the Indian
                                 health care system.

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