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  SA 2922. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 567, after line 19, add the following:

     SEC. 2903. FUNDING FOR CONTRACT MEDICAL CARE FOR INDIANS.

       Title VIII of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
     U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 826. FUNDING FOR CONTRACT MEDICAL CARE.

       ``(a) Appropriation.--For the purpose of the Secretary, 
     acting through the Service, providing payment for contract 
     medical care to Indians, there is appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
     as may be necessary, not to exceed--
       ``(1) for fiscal year 2010, $625,000,000;
       ``(2) for fiscal year 2011, $2,500,000,000;
       ``(3) for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2014, the limit 
     specified under this subsection for the preceding fiscal 
     year, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the 
     medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) over 
     such preceding fiscal year; and
       ``(4) for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, one-fourth 
     of the limit specified under this subsection for fiscal year 
     2014, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the 
     medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) over 
     such preceding fiscal year.
       ``(b) No Effect on Other Funding for This Act; 
     Availability.--Funds appropriated under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       ``(1) be in addition to any other amounts made available 
     under law (including under a

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     provision of this Act, the Social Security Act, the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.), or any other law) for payment for providing 
     contract medical care to Indians; and
       ``(2) remain available until expended.
       ``(c) Study and Report.--Not later than October 1, 2015, 
     the Secretary shall study and submit a report to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
     Senate on the extent to which the funds appropriated under 
     this section have assisted in reducing health disparities 
     among Indians.
       ``(d) Budget Authority.--This section constitutes budget 
     authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents 
     the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for 
     payment of the amounts provided under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Definition.--In this section, the term `Indian health 
     program' means--
       ``(1) any health program administered directly by the 
     Service;
       ``(2) any tribal health program; and
       ``(3) any Indian tribe or tribal organization to which the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services provides funding 
     pursuant to section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C. 
     47) (commonly known as the `Buy Indian Act').''.
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