25 U.S.C. § 1681
Section 1681 · Omitted
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium v. Settlement Funds Ex Rel. E.R. (2004)
Most recently applied in Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium v. Settlement Funds Ex Rel. E.R. (January 2004)
The Indian Health Service shall neither bill nor charge those Indians who may have the economic means to pay unless and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specific policy to do so and has directed the Indian Health Service to implement such a policy.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the appropriations act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act which comprises this chapter.
Similar Provisions
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 103–138, title II, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1409.
Pub. L. 102–381, title II, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1409.
Pub. L. 102–154, title II, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1027.
Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1952.
Pub. L. 101–121, title II, Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 734.
Pub. L. 100–446, title II, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1816.
Pub. L. 100–202, §101(g) [title II], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–213, 1329–245.
Pub. L. 99–500, §101(h) [title II], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, 1783–277, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(h) [title II], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242, 3341–277.
Pub. L. 99–190, §101(d) [title II], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1224, 1256.
Pub. L. 98–473, title I, §101(c) [title II], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1837, 1865.