Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act
This bill expands the authority of the Indian Health Service (IHS) to make funds available for urban Indian organizations to renovate, construct, or expand urban Indian health facilities.
Specifically, the bill authorizes the IHS to (1) make funds available for renovations even if the renovations are not minor, and (2) make funds available for purposes other than assisting the organizations in meeting certain accreditation standards.
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expand the funding 
     authority for renovating, constructing, and expanding certain 
                              facilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Indian Health Providers 
Facilities Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR RENOVATING, CONSTRUCTING, 
              AND EXPANDING CERTAIN FACILITIES.

    Section 509 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1659) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``minor'' before ``renovations''; and
            (2) by striking ``, to assist'' and all that follows 
        through ``standards''.
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Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expand the funding authority for renovating, constructing, and expanding certain facilities.
Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act
Rep. Gallego, Ruben