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# §137.76. When must the Secretary transfer to a Self-Governance Tribe funds identified in a funding agreement?


When a funding agreement requires an annual transfer of funding to be made at the beginning of a fiscal year, or requires semiannual or other periodic transfers of funding to be made commencing at the beginning of a fiscal year, the first such transfer shall be made not later than 10 days after the apportionment of such funds by the OMB to the Department, unless the funding agreement provides otherwise.


# §137.77. When must the Secretary transfer funds that were not paid as part of the initial lump sum payment?


The Secretary must transfer any funds that were not paid in the initial lump sum payment within 10 days after distribution methodologies and other decisions regarding payment of those funds have been made by the IHS.


# §137.78. May a Self-Governance Tribe negotiate a funding agreement for a term longer or shorter than one year?


Yes, upon Tribal request, the Secretary must negotiate a funding agreement for a term longer or shorter than a year. All references in these regulations to funding agreements shall also include funding agreements for a term longer or shorter than one year.