---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1621g"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1621g"
heading: "Health services research"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1621g"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter II — Health Services"
---

# §1621g. Health services research


Of the amounts appropriated for the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) in any fiscal year, other than amounts made available for the [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) Health Care Improvement Fund, not less than $200,000 shall be available only for research to further the performance of the health [service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) responsibilities of the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18). [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) and [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26) contracting with the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) under the authority of the [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) Self-Determination Act [[25 U.S.C. 5321](/usc/25/5321.md) et seq.] shall be given an equal opportunity to compete for, and receive, research funds under this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 208, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title II, § 204, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4812.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5321 et seq.) of chapter 46 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.