---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1634"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1634"
heading: "Expenditure of non-Service funds for renovation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1634"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter III — Health Facilities"
---

# §1634. Expenditure of non-Service funds for renovation

- (a) **Authority of Secretary—**
  - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) is authorized to accept any major renovation or modernization by any [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) of any [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) facility, or of any other [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) health facility operated pursuant to a contract entered into under the [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) Self-Determination Act [[25 U.S.C. 5321](/usc/25/5321.md) et seq.], including—
    - (A) any plans or designs for such renovation or modernization; and
    - (B) any renovation or modernization for which funds appropriated under any Federal law were lawfully expended,

    but only if the requirements of [subsection (b)](#b) are met.

  - (2) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall maintain a separate priority [list](/usc/25/5130.md?p=3) to address the needs of such facilities for personnel or equipment.
  - (3) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall submit to the President, for inclusion in each report required to be transmitted to the Congress under [section 1671 of this title](/usc/25/1671.md), the priority [list](/usc/25/5130.md?p=3) maintained pursuant to [paragraph (2)](#a-2).
- (b) **Requirements—** The requirements of this subsection are met with respect to any renovation or modernization if—
  - (1) the tribe or [tribal organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26)—
    - (A) provides notice to the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) of its intent to renovate or modernize; and
    - (B) applies to the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) to be placed on a separate priority [list](/usc/25/5130.md?p=3) to address the needs of such new facilities for personnel or equipment; and
  - (2) the renovation or modernization—
    - (A) is approved by the appropriate area director of the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18); and
    - (B) is administered by the tribe in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) with respect to construction or renovation of [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) facilities.
- (c) **Recovery for non-use as Service facility—** If any [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) facility which has been renovated or modernized by an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) under this section ceases to be used as a [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) facility during the 20-year period beginning on the date such renovation or modernization is completed, such [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) shall be entitled to recover from the United States an amount which bears the same ratio to the value of such facility at the time of such cessation as the value of such renovation or modernization (less the total amount of any funds provided specifically for such facility under any Federal program that were expended for such renovation or modernization) bore to the value of such facility at the time of the completion of such renovation or modernization.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–537, § 5, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3175; amended Pub. L. 100–713, title III, § 303(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4816; Pub. L. 102–573, title III, § 305, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4563.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), 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.

### Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–573 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for former provisions which related to: in subsec. (a), authority of Secretary; in subsec. (b), requirements; in subsec. (c), higher priority project; and in subsec. (d), recovery for non-use as Service facility.

1988—Pub. L. 100–713 amended section generally, substituting “Expenditure of non-Service funds for renovation” for “Authorization of appropriations” in section catchline and subsecs. (a) to (d) for former single unlettered par.