---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1656"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1656"
heading: "Other contract and grant requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1656"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter IV — Health Services for Urban Indians"
---

# §1656. Other contract and grant requirements

- (a) **Federal regulations; exceptions—** Contracts with [urban Indian organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall be in accordance with all Federal contracting laws and regulations except that, in the discretion of the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), such contracts may be negotiated without advertising and need not conform to the provisions of sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40.
- (b) **Payment—** Payments under any contracts or grants pursuant to this subchapter may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments and on such conditions as the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
- (c) **Revision or amendment—** Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may, at the request or consent of an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29), revise or amend any contract entered into by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) with such organization under this subchapter as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
- (d) **Existing Government facilities—** In connection with any contract or grant entered into pursuant to this subchapter, the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may permit an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) to utilize, in carrying out such contract or grant, existing facilities owned by the Federal Government within the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17)’s jurisdiction under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon for the use and maintenance of such facilities.
- (e) **Uniform provision of services and assistance—** Contracts with, or grants to, [urban Indian organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) and regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter shall include provisions to assure the fair and uniform provision to [urban Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) of [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) and assistance under such contracts or grants by such organizations.
- (f) **Eligibility for health care or referral services—** [Urban Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28), as defined in [section 1603(f)](/usc/25/1603.md)[^1] of this title, shall be eligible for health care or referral [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) provided pursuant to this subchapter.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 506, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title V, § 501, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4823; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title V, § 501(b)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4568.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 1603(f) of this title, referred to in subsec. (f), was redesignated section 1603(28) of this title by Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.

### Codification

“Sections 3131 and 3133 of title 40” substituted in subsec. (a) for “the Act of August 24, 1935 (40 U.S.C. 270a, et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1656, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 506, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1412; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3179, authorized appropriations, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.

### Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(4)(D), inserted “and grant” in section catchline.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(4)(A), inserted “or grants” after “any contracts”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(4)(B), inserted “or grant” after “contract” in two places.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(4)(C), inserted “, or grants to,” after “Contracts with” and “or grants” after “such contracts”.