---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1657"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1657"
heading: "Reports and records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1657"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter IV — Health Services for Urban Indians"
---

# §1657. Reports and records

- (a) **Quarterly reports—** For each fiscal year during which an [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) receives or expends funds pursuant to a contract entered into, or a grant received, pursuant to this subchapter, such organization shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) a quarterly report including—
  - (1) in the case of a contract or grant under [section 1653 of this title](/usc/25/1653.md), information gathered pursuant to clauses (10) and (11) of subsection (a) of such section;
  - (2) information on activities conducted by the organization pursuant to the contract or grant;
  - (3) an accounting of the amounts and purposes for which Federal funds were expended; and
  - (4) such other information as the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) may request.
- (b) **Audit by Secretary and Comptroller General—** The reports and records of the [urban Indian organization](/usc/25/1603.md?p=29) with respect to a contract or grant under this subchapter shall be subject to audit by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) and the Comptroller General of the United States.
- (c) **Cost of annual private audit—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall allow as a cost of any contract or grant entered into under [section 1653 of this title](/usc/25/1653.md) the cost of an annual private audit conducted by a certified public accountant.
- (d) **Health status, services, and areas of unmet needs; child welfare—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), acting through the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18), shall submit a report to the Congress not later than March 31, 1992, evaluating—
    - (A) the health status of [urban Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28);
    - (B) the [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) provided to [Indians](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) through this subchapter;
    - (C) areas of unmet needs in urban areas served under this subchapter; and
    - (D) areas of unmet needs in urban areas not served under this subchapter.
  - (2) In preparing the report under [paragraph (1)](#d-1), the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall consult with [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) health providers and may contract with a national organization representing [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) health concerns to conduct any aspect of the report.
  - (3) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) and the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) of the Interior shall—
    - (A) assess the status of the welfare of [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) children, including the volume of child protection cases, the prevalence of child sexual abuse, and the extent of [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) coordination with tribal authorities with respect to child sexual abuse; and
    - (B) submit a report on the [assessment](/usc/25/1665.md?p=2) required under [subparagraph (A)](#d-3-A), together with recommended legislation to improve [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) child protection in [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) populations, to the Congress no later than March 31, 1992.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title V, § 501, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4823; amended Pub. L. 101–630, title V, § 507, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4566; Pub. L. 102–573, title V, § 501(b)(5), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4568.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1657, Pub. L. 94–437, title V, § 507, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1412; Pub. L. 96–537, § 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3179, related to review of program by Secretary and report to Congress, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–713.

### Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(5)(A), inserted “, or a grant received,” after “entered into” in introductory provisions and “or grant” after “contract” in pars. (1) and (2).

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(5)(B), inserted “or grant” after “contract”.

1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–630 added subsec. (d).