---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1680a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1680a"
heading: "Contract health facilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1680a"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous"
---

# §1680a. Contract health facilities


The [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) shall provide funds for health care programs and facilities operated by tribes and [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26) under contracts with the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) 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.]—

- (1) for the maintenance and repair of clinics owned or leased by such tribes or [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26),
- (2) for employee training,
- (3) for cost-of-living increases for employees, and
- (4) for any other expenses relating to the provision of health [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18),

on the same basis as such funds are provided to programs and facilities operated directly by the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 811, formerly title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 705, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4828; renumbered title VIII, § 811, Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572.)

## 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.