On the recordJuly 22, 1998
The letter from Secretary Shalala reads, ``The implementation of a pro rata proportionate distribution of payments for contract support costs will result in the reduction of funding to a significant number of tribes,'' we are not talking about just one tribe, ``a significant number of tribes and tribal organizations that have assumed,'' have taken the responsibility and the steps required of them, ``that have assumed the operation of IHS health programs.'' And then later in the letter it says, ``We therefore must object to the proposed proviso in S. 2237, since the tribes have not been consulted and since the abrupt and unforeseen funding reductions to many of the tribes currently receiving these payments would have a severely disruptive effect on health care delivery by these tribes.''
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