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On the recordMay 16, 2017
I understand that the Indian Health Service made a mistake in overestimating the amount required in Fiscal Year 2017 to fully fund contract support cost payments due tribes under self determination contracts and self governance compacts.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto addresses funding errors in the Indian Health Service.

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