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AN ACT AMENDING LEGISLATIVE ACT #34-24 AUTHORIZING THE COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 - MOD. 4 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
SECTION 1. TITLE AND CODIFICATION
This legislative act shall be titled and codified as "An Act Amending Legislative Act #34-24 Authorizing the Comprehensive Operating Budget for FY 2025 - Mod. 4".
SECTION 2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this amendment is to authorize and approve the use of funds, subject to the availability of such funds, in accordance with Section 4, changing the amounts of certain cost centers approved in the "Comprehensive Budget Act for Fiscal Year 2025" or subsequent amendment. The cumulative total of the budget is increased by $ 22,373,521 for a total budget authority of $ 3,083,749,815. The following items are identified as components of such change:
Grants Received & Authorized per LA 34-24 (detail attached) $ 3,575,041 Modification Request (see Section 4 below) 18,798,480 Cumulative change in budget authority $ 22,373,521
SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The provisions of compliance, policy of accountability, authorities and severability provided in Legislative Act #34-24 are applicable to this amendment.
SECTION 4. FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS
The changes reflect increases to cost centers set forth in the program budget justifications incorporated herein. This modification request changes the total amount of the comprehensive budget authorization by an increase of $ 18,798,480 to wit:
A. An increase in the Tribally Funded budget authority of $ 234,719.
B. An increase in the Indirect Cost Pool budget authority of $ 119,116.
C. An increase in the DOI Self Governance budget authority of $ 107,884.
D. An increase in the IHS Self Governance Health budget authority of $ 20,874,045.
E. A decrease in the HUD budget authority of $ (1,874,454).
F. A decrease in the US Departme...
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