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H. Rept. 115-619,Part 1 1 (2018-04-05)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaira0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-619 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM LAND TRANSFER ACT OF 2017 APRIL 5, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 825] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (S. 825) to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of S. 825 is to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium lo- cated in Sitka, Alaska. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is a non-profit consortium comprised of 18 Southeast Alaska Native communities, and is among the oldest and most expansive tribally- maintained healthcare organizations in the country. The service area is more than 35,000 square miles across the State of Alaska, with 28 community health clinic sites and one hospital to serve Alaska Natives. Founded in 1975, SEARHC began by assuming management of the Community Health Aide Program for Natives in Alaska through a compact with the Indian Health Service (IHS) under Title V of Indian Self-Determination Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304 et seq.). In 1982, SEARHC took control of the IHS Ju- 79-006