Administrative Delegation #48

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

AUTHORITY DELEGATED

Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Director, Indian Health Service (IHS), by the Assistant Secretary for Health on July 17, 1996, and as specified in the Reorganization Order of January 4, 1988, (52 Federal Register 47053), which elevated the IHS to a Public Health Service Agency, I hereby delegate to the officials listed below, for application throughout the IHS, the authority to approve Title V Construction Project Agreements and/or modifications to those agreements under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), Public Law 93-638, as amended.

TO WHOM DELEGATED

Deputy Director for Management Operations
Director, Office of Environmental Health and Engineering
Area Directors

AUTHORITY TO REDELEGATE

These authorities may not be redelegated.

RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS

The IHS Director retains the authority to approve all initial compacts and initial financial agreements awarded under Title V of the ISDEAA, as amended.

SUPERSESSION

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE

This DOA is effective on date of signature.