ANHB Partners with the National Indian Health Board, Tribes, Organizations, and Friends of Indian Health and Worked Together in Joint Letters to Congress

On March 3, 2022, the Alaska Native Health Board joined the National Indian Health Board along with 72 Tribes, Organizations, and friends of Indian health that represent well over 1 million American Indian, Alaska Natives, and friends of Indian health joined to urge Congress to include advance appropriations and request no less than the House of Representatives passed level of $8.114 billion for FY 2022 funding for Indian health care. The letters were sent to the following House of Representatives and Senate Committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations and Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior
• House Committee on Natural Resources and Subcommittee for the Indigenous Peoples of the United States
• House Native American Caucus
• Speaker of the House and House Minority Leader
• Senate Committee on Appropriations and Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior
• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
• Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader

The current continuing resolution expires on this Friday, March 11, 2022. Congress is negotiating and finalizing an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government through the end of FY2022 which ends on September 30, 2022. If passed, that level of funding would be an increase of $1.884 billion over the FY2021 enacted level and Indian health programs would be protected against the harmful impacts of continuing resolutions (temporary funding measures) and government shutdowns.