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A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per…

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A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, through September 30, 2006.

Introduced: December 21, 2005 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dec 21, 2005
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Permits certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit (South Dakota) of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, through September 30, 2006.

Requires Indian tribes served by the Unit to pay for any expenses incurred in excess of those funds.

What's happening now December 21, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2174: A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, through September 30, 2006.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2174/
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"S. 2174: A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, through September 30, 2006.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2174/.
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S. 2174, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2174/.
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[S. 2174: A bill to permit certain funds made available for the Wagner Service Unit of the Indian Health Service to be used to pay expenses incurred in keeping the emergency room of that Unit open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, through September 30, 2006.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2174/)
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