ALASKA RESIDENTIAL YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER.

SEC. 509. ALASKA RESIDENTIAL YOUTH TREATMENT CENTER. (a) Amendment.— Section 4227(b) of the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (25 U.S.C. 2474(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary may, from amounts allocated to the Alaska area from funds appropriated pursuant to this section, make funds available to the Tanana Chiefs Conference, Incorporated, for the purpose of maintaining a residential youth treatment facility in Fairbanks, Alaska.”. (b) Lease of Facilities.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting under section 4209(c) and 4227(b) of the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, may— (1) without regard to section 4209(c)(2) of that Act, lease from the Tanana Chiefs Conference facilities that are located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and that the Tanana Chiefs Conference has leased from another entity, and (2) if the Secretary enters into a lease under paragraph (1) for at least 40 years, renovate the facilities to the extent needed. 104 STAT. 4568 (c) Self-Determination Contracts for Staffing and Operation.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting under section 102 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, may contract with the Tanana Chiefs Conference to staff and operate the facilities leased under subsection (b), without a request of an Indian tribe, and without regard to the definition and proviso in section 4(1) of that Act.