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  "id": "RL32681",
  "type": "CRS Report",
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      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 302771,
      "date": "2005-03-31",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-07T19:48:21.216029",
      "title": "Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contracts and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Leavitt: Agency Discretion to Fund Contract Support Costs",
      "summary": "On March 1, 2005, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in  Cherokee Nation of\nOklahoma\nv. Leavitt . The conflicts in the case (actually two consolidated cases) involved federal\nagencies\u2019 duty\nto fund contract support costs for contracts with Indian tribes under the Indian Self-Determination\nand Education Assistance Act (ISDA).\n \n While the case in some ways turned on technical questions of statutory interpretation and\nappropriations law, it also presented interesting questions regarding the federal government\u2019s\nlegal\nresponsibility to honor ISDA contracts and how this responsibility compares to the\ngovernment\u2019s\ngeneral responsibility to pay contractors. This report includes background on the ISDA, a discussion\nof the conflicting appeals court decisions, and analysis of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.",
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  "topics": [
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    "Appropriations",
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