Lincoln v. Vigil

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• holding that an agency decision to discontinue a program was authorized by law because the action “f[ell] within the [Indian Health] Service’s statutory mandate to provide health care to Indian peo- ple”
• holding that the Indian Health Service’s decision to end a program that provided services to handicapped Indian children from lump-sum appropriations by Congress was not subject to judicial review
• concluding political question doctrine did not bar review, but that Bivens should not extend to a national security context
• recognizing that § 701(a)(2) applies outside of enforcement context
• holding remand is inappropriate where “the error did not affect the district court’s selection of the sentence imposed”
• explaining that statements in committee reports “do not establish any legal requirements on the agency” when Congress appropri- ates lump-sum amounts (internal quotation marks omitted)

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