Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

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• noting that “where appropriations acts are ambiguous, legislative history can be relied upon to resolve that ambiguity”
• stating that “legislative history can be used as an interpretive guide to determine whether language in an appropriations act constitutes a statutory cap”
• discussing the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, Pub.L. No. 93-638, 88 Stat. 2203 (1975) (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. §§ 450-450n (2000))
• discussing the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, Pub.L. No. 93-638, 88 Stat. 2203 (1975) (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. §§ 450-450n (2000))
• decisions of the GAO are treated as expert opinions, which the court should “prudently consider” (quoting Delta Data Sys. Corp. v. Webster, 744 F.2d 197, 201 (D.C. Cir. 1984))
• “[T]he opinions of the Comptroller General . . . while not binding, are ‘expert opinion[s], which we should prudently consider.’” (quoting Delta Data Sys. Corp. v. Webster, 744 F.2d 197, 201 (D.C. Cir. 1984))

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