Direct funding and administration for programs operated by Indian tribes (a) In general An Indian tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal family assistance plan approved under section 412 (or any Indian tribe that is a member of such a consortium) that proposes to establish a program under this title shall submit an application to the Secretary to directly receive payments for expenditures made to carry out the program (in this section referred to as a tribal program application ). (b) Tribal program application requirements Subject to subsection (c), a tribal program application shall include a plan that meets the requirements of section 1302 in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State. (c) Program requirements The program requirements specified in this title shall apply to an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program application and plan approved under this section in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State except to the extent that an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium requests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modification of any such requirements. (d) Payments (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall pay an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program application and plan approved under this section in the same manner as States are paid under section 1304. (2) Application of tribal FMAP The Federal medical assistance percentage that would apply under subsection (d) of section 479B if an Indian tribe or tribal consortium operated a program under that section (in this subsection referred to as the tribal FMAP ), shall apply to payments made to the Indian tribe or tribal consortium for expenditures attributable to carrying out a program under this title, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage that applies to the State in which the Indian tribe or tribal consortium is located in which case the State Federal medical assistance percentage shall apply. In the case of an Indian