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 106 STAT. 802 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 25 USC 3307. SEC. 1317. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. (a) BIENNIAL REPORT.— The Secretary shall submit a biennial report to the Congress on the programs established under this psui;. Such report shall include— (1) a description of significant administrative actions taken by the Secretary under tWs part; (2) the niunber of grants made under the authority of this part; (3) the number of applications denied for such grants and the reasons therefor; (4) the remedial actions taken to enable apphcants to be approved; (5) the number of students served, by tribe; (6) statistics on the academic pursuits of the students provided assistance under this part and the average amount of assistance provided; and (7) such additional information as the Secretary considers sigi^cant. (b) ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR,— Applications for grants under this part, and all application modifications, shall be reviewed and approved by personnel under the direction and control of the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs. Required reports shall be submitted to education personnel under the direction and control of the Director of such Office. (c) APPLICATION OF INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. —A ll provisions of sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c et seq.), except those provisions pertaining to indirect costs and length of contract, shall apply to grants provided under this part. (d) REGULATIONS.— The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations relating to the discharge of duties specifically assigned to the Secretary by this part. In all other matters relating to the details of planning, development, implementing, and evaluating grants under this part, the Secretary shall not issue regulations. Regulations issued pursuant to this part shall not have the standing of a Federal statute for the purposes ofjudicial review. (e) RETROCESSION. —Whenever an Indian tribe requests retrocession of any program for which assistance is provided under this part, such retrocession shall become effective upon a date specified by the Secretary not more than 120 days after the date on which the tribe requests the retrocession, or such later date as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the tribe. If such a program is retroceded, the Secretary shall provide to any Indian tribe served by such program at least the same quantity and quality of services that would have been provided under such program at the level of funding provided under this part prior to the retrocession. The tribal governing body requesting the retrocession shall specify whether the retrocession shall be to a contract administered by the tribe, or a tribal entity, under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act or to a Bureau administered program. (f) DEFINITIONS.— For the purposes of this part: (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) The terms "Indian" and "Indian tribe" have the same meaning given those terms in sections 4(d) and (e), respectively.

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