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 PUBLIC LAW 103-252—MAY 18, 1994 108 STAT. 637 suitable facilities will inhibit the operation of such programs, and that construction of such facilities is more cost effective than purchase of available facilities or renovation, the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, may authorize the use of financial assistance under this subchapter to make payments for capital expenditures related to facilities that will be used to carry out such programs. The Secretary shall establish uniform procedures for Head Start agencies to request approval for such payments, and shall promote, to the extent practicable, the collocation of Head Start programs with other programs serving low-income children and families. "(2) Such payments may be used for capital expenditures (including paying the cost of amortizing the principal, and paying interest on, loans) such as expenditures for— "(A) construction of facilities that are not in existence on the date of the determination; "(B) major renovation of facilities in existence on such date; and "(C) purchase of vehicles used for programs conducted at the Head Start facilities. "(3) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the construction or renovation of facilities to be used to carry out Head Start programs shall be paid wages at not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq., commonly known as the 'Davis-Bacon Act'). "(h) In all personnel actions of the American Indian Programs Branch of the Head Start Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families, the Secretary shall give the same preference to individuals who are members of an Indian tribe as the Secretary gives to a disabled veteran, as defined in section 2108(3)(C) of title 5, United States Code. The Secretary shall take such additional actions as may be necessary to promote recruitment of such individuals for employment in the Administration.". SEC. 111. PARTICIPATION. Section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking "may provide" and all that follows and inserting "shall be permitted to provide more than 1 year of Head Start services to eligible children (age 3 to compulsory school attendance) in the State."; and (B) by striking the second sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d)(1) An Indian tribe that— "(A) operates a Head Start program; "(B) enrolls as participants in the program all children in the community served by the tribe (including a community with a near-reservation designation, as defined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs) from families that meet the low-income criteria prescribed under subsection (a)(1)(A); and "(C) has the resources to enroll additional children in the community who do not meet the low-income criteria;

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