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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 4015 "(i) the assumption over the term of the grant by the tribal department of education of all assets and functions of the Bureau agency office associated with the tribe, insofar as those responsibilities relate to education, and "(ii) the termination by the Bureau of such operations and office at the time of such assumption, except that when mutually agreeable between the tribal governing body and the Assistant Secretary, the period in which such assumption is to occur may be modified, reduced, or extended after the initial year of the grant. "(2) Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, grants provided under this section shall be provided for a period of 3 years and the grant may, if performance by the grantee is satisfactory to the Secretary, be renewed for additional 3-year terms. "(d) The Secretary shall not impose any terms, conditions, or requirements on the provision of grants under this section that are not specified in this section. "(e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Appropriation section, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for authorization, fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. •SEC. 1146. PAYMENTS. 25 USC 2025. "(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall make payments to grantees under this part in 2 payments— "(A) one payment to be made not later than July 15 of each year in an amount equal to one-half of the amount which the grantee was entitled to receive during the preceding academic year, and "(B) the second payment, consisting of the remainder to which the grantee is entitled for the academic year, shall be made not later than December 1 of each year. "(2) For any school for which no payment was made from Bureau funds in the preceding academic year, full payment of - the amount computed for the first academic year of eligibility under this part shall be made not later than December 1 of the academic year. "(3) With regard to funds for grantees that become available for obligation on October 1 of the fiscal year for which such funds are appropriated, the Secretary shall make payments to grantees not later than December 1 of the fiscal year. "(4) The provisions of chapter 39 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to the payments required to be made by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection. "SEC. 1146. DEFINITIONS. 25 USC 2026. "For the purpose of this part, unless otherwise specified— "(1) the term 'agency school board' means a body, the members of which are appointed by the school boards of the schools located within such agency, and the number of such members shall be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the affected tribes, except that, in agencies serving a single school, the school board of such school shall fulfill these duties; "(2) the term 'Bureau' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior; "(3) the term 'Bureau funded school' means—

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