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 112 STAT. 3094 PUBLIC LAW 105-332—OCT. 31, 1998 military restructuring, migrant workers, as well as other individuals who otherwise do not have access to such services, through multisite, multistate distance learning technologies. "(ii) PROGRAM.— Such program may be carried out directly or through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or through the national center or centers established under paragraph (5). "(7) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term 'institution of higher education' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. " (8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. "SEC. 115. ASSISTANCE FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS. Grants. "(a) OUTLYING AREAS. —From funds reserved pursuant to 20 USC 2325. section 111(a)(1)(A), the Secretary shall— "(1) make a grant in the amount of $500,000 to Guam; and "(2) make a grant in the amount of $190,000 to each of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "(b) REMAINDER.— Subject to the provisions of subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a grant of the remainder of funds reserved pursuant to section 111(a)(1)(A) to the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii, to make grants for vocational and technical education and training in Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, for the purpose of providing direct vocational and technical educational services, including— "(1) teacher and counselor training and retraining; "(2) curriculum development; and "(3) the improvement of vocational and technical education and training programs in secondary schools and institutions of higher education, or improving cooperative education programs involving both secondary schools and institutions of higher education. " (c) LIMITATION.— The Pacific Region Educational Laboratory may use not more than 5 percent of the funds received under subsection (b) for administrative costs. "(d) RESTRICTION. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau shall not receive any funds under this title for any fiscal year that begins after September 30, 2001. 20 USC 2326. "SEC. 116. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM. " (a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) ALASKA NATIVE.— The term 'Alaska Native' means a Native as such term is defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)). "(2) BUREAU FUNDED SCHOOL.— The term 'Bureau funded school' has the meaning given the term in section 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026).

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