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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 2021 " SEC. 1125. FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION. 25 USC 2005. "(a) NATIONAL SURVEY OF FACILITIES CONDITIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 12 months after the date Deadline, of enactment of the Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001, the General Accounting Office shall compile, collect, and secure the data that are needed to prepare a national survey of the physical conditions of all Bureau-funded school facilities. "(2) DATA AND METHODOLOGIES.— In preparing the national survey required under paragraph (1), the General Accounting Office shall use the following data and methodologies: "(A) The existing Department of Defense formula for determining the condition and adequacy of Department of Defense facilities. "(B) Data related to conditions of Bureau-funded schools that has previously been compiled, collected, or secured from whatever source derived so long as the data are accurate, relevant, timely, and necessary to the survey. "(C) The methodologies of the American Institute of Architects, or other accredited and reputable architecture or engineering associations. "(3) CONSULTATIONS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the survey required under paragraph (1), the General Accounting Office shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult (and if necessary contract) with national, regional, and tribal Indian education organizations to ensure that a complete and accurate national survey is achieved. "(B) REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.— All Bureau-funded schools shall comply with reasonable requests for information by the General Accounting Office and shall respond to such requests in a timely fashion. "(4) SUBMISSION. —Not later than 2 years after the date Deadline, of enactment of the Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001, the General Accounting Office shall submit the results of the national survey conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Resources, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the Secretary. The Secretary shall submit the results of the national survey to school boards of Bureau-funded schools and their respective tribes. "(5) NEGOTL^TED RULEMAKING COMMITTEE.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the Deadline, date on which the submission is made under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall establish a negotiated rulemaking committee pursuant to section 1138(b)(3). The negotiated rulemaking committee shall prepare and submit to the Secretary the following: "(i) A catalog of the condition of school facilities at all Bureau-funded schools that— "(I) incorporates the findings from the General Accounting Office study evaluating and comparing school systems of the Department of Defense and the Bureau of Indian Affairs;

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