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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 2039 the Division, shall conduct studies, surveys, or other activities to gather demographic information on Bureau-funded schools and project the amount necessary to provide Indian students in such schools the educational program set forth in this part. "(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.— Not later than the date on which the Deadline. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs makes the annual budget submission, for each fiscal year after the date of enactment of the Native American Education Improvement Act of 2001, the Director of the Office shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress (including the Appropriations committees), all Bureaufunded schools, and the tribal governing bodies of such schools, a report that contains— "(1) projections, based upon the information gathered pursuant to subsection (b) and any other relevant information, of amounts necessary to provide Indian students in Bureaufunded schools the educational program set forth in this part; "(2) a description of the methods and formulas used to calculate the amounts projected pursuant to paragraph (1); and "(3) such other information as the Director of the Ofdce considers appropriate. "(d) USE OF REPORTS.— The Director of the Office and the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs shall use the annual report required by subsection (c) when preparing annual budget submissions. "SEC. 1130. UNIFORM DIRECT FUNDING AND SUPPORT. 25 USC 2010. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM AND FORWARD FUNDING. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall establish, by regula- Regulations, tion adopted in accordance with section 1136, a system for the direct funding and support of all Bureau-funded schools. Such system shall allot funds in accordance with section 1127. All amounts appropriated for distribution in accordance with this section shall be made available in accordance with paragraph (2). " (2) TIMING FOR USE OF FUNDS. — " (A) AVAILABILITY. — For the purposes of affording adequate notice of funding available pursuant to the allotments made under section 1127 and the allotments of funds for operation and maintenance of facilities, amounts appropriated in an appropriations Act for any fiscal year for such allotments— "(i) shall become available for obligation by the affected schools on July 1 of the fiscal year for which such allotments are appropriated without further action by the Secretary; and "(ii) shall remain available for obligation through the succeeding fiscal year. "(B) PUBLICATIONS.— The Secretary shall, on the basis of the amounts appropriated as described in this paragraph— "(i) publish, not later than July 1 of the fiscal Deadline, year for which the amounts are appropriated, information indicating the amount of the allotments to be made to each affected school under section 1127, of 80 percent of such appropriated amounts; and

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