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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2319

REGULATIONS

SEC. 1123. The Secretary shall establish such regulations as are 25 USC 2003. necessary to carry out sections 1121 and 1122 within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act. STUDIES

SEC. 1124. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated no more than $1,000,000 to carry out the studies conducted under section 1121 (a) and section 1122(a). FACILITIES

Appropriations, limitation. 25 USC 2004.

CONSTRUCTION

SEC. 1125. (a) The Secretary shall immediately begin to bring all schools, dormitories, and other facilities operated by the Bureau or under contract with the Bureau in connection with the education of Indian children into compliance with all applicable Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards, whichever provide greater protection (except that the tribal standards to be applied shall be no greater than any otherwise applicable Federal or State standards), and with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C 794), except that nothing in this section shall require termination of the operations of any facility which does not comply with such provisions and which is in use on the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, and at each time thereafter that the annual budget request for Bureau educational services is presented, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed plan to bring such facilities into compliance with such standards. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, detailed information on the status of each facility's compliance with such standards, specific cost estimates for meeting such standards at each school, and specific time lines for bringing each school into compliance with such standards. (c) Within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, and publish in the Federal Register, the system used to establish priorities for school construction projects. At the time any budget request for school construction is presented, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and submit with the budget request the current list of all school construction priorities. (d) There arc hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a).

25 USC 2005.

Plan, submittal to congressional committees.

Priorities, submittals to congressional committees and publications in Federal Register. Appropriation authorization.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS EDUCATION FUNCTIONS

SEC. 1126. (a) The Secretary shall vest in the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs all functions with respect to formulation and establishment of policy and procedure, and supervision of programs and expenditures of Federal funds for the purpose of Indian education administered by the Bureau. The Assistant Secretary shall carry out such functions through the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs within the Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Office"), which shall be governed by the provisions of this Act, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) The Director of the Office shall direct and supervise the operations of all personnel directly and substantially involved with provision of education services by the Bureau. The Assistant Secre-

25 USC 2006.

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