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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 20 — Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance

§ 1804a. Planning grants

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment of program

The Secretary shall establish a program in accordance with this section to make grants to tribes and tribal entities (1) to conduct planning activities for the purpose of developing proposals for the establishment of tribally controlled colleges or universities, or (2) to determine the need and potential for the establishment of such colleges or universities.

(b)

Procedures for submission and review of applications

The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, procedures for the submission and review of applications for grants under this section.

(c)

Reservation of funds; number of grants

From the amount appropriated to carry out this subchapter for any fiscal year (exclusive of sums appropriated for section 1805 of this title), the Secretary shall reserve (and expend) an amount necessary to make grants to five applicants under this section of not more than $15,000 each, or an amount necessary to make grants in that amount to each of the approved applicants, if less than five apply and are approved.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 95–471 title I § 104 · 92 Stat. 1325

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1804a

    Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 4(a)(2), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 4(a)(2), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 104. The Secretary shall provide, upon request, technical assistance 25 USC 1805. to tribally controlled community colleges either directly or through contract. In the awarding of contracts for technical assistance, preference shall be given to an organization designated by the tribally controlled community college to be assisted. No authority to enter into contracts provided by this section shall be effective except to the extent authorized in advance by appropriations Acts.

  2. Higher Education Amendments of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–244 title IX § 901(b)(6) · 112 Stat. 1581

    1. Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1804a(a)

      Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “controlled colleges or universities” for “controlled community colleges” in cl. (2)

    2. Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1804a(a)

      Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “such colleges or universities” for “such colleges” in cl. (2)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “controlled colleges or universities” for “controlled community colleges” in cl. (1) and “such colleges or universities” for “such colleges” in cl. (2).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) in sections 101, 102(a), 104(a)(1), 107(a), 108(c)(2),109(b)(1), 11l(a)(2), 112(a), 112(a)(2), 112(c)(2)(B), 301, 302(a), and 402(a) (25 U.S.C. 1802, 1803(a), 1804a(a)(1), 1807(a),1808(c)(2), 1809(b)(1), 1811(a)(2), 1812(a), 1812(a)(2), 1812(c)(2)(B), 1831, 1832(a), and 1851(a)), by striking “community colleges” each place the term appears and inserting “colleges or universities”;

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “controlled colleges or universities” for “controlled community colleges” in cl. (1) and “such colleges or universities” for “such colleges” in cl. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective , except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1983–1998 · 2 acts
  1. 1983Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 4(a)(2), , 97 Stat. 1336
  2. 1998amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), (8), , 112 Stat. 1828.
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(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 98–192, § 4(a)(2), , 97 Stat. 1336; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(b)(6), (8), , 112 Stat. 1828.)

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