Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 35 — Indian Higher Education Programs
§ 3307. Administrative provisions
Statutory text
Omitted
Role of Director
Applications for grants under this subchapter, and all application modifications, shall be reviewed and approved by personnel under the direction and control of the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs. Required reports shall be submitted to education personnel under the direction and control of the Director of such Office.
Application of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
All provisions of sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c et seq.),1 except those provisions pertaining to indirect costs and length of contract, shall apply to grants provided under this subchapter.
Regulations
The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations relating to the discharge of duties specifically assigned to the Secretary by this subchapter. In all other matters relating to the details of planning, development, implementing, and evaluating grants under this subchapter, the Secretary shall not issue regulations. Regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter shall not have the standing of a Federal statute for the purposes of judicial review.
Retrocession
Whenever an Indian tribe requests retrocession of any program for which assistance is provided under this subchapter, such retrocession shall become effective upon a date specified by the Secretary not more than 120 days after the date on which the tribe requests the retrocession, or such later date as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the tribe. If such a program is retroceded, the Secretary shall provide to any Indian tribe served by such program at least the same quantity and quality of services that would have been provided under such program at the level of funding provided under this subchapter prior to the retrocession. The tribal governing body requesting the retrocession shall specify whether the retrocession shall be to a contract administered by the tribe, or a tribal entity, under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.] or to a Bureau administered program.
Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter:
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
The terms “Indian” and “Indian tribe” have the same meaning given those terms in sections 2 4(d) and (e), respectively, of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act [25 U.S.C. 5304(d), (e)].
Footnotes
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.
Higher Education Tribal Grant Authorization Act
Pub. L. 102–325 title XIII § 1317 · 106 Stat. 448
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 3307
(Pub. L. 102–325, title XIII, § 1317, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 802.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–325, title XIII, § 1317, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 802.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1317. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. (a) Biennial Report.— The Secretary shall submit a biennial report to the Congress on the programs established under this part. Such report shall include— (1) a description of significant administrative actions taken by the Secretary under this part; (2) the number of grants made under the authority of this part; (3) the number of applications denied for such grants and the reasons therefor; (4) the remedial actions taken to enable applicants to be approved; (5) the number of students served, by tribe; (6) statistics on the academic pursuits of the students provided assistance under this part and the average amount of assistance provided; and (7) such additional information as the Secretary considers significant. (b) Role of the Director.— Applications for grants under this part, and all application modifications, shall be reviewed and approved by personnel under the direction and control of the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs. Required reports shall be submitted to education personnel under the direction and control of the Director of such Office. (c) Application of Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.— All provisions of sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c et seq.), except those provisions pertaining to indirect costs and length of contract, shall apply to grants provided under this part. (d) Regulations.— The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations relating to the discharge of duties specifically assigned to the Secretary by this part. In all other matters relating to the details of planning, development, implementing, and evaluating grants under this part, the Secretary shall not issue regulations. Regulations issued pursuant to this part shall not have the standing of a Federal statute for the purposes of judicial review. (e) Retrocession.— Whenever an Indian tribe requests retrocession of any program for which assistance is provided under this part, such retrocession shall become effective upon a date specified by the Secretary not more than 120 days after the date on which the tribe requests the retrocession, or such later date as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the tribe. If such a program is retroceded, the Secretary shall provide to any Indian tribe served by such program at least the same quantity and quality of services that would have been provided under such program at the level of funding provided under this part prior to the retrocession. The tribal governing body requesting the retrocession shall specify whether the retrocession shall be to a contract administered by the tribe, or a tribal entity, under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act or to a Bureau administered program . (f) Definitions.— For the purposes of this part: (1) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) The terms “Indian” and “Indian tribe” have the same meaning given those terms in sections 4 (d) and (e), respectively, of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93–638, 20 U.S.C. 450b).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c et seq.), referred to in subsec. (c), are sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of Pub. L. 93–638, , 88 Stat. 2203, which were classified to sections 450c, 450d, 450e, 450j, 450m, and 450m–1, respectively, of this title prior to editorial reclassification as sections 5305, 5306, 5307, 5324, 5330, and 5331, respectively, of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.
The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, , 88 Stat. 2206, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5321 et seq.) of chapter 46 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Subsec. (a) of this section, which required the Secretary to submit a biennial report to Congress on programs established under this subchapter, terminated, effective , pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 79 of House Document No. 103–7.