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Reservations as may be necessary to bring the

portion of such roads located in any State up

to at least the secondary road standards in effect in such State, and (B) in addition to any

amounts expended on such roads under the

$20,000,000 authorization provided under this

clause prior to amendment.

(8) Telephone and radio communications systems, $250,000.

(9) Agency, institutional, and domestic

water supply, $2,500,000.

(10) Establishment of a revolving loan fund,

$5,000,000.

(11) Hospital buildings and equipment, and

other health conservation measures, $4,750,000.

(12) School buildings and equipment, and

other educational measures, $25,000,000.

(13) Housing and necessary facilities and

equipment, $820,000.

(14) Common service facilities, $500,000.

Funds so appropriated shall be available for

administration, investigations, plans, construction, and all other objects necessary for or appropriate to the carrying out of the provisions of

this subchapter. Such further sums as may be

necessary for or appropriate to the annual operation and maintenance of the projects herein

enumerated are also authorized to be appropriated. Funds appropriated under these authorizations shall be in addition to funds made available for use on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations, or with respect to Indians of the Navajo

Tribes, out of appropriations heretofore or hereafter granted for the benefit, care, or assistance

of Indians in general, or made pursuant to other

authorizations now in effect.

(Apr. 19, 1950, ch. 92, §1, 64 Stat. 44; Pub. L.

85–740, Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 834.)

AMENDMENTS

1958—Pub. L. 85–740 substituted $108,570,000 for

$88,570,000 in opening par., and, in cl. (7), increased from

$20,000,000 to $40,000,000 the amount authorized for roads

and trails, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be

available for contract authority to bring routes 1 and

3 on the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations up to secondary road standards in the State.

CONTRACT AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATIONS

Pub. L. 85–740 provided in part that the contract authority and appropriations authorized by the amendment to clause (7) of this section shall be in addition to

sums apportioned to Indian reservations or to the State

of Arizona under the Federal Highway Act, as amended

and supplemented.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 633, 634 of this

title.

§ 632. Character and extent of administration;

time limit; reports on use of funds

The foregoing program shall be administered

in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and existing laws relating to Indian affairs, shall include such facilities and services as

are requisite for or incidental to the effectuation of the projects herein enumerated, shall

apply sustained-yield principles to the administration of all renewable resources, and shall be

prosecuted in a manner which will provide for

completion of the program, so far as practicable,

within ten years from April 19, 1950. An account

of the progress being had in the rehabilitation of

the Navajo and Hopi Indians, and of the use

made of the funds appropriated to that end

under this subchapter, shall be included in each

annual report of the work of the Department of

the Interior submitted to the Congress during

the period covered by the foregoing program.

(Apr. 19, 1950, ch. 92, §2, 64 Stat. 45.)

§ 633. Preference in employment; on-the-job

training

Navajo and Hopi Indians shall be given, whenever practicable, preference in employment on

all projects undertaken pursuant to this subchapter, and, in furtherance of this policy may

be given employment on such projects without

regard to the provisions of the civil-service and

classification laws. To the fullest extent possible, Indian workers on such projects shall receive on-the-job training in order to enable

them to become qualified for more skilled employment.

(Apr. 19, 1950, ch. 92, §3, 64 Stat. 45.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set

forth in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

The classification laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to chapter 51 (§5101 et seq.) and subchapter III (§5331 et seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 5.

§ 634. Loans to Tribes or individual members;

loan fund

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized,

under such regulations as he may prescribe, to

make loans from the loan fund authorized by

section 631 of this title to the Navajo Tribe, or

any member or association of members thereof,

or to the Hopi Tribe, or any member of association of members thereof, for such productive

purposes as, in his judgment, will tend to promote the better utilization of the manpower and

resources of the Navajo or Hopi Indians. Sums

collected in repayment of such loans and sums

collected as interest or other charges thereon

shall be credited to the loan fund, and shall be

available for the purpose for which the fund was

established.

(Apr. 19, 1950, ch. 92, §4, 64 Stat. 45.)

INDIAN REVOLVING LOAN FUND

Certain funds to be administered as a single Indian

Revolving Loan Fund after Apr. 12, 1974, see section

1461 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1461 of this title.

§ 635. Disposition of lands

(a) Lease of restricted lands; renewals

Any restricted Indian lands owned by the Navajo Tribe, members thereof, or associations of

such members, or by the Hopi Tribe, members

thereof, or associations of such members, may

be leased by the Indian owners, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for pub-