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(b) Procedures for submission and review

of applications.

(c) Reservation of funds; number of

grants.

1805. Technical assistance contracts.

1806. Eligibility studies.

(a) Development of plans, procedures,

and criteria.

(b) Initiation by Secretary; grant applications and budgets.

(c) Source of appropriations.

1807. Grants to tribally controlled community colleges.

(a) Submission of applications; necessity

of eligibility study.

(b) Determination of support; factors

considered.

(c) Priority and number of grants.

(d) Consultation with national Indian organizations and tribal governments.

1808. Amount of grants.

(a) Formula.

(b) Advance installment payments; adjustments; methods of payment; interest or investment income; types

of investments.

(c) Accounting by recipient institutions;

data collection system.

(d) Construction of section.

1809. Effect on other programs.

(a) Eligibility for assistance.

(b) Allocations from Bureau of Indian Affairs.

(c) Assistance deemed to be basic educational opportunity grant.

(d) Treatment of funds under certain

Federal laws.

1810. Authorization of appropriations.

1811. Grant adjustments.

(a) Formula for allocation.

(b) Ratable reduction or increase in funds

available for existing schools; excess funds; definition.

(c) Reallocation of funds.

1812. Report on facilities.

(a) Study on condition of currently existing facilities; submission of report;

contents.

(b) Renovation program.

(c) Determination and prioritization of

construction and renovation needs.

(d) ‘‘Reconstruction’’ defined.

1813. Construction of new facilities.

(a) Grants.

(b) Eligibility requirements.

(c) Maximum amount of grant; waiver of

restriction.

(d) Failure to use facility in approved

manner; title to vest in United

States; settlement.

(e) Religious use.

(f) ‘‘Construction’’ and ‘‘academic facilities’’ defined.

1814. Miscellaneous provisions.

(a) Eligibility of Navajo Tribe.

(b) Discriminatory practices prohibited.

1815. Rules and regulations.

(a) Consultation with national Indian organizations.

(b) Publication.

(c) Promulgation.

(d) Source of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER II—TRIBALLY CONTROLLED

COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

1831. Purpose.

1832. Establishment of program; program agreements.

1833. Use of funds.

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1834. Compliance with matching requirement.

1835. Allocation of funds.

1836. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER III—TRIBAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

1851. Grants authorized.

(a) General authority.

(b) Amount and duration.

(c) Applications.

1852. Authorization of appropriations.

CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This chapter is referred to in sections 13d–2, 458cc,

2024 of this title; title 20 sections 1131a, 1131c, 1401,

2394a, 2471, 3489, 7601, 7834; title 29 section 2202.

§ 1801. Definitions

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term—

(1) ‘‘Indian’’ means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe;

(2) ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian tribe,

band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaskan Native village

or regional or village corporation as defined in

or established pursuant to the Alaskan Native

Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.],

which is recognized as eligible for the special

programs and services provided by the United

States to Indians because of their status as Indians;

(3) ‘‘Secretary’’, unless otherwise designated, means the Secretary of the Interior;

(4) ‘‘tribally controlled community college’’

means an institution of higher education

which is formally controlled, or has been formally sanctioned, or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or tribes, except

that no more than one such institution shall

be recognized with respect to any such tribe;

(5) ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means

an institution of higher education as defined

by section 1141(a) of title 20, except that clause

(2) of such section shall not be applicable and

the reference to Secretary in clause (5)(A) of

such section shall be deemed to refer to the

Secretary of the Interior;

(6) ‘‘national Indian organization’’ means an

organization which the Secretary finds is nationally based, represents a substantial Indian

constituency, and has expertise in the field of

Indian education;

(7) ‘‘Indian student count’’ means a number

equal to the total number of Indian students

enrolled in each tribally controlled community college, determined in a manner consistent with subsection (b) of this section on the

basis of the quotient of the sum of the credit

hours of all Indian students so enrolled, divided by twelve; and

(8) ‘‘satisfactory progress toward a degree or

certificate’’ has the meaning given to such

term by the institution at which the student

is enrolled.

(b) The following conditions shall apply for

the purpose of determining the Indian student

count pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a)

of this section:

(1) Such number shall be calculated on the

basis of the registrations of Indian students as

in effect at the conclusion of the third week of

each academic term.