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1So in original. Probably should be ‘‘postsecondary’’.

(C) a tribal agriculture or related program.

(3) The Secretary shall not deny scholarship

assistance under this subsection solely on the

basis of an applicant’s scholastic achievement if

the applicant has been admitted to and remains

in good standing in an accredited post secondary1 or graduate institution.

(d) Educational outreach

The Secretary shall conduct, through the Bureau, and in consultation with other appropriate

local, State and Federal agencies, and in consultation and coordination with Indian tribes,

an agricultural resource education outreach program for Indian youth to explain and stimulate

interest in all aspects of management and careers in Indian agriculture and natural resources.

(e) Adequacy of programs

The Secretary shall administer the programs

described in this section until a sufficient number of Indians are trained to ensure that there is

an adequate number of qualified, professional

Indian agricultural resource managers to manage the Bureau agricultural resource programs

and programs maintained by or for Indian

tribes.

(Pub. L. 103–177, title II, §201, Dec. 3, 1993, 107

Stat. 2018.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in

the competitive service, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are

classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5,

Government Organization and Employees.

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B), is Pub. L.

93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as amended, which is

classified principally to subchapter II (§450 et seq.) of

chapter 14 of this title. For complete classification of

this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under

section 450 of this title and Tables.

§ 3732. Postgraduation recruitment, education

and training programs

(a) Assumption of loans

The Secretary shall establish and maintain a

program to attract Indian professionals who are

graduates of a course of postsecondary or graduate education for employment in either the Bureau agriculture or related programs or, subject

to the approval of the tribe, in tribal agriculture

or related programs. According to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, such program shall provide for the employment of Indian

professionals in exchange for the assumption by

the Secretary of the outstanding student loans

of the employee. The period of employment shall

be determined by the amount of the loan that is

assumed.

(b) Postgraduate intergovernmental internships

For the purposes of training, skill development and orientation of Indian and Federal agricultural management personnel, and the enhancement of tribal and Bureau agricultural resource programs, the Secretary shall establish

and actively conduct a program for the cooperative internship of Federal and Indian agricultural resource personnel. Such program shall—

(1) for agencies within the Department of

the Interior—

(A) provide for the internship of Bureau

and Indian agricultural resource employees

in the agricultural resource related programs of other agencies of the Department

of the Interior, and

(B) provide for the internship of agricultural resource personnel from the other Department of the Interior agencies within the

Bureau, and, with the consent of the tribe,

within tribal agricultural resource programs;

(2) for agencies not within the Department

of the Interior, provide, pursuant to an interagency agreement, internships within the Bureau and, with the consent of the tribe, within

a tribal agricultural resource program of other

agricultural resource personnel of such agencies who are above their sixth year of Federal

service;

(3) provide for the continuation of salary and

benefits for participating Federal employees

by their originating agency;

(4) provide for salaries and benefits of participating Indian agricultural resource employees by the host agency; and

(5) provide for a bonus pay incentive at the

conclusion of the internship for any participant.

(c) Continuing education and training

The Secretary shall maintain a program within the Trust Services Division of the Bureau for

Indian agricultural resource personnel which

shall provide for—

(1) orientation training for Bureau agricultural resource personnel in tribal-Federal relations and responsibilities;

(2) continuing technical agricultural resource education for Bureau and Indian agricultural resource personnel; and

(3) development training of Indian agricultural resource personnel in agricultural resource based enterprises and marketing.

(Pub. L. 103–177, title II, §202, Dec. 3, 1993, 107

Stat. 2020.)

§ 3733. Cooperative agreement between Department of the Interior and Indian tribes

(a) Cooperative agreements

(1)(A) To facilitate the administration of the

programs and activities of the Department of

the Interior, the Secretary may negotiate and

enter into cooperative agreements with Indian

tribes to—

(i) engage in cooperative manpower and job

training,

(ii) develop and publish cooperative agricultural education and resource planning materials, and

(iii) perform land and facility improvements

and other activities related to land and natural resource management and development.

(B) The Secretary may enter into these agreements when the Secretary determines the interest of Indians and Indian tribes will be benefited.

(2) In cooperative agreements entered into

under paragraph (1), the Secretary may advance