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be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu

of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving

intermittently in Government service (5 U.S.C.

5701–5707).

(b) Funding. The Board and the Initiative shall be

funded by the Department of Education.

(c) Administrative Support. The Department of Education shall provide appropriate administrative services and staff support for the Board and the Initiative.

With the consent of the Department of Education,

other agencies participating in the Initiative shall provide administrative support to the White House Initiative Office consistent with statutory authority and

shall make use of section 112 of title 3, United States

Code, to detail agency employees to the extent permitted by law. The Board and the White House Initiative Office shall have a core staff and shall be supported at appropriate levels.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1616f, 1616h,

1665j, 1808, 3210, 3371 of this title; title 20 sections 80q–8,

1085, 2397h.

SUBCHAPTER I—TRIBALLY CONTROLLED

COMMUNITY COLLEGES GRANT PROGRAM

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in section 1851 of this

title.

§ 1802. Purpose

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide

grants for the operation and improvement of

tribally controlled community colleges to insure continued and expanded educational opportunities for Indian students, and to allow for the

improvement and expansion of the physical resources of such institutions.

(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, §101, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat.

1325; Pub. L. 98–192, §2, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336.)

AMENDMENTS

1983—Pub. L. 98–192 inserted ‘‘, and to allow for the

improvement and expansion of the physical resources

of such institutions’’.

§ 1803. Grants authorized

(a) Purposes

The Secretary shall, subject to appropriations,

make grants pursuant to this subchapter to tribally controlled community colleges to aid in the

post-secondary education of Indian students.

(b) Deposit of funds; limitations on uses

Grants made pursuant to this subchapter shall

go into the general operating funds of the institution to defray, at the determination of the

tribally controlled community college, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college. Funds provided pursuant to

this subchapter shall not be used in connection

with religious worship or sectarian instruction.

(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, §102, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat.

1326; Pub. L. 98–192, §3(a), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat.

1336.)

AMENDMENTS

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–192, §3(a)(1), substituted

‘‘shall, subject to appropriations,’’ for ‘‘is authorized

to’’.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–192, §3(a)(2), substituted ‘‘to

defray, at the determination of the tribally controlled

community college, expenditures for academic, educational, and administrative purposes and for the operation and maintenance of the college’’ for ‘‘to defray

the expense of activities related to education programs

for Indian students’’.

§ 1804. Eligible grant recipients

To be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, a tribally controlled community college must be one which—

(1) is governed by a board of directors or

board of trustees a majority of which are Indians;

(2) demonstrates adherence to stated goals, a

philosophy, or a plan of operation which is directed to meet the needs of Indians; and

(3) if in operation for more than one year,

has students a majority of whom are Indians.

(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, §103, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat.

1326.)

§ 1804a. Planning grants

(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

community colleges, or (2) to determine the

need and potential for the establishment of such

colleges.

(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.

(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, §104, as added Pub. L.

98–192, §4(a)(2), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1336.)

§ 1805. Technical assistance contracts

The Secretary shall provide, upon request

from a tribally controlled community college

which is receiving funds under section 1808 of

this title, technical assistance 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.

(Pub. L. 95–471, title I, §105, formerly §104, Oct.

17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1326; renumbered §105 and

amended Pub. L. 98–192, §§4(a)(1), 5, Dec. 1, 1983,

97 Stat. 1336.)