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the remaining provisions of this section shall

continue in full force and effect.

(Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 748, §6, as added Pub. L.

101–644, title I, §105, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4664.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section, act Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 748, §6, 49 Stat.

893, related to offering for sale without trade mark

goods as Indian goods, prior to repeal by acts June 25,

1948, ch. 645, §21, 62 Stat. 862; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39,

62 Stat. 992, effective Sept. 1, 1948. See section 1159 of

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

CERTIFICATION OF INDIAN ARTISANS

Section 107 of Pub. L. 101–644 provided that: ‘‘For the

purposes of section 1159 of title 18, United States Code,

and section 6 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to promote

the development of Indian arts and crafts and to create

a board to assist therein, and for other purposes’ (25

U.S.C. 305 et seq.) [25 U.S.C. 305e] an Indian tribe may

not impose a fee in certifying an individual as an Indian artisan. For the purposes of this section, the term

‘Indian tribe’ has the same meaning given such term in

section 1159(c)(3) of title 18, United States Code.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 305d of this title.

§ 306. Expenditures for encouragement of industry and self-support; repayment

On and after May 9, 1938, the expenditures for

the purpose of encouraging industry and selfsupport among the Indians and to aid them in

the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops

shall be under conditions to be prescribed by the

Secretary of the Interior for repayment to the

United States on or before the expiration of five

years, except in the case of loans on irrigable

lands for permanent improvement of said lands,

in which the period for repayment may run for

nor exceeding twenty years, in the discretion of

the Secretary of the Interior.

(May 9, 1938, ch. 187, §1, 52 Stat. 302.)

§ 306a. Advances for support of old, disabled, or

indigent allottees; lien against land

On and after May 9, 1938, the Secretary of the

Interior is authorized, in his discretion and

under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to make advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indian allottees, for their support, to remain a charge and lien against their land until

paid; such advances for the fiscal year 1939 to be

made from the appropriations in this paragraph

and those for fiscal years thereafter to be made

from appropriations specifically available for

such purposes.

(May 9, 1938, ch. 187, §1, 52 Stat. 302.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This paragraph, referred to in text, means the first

undesignated paragraph contained at 52 Stat. 302, and

the appropriations for advances for the fiscal year 1939,

referred to in text, were contained in such part of the

undesignated paragraph which was not classified to the

Code.

§§ 307, 308. Omitted

CODIFICATION

Section 307, acts Mar. 17, 1949, ch. 22, §1, 63 Stat. 14;

June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §105, 63 Stat. 381, directed

Administrator of General Services to transfer to Secretary of the Interior property known as Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham City, Utah, for use of Bureau of

Indian Affairs as a vocational school for children and

housing and training center for adults. Pub. L. 98–401,

Aug. 27, 1984, 98 Stat. 1477, provided that when the Secretary ceases to use the property for school purposes,

he shall publish the legal description of the property in

the Federal Register and convey the property without

consideration to Brigham City, Utah. The property was

conveyed and notice was published in 50 F.R. 1636, Jan.

11, 1985.

Section 308, act Mar. 17, 1949, ch. 22, §2, 63 Stat. 14, directed Secretary of the Interior to take over the property as soon as Congress appropriated funds for alterations, maintenance, and operation.

§ 309. Vocational training program; eligibility;

contracts or agreements

In order to help adult Indians who reside on or

near Indian reservations to obtain reasonable

and satisfactory employment, the Secretary of

the Interior is authorized to undertake a program of vocational training that provides for vocational counseling or guidance, institutional

training in any recognized vocation or trade, apprenticeship, and on the job training, for periods

that do not exceed twenty-four months, and, for

nurses’ training, for periods that do not exceed

thirty-six months, transportation to the place of

training, and subsistence during the course of

training. The program shall be available primarily to Indians who are not less than eighteen

and not more than thirty-five years of age and

who reside on or near an Indian reservation, and

the program shall be conducted under such rules

and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

For the purposes of this program the Secretary

is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with any Federal, State, or local governmental agency, or with any private school which

has a recognized reputation in the field of vocational education and has successfully obtained

employment for its graduates in their respective

fields of training, or with any corporation or association which has an existing apprenticeship

or on-the-job training program which is recognized by industry and labor as leading to skilled

employment, or with any school of nursing offering a three-year course of study leading to a

diploma in nursing which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary.

(Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 930, §1, 70 Stat. 986; Pub. L.

88–230, §1(a), Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 471.)

AMENDMENTS

1963—Pub. L. 88–230 authorized Secretary of the Interior to undertake a program for nurses’ training for periods not exceeding 36 months and to enter into contracts with accredited schools of nursing offering a 3-

year course of study leading to a diploma in nursing.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 13e, 309a of this

title.

§ 309a. Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated for the

purposes of sections 309 and 309a of this title the

sum of $25,000,000 for each fiscal year, and not to

exceed $1,500,000 of such sum shall be available

for administrative purposes.