The BIA administers programs for and provides services to federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and individuals. BIA programs receiving significant increases include new school construction, trust fund management and law enforcement. Assistant Secretary Kevin Gover expressed his appreciation to the President, Congress, tribes and Indian organizations for supporting BIA programs critical to Indian and Alaska Native people. However, funding must remain significant if we are to meet the trust responsibility for education and complete the task of rebuilding our schools.
Indian children deserve no less than healthy and safe learning environments.
These additional funds will be used to improve law. The BIA' s budgets were severely limited during the period that the Administration and Congress sought to balance the federal budget. Having reached that goal, the Congressional Budget Office is now projecting budget surpluses over the next several years.