H. R. 1105—191 
funding agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; of 
which not to exceed $499,470,000 for school operations costs of 
Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall become 
available on July 1, 2009, and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010; and of which not to exceed $58,623,000 shall 
remain available until expended for housing improvement, road 
maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, the Indian Self- 
Determination Fund, land records improvement, and the Navajo- 
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, 
not to exceed $43,373,000 within and only from such amounts 
made available for school operations shall be available for adminis-
trative cost grants associated with ongoing grants entered into 
with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2008 for the operation 
of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and only 
from such amounts made available for administrative cost grants 
shall be available for the transitional costs of initial administrative 
cost grants to grantees that assume operation on or after July 
1, 2008, of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for-
estry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of 
September 30, 2010, may be transferred during fiscal year 2011 
to an Indian forest land assistance account established for the 
benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund 
account: Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 
so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2011. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facili-
ties, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 
lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483, $217,688,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 
be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 
Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs 
of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for the 
Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2009, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that 
are provided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, as 
amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative 
and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Pro-
grams contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory requirements: 
Provided further, That such grants shall not be subject to section 
12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate 
and determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: 
Provided further, That in considering grant applications, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in 
assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable