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‘‘(2) REQUIRED
CONTENTS.—The Secretary 
shall include in the report and recommendations de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) a report on the progress made by the 
Secretary of the Interior, the States, and ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools funded 
by the Bureau of Indian Education in devel-
oping and linking electronic records transfer 
systems; 
‘‘(B) recommendations for the develop-
ment, linkage, and maintenance of such sys-
tems; 
‘‘(C) recommendations for measures that 
may be taken to ensure the continuity and en-
hancement of services to Indian students; 
‘‘(D) a report from the Secretary of the 
Interior describing the extent to which funding 
supplied to elementary schools and secondary 
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(B) is suffi-
cient to enable those schools to develop and op-
erate electronic records transfer systems; and 
‘‘(E) a report on recommendations made 
by Indian tribes, Indian organizations, tribal 
departments of education, and elementary 
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schools and secondary schools funded by the 
Bureau of Indian Education, and consortia of 
such entities, regarding implementation of this 
section and the extent to which such rec-
ommendations were taken into account. 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REGISTER.— 
Not later than 14 days after the report described in 
paragraph (1) is submitted to Congress, the Sec-
retary shall publish such report in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section in any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall reserve $20,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated pursuant to subsection (c) of section 
7152. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts re-
served pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior 
$8,000,000 for each fiscal year to be used as 
described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) 
DISTRIBUTION
AND
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
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distribute all funds transferred pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) to elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools funded by the Bureau of Indian 
Education for use by such schools to pay the 
costs of establishing and participating in sys-
tems for the orderly linkage and exchange of 
student records of Indian children. To facilitate 
such establishment and participation by such 
schools, the Secretary of the Interior shall, at 
the request of any such school, supply technical 
assistance. Amounts required to be supplied to 
elementary and secondary schools operated by 
Indian tribes or tribal organizations pursuant 
to contracts issued under authority of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or pursuant 
to grants issued under authority of the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) 
shall be added to the respective contracts or 
grants of such tribes or tribal organizations. 
‘‘(f) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary shall direct 
the National Center for Education Statistics to collect 
data on Indian children. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
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