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under the supervision of the Department of the Interior in emer-
gencies or otherwise as mutually agreed to, but shall not be deemed
to be Federal employees other than for the purposes of sections
2671 through 2680 of title 28, United States Code, and sections
8101 through 8193 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to limit the authority of the Secretary to enter into cooperative
agreements otherwise authorized by law.
SEC. 204. OBLIGATED SERVICE; BREACH OF CONTRACT.
(a) OBLIGATED SERVICE.—Where an individual enters into an
agreement for obligated service in return for financial assistance
under any provision of this title, the Secretary shall adopt such
regulations as are necessary to provide for the offer of employment
to the recipient of such assistance as required by such provision.
Where an offer of employment is not reasonably made, the regula-
tions shall provide that such service shall no longer be required.
(b) BREACH OF CONTRACT; REPAYMENT.—Where an individual
fails to accept a reasonable offer of employment in fulfillment of
such obligated service or unreasonably terminates or fails to perform
the duties of such employment, the Secretary shall require a repay-
ment of the financial assistance provided, prorated for the amount
of time of obligated service that was performed, together with
interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time
the amounts were paid they were loans bearing interest at the
maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. REGULATIONS.
Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Secretary shall
promulgate final regulations for the implementation of this Act
within 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act. All
regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act shall be developed
by the Secretary with the participation of the affected Indian tribes.
SEC. 302. TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish or expand
the trust responsibility of the United States toward Indian trust
lands or natural resources, or any legal obligation or remedy result-
ing therefrom.
SEC. 303. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, or the application of any provision
of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the
application of such provision or circumstance and the remainder
of this Act shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 304. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY.
(a) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
supersede or limit the authority of Federal, State or local agencies
otherwise authorized by law to provide services to Indians.
(b) DUPLICATION OF SERVICES.—The Secretary shall work with
all appropriate Federal departments and agencies to avoid duplica-
tion of programs and services currently available to Indian tribes
and landowners from other sources.
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SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
(b) FUNDING SOURCE.—The activities required under title II
may only be funded from appropriations made pursuant to this
Act. To the greatest extent possible, such activities shall be coordi-
nated with activities funded from other sources.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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