[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3277

To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve 
funds under the programs for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education 
         of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2010

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to reserve 
funds under the programs for payments to the Bureau of Indian Education 
         of the Department of the Interior for Indian children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal Government has a unique and continuing 
        trust relationship with, and responsibility to, Indians for the 
        education of Indians;
            (2) title XIV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
        of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 279) established the State 
        Fiscal Stabilization Fund, which includes programs administered 
        by the Department of Education for the purpose of advancing 
        education reform; and
            (3) the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the 
        Interior and tribal governments, many of which operate tribal 
        elementary and secondary schools, tribal colleges and 
        universities, early childhood education programs, and tribal 
        education departments, are ineligible to participate in the 
        State Fiscal Stabilization Fund programs due to an oversight in 
        that Act (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 115).

SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR INDIAN CHILDREN.

    (a) State Incentive Grants.--Section 14006(a) of division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 
Stat. 283) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Indian children.--After reserving funds under 
        paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2010 and for each subsequent 
        fiscal year for which funds are made available, the Secretary 
        shall reserve at least 1 percent, but not more than 5 percent, 
        of the unobligated balance of the funds reserved under section 
        14001(c) to make a grant during fiscal year 2010 or the 
        subsequent fiscal year to the Bureau of Indian Education of the 
        Department of the Interior to carry out activities consistent 
        with this section for Indian children under such terms and 
        conditions as the Secretary of Education determines to be 
        appropriate.''.
    (b) Innovation Fund.--Section 14007(a) of division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 
Stat. 284) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Indian children.--Of the amount available to carry 
        out this section for fiscal year 2010 and for each subsequent 
        fiscal year for which funds are made available, the Secretary 
        shall reserve, from the unobligated balance of that amount, at 
        least 1 percent, but not more than 5 percent, to make a grant 
        to the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the 
        Interior to carry out activities consistent with this section 
        for Indian children under such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary of Education determines to be appropriate.''.
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