§ 1961. — Locally convenient day schools.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1961]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 21--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE
SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1961. Locally convenient day schools
(a) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the absence of locally convenient
day schools may contribute to the breakup of Indian families.
(b) Report to Congress; contents, etc.
The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare, in consultation
with appropriate agencies in the Department of Health and Human
Services, a report on the feasibility of providing Indian children with
schools located near their homes, and to submit such report to the
Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of
Representatives within two years from November 8, 1978. In developing
this report the Secretary shall give particular consideration to the
provision of educational facilities for children in the elementary
grades.
(Pub. L. 95-608, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078; Pub.
L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
Change of Name
``Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted for
``Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (b),
pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to
section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate redesignated
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate by section 25 of Senate
Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third Congress.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
