§ 3114. — Postgraduation recruitment, education and training programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC3114]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 33--NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Sec. 3114. Postgraduation recruitment, education and training
programs
(a) Postgraduation recruitment
The Secretary shall establish and maintain a program to attract
Indian and Alaska Native professional foresters and forester technicians
who have already graduated from their course of postsecondary or
graduate education for employment in either the Bureau of Indian Affairs
forestry programs or, subject to the approval of the tribe, in tribal
forestry programs. According to such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, such program shall provide for the employment of Indian and
Alaska Native professional foresters or forestry technicians in exchange
for the Secretary's assumption of the employee's outstanding student
loans. The period of employment shall be determined by the amount of the
loan that is assumed.
(b) Postgraduate intergovernmental internships
For the purposes of training, skill development and orientation of
Indian, Alaska native,\1\ and Federal forestry personnel, and the
enhancement of tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry programs,
the Secretary shall establish and actively conduct a program for the
cooperative internship of Federal, Indian, and Alaska Native forestry
personnel. Such program shall--
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(1) for agencies within the Department of the Interior--
(A) provide for the internship of Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Alaska Native, and Indian forestry employees in the forestry-
related programs of other agencies of the Department of the
Interior, and
(B) provide for the internship of forestry personnel from
other Department of the Interior agencies within the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and, with the consent of the tribe, within tribal
forestry programs;
(2) for agencies not within the Department of the Interior,
provide, pursuant to an interagency agreement, internships within
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and, with the consent of the tribe,
within a tribal forestry program of other forestry personnel of such
agencies who are above their sixth year of Federal service;
(3) provide for the continuation of salary and benefits for
participating Federal employees by their originating agency;
(4) provide for salaries and benefits of participating Indian
and Alaska Native forestry employees by the host agency; and
(5) provide for a bonus pay incentive at the conclusion of the
internship for any participant.
(c) Continuing education and training
The Secretary shall maintain a program within the Division of
Forestry of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the ongoing education and
training of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Native, and Indian forestry
personnel. Such program shall provide for--
(1) orientation training for Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry
personnel in tribal-Federal relations and responsibilities;
(2) continuing technical forestry education for Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Alaska Native, and tribal forestry personnel; and
(3) developmental training of Indian and Alaska Native personnel
in forest land based enterprises and marketing.
(Pub. L. 101-630, title III, Sec. 315, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4542.)
