§ 3410. — Federal responsibilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC3410]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 36--INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND RELATED SERVICES
Sec. 3410. Federal responsibilities
(a) Responsibilities of Department of the Interior
Within 180 days following October 23, 1992, the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Education shall enter into an
interdepartmental memorandum of agreement providing for the
implementation of the demonstration projects authorized under this
chapter. The lead agency for a demonstration program under this chapter
shall be the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. The
responsibilities of the lead agency shall include--
(1) the use of a single report format related to the plan for
the individual project which shall be used by a tribal government to
report on the activities undertaken under the project;
(2) the use of a single report format related to the projected
expenditures for the individual project which shall be used by a
tribal government to report on all project expenditures;
(3) the development of a single system of Federal oversight for
the project, which shall be implemented by the lead agency; and
(4) the provision of technical assistance to a tribal government
appropriate to the project, except that a tribal government shall
have the authority to accept or reject the plan for providing such
technical assistance and the technical assistance provider.
(b) Report requirements
The single report format shall be developed by the Secretary,
consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Such report format,
together with records maintained on the consolidated program at the
tribal level shall contain such information as will allow a
determination that the tribe has complied with the requirements
incorporated in its approved plan and will provide assurances to each
Secretary that the tribe has complied with all directly applicable
statutory requirements and with those directly applicable regulatory
requirements which have not been waived.
(Pub. L. 102-477, Sec. 11, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2304.)
