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[86 STAT. 343]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 343]

86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

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The Commissioner shall not approve an application for a grant under Tribal particisubsection (a) unless he is satisfied that such application, and any doc- priority." '^"^' uments submitted with respect thereto, indicate that there has been adequate participation by the individuals to be served and tribal communities in the planning and development of the project, and that there will be such a participation in the operation and evaluation of the project. I n approving applications under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall give priority to applications from Indian educational agencies, organizations, and institutions. " (d) For the purpose of making grants under this section there are Appropriation. hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $8,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.". PART D — OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION

SEC. M l. (a) There is hereby established, in the Office of Education, a bureau to be known as the "Office of Indian Education" which, under the direction of the Commissioner, shall have the responsibility for administering the provisions of title III of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), as added by this Act, section 810 of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as added by this Act, and section 314 of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1966, as added by this Act. The Office shall be headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Indian Education, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Education from a list of nominees submitted to him by the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. (b) The Deputy Commissioner of Indian Education shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for, and shall be placed in, grade 18 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5,1'nited States Code, and shall perform such duties as are delegated or assigned to him by the Commissioner. The position created by this subsection shall be in addition to the number of positions placed in grade 18 of such General Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United States Code. ' N A T I O N A L ADVISORY C O U N C I L ON I N D I A N

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EDUCATION

SEC. 442. (a) There is hereby established the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (referred to in this title as the "National Council"), which shall consist of fifteen members who are Indians and Alaska Natives appointed by the President of the Laiited States. Such appointments shall be made by the President from lists of nominees furnished, from time to time, by Indian tribes and organizations, and shall represent diverse geographic areas of the country, (b) The National Council shall— (1) advise the Commissioner of Education with respect to the administration (including the development of regulations and of administrative practices and policies) of any program in which Indian children or adults participate from which they can benefit, including title III of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), as added by this Act, and section 810, title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as added by this Act and with respect to adequate funding thereof:

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