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106 STAT. 2304 PUBLIC LAW 102-477—OCT. 23, 1992 25 USC 3409. SEC. 10. PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING PLACEMENTS. A tribal government participating in a demonstration program under this Act is authorized to utilize funds available under such plan to place participants in training positions with private employ- ers and pay such participants a training cdlowance or wage for a period not to exceed 12 months, if the tribal government obtains a written agreement from the private employer to provide onthe-job training to such participants and, upon satisfactory completion of the training period, to guarantee permanent employment to such participants for a minimum of 12 months. 25 USC 3410. SEC. 11. FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.— Contracts. Within 180 days following the date of enactment of this Act, 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 Act. The lead agency for a demonstration program under this Act 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 Act. 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. 25 USC 3411. SEC. 12. NO REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS. In no case shall the amount of Federal funds available to a tribal government involved in any demonstration project be reduced as a result of the enactment of this Act. 25 USC 3412. SEC. 13. INTERAGENCY FUND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED. The Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of Education, as appropriate, is authorized to take such action as may be necessary to provide for an interagency trsmsfer of funds otherwise