110 STAT. 2152
PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996
" (A) outlines the Indian tribe's approach to providing
welfare-related services for the 3-year period, consistent
with this section;
"(B) specifies whether the welfare-related services provided under the plan will be provided by the Indian tribe
or through agreements, contracts, or compacts with intertribal consortia. States, or other entities;
"(C) identifies the population and service area or areas
to be served by such plan;
"(D) provides that a family receiving assistance under
the plan may not receive duplicative assistance from other
State or tribal programs funded under this part;
"(E) identifies the employment opportunities in or near
the service area or areas of the Indian tribe and the manner
in which the Indian tribe will cooperate and participate
in enhancing such opportunities for recipients of assistance
under the plan consistent with any applicable State standards; and
"(F) applies the fiscal accountability provisions of section 5(f)(1) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450c(f)(l)), relating to the submission of a single-agency audit report required by chapter
75 of title 31, United States Code.
"(2) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve each tribal
family assistance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph
(1).
"(3) CONSORTIUM OF TRIBES.— Nothing in this section shall
preclude the development and submission of a single tribal
family assistance plan by the participating Indian tribes of
an intertribal consortium.
" (c) MINIMUM WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND TIME
LIMITS.—The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes,
shall establish for each Indian tribe receiving a grant under this
section minimum work participation requirements, appropriate time
limits for receipt of welfare-related services under the grant, and
penalties against individuals—
"(1) consistent with the purposes of this section;
"(2) consistent with the economic conditions and resources
available to each tribe; and
"(3) similar to comparable provisions in section 407(e).
"(d) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. —Nothing in this section shall
preclude an Indian tribe from seeking emergency assistance from
any Federal loan program or emergency fund.
"(e) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of the Secretary to maintain program
funding accountability consistent with—
"(1) generally accepted accounting principles; and
"(2) the requirements of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).
"(f) PENALTIES.—
"(1) Subsections (a)(1), (a)(6), and (b) of section 409, shall
apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal assistance
plan in the same manner as such subsections apply to a State.
"(2) Section 409(a)(3) shall apply to an Indian tribe with
an approved tribal assistance plan by substituting 'meet minimum work participation requirements established under section
412(c)' for 'comply with section 407(a)'.
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