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PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 2707]

PUBLIC LAW 109–394—DEC. 14, 2006

120 STAT. 2707

or any other educational program in which instruction is conducted in a Native American language.’’, and (3) in subsection (e)(2) by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, except that grants made under such subsection for any purpose specified in subsection (b)(7) may be made only on a 3-year basis’’. SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

Section 815 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992c) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively, and (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: ‘‘(1) ‘average’ means the aggregate number of hours of instruction through the use of a Native American language to all students enrolled in a native language immersion program during a school year divided by the total number of students enrolled in the immersion program;’’. SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROGRAM TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL AND CONTINUING VITALITY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES.

Section 816(e) of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012’’. Approved December 14, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4766: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006): Sept. 27, considered and passed House. Dec. 6, considered and passed Senate.

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