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25 U.S.C. § 3734 — Indian and Alaska Native agriculture management education assistance programs
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**(a) Agricultural resources intern program**
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, the Secretary shall establish and maintain in the Bureau or other appropriate office or bureau within the Department of the Interior at least 20 agricultural resources intern positions for Indian and Alaska Native students enrolled in an agriculture study program. Such positions shall be in addition to the forester intern positions authorized in [section 3113(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section3113/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For purposes of this subsection—
(A) the term “agricultural resources intern” means an Indian who—
(i) is attending an approved postsecondary school in a full-time agriculture or related field, and
(ii) is appointed to one of the agricultural resources intern positions established under paragraph (1);
(B) the term “agricultural resources intern positions” means positions established pursuant to paragraph (1) for agricultural resources interns; and
(C) the term “agriculture study program” includes (but is not limited to) agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, animal science, biological sciences, geographic information systems, horticulture, range management, soil science, and veterinary science.
(3) The Secretary shall pay, by reimbursement or otherwise, all costs for tuition, books, fees, and living expenses incurred by an agricultural resources intern while attending an approved postsecondary or graduate school in a full-time agricultural study program.
(4) An agricultural resources intern shall be required to enter into an obligated service agreement with the Secretary to serve as an employee in
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**(a) Agricultural resources intern program**
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, the Secretary shall establish and maintain in the Bureau or other appropriate office or bureau within the Department of the Interior at least 20 agricultural resources intern positions for Indian and Alaska Native students enrolled in an agriculture study program. Such positions shall be in addition to the forester intern positions authorized in [section 3113(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section3113/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For purposes of this subsection—
(A) the term “agricultural resources intern” means an Indian who—
(i) is attending an approved postsecondary school in a full-time agriculture or related field, and
(ii) is appointed to one of the agricultural resources intern positions established under paragraph (1);
(B) the term “agricultural resources intern positions” means positions established pursuant to paragraph (1) for agricultural resources interns; and
(C) the term “agriculture study program” includes (but is not limited to) agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, animal science, biological sciences, geographic information systems, horticulture, range management, soil science, and veterinary science.
(3) The Secretary shall pay, by reimbursement or otherwise, all costs for tuition, books, fees, and living expenses incurred by an agricultural resources intern while attending an approved postsecondary or graduate school in a full-time agricultural study program.
(4) An agricultural resources intern shall be required to enter into an obligated service agreement with the Secretary to serve as an employee in a professional agriculture or natural resources position with the Department of the Interior or other Federal agency or an Indian tribe for one year for each year of education for which the Secretary pays the intern’s educational costs under paragraph (3).
(5) An agricultural resources intern shall be required to report for service with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or other bureau or agency sponsoring his internship, or to a designated work site, during any break in attendance at school of more than 3 weeks duration. Time spent in such service shall be counted toward satisfaction of the intern’s obligated service agreement under paragraph (4).
**(b) Cooperative education program**
(1) The Secretary shall maintain, through the Bureau, a cooperative education program for the purpose, among other things, of recruiting Indian and Alaska Native students who are enrolled in secondary schools, tribally controlled community colleges, and other postsecondary or graduate schools, for employment in professional agricultural or related positions with the Bureau or other Federal agency providing Indian agricultural or related services.
(2) The cooperative educational program under paragraph (1) shall be modeled after, and shall have essentially the same features as, the program in effect on December 3, 1993, pursuant to chapter 308 of the Federal Personnel Manual of the Office of Personnel Management.
(3) The cooperative educational program shall include, among others, the following:
(A) The Secretary shall continue the established specific programs in agriculture and natural resources education at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and at Haskell Indian Junior College.
(B) The Secretary shall develop and maintain a cooperative program with the tribally controlled community colleges to coordinate course requirements, texts, and provide direct technical assistance so that a significant portion of the college credits in both the Haskell and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute programs can be met through local program work at participating tribally controlled community colleges.
(C) Working through tribally controlled community colleges and in cooperation with land grant institutions, the Secretary shall implement an informational and educational program to provide practical training and assistance in creating or maintaining a successful agricultural enterprise, assessing sources of commercial credit, developing markets, and other subjects of importance in agricultural pursuits.
(D) Working through tribally controlled community colleges and in cooperation with land grant institutions, the Secretary shall implement research activities to improve the basis for determining appropriate management measures to apply to Indian agricultural management.
(4) Under the cooperative agreement program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay, by reimbursement or otherwise, all costs for tuition, books, and fees of an Indian student who—
(A) is enrolled in a course of study at an education institution with which the Secretary has entered into a cooperative agreement; and
(B) is interested in a career with the Bureau, an Indian tribe or a tribal enterprise in the management of Indian rangelands, farmlands, or other natural resource assets.
(5) A recipient of assistance under the cooperative education program under this subsection shall be required to enter into an obligated service agreement with the Secretary to serve as a professional in an agricultural resource related activity with the Bureau, or other Federal agency providing agricultural or related services to Indians or Indian tribes, or an Indian tribe for one year for each year for which the Secretary pays the recipients educational costs pursuant to paragraph (3).
**(c) Scholarship program**
(1) The Secretary may grant scholarships to Indians enrolled in accredited agriculture related programs for postsecondary and graduate programs of study as full-time students.
(2) A recipient of a scholarship under paragraph (1) shall be required to enter into an obligated service agreement with the Secretary in which the recipient agrees to accept employment for one year for each year the recipient received a scholarship, following completion of the recipients course of study, with—
(A) the Bureau or other agency of the Federal Government providing agriculture or natural resource related services to Indians or Indian tribes;
(B) an agriculture or related program conducted under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act [[25 U.S.C. 5301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; or
(C) a tribal agriculture or related program.
(3) The Secretary shall not deny scholarship assistance under this subsection solely on the basis of an applicant’s scholastic achievement if the applicant has been admitted to and remains in good standing in an accredited post secondary 11 So in original. Probably should be “postsecondary”. or graduate institution.
**(d) Educational outreach** The Secretary shall conduct, through the Bureau, and in consultation with other appropriate local, State and Federal agencies, and in consultation and coordination with Indian tribes, an agricultural resource education outreach program for Indian youth to explain and stimulate interest in all aspects of management and careers in Indian agriculture and natural resources.
**(e) Adequacy of programs** The Secretary shall administer the programs described in this section until a sufficient number of Indians are trained to ensure that there is an adequate number of qualified, professional Indian agricultural resource managers to manage the Bureau agricultural resource programs and programs maintained by or for Indian tribes.
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**(a) Mandatory application** All provisions of sections 5305(b), 5306, 5307, 5321(c) and (d), 5323, 5324(k) and (l), 5325(a) through (k), and 5332 of this title and section 314 of Public Law 101–512 (coverage under chapter 171 of title 28, commonly known as the “Federal Tort Claims Act”), to the extent not in conflict with this subchapter, shall apply to compacts and funding agreements authorized by this subchapter.
**(b) Discretionary application** At the request of a participating Indian tribe, any other provision of subchapter I of this chapter, to the extent such provision is not in conflict with this subchapter, shall be made a part of a funding agreement or compact entered into under this subchapter. The Secretary is obligated to include such provision at the option of the participating Indian tribe or tribes. If such provision is incorporated it shall have the same force and effect as if it were set out in full in this subchapter. In the event an Indian tribe requests such incorporation at the negotiation stage of a compact or funding agreement, such incorporation shall be deemed effective immediately and shall control the negotiation and resulting compact and funding agreement.
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**(a)** The annual and sick leave to the credit of an employee who transfers between positions under different leave systems without a break in service shall be transferred to his credit in the employing agency on an adjusted basis under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, unless the individual is excepted from this subchapter by section 6301(2)(ii), (iii), (vi), or (vii) of this title. However, when a former member receiving a retirement annuity under sections 521–535 of title 4, District of Columbia Code, is reemployed in a position to which this subchapter applies, his sick leave balance may not be recredited to his account on the later reemployment.
**(b)** The annual leave, sick leave, and home leave to the credit of a nonappropriated fund employee of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard described in section 2105(c) who moves without a break in service of more than 3 days to a position in the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, that is subject to this subchapter shall be transferred to the employee’s credit. The annual leave, sick leave, and home leave to the credit of an employee of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard who is subject to this subchapter and who moves without a break in service of more than 3 days to a position under a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, described in section 2105(c), shall be transferred to the employee’s credit under the nonappropriated fund instrumentality. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, may provide for a transfer of funds in an amount equal to the value of the transferred annual leave to compensate the gaining entity for the cost of a transfer of annual lea
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 3733
(b) Postgraduate intergovernmental internships
For the purposes of training, skill develop-
ment and orientation of Indian and Federal agri-
cultural management personnel, and the en-
hancement of tribal and Bureau agricultural re-
source programs, the Secretary shall establish
and actively conduct a program for the coopera-
tive internship of Federal and Indian agricul-
tural resource personnel. Such program shall—
(1) for agencies within the Department of
the Interior—
(A) provide for the internship of Bureau
and Indian agricultural resource employees
in the agricultural resource related pro-
grams of other agencies of the Department
of the Interior, and
(B) provide for the internship of agricul-
tural resource personnel from the other De-
partment of the Interior agencies within the
Bureau, and, with the consent of the tribe,
within tribal agricultural resource pro-
grams;
(2) for agencies not within the Department
of the Interior, provide, pursuant to an inter-
agency agreement, internships within the Bu-
reau and, with the consent of the tribe, within
a tribal agricultural resource program of other
agricultural resource personnel of such agen-
cies who are above their sixth year of Federal
service;
(3) provide for the continuation of salary and
benefits for participating Federal employees
by their originating agency;
(4) provide for salaries and benefits of par-
ticipating Indian agricultural resource em-
ployees by the host agency; and
(5) provide for a bonus pay incentive at the
conclusion of the internship for any partici-
pant.
(c) Continuing education and training
The Secretary shall maintain a program with-
in the Trust Services Division of the Bureau for
Indian agricultural resource personnel which
shal
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5301
Sec.
5325.
Contract funding and indirect costs.
5326.
Indian Health Service: availability of
funds for Indian self-determination or
self-governance contract or grant sup-
port costs.
5327.
Department of the Interior: availability
of funds for Indian self-determination
or self-governance contract or grant
support costs.
5328.
Rules and regulations.
5329.
Contract or grant specifications.
5330.
Rescission of contract or grant and as-
sumption of control of program, etc.;
authority; grounds; procedure; correc-
tion of violation as prerequisite to new
contract or grant agreement; construc-
tion with occupational safety and
health requirements.
5331.
Contract disputes and claims.
5332.
Sovereign
immunity
and
trusteeship
rights unaffected.
SUBCHAPTER II—CONTRACTS WITH STATES
5341.
Donations for Indians; use of gifts; an-
nual report to Congress.
5342.
Contracts for education, medical atten-
tion, relief and social welfare of Indi-
ans.
5343.
Use of Government property by States
and Territories.
5344.
Rules and regulations; minimum stand-
ards of service.
5345.
Contracts
for
education
in
public
schools; submission of education plan
by contractor as prerequisite; criteria
for approval of plan by Secretary of
the Interior; participation by non-In-
dian students.
5346.
Local committee of Indian parents in
school districts having school boards
composed of non-Indian majority.
5347.
Reimbursement to school districts for
educating non-resident students.
5348.
Computation of student count.
SUBCHAPTER III—INDIAN EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE
5351.
School construction, acquisition, or ren-
ovation contracts.
5352.
General education contract and grant
provisions and requirements; school
district qua
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