25 U.S.C. § 3114 : US Code - Section 3114: Postgraduation recruitment, education and training programs

Search 25 U.S.C. § 3114 : US Code - Section 3114: Postgraduation recruitment, education and training programs

(a) Postgraduation recruitment
The Secretary shall establish and maintain a program to attract
Indian and Alaska Native professional foresters and forester
technicians who have already graduated from their course of
postsecondary or graduate education for employment in either the
Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry programs or, subject to the
approval of the tribe, in tribal forestry programs. According to
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, such program shall
provide for the employment of Indian and Alaska Native professional
foresters or forestry technicians in exchange for the Secretary's
assumption of the employee's outstanding student loans. The period
of employment shall be determined by the amount of the loan that is
assumed.
(b) Postgraduate intergovernmental internships
For the purposes of training, skill development and orientation
of Indian, Alaska native,(!1) and Federal forestry personnel, and
the enhancement of tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry
programs, the Secretary shall establish and actively conduct a
program for the cooperative internship of Federal, Indian, and
Alaska Native forestry personnel. Such program shall -
(1) for agencies within the Department of the Interior -
(A) provide for the internship of Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Alaska Native, and Indian forestry employees in the forestry-
related programs of other agencies of the Department of the
Interior, and
(B) provide for the internship of forestry personnel from
other Department of the Interior agencies within the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and, with the consent of the tribe, within
tribal forestry programs;
(2) for agencies not within the Department of the Interior,
provide, pursuant to an interagency agreement, internships within
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and, with the consent of the tribe,
within a tribal forestry program of other forestry personnel of
such agencies 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 participating Indian
and Alaska Native forestry employees by the host agency; and
(5) provide for a bonus pay incentive at the conclusion of the
internship for any participant.
(c) Continuing education and training
The Secretary shall maintain a program within the Division of
Forestry of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the ongoing education
and training of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Native, and Indian
forestry personnel. Such program shall provide for -
(1) orientation training for Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry
personnel in tribal-Federal relations and responsibilities;
(2) continuing technical forestry education for Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Alaska Native, and tribal forestry personnel; and
(3) developmental training of Indian and Alaska Native
personnel in forest land based enterprises and marketing.