25 U.S.C. § 3410 : US Code - Section 3410: Federal responsibilities

Search 25 U.S.C. § 3410 : US Code - Section 3410: Federal responsibilities

(a) Responsibilities of Department of the Interior
Within 180 days following October 23, 1992, 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
chapter. The lead agency for a demonstration program under this
chapter 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 chapter. 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.